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Wed 2008-08-20 17:12
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[personal profile] simontWed 2008-08-20 16:51
a multitool seems tailor made for, well, tailor making

Yes. I did google for custom multitool construction services in at least some hope of finding something usefully available in that area, but no luck (unless I missed it).

It'd probably also include the legendary horse-hoof-stone-plucker-out device

Ha, yes, good point. If the rhino has a hoof pick, nobody else has any excuse! :-)

Is a "spreader" a knife designed for spreading butter and spreads?

It isn't a knife at all: it's just a completely blunt flat piece of metal in a cutesy shape. I'm sure it would be ideal if I wanted to use my Leatherman to spread butter, but it's just not the tool I want to be using for any such thing: I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!
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[identity profile] aquarionical.livejournal.comWed 2008-08-20 17:48
Gerber used to do a build-your-own multitool service on their website, but it looks like they retired it a year or so ago.
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[personal profile] simontWed 2008-08-20 17:54
Oh, is that what happened? I did find a couple of promising-looking links but nothing useful at the end of them. That'd explain it.

(Bah. So if only I'd nadgered my Flair last year...)
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[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.comThu 2008-08-21 12:46
It isn't a knife at all:

Ah, thank you. I guess like a butter knife's butter knife, the sort of knife that a butter knife would carry around because it was non-sharp, to the point of not having any blade.

Now I'm just imagining something like this:

Narrator: Whenever I learn a new skill I concoct elaborate fantasy scenarios where it lets me save the day.
Woman: Oh no! The killer must have followed her on vacation!
Woman: But to find them we'd need to search through 200MB of emails looking for something formatted like an address!
Man: It's hopeless!
Offpanel voice: Everybody stand back.
Offpanel voice: I have a multitool!
<<SPREADER!>>
Everyone: <<cheer>>
(http://xkcd.com/208/)

I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!

I had something witty to say about how you were logical, but I've forgotten it. But yes, that would be a good plan :)
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