On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:41 +0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>>> If your knife blunts after cutting paper, it's a very poor quality knife.
>>> Quite possibly. The "3 cuts" was an exaggeration of course, but IME any 
>>> knife, no matter how sharp initially, quickly becomes as blunt as all 
>>> the other knives in the building.
>> 
>> That could be because no one sharpens them. Or is it entropy or the bad knife
>> fairy?
>
>There seems little point in sharpening a blade unless it's actually 
>going to *stay* sharp for a reasonable period of time.
>

There's no point in getting out of bed in the morning when your only going to
get back in, in the evening.

>Not entropy, just the fact that solid objects all wear down when used. ;-)

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, 
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole. 
Then fix it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
Then fix it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, then Fix it. 

With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza? 
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what? 
With some straw, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
With some straw, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, some straw. 

The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, 
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long, 
Then cut it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
Then cut it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, then cut it. 

With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza? 
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what? 
With an axe, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
With an axe, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, with an axe. 

The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, 
The axe is too dull, dear Liza, too dull. 
Then sharpen it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
Then sharpen it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, sharpen it. 

With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza? 
With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what? 
With a stone, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
With a stone, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, with a stone. 

The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, 
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry. 
Then wet it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
Then wet it, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, then wet it. 

With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza? 
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what? 
With water, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
With water, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, with water. 

In what shall I get it, dear Liza, dear Liza? 
In what shall I get it, dear Liza, in what? 
In a bucket dear Andrew, dear Andrew, dear Andrew, 
In a bucket dear Andrew, dear Andrew, in a bucket. 

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, 
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole. 

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Regards
     Stephen

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