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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:37:16
Message: <4933f69c$1@news.povray.org>
>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.
> 
> For cutting printer paper?

LOL! Ah, that brings back memories of the old dot matrix printers, and 
their looms of ever-thickening paper rolls until the whole device locks 
solid. Great fun trying to fix that! :-D


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:40:26
Message: <edt7j4ph32q1krdj4url1bgm0pj8dbkdmh@4ax.com>
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:43:25 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.
>
>OK, now I must know... Do those things ACTUALLY WORK??

Yup! I've got two. The small one I carry in my pocket and the larger one (12
blades) saved my life when I had to cut my leg off as the water was rising.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:41:27
Message: <6st7j49t7e9o1ov6ml69auhma37g124gei@4ax.com>
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:37:11 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.
>> 
>> For cutting printer paper?
>
>LOL! Ah, that brings back memories of the old dot matrix printers, and 
>their looms of ever-thickening paper rolls until the whole device locks 
>solid. Great fun trying to fix that! :-D

A sharp knife is invaluable.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:41:36
Message: <4933f7a0@news.povray.org>
>>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.

>> OK, now I must know... Do those things ACTUALLY WORK??

> Yup! I've got two. The small one I carry in my pocket and the larger one (12
> blades) saved my life when I had to cut my leg off as the water was rising.

I can just hear it now...

"Nah, that's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!"


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:48:06
Message: <08u7j4hv341mr6r23l7v9500lvidn6ee22@4ax.com>
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:41:31 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.
>
>>> OK, now I must know... Do those things ACTUALLY WORK??
>
>> Yup! I've got two. The small one I carry in my pocket and the larger one (12
>> blades) saved my life when I had to cut my leg off as the water was rising.
>
>I can just hear it now...
>
>"Nah, that's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!"

The best line in the film. :-)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 09:52:29
Message: <4933fa2c@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> and the larger one
> (12 blades) saved my life when I had to cut my leg off as the water was
> rising.

I don't want to know, do I?


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 10:02:00
Message: <k2v7j497k42vk9q189teuoflv00ggahg9v@4ax.com>
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:52:29 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> and the larger one
>> (12 blades) saved my life when I had to cut my leg off as the water was
>> rising.
>
>I don't want to know, do I?

Probably not, unless you found it. I dropped it climbing out of the cistern.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 10:56:38
Message: <49340936$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
>> "Nah, that's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!"
> The best line in the film. :-)

The other great one was "He wants to know if we can eat these men."

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 10:57:54
Message: <49340982$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>>> "Nah, that's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!"
>> The best line in the film. :-)
> 
> The other great one was "He wants to know if we can eat these men."

IIRC, that was the second film though. ;-)


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Tape it up
Date: 1 Dec 2008 12:32:05
Message: <49341f95@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> There's a reason I always keep a swiss army knife with me.
> 
> OK, now I must know... Do those things ACTUALLY WORK??

Surelydoodlydo they do.

-Aero


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