Ed's Shop wrote:
> Someone on The Healey List was lamenting being UN-able to find an ice pick to
>use for hole locating. The best answer was:
>
>
> I believe in order to purchase and own an ice pick these days you need a
>background check, a permit and a waiting period. There are classes offered by
>the National Ice Pick Association on the safe use and handling of an ice pick.
>You are allowed to have an ice pick in your home but it must be in a locked
>container with the handle separated from the pick.
> This policy, along with the abolition of recess and gym in school has
>produced a generation of obese, but safe children.
Here's a brief excerpt from my S-F novel, "Raccoon's Law"
**************************
The store had a number of fairly good quality screwdrivers, including
some just like the rest of his set. He picked out the one that was identical to
the one the mechman had nicked and carried it to the front counter and paid for
it, refusing the bag the salesman offered and sticking it in his pocket with
the sales receipt. When he had bought a couple of cold beers from the other
store, he returned to the room. It had been when he noticed the little sticker
on the handle of the screwdriver that he had finally given up in despair.
His incredulity and indignation building to a climax, he had read:
_________________________________________
WARNING: The Surgeon-General has determined that screwdrivers can be
detrimental to your health! If you insert the blade as far as it will go up
your nostril and hit the end of the handle sharply, the blade is likely to
penetrate your brain, causing serious injury or death. Keep this and all other
nasally-introductable objects out of the hands of children.
_________________________________________
He had thrown the screwdriver across the room and given up.
*************************************************
-The Roxter
--
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Mgs@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs
http://www.team.net/archive
|