The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

12 November 2006

You know the drill

Best definition I've ever heard:

HACKSAW:  One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

I can also vouch for this one:

VISE-GRIPS:  Next generation Pliers. Also used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

A whole boxful of tools here.

(Via Tam.)

Update, 4 pm: pdb traces this list to the nonpareil Peter Egan.

Posted at 10:00 AM to Dyssynergy


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» TOOL TIMIN' DEFINITIONS from Population Statistic
Cross Ambrose Bierce with Tim "Tool Time" Taylor, and you've got "A Robot Builder's Tool Dictionary". My favorite entry: HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of ......[read more]

Sounds like a variant of Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" for those of us notso-mechanically inclined.

Posted by: Dan B at 11:31 AM on 13 November 2006