Monday, September 18, 2006
time for a poll
What is the least useful and/or or least frequently used blade in a swiss army knife?
My nominations:
- Phillips screwdriver. The end of the can-opener will work for larger phillips screws. Any screw too small for the can-opener is also usually too small for the big clunky phillips driver as well, making it almost completely redundant.
- That hook-like thing. You know what I mean.
My nominations:
- Phillips screwdriver. The end of the can-opener will work for larger phillips screws. Any screw too small for the can-opener is also usually too small for the big clunky phillips driver as well, making it almost completely redundant.
- That hook-like thing. You know what I mean.
Comments:
"The hook-like thing" is by default the most useless blade on a Swiss Army knife, because it has no present-day purpose. It's a package hook, designed to hook the string on a package tied up with heavy twine so the string doesn't cut into your fingers, and it has no other function. It's useless today because nobody ties packages with twine anymore, but when and where the Swiss Army knife was first developed it was invaluable. I'm sure somebody somewhere gets some use out of them, but they're mainly still included for nostalgic purposes only.