chunkolini
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There has been lots of knife crime over the last couple of years.
Awful stuff.
But every kid over a certain age should have a penknife.
I bought my boy a proper swiss army knife whe he was 8. This was 6 years ago.
We were on our tandem, we got to Porlock. I knew it were a monster hill to come. The tollroad not the main road, but still a monster hill.
I promised him I'd buy him a penknife if he got up it without complaining.
We got to the top, passing several passed out cyclists. I was close to tears, I had yelled at him a couple of times to pedal harder. But we got there. Aaah.
Next stop there was a shop with cabinet of penknives. The mercenary brat spotted them and fell in love with a Swiss Army Knife. A black one over 20 quid it were. What could I do?
I bought it for him, gave him lots of lectures. No accidents. Still got it, at this age a miracle.
Anyway back on topic. Last year he did his Duke of Edinburgh thing. The brat almost made me cry again. Up those hills , on foot in that weather. Sniff sniff. Then I found out his teachers took his penknife off him, a 'bladed knife'. Ballocks I thought.
This is the official 'tool' the Dof E Swiss Army Tool'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-Swiss-Army-Pocket-Tool/dp/B00243T2KU
Good grief, a swiss army spatula. Political correctness gone mad.
What if you are being strangled by a stray bootlace, need to cut a guy rope or even stab Akela.
What am I saying.
We do live in a sick society, but this kind of knee jerk reactionism aint going to fix it.
Chunko'.
Also see 'what steel thread'
Awful stuff.
But every kid over a certain age should have a penknife.
I bought my boy a proper swiss army knife whe he was 8. This was 6 years ago.
We were on our tandem, we got to Porlock. I knew it were a monster hill to come. The tollroad not the main road, but still a monster hill.
I promised him I'd buy him a penknife if he got up it without complaining.
We got to the top, passing several passed out cyclists. I was close to tears, I had yelled at him a couple of times to pedal harder. But we got there. Aaah.
Next stop there was a shop with cabinet of penknives. The mercenary brat spotted them and fell in love with a Swiss Army Knife. A black one over 20 quid it were. What could I do?
I bought it for him, gave him lots of lectures. No accidents. Still got it, at this age a miracle.
Anyway back on topic. Last year he did his Duke of Edinburgh thing. The brat almost made me cry again. Up those hills , on foot in that weather. Sniff sniff. Then I found out his teachers took his penknife off him, a 'bladed knife'. Ballocks I thought.
This is the official 'tool' the Dof E Swiss Army Tool'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-Swiss-Army-Pocket-Tool/dp/B00243T2KU
Good grief, a swiss army spatula. Political correctness gone mad.
What if you are being strangled by a stray bootlace, need to cut a guy rope or even stab Akela.
What am I saying.
We do live in a sick society, but this kind of knee jerk reactionism aint going to fix it.
Chunko'.
Also see 'what steel thread'