[OT] Carrying a knife

[Azlan]

Re: Dealing with the situation in a mature manner-

I would buy a nice ripe melon from the store and paint a face on it, then I would stick my knife in it with a note that says, "You" and leave it on her doorstep.

Yeah, right. Grow up, dude.

Seriously, if you'd do something like that, you'd find yourself in trouble with the law -- and rightly so.

 

[shouit]

I have never heard of anyone being killed with car keys (maybe the car but not the keys) or family photos.

Trust me, I have heard of the first being done, someone stabbed a guy in the eye with his keys and he died due to shock.

As for the latter, well, I guess you could paper cut someone to death..take a while though.

 

[Azlan]

Re: Got arrested....

Was arrested for posseion of my knife and the manner it was in my pocket...it was .05mm over the legal limit... grrr...

Yep. And if you're caught driving with your blood alcohol a mere .05 over the legal limit, you will likewise be arrested.

Hey, we're not talking about roleplaying games here, right? We're talking about real life!

 

[Sejs]

OTOH, A court recently overturned an Offensive Weapons charge on the grounds that Spiked Flails are not offensive weapons. Neither are Nunchaku

Cop: What've you got there, hmm? What're you planning on doing with that set of nunchaku, son?


Sejs: What? Oh this? Nothing, Officer - I'm just going to thresh my grain that was just harvested.


Cop: Oh, okay then. Carry on.

Now I really need to find the shop (it's somewhere in town, I believe) and buy me a spiked flail.

50 dollars and any major hardware store. Shouldn't be too difficult to make one. It won't be pretty, mind you... but it'll still bash things good.

 

[Emiricol]

The Death of a Thousand Papercuts [General]
You have the amazing ability to cause 1d8 papercuts as a full round action, open to AoO. Each such cut causes 1hp of subdual damage.

Special: If you are in a Wuxia movie at the time, you can move incredibly fast, causing an additional 6d8 papercuts per round.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Stalin had a big 'ol knife.

Next thing you know..."The Night of Long Knives."

This comment has been historical in nature, not political. It was not meant to draw comparisons between knife-wielding Communists and knife-wielding EN posters. Right?

Thank you. I'll be here for another four decades or so.

Then I'll probably waste away and die. Since I'll be like 70.

In other OT news, Glen Sather will coach the Rangers again next season.

In yet other OT news, why are half the topics in this forum OT?

In still more OT news, I'm bored and I want the holiday to start.

 

[Sixchan]

Cop: What've you got there, hmm? What're you planning on doing with that set of nunchaku, son?


Sejs: What? Oh this? Nothing, Officer - I'm just going to thresh my grain that was just harvested.


Cop: Oh, okay then. Carry on.

SOunds about right.

50 dollars and any major hardware store. Shouldn't be too difficult to make one. It won't be pretty, mind you... but it'll still bash things good. [/B][/QUOTE]

I flunked Craft & Design, and that was woodworking. I can't imagine making a steel flail being anything less than impossible.

 

[Enceladus]

Re: Re: Dealing with the situation in a mature manner-

Yeah, right. Grow up, dude.

Seriously, if you'd do something like that, you'd find yourself in trouble with the law -- and rightly so.

Needs to read a smidgen further down the thread and lighten the heck up.

 

[Umbran]

more on topic, i had a friend with a lion, he argued essentially what you do, it isn't dangerous, it is a pet.

The difference being that the knife doesn't have a will of it's own. The knife won't do anything you don't make it do. And, the knife is fully domesticated. None of which applies to the lion

 

[Azlan]

I've carried a knife around pretty much most of my life. I'm not some crazy gang member or anything, I've been in scouts a lot; camping and hunting have been part of my upbringing, and as such, a knife is a very useful tool.

So, most of my life I've carried a knife with me, the way I carry my wallet or keys; I'm leaving the house and I make sure I have it. It's not a weapon; I've never drawn it in anger or to hurt someone.

I'm 22 years old now and almost done my Undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.

I find myself wondering why a 22-year-old adult feels the need to carry a knife around, everywhere he goes, especially in a modern-day city. What are you, Crocodile Dundee or something? (Yes, I'm sure your own knife isn't that big. But, still... )

And this monday, at work, the night manager saw I had a knife. Now, I work at a restaurant, so we have a lot of knives around the kitchen and utility knives around the closets and such, so the fact that there are knives there isn't really an issue with me. But the night manager took such offense that she called the main manager, but when he was unavailable, she said I had to turn it over to her to be locked up while I worked, or I would be sent home.

Eventually I talked to the main manager and he said that since she had a problem with it, and there really was no reason for me to be carrying it when I work, that I shouldn't; since it's causing a problem.

Now, am I the criminal here? Have I somehow done something wrong? Is there really such a bad stigma attached to someone who carries a knife with them?
I'd really appreciate it if someone could enlighten me because I'm baffled. It's like they're asking me to lock my car keys up while I'm working because it could be used as a weapon...

What, have you been living in a cave, the past couple of years? These are troubled -- even paranoid -- times, man.

But even if a situation like this took place 10 years ago, I still would find it understandable and even reasonable for a manager to require an employee to leave his knife at home (given that knife was not a required tool for the job).

Can't you see this? If not, then you're going to have much difficulty in life getting along with your supervisors and fellow employes; and, ultimately, holding down a job.