> -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Brazee [mailto:howard at brazee.net] > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:24:12 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman > <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> Heh. I debated on carrying a knife at the last wedding I went to. As I > >> was > >> presiding over it, I decided to leave it with my street cloths. > > I think Miss Manners would have approved, at least if you're talking > > about wearing the knife openly (unlike the wedding David mentioned), > > though it may depend on the religion or lack thereof and on the > > social circles. > > It's always nice to have a knife when it's time to open presents. A > knife, or even better, scissors can be useful when people are in an event > with new fancy clothes that might have threads hanging. > > Pocket knives make terrible weapons. There's no way one can hijack an > airplane with one. The paranoia that makes them proscribed from > airplanes is misdirected. Yes, but they're banning fingernail clippers too, so are you really surprised?