Everybody's a knife dealer now

Geraldo · Mar 29, 2002

While shipping out the stuff I've sold, I ran out of boxes. So I run out to Mailboxes to get one. I take a khuk with me so I get the right size box. The guy starts telling me it's nice knife. Then he starts telling me Ghurkan (no typo) stories. How Gurkans behead people. I'm now wishing I'd saved more boxes. Then he asks if I have a katana. Roger that, I say. He proceeds to tell me how he found a katana for $12. The place he bought it has khuks similarly priced. I should go there and buy khuks so I can sell them and triple my money. So I guess this is fair warning, Uncle Bill. Be on the lookout for Geraldo's Ghurkan Khukri Ripoff Hut, where you too can pay $100 for a $10 piece of trash! :barf:

Bobwhite · Mar 29, 2002

I thought Gurkans where those little pickles that don't taste like pickles, ohh that's GERKINS. My mistake.

ACStudios · Mar 29, 2002

Originally posted by rkenny@wcupa.edu
I thought Gurkans where those little pickles that don't taste like pickles, ohh that's GERKINS. My mistake.

Do those Gerkins behead people??

firkin · Mar 29, 2002

Do those Gerkins behead people??

The untold dark side of "Toy Story"........

Mr. Potatoehead gets a very bad case of green mold, and goes IIIINNSAAAAAANE!!!!!

Hide the Barbies...

Walosi · Mar 29, 2002

No, no, no - Beheading is an external process. Gherkins work internally. Knife experts of the caliber encountered by Geraldo (and Maui Rob, earlier) are correctly called "Jerkins" (not to be confused with the medieval garment). These are small-minded jerks who know it all, because they made it up all by themselves. Facts confuse them. I once heard one state that his uncle had over 300 Loveless knives, and hadn't paid over $50 for any single one of them. He probably died trying to remember how to breath with his mouth closed.

Mike L. · Mar 29, 2002

I think I may have one or two of those Gurkan knifes (sic) laying around here if anyone is interested. One even has the gen-u-wine British broad arrow on it.

--Mike L.

Bill Martino · Mar 29, 2002

They're everywhere.

MauiRob · Mar 30, 2002

No, no, no - Beheading is an external process. Gherkins work internally. Knife experts of the caliber encountered by Geraldo (and Maui Rob, earlier) are correctly called "Jerkins" (not to be confused with the medieval garment). These are small-minded jerks who know it all, because they made it up all by themselves. Facts confuse them. I once heard one state that his uncle had over 300 Loveless knives, and hadn't paid over $50 for any single one of them. He probably died trying to remember how to breath with his mouth closed.

ROTFLMAO

"is that a Gherkin in your pocket or....."

Yvsa · Mar 30, 2002

Originally posted by MauiRob
"is that a Gherkin in your pocket or....."

LMRRAO.
Seems there was once upon a time a furriner to the USA that came to Oklahoma and was visiting one of the local nightclubs called
"The Hall of Fame" or in some circles, "The Hall of Shame"

Anyway this furriner taped a rather large cucumber to his leg to sort of try to impress the ladies as he had heard that, well y'all can figure that out.

Anyway(again) this furriner passed out at the Hall of Shame and the Paramedics were called.
Much to the furriner's chagrin the Paramedics cut his pants all the way up on both outside seams in order to possibly find out what his problem was.
Needless to say when the furriners pant's were removed the furriner was in a real pickle so to speak as the cucumber was revealed and all the gals as well as the guys had a good laugh.
I really do think the furriner left this part of the country and if he followed the Paramedic's advice he never taped any more cucumbers to his leg quite that tight!!!!

Bro is right on when he says that, "Laughter is good for the heart!!!!!"

Bill Martino · Mar 30, 2002

Thanks for PM chuckle.

Irregular · Mar 31, 2002

What are some good ways of handling this kind of "expert" when you HAVE to deal with them? E.g., in a bureaucratic situation.

Funny answers expected and enjoyed, but give some serious thought to it, too...

Howard Wallace · Apr 1, 2002

First of all, it wasn't a cucumber, it was a Ghurkan.

Second of all, it wasn't there to impress the ladies. I simply find this to be a convenient way to carry a snack. After all, if Yangdu can carry a khukuri strapped to her leg, I see no reason why I shouldn't carry a little Ghurkan for a snack.

Bill Martino · Apr 1, 2002

And thanks for AM chuckle.

MauiRob · Apr 1, 2002

Seems there was once upon a time a furriner to the USA that came to Oklahoma and was visiting one of the local nightclubs called "The Hall of Fame" or in some circles, "The Hall of Shame" [etc, etc]

I wonder if it was an English cucumber or american? some of those english ones'd reach to your knees

might scare off more ladies than it'd bring in!!

Second of all, it wasn't there to impress the ladies. I simply find this to be a convenient way to carry a snack. After all, if Yangdu can carry a khukuri strapped to her leg, I see no reason why I shouldn't carry a little Ghurkan for a snack