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Gentlemen, I’m sad to say that we lost one of our most special little troopers last night. Cutitous’ depressive effects has claim yet another one of God’s fluffy little angels. Fe Fe Von Sugarpuss (Sug to her friends) came to us a few months ago. Distraught, she had not eaten in days. She was an absolute rail. However, she had eyes that would make your heart melt.
It appears that lethal mixture of depression and narcissism cause poor Sug to concoct a lethal mixture of polyurethane and paraffin wax. The world was ugly. Too ugly to live in, to be sure.
She used her adorable little paws to drag out a pan onto the stove (by God when a people going to learn to install child safety locks on the cabinets in homes with animals afflicted with terrible and chronic cutious). She dumped in the polyurethane and the paraffin and brought it to just under a boil.
She cursed the world one last time and….and….dipped herself. She wanted to die and leave a beautifully well preserved corpse.
It is a gruesome picture, and those with weak constitutions should probably not view it
Here is poor Sug today. Another senseless death of cutious.
Unlike most victims of this terrible disease, this one has a bit of a sad bittersweet twist. Most cutious suffers do not find love, as they cannot love themselves. Sug, however, left behind a pair of not quite as cute children.
Here they are. Jacques on your right and Stinky Joe on the left. Jacques is doing OK. Stinky Joe…is not. I feel so sorry for this little guy. I asked him what I could do…if there was ANYTHING that I could do to ease the terrible pain. He just let out a whimpering cry, snuffled, then told me (I speak cat, you see) that his life-long dream (the one he’s had for a full 4 weeks) is to be a world famous whittler. His big plan is to grow up big and strong, catch the first southbound train to the piney hills of Appalachia, and set up a shop to stake his fortune. If only he had a nice little knife to help get him started.
Oh, I don’t expect him to make it that far. In a few weeks he’ll figure out that he doesn’t have thumbs and can’t whittle. However, it would nice to get him a little something to keep that dream alive while he deals with the loss of his mother. Poor, poor Stinky Joe.
Jake
It appears that lethal mixture of depression and narcissism cause poor Sug to concoct a lethal mixture of polyurethane and paraffin wax. The world was ugly. Too ugly to live in, to be sure.
She used her adorable little paws to drag out a pan onto the stove (by God when a people going to learn to install child safety locks on the cabinets in homes with animals afflicted with terrible and chronic cutious). She dumped in the polyurethane and the paraffin and brought it to just under a boil.
She cursed the world one last time and….and….dipped herself. She wanted to die and leave a beautifully well preserved corpse.
It is a gruesome picture, and those with weak constitutions should probably not view it
Here is poor Sug today. Another senseless death of cutious.
Unlike most victims of this terrible disease, this one has a bit of a sad bittersweet twist. Most cutious suffers do not find love, as they cannot love themselves. Sug, however, left behind a pair of not quite as cute children.
Here they are. Jacques on your right and Stinky Joe on the left. Jacques is doing OK. Stinky Joe…is not. I feel so sorry for this little guy. I asked him what I could do…if there was ANYTHING that I could do to ease the terrible pain. He just let out a whimpering cry, snuffled, then told me (I speak cat, you see) that his life-long dream (the one he’s had for a full 4 weeks) is to be a world famous whittler. His big plan is to grow up big and strong, catch the first southbound train to the piney hills of Appalachia, and set up a shop to stake his fortune. If only he had a nice little knife to help get him started.
Oh, I don’t expect him to make it that far. In a few weeks he’ll figure out that he doesn’t have thumbs and can’t whittle. However, it would nice to get him a little something to keep that dream alive while he deals with the loss of his mother. Poor, poor Stinky Joe.
Jake
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Sigh. Saw a couple NIB Opinels at an estate sale a couple of months back. Thought of grabbing them but didn't. Now I'm regretting that.
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Kismet said:
What?? All I'm trying to do is get the word out about this terrible disease. You see, i not only work at this animal rescue hospital, I founded it
This isn't even about the knives anymore. I'm having too much fun making this stuff up. I have stepped over the edge and now it is reality
You guys should hear how many times a day my wife says, "Oh Jake, God you're evil!"
meh, she knew what she was getting into
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Evil's like salt: a little bit is practically necessary.
Jake, if you were really evil, you'd threaten to incinerate the kittens if the knives weren't sent to you.
The Onion did that once: had a cover of a revolver pointed a dog's head:
"Buy This Issue, Or We'll Shoot This Dog."
I didn't buy it.
Ad Astra
Jake, if you were really evil, you'd threaten to incinerate the kittens if the knives weren't sent to you.
The Onion did that once: had a cover of a revolver pointed a dog's head:
"Buy This Issue, Or We'll Shoot This Dog."
I didn't buy it.
Ad Astra
I was going to talk about my French-Canadian friends here in New Brunswick, and how just seeing an Opinel could restore pride and comfort in their French heritage.
I was going to talk about putting an Opinel in the pack I take with the kids, when we venture into the wilderness, discovering deep inner truth in Creation, in honest work, and in ourselves.
I was going to talk about how a serious, but unassuming folding knife could bring my wife to a sense of knife-enlightenment - mending the rifts in our relationship as she discovered joy in using a keen, simple, perfectly adapted cutting tool.
Then I read Jake's posts. For God's sake, just give it to him. No more cute animals. Please.
t.
I was going to talk about putting an Opinel in the pack I take with the kids, when we venture into the wilderness, discovering deep inner truth in Creation, in honest work, and in ourselves.
I was going to talk about how a serious, but unassuming folding knife could bring my wife to a sense of knife-enlightenment - mending the rifts in our relationship as she discovered joy in using a keen, simple, perfectly adapted cutting tool.
Then I read Jake's posts. For God's sake, just give it to him. No more cute animals. Please.
t.
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I should have one of them because it was my idea But seriously, folks... I've never had an Okapi, I like wood handles and carbon steel blades, I'll give it a workout and won't let it sit in a drawer. I'll even give it a name, maybe George.
Frank
But seriously, folks... I've never had an Okapi, I like wood handles and carbon steel blades, I'll give it a workout and won't let it sit in a drawer. I'll even give it a name, maybe George.Frank
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Dadgummit, y'all done gone all soft and squishy, letting Jake break you down with cute fuzzy critters. Baby chickens are cute and fuzzy, and dead one's make great catfish bait, 'specially if they've "soured up" a bit. Y'all done lost track of what's really cute and cuddly, but ol' Sarge'll save you from your soft, squishy, ways. Awwwww, ain't she cute, and cuddly too by golly.
Sarge
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SilverFoxKnows said:I should have one of them because it was my idea
Frank
Hey! I know a George! Not a knife named George, but a puppy. Here is lil' Georgie
Lil Georgie needs a heart transplant. you see, he was abandoned by his mother because he was TOO cute. I think all of you gentlemen would agree that indeed if you had been turned over to the animal shelter because your mommy didn't want you, it would, in fact, break your heart as well. Georgie's time is fleeting. Now I ask, what is Steve going to do? Give it Frank so he can name the knife? Give it to Thumbcutter Goodbeard so that he can cut the clothes of a wench? Or...is he going to give to someone who will use that knife to cut open a tiny puppy and give him the gift of life? Hope you gentlemen can rest well.
Just to make everything 100% clear. I don't carry about this little competition. Heck, i say give them to Bruise
I'm just having a a fun time with my BSingJake
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Steely_Gunz said:
Belay swab, Thumbcutter needs no knyf to git his wenches "preezintable", why I just gives 'em a wink, and they reef their sails quick as a monkey. Take old Thumbcutter's word for it shipmates, keep yer jack knives stowed, 'specially around spandex or tight, tight, jeans, why one little snip, and out pops all the "buried treasure". Arrrrrgh
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Sylvrfalcn said:Belay swab, Thumbcutter needs no knyf to git his wenches "preezintable", why I just gives 'em a wink, and they reef their sails quick as a monkey. Take old Thumbcutter's word for it shipmates, keep yer jack knives stowed, 'specially around spandex or tight, tight, jeans, why one little snip, and out pops all the "buried treasure". Arrrrrgh
Sarge
that one make me spit Big Red all over my keyboard. Sarge wins. :thumbup: Jake
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How can we prevent poor little georgie from growing up into the champion he was intended to be:
remember, a dog is for life, not just for a knife.
millie and blue beg you to please save their little puppy. you'll never be able to sleep at night again if you don't. please send this vital set of surgical tools to jake before it is too late.
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CAVE CANEM ET SEMPER PARATUS
Dic, hospes Spartae nos te hic vidisse iacentes,
Dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur
If they don't want me to eat animals - why do they make them out of MEAT?
remember, a dog is for life, not just for a knife.
millie and blue beg you to please save their little puppy. you'll never be able to sleep at night again if you don't. please send this vital set of surgical tools to jake before it is too late.
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CAVE CANEM ET SEMPER PARATUS
Dic, hospes Spartae nos te hic vidisse iacentes,
Dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur
If they don't want me to eat animals - why do they make them out of MEAT?
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Well, I asked some friends, and they said I should probably have the Okapi.
Mrs. Rice said you all deserve it, but I deserve it about this much more ....
Spock felt strongly that it would be best for it to land in my hands, and wanted to remind everyone that he is a Vulcan and has 'special' powers ...
My spirit animal just likes me to enjoy nice knives ...
And what if this guy shows up at my door?
And maybe, just maybe, that little knife would help me sleep better at night. Night. When inevitably, the 'feet' come to haunt me in my dreams .......
Mrs. Rice said you all deserve it, but I deserve it about this much more ....
Spock felt strongly that it would be best for it to land in my hands, and wanted to remind everyone that he is a Vulcan and has 'special' powers ...
My spirit animal just likes me to enjoy nice knives ...
And what if this guy shows up at my door?
And maybe, just maybe, that little knife would help me sleep better at night. Night. When inevitably, the 'feet' come to haunt me in my dreams .......
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Geeze I think some of you guys are just googling pics and pasting them in the thread
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We let the knife decide. Uncle always said that khuks chose their person instead of the other way around. Every person should have their name on a piece of paper. The Opinel and Okapi are dropped, blade open, over the spread of names. When a name gets speared, it goes to that person.
Frank
P.S. If that doesn't fly then I submit this. I should get the Okapi because I have travelled back in time to recover pieces of lost history. Much was lost in the Third Global War. The inlays on the Okapi are the key to the Time Displacement Equipment. I must return to my time before I inadvertantly alter my present (your future). Stop "Time Crime" and give me the Okapi.
Frank
P.S. If that doesn't fly then I submit this. I should get the Okapi because I have travelled back in time to recover pieces of lost history. Much was lost in the Third Global War. The inlays on the Okapi are the key to the Time Displacement Equipment. I must return to my time before I inadvertantly alter my present (your future). Stop "Time Crime" and give me the Okapi.