Bloke stuff

[den]

While looking for mosquito coils at Big W, I surprised myself by standing in front of the racks of new fry pans and thinking "Hey they look good. I should get one. OOH! A grilling pan!"

I was looking at fry pans. My subconscious kicked in about then. "EMERGENCY!! Get to the automotive section ASAP! Turn left here to avoid the food processors! Now right. LOOK OUT! SAUCEPANS!"

I felt better after a few minutes looking at LED tail lights, xenon bulbs and cans of WD40. "Ooooh! Spanners! Hey I need a new magnetic philips head screwdriver," said the subconscious. "LOOK! Butane-powered soldering iron set! How cool is that?"

I feel better now, but it was a close thing. Fry pans? Sheesh.

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[klishnor.livejournal.com]

I only have one, but it's 6 feet long and 2 inches in diameter, with a square section spike at one end and a chisel end at the other.

I rescued it over ten years ago, when some workmen putting in new paving slabs down the street, left it behind. The spike end had broken off about 2 inches from the tip, but I managed to reforge it at work.

Several neighbours have borrowed it since I got it.