amy g. Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I have two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 My dad told me that in an emergency they would use an ice pick to stab the cows who were bloating to release the gas.... Stefanie See, it isn't a unitasker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 They are called church keys. Bottle opener on one end and pointy on the other end. Those were perfect for Hersey chocolate syrup, condensed and evaporated milk (back before one of the had pull tabs) and certain cans of cranberry sauce. It's called...wait for it...a can opener. Or it might be a double-sided tool: can opener on one end, bottle opener on the other. I think "church key" was more colloquial. :-) I didn't know the name. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Did he cometh? I totally knew someone was going to ask that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I know my grandparents had one in a kitchen drawer, but I don't remember them ever using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 scissors, knitting needle, hatchet (yes, we have one), chainsaw (ditto), hammer, heavy vase, metal kabob skewer, revolver, rope, candlestick, wrench, letter opener that looks like a dagger, I even have a lead pipe (no, not lead. . . copper but I think it's still heavy enough to kill Mr. Body), You forgot kitchen knives. My butcher knife would do a great job. And what about cast iron skillets, and baseball bats? Antifreeze? There was a woman in Georgia who killed either two husbands or a husband and a boyfriend via the antifreeze method. Heck, you could even apply poison to an umbrella tip and stab someone walking by. They will die if you use the right poison. It's been done IRL. Russian spy, maybe? I think about these things in case I ever have to kill someone. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I think about these things in case I ever have to kill someone. :coolgleamA: This is why I call you instead of visit. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This is why I call you instead of visit. :auto: And here I thought it was because it was too far to walk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 And here I thought it was because it was too far to walk! That's just what I let you think. Now I'm going to take a shower and try not to think of someone stabbing me through the shower curtain with a butcher knife. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
December Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This article seems relevant: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/nyregion/ice-picks-are-still-used-as-weapons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 This article seems relevant: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/nyregion/ice-picks-are-still-used-as-weapons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Very much so! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This article seems relevant: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/nyregion/ice-picks-are-still-used-as-weapons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 This bit was sort of crazy: The demand is greater than the store chooses to meet: because the store has a policy restricting the sale of ice picks to anyone under the age of 21, it has sold only two in the past six months or so. “Some guy might buy this for torturing people,†another worker, Victor Reynoso said. “Sometimes they come to buy, but we don’t sell. If you are going to buy this, you have to show me ID.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenC Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 We do not have an ice pick, but my 87 year old grandmother uses one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Not since I saw Basic Instinct in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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