Church key anecdote

Peter A. McGraw pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Sat Feb 26 00:04:05 UTC 2005


--On Friday, February 25, 2005 6:57 PM -0500 Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

>  Next, there will be a set of instructions for use.
> ("Place protruding flange of triangular device against lid of can,
> apply pressure at a 90 degree angle...")


No, no, Larry--next there will be a page of dire WARNING!s (marked by
triangular yellow traffic-type signs containing a large exclamation point)
about the many creative ways you could injure yourself through improper
use, admonitions not to swallow the opener or use it to pull your own
teeth, remove ear wax, etc.

Peter Mc.

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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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