On Sunday I went to the city with one of my friends. We went to church in Broadway and then strolled up to QVB for some lunch and knife shopping. I ended up buying a very fancy set of Global knives at Victoria's Basement. For the very cheap costings of $275. Yikes.
They are very sharp knives and good. Rather hard to hang onto without dropping them on your foot. Because they have ergonomic handles. Apparently, you don't get RSI because they slip out of your hand every couple of minutes and drop on your foot. Or, as it turns out, slice off tiny pieces of finger or stab you in the palm.
The first night of knife ownership went forward without major mishap. There were a few scares, but no blood. However, the second day saw two crafty kitchen warriors fall to the unwieldy, unyielding blades. Kyung did lose a tiny piece of her finger and spent seven hours in the Emergency waiting room. Her left hand is now one giant bandage. Shameer stabbed himself in the palm and he is still bleeding today.
As the witless one who welcomed these weapons into our harmless home, I can't help but feel somewhat to blame.
Don’t feel too bad Ryan. You were trying to make life easier. Good knives really help when you have to cook for lots of people all the time. I struggle to understand why this goes under technology. Knives aren’t technology they are implements.
gem / 10:25am / 11 July 2009
You didn’t see these knives. They definitely count as technology. Actually, I think they might be from the future. Perhaps that explains why they attacked everyone.
Ryan / 2:48pm / 11 July 2009