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We all have been reproved for running with scissors at one time or another. (Funny story about that. The other day at the office I was stalking a co-worker with a garden shear and.. well..nevermind). The argument here is that you will accidentally stab someone (maybe yourself) if you have a pair of scissors
swinging around in your hand.
So I propose scissors whose blades are spring-loaded and retract into the handle when pressure is applied in-line with the scissors. If you've ever seen those fake stage-knifes where you stab your buddy with it but the spring-loaded blade retracts into the handle so it doesn't really stab him. This works on the same principle. Since cutting puts pressure perpendicular to the blade, this would not affect the shearing capability of the scissors. So now you can give your kids sharp, pointy scissors and not worry.
kids need to know why
http://www.uoguelph...rchives/001249.html
"don't" is not enough [neilp, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Scissors you can run with
http://www.reuels.c...s/product31671.html
I swear I've posted this same thing on this same idea before. [Worldgineer, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Running with Scissors
http://www.weirdal.com/alb17.htm
Obligatory Weird Al reference [madradish, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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nice.. very nice have a blunt croissant. |
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oh, so disappointed that DeathNinja comes up with this sort of stuff..<yawn> |
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are you a teacher on summer vacation? |
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You'll poke your eye out. |
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oh alright, better tomorrow :) |
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On the first link: Well, no shit, Sherlock! |
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Did you hear about that other study that a group of scientists did? They found that water is wet. How about that? And there was another one...it was conclusively found to be true that newsposts that insulted the reader's intelligence generated angry, sarcastic replies! |
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Sorry. I just can't believe I wasted my time reading that article. |
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Let them run all they want. After the first accident they will understand what real pain is. Nature/god gave us two eyes so we can use one for experimenting. |
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Who wants to take bets that the study in the first link was under a govt research grant? |
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<detective> Looks like he was cleaning them and they went off. </detective> |
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<Lorena Bobbitt> Well officer, I was busy trimming his Speedo line when the spring-loaded blades suddenly telescoped out and...</Lorena Bobbitt> |
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A new Olympic event - the 4x100 Scissor Relay. |
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Seeing the popularity of this, I
should probably come out with a
poodle hat. |
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Scissors You Can Run With (But You Can't Hide) might be more appropriate. The thought of thousands of kindergarteners with concealed weapons is frightening. |
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I'm thinking that scissors with permanently retracted blades would be safer still, only coming out in operation, i.e., when you squeeze the handles. |
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That would be simple: Make a set of plastic 'blade shields', slightly longer than the blades. When you squeeze the handles the blades pivot past the inner edges of the shields, allowing you to cut. Release the handles and they return to "Safe" mode, courtesy of a pair of springs, with no sharp points of edges exposed. |
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Or they could make scissors with rounded ends. |
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Make a knife version for crap knife throwers.. |
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Assuming for a second that the blades of the scissors would be shielded - you could hold the scissors with the handle out in front and as you run you could carry an egg (or two).
Have fun *and* play safe! |
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What I really want to know is, what happened after you stalked your co-worker with the garden shears... |
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Nothing happened to him. His boss had told him to 'trim' the workforce. |
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