[Sca-cooks] NOT QUITE A DICK.....................................

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Isabella di Giovanni:
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>Oh, migawd, I can not believe I am going to say this.
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>  I know what kind of response I shall get.
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>  I am opening my mouth and out are coming the words....
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>What....is....a....DICK???
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>Isabella...probably dickless...and dumb

In this case, any of several types of knives made by F. Dick & Co.
Knives tend to be identified, when you have a room full of them to
choose from, by manufacturer and/or type, and by size. So, just as
your car might be a 1999 Ford Whatever, a particular knife might be a
12-inch Wusthof Slicer, or a 7-inch Henkell Boning Knife/Boner.
(Hence my reference in this thread to my 6-inch Stiff Boner, in order
to distinguish it from a flexible Boner, which is more like a fillet
knife.)

I once had a culinary instructor, who, on a memorable occasion, put
down his chef's knife, only to have it picked up and borrowed by one
of his students (largely female, 20-ish student body). So, he
immediately began to shout (totally oblivious to the more obvious
potential misinterpretation by the casual listener), "All right,
who's got my 10-inch Dick? Have any of you ladies seen my 10-inch
Dick? I know one of you has it, so everybody, please check among your
tools and see which one of you has my 10-inch Dick, because I want it
right now! I left it right on top of my bag, like always! I need that
10-inch Dick, and I need it right now! I need it in the worst way!
Give me that Dick!!!"

And so on... needless to say, the tinkling peals of silvery laughter
were profound, which only made him more angry and more determined to
get to the root of his Dick problem...

I've told this story several times on this list, but it seems like we
have to trot it out and give it a good working over every six months
or so, for the benefit of new members ;-)

Adamantius