[Sca-cooks] A Knife Problem
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Sun Dec 28 19:28:27 PST 2008
On Dec 28, 2008, at 9:42 PM, Heleen Greenwald wrote:
> I always wondered why said can openers were called church keys.
> Phillipa
I suspect it's a form of opposite-euphemism slang employed by
generations of people who may have been brought up thinking alcohol is
the key to Hell...
Adamantius
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> On Dec 28, 2008, at 10:07 AM, S CLEMENGER wrote:
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> I *still* call mine a "church key."
> --Maire
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa" <ladyemp at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] A Knife Problem
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>> *snip*
>> Use one of the old, triangular can openers (from
>> before pull tab cans) to punch a hole in the bottom of that can.
>> *snip*
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>> Psst, Stefan... they're called church keys.... or at least that's
>> what we
>> always called them. Hmmmm I guess that dates me pretty well too lol
>>
>> Elizabeta of Rundel
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> ...Us? You mean someone has actually confused us for adults?
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