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Subject:Swiss Army Knife - Necessary Tool Content
From:Ronald Michaels
Date:Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:17:24 -0500

Hi -

It is so quiet today that I feel another Swiss Army Knife story coming on.
This one is not my own, but that of a friend who had a university
appointment in Botswana in the 70s.  He was camped along the Chobe River in
Northern Botswana in his Land Rover (no Vanagon Content) and the handle fell
off of his Swiss Army Knife.  That evening he mixed up a little batch of
epoxy and spread it on the handle and knife.  In order to hold the knife
together, he put it on a flat rock and pulled his Rover up so the front tire
mashed it together.

So, he used his Land Rover to fix his Swiss Army Knife.  Africa is full of
stories of how "I used my Swiss Army Knife to fix my Land Rover."  The
inverse problem is harder.

Ron