Posted by Mavman (IP: 192.62.107.213) on November 04, 1999 at 14:20:00:
In Reply to: Tool humor: adapted slightly for Mav owners... posted by Paulie on November 04, 1999 at 13:38:09:
: HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays
: is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from
: the object we are trying to hit.
: MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of
: cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well
: on boxes containing seats and chrome.
: ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in
: their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for
: drilling mounting holes in fenders just above the brake line that goes
: to the rear wheel.
: PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.
: HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
: principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
: motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more
: dismal your future becomes.
: VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is
: available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the
: palm of your hand.
: OXYACETELENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various
: flammable objects in your garage on fire. Also handy for igniting the
: grease inside a brake drum you're trying to get the bearing race out of.
: WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and
: motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2
: socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.
: DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching
: flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the
: chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that
: freshly painted part you were drying.
: WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them
: somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes
: fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it
: takes you to say, "Ouc...."
: HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a Maverick to the ground
: after you have installed your new front disk brake setup, trapping the
: jack handle firmly under the front fender.
: EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering a Maverick
: upward off a hydraulic jack.
: TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.
: PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another
: hydraulic floor jack.
: SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for
: spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.
: E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt
: holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.
: TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease
: buildup.
: TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the
: tensile strength of ground straps and brake lines you may have forgotten
: to disconnect.
: CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying
: tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the
: end without the handle.
: BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric
: acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining
: that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.
: AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
: TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a
: drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin,"
: which is not otherwise found under Mavericks at night. Health
: benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs
: at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during,
: say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark
: than light, its name is somewhat misleading.
: PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style
: paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used,
: as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.
: AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a
: coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into
: compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench
: that grips rusty bolts last tightened 40 years ago by someone in
: Sindelfingen, and rounds them off.
: PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
: bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
: HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.