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What Kind of Tool Am I?

December 15th, 2006 | Category: One Liners, Philosophics

Men have become the tools of their tools. — Henry David Thoreau

7 Comments so far

  1. Em December 15th, 2006 9:08 pm

    I love this quote! And it is so true. As our tools get ’smarter’ we spend more and more time working for them rather than with them!

  2. Rhea December 16th, 2006 9:37 am

    I don’t know about you, but I’m a backhoe.

  3. Ole Phat Stu December 16th, 2006 11:52 pm

    In (UK) English, ‘tool’ ist also a euphemism for penis. So a Brit could interpret that quotation as being about sexual-fixations. But they think a lot about that anyway . . .

  4. ainelivia December 17th, 2006 6:41 pm

    Ole Phat Stu, and imagine being an Irish man called Sean O’Toole…..

  5. Liz December 20th, 2006 3:09 am

    Kissing a man without a moustache is like eating an egg without salt. (Can’t remember who)

    I don’t know why your quote made me think of this one.

    I am a scissors. Useful on occasions but can be destructive.

  6. Liz December 20th, 2006 3:10 am

    And always getting lost.

  7. Liz December 20th, 2006 3:11 am

    You see what I mean! It’s the more recent quote about bicycles that made me think of my quote.