A Florida Walmart has fired one of their security officers for giving chase to a knife-wielding shoplifter who took off running across the store's parking lot. Josh Rutner told the Star-Banner, "I couldn't let him get away. That's wrong." That second sentence may be true, but security guard != officer of the law.
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Max writes in: "While cutting lemon grass - yes, lemon grass, the blade of my knife snapped off in a clean shear from the handle. Keep in mind there is no bone in lemon grass."
My colleague came to work waving around a new pair of Sony headphone's he'd bought on the way over, still new in the blister plastic packaging. He was excited because he got such a good deal on them, and tried cutting through the package with a pair of heavy duty scissors. The plastic was unusually strong and was resisting even our most well made scissors (we work in a printing facility, and have lots of types of scissors, all high quality). He switched to the x-acto knife after the scissors were unable to pierce the thick bonded plastic.
Cecilia Beaman is a 57-year-old grandmother, a middle school principal and part-time terrorist. She was busted by the TSA for attempting to sneak a 5 1/2 inch bread knife with a rounded tip and a serrated blade onto an airplane.
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Despite proper care, Hexum2600's 4.5 inch KitchenAid Santoku knife began to rust four months after purchase. Hexum2600 sent KitchenAid an email.
"I explained that I have purchased a lot of KitchenAid small appliances and other products and that this was the first that I had a problem with. I said that I was disappointed because I had purchased this product from them without researching the quality of the product or reading any reviews on it based on my continually positive experiences with their company."
Judging by the 967 articles on Google News today about OJ's planned FOX tv special and book, titled If I Did it, someone is excited. His publisher calls the book, "his confession." Whatever.
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"Perfect for fashionistas and do-it-yourself divas...just think, armed with your very own Miss Army Kit you can file your nails, fix a button, open a bottle of Pinot, pluck your eyebrows, crack open a beer and even draw a comedy moustache on that piccy of your ex before cutting it up into itty bitty pieces," cajoles the product website for this "girly gizmo."
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Save Money On Band Aids And ER Visits By Sharpening Your Knives Regular sharpening also prolongs your knives' usefulness, saving you money on replacements. [Consumer Reports Online]
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Max writes in: "While cutting lemon grass - yes, lemon grass, the blade of my knife snapped off in a clean shear from the handle. Keep in mind there is no bone in lemon grass."
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