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This one is from Australia. You have my sympathies, guys...

Wow, just wow. Whats next, Popsicle sticks, flat bar ans sheet metal?

That picture makes me not want to be human anymore.

It's either an absurdly over cautious interpretation of Australian law by that store, or they're making a statement. If chain stores in Australia are anything like those here, I'd guess it's the first. I'd also suspect there are places in the USA where it's against the law for anyone under 18 to purchase a knife.

That's just... wrong. It's funny, I remember the Crocodile Dundee movies where he carries a big Bowie knife. "Now that's a knife" What would Dundee think?

Cross there off the vacation spot!!! John

That's hilarious. And sad. Perhaps, "hilsadious" is the word I'm looking for...

I'm glad I haven't seen any crap like that here lol

The Deacon wrote:It's either an absurdly over cautious interpretation of Australian law by that store, or they're making a statement. If chain stores in Australia are anything like those here, I'd guess it's the first. I'd also suspect there are places in the USA where it's against the law for anyone under 18 to purchase a knife.

Well, it's illegal here for a minor to purchase a steel or ceramic knife, but we don't consider plastic flatware to be "real knives". I've seen that picture before, but not being in Australia I have no firsthand knowledge of the story behind it. The propaganda I've read on the internet claims the way the law is worded there, those plastic knives are considered real knives and are subject to the same restrictions as deadly weapons.

jabba359 wrote:That's hilarious. And sad. Perhaps, "hilsadious" is the word I'm looking for...

+1

Just the culture of fear being imposed on us everywhere around the globe. If we all as individuals were not so insecure in who we are fear could not grip us & drag most of humanity to their destruction.
Scary as all get out, if'n ya lookin. Collosians 2:6
Whoever hung that sign is dominated by fear & a slave to stinkin insurance & the evil of political correctness.
Think the monster in your closet when you look at this stuff. Of course that monster did jump out & tear our throats out repeatedly :eek:
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What about paperclips? Those things are a danger to humanity. Think of all the eyes that could be poked if some kid under 18 got a hold of one and straightened it out. :eek:

I'm not joking when I say that I've seen a plastic knife cut a guy to the bone when I worked at KFC. It was pretty nasty, and completely unexpected. Some of the cooks got into a harmless 'fake' knife fight, and one went to the hospital.

Society has hit an ultimate low if you have laws like this...

WOW and LOL... and WTH

what? WTC? is that what I think it is? I feel like vomiting

That's just silly...

I think some people don't have common sense and took the law way too literal!

O,just,O wrote:Whoever hung that sign is dominated by fear & a slave to stinkin insurance & the evil of political correctness.
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That's about what I figured. It's the same mentality that makes some stores back where I use to live in NY require their clerks to demand proof of age from senior citizens looking to purchase beer or tobacco products.