Penn is the Swiss Army Knife of useful idiots.

Shame?

Baghdad Spicoli completed the superfecta of shame, visiting Saddam in Iraq as well as Iran, Cuba and the jackass in Venezuela.

It's unlikely he was given tours of those countries' prisons, filled as they are with political prisoners lucky to still be alive.

The Sith Army Knife needs the proper Imperial Seal, not that silly Swiss thingy.

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>> ^Greybeard:
A woman who is raped must marry her rapist. (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)
A woman who is found to have lost her virginity before her wedding night must be put to death. (Deuteronomy 22:20-21)

So would a raped woman would have to marry her rapist and then immediately put to death for losing her virginity before her wedding night?

>> ^Greybeard:
And while these laws are in the Old Testament, all of them apply today. Jesus said so.

I haven't read the Bible; I don't hate myself enough; but I seem to recall Jesus also said all the Old Testament rules were to be thrown out.

Seems like the Bible is some sort of magical Swiss Army Knife/Jigsaw Puzzle hybrid where you can form any message you wish just by selecting the proper parts and putting them together. (There's a better comparison out there but I can't think of it. Somebody help me.)

"Typing on it, well, sucks. We kind of hate to say it, but this thing more than likely won't replace what ever keyboard you're writing your novel on -- it's better off used as an absurdly configurable swiss army knife for tasks like gaming, Photoshop, or just about any other productivity app that doesn't require a lot of typing."

I can't see any reason why anyone would use this keyboard. I mean, it's really cool and all, but the practical value is pretty low. I would not want to game on something like this, it fails at typing, and I don't see why you'd use this for photoshopping. When I'm 'shopping, I just use the normal keyboard shortcuts, don't see any reason to force me to look at my keyboard every time I want to do something else.

Speaking of which, I almost never look at my keyboard as it is, and I don't want to. Why would forcing me to look at my keyboard be a good idea?

"The free-market is a veritable Swiss Army knife compared to the sledgehammer of bureaucracy." - Quantumushroom

Even a sledgehammer has a purpose and there are plenty of instances when it is the better tool for a job than a Swiss Army knife. It all depends what you want to do.

The free-market is a veritable Swiss Army knife compared to the sledgehammer of bureaucracy.

Deano raises an excellent point. Are we over designing something that essentially only is supposed to make calls, maybe SMS or check the time? Are we simply being sold an idea when we can take pictures on it, videos, phonecals, sms, music collection, email, internet, and probably in the near future our entire identification and monetary stock?

There is a large resurgence of mobile phones being stripped down to bare minimals which are selling exceptionally well because the boomer generation mostly needs a phone that works and is easy to use not a digital swiss army knife. Largest emerging market is going to be the retiring generation.

Me I just like simplicity. k.i.s.s.

It seems like Wenger wants you to do one thing: throw out your old knives. Actually, it wants you to do several things: throw out your bike tools, your toiletries, your laser pointer and so on, because you can find all of these instruments in a huge Swiss Army knife, which includes every tool the company makes. Wenger is calling the contraption “Giant Knife Version 1.0.” It debuted with all 85 features and can perform hundreds of functions.
Who doesn’t need a cigar cutter next to a bicycle chain rivet setter next to a golf divot repair tool? Wenger is on to something with this everyman’s gadget. It wouldn’t be a knife, though, without a blade, so Wenger put seven in the line-up. And it wouldn’t be Swiss Army unless it came with tweezers and a toothpick. (They’re included, too.)

Here are all 85 tools included in Giant Knife, Version 1.0:

1. 2.5” 60% Serrated locking blade
2. Nail file, nail cleaner
3. Corkscrew
4. Adjustable pliers with wire crimper and cutter
5. Removable screwdriver bit adapter
6. 2.5” Blade for Official World Scout Knife
7. Spring-loaded, locking needle-nose pliers with wire cutter
8. Removable screwdriver bit holder
9. Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
10. Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
11. Phillips head screwdriver bit 2
12. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
13. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6 mm x 4.0 mm
14. Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0 mm x 6.5 mm
15. Magnetized recessed bit holder
16. Double-cut wood saw with ruler (inch & cm)
17. Bike chain rivet setter, removable 5m allen wrench, screwdriver for slotted and Phillips head screws
18. Removable tool for adjusting bike spokes, 10m hexagonal key for nuts
19. Removable 4mm curved allen wrench with Phillips head screwdriver
20. Removable 10mm hexagonal key
21. Patented locking Phillips head screwdriver
22. Universal wrench
23. Laser pointer with 300 ft. range
24. 1.65” Clip point utility blade
25. Metal saw, metal file
26. 4 mm allen wrench
27. 2.5” blade
28. Fine metal file with precision screwdriver
29. Double-cut wood saw
30. Cupped cigar cutter with double-honed edges
31. 12/20-Gauge choke tube tool
32. Watch caseback opening tool
33. Snap shackle
34. Telescopic pointer
35. Compass, straight edge, ruler (in./cm)
36. Mineral crystal magnifier with precision screwdriver
37. 2.4” Springless scissors with serrated, self-sharpening design
38. Shortix key
39. Flashlight
40. Fish scaler, hook disgorger, line guide
41. Micro tool holder
42. Micro tool adapter
43. Micro scraper-straight
44. Reamer
45. Fine fork for watch spring bars
46. Pin punch 1.2 mm
47. Pin punch .8 mm
48. Round needle file
49. Removable tool holder with expandable receptacle
50. Removable tool holder
51. Multi-purpose screwdriver
52. Flat Phillips head screwdriver
53. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
54. Spring loaded, locking flat nose nose-pliers with wire cutter
55. Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
56. Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
57. Phillips head screwdriver bit 2
58. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
59. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6 mm x 4.0 mm
60. Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0 mm x 6.5 mm
61. Can opener
62. Phillips head screwdriver
63. 2.5” Clip point blade
64. Golf club face cleaner
65. 2.4” Round tip blade
66. Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, can opener
67. Golf shoe spike wrench
68. Golf divot repair tool
69. Micro straight-curved
70. Special tool holder
71. Phillips head screwdriver 1.5mm
72. Screwdriver 1.2 mm
73. Screwdriver .8 mm
74. Mineral crystal magnifier, fork for watch spring bars, small ruler
75. Removable screwdriver bit holder
76. Magnetized recessed bit holder
77. Tire tread gauge
78. Reamer/awl
79. Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, wire stripper
80. Special Key
81. Toothpick
82. Tweezers
83. Adapter
84. Key ring
85. Second key ring

Dennis Pireta, Wenger’s marketing director put it succinctly when he noted, “This is not exactly going to win any awards for lightest, smallest or most efficient tools…” The knife is a brute, weighing 2 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 8.75 inches. But don’t worry, it has a key ring so you can carry it on a belt loop.

Wenger set the price at $1,200.