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Re: terminology trivia: Vice-Grips (was Re: US Speed Roller Skating)

Mark Rand

2007-06-15, 5:25 pm

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:00:59 -0700, motorblade <motorblade@aol.com> wrote:

>On Jun 15, 7:57?am, sparky <sparky...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Vice grips would be when you use them to hold a marijuana ciggarette
>when it is small
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>vice being a hedonistic pursuit
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>Vise grips are when you use it for mechanical purposes
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>like a vise
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Only in strange parts of the world that don't spell English correctly:-)

PS:-
They are Mole Wrenches.

Mark Rand
RTFM

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