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Decline of Western Civilization
If you have any doubts about the superiority of Japanese culture, just look at what they call Phillips and normal screwdrivers: “Plus” and “Minus”. I feel like I’ve led a completely unoptimized life not knowing about this sooner! How much do we have to spend on “No Child Left Behind” to get the U.S. to such a pinnacle of technical clarity?
Make it so.
March 16, 2004 | Permalink
Comments
Send them an Allen wrench and see what they call it.
Posted by: CGHill | Mar 16, 2004 5:09:30 PM
There be tales of items arriving in Australia, in wooden crates... and of Customs agents having to send for a Robertson screwdriver from the Canadian shipper to open them for inspection.
A Canadian urban legend? Who knows...
Posted by: | Mar 19, 2004 7:39:39 PM
The key question: do they call Torx screwdrivers "Asterisk" screwdrivers? If so, they are waaay smarter than us.
Posted by: Chris Lawrence | Mar 19, 2004 8:19:02 PM
Egads, what do those Japanese know. That's really a "multiply" and "divide" screwdriver.
Posted by: Kinch1 | Mar 20, 2004 12:31:11 AM
"Send them an Allen wrench and see what they call it."
R-N wrench.
Posted by: Fred Boness | Mar 20, 2004 4:04:19 AM
R-N wrench.
Ow, ow, ow.
Posted by: Blackbyrd2 | Mar 22, 2004 2:45:19 AM
