A Prying Question

[mortalasabee]

I work on a farm, and recently I was looking around the shop for a pry bar to tear apart an old chicken coop.

I'm sure you know exactly where my mind went, and if yours doesn't go to the same place I will be greatly disappointed in you.

When I finally found it (it was cleverly hidden right in front of me) I picked it up, and it was a comfort to have

Comments

[octopirock]

*giggles quietly at your pun, and then unhelpfully slinks back to her dinosaur essay*

[tiegirl]

I'm sorry, why would anyone laugh, now? Haven't we already obsessed over pry-bars, for a different reason, once before? Why shouldn't we obsess again, for another very good reason? This is such an excellent question, I see no reason why we shouldn't obsess over it. I will be watching, and if I see any sniggering I will be informing our moderator, you may be sure.
*narrows eyes and glares around*
Now, unfortunately, I have no real insight into this question, other than that the extremely buff Pol can certainly handle a measly little ol' pry-bar on an ickle walk. I think you're not giving him enough credit, here. He has to stay in shape somehow; that's probably what he used to lift weights before hitting the sack.

[mortalasabee]

Thank you for your defense. I'm very grateful. But when were pry bars obsessed over before? Musta missed that one.

I don't doubt that Pol COULD carry it, I just wonder WHY he would do it without a very good reason.

[tiegirl]

I said I didn't have much insight into the question!

I think we obsessed over what people called pry-bars before. Pry-bars vs. pry bars vs. crowbars. I've always called them crowbars, m'self. I think we determined it was a regional thing.

[mortalasabee]

I would call a small, flat one a pry par and a big, heavy, round, curved one a crowbar. *shrugs*

[gamwyn]

I was just re-reading The Thief and wondered the same thing.

[mortalasabee]

Good, I'm glad someone else did too.

[anonymous]

"What does he think Pol is, the source of neverending pry bars?"
Hheh. This post is wonderful.

I definitely buy that he'd be taking it along as a tool for Gen. The Magus supplies him with other tools, so it makes sense. As for being heavy and inexact for Pol to carry around, I don't think he'd dismiss a tool just because of that.

:/

[agh_4]

uh, that was me...

[aged_crone]

Well, the Magus knows where the Gift is, and I'm sure he came up with a list of tools-that-might-be-needed. Imagine how frustrating it would be if they traveled across Sounis, climbed those horrible cliffs, slipped through Eddis, sneaked through Attolia, got to the dammed river; and then looked at each other and said, "Oh, heck, we didn't bring anything with which to pry! I guess we have to go back."