# Myopic Samurai with 14-piece GINSU Knife Set Against Woolly Mammoth **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356 "2007-01-10T01:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/41 "2007-01-11T14:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 14 Knives of Ginsu in a fighting pachyderm’s demise. So the Samurai wins. [/QUOTE] For decades, before I read this, I thought _I_ was clever. Applause. But let’s not annoint Miagi the Myopic quite so soon. We all know what the toughest [test](http://www.fanpop.com/spots/legendary-ads/links/14599) for a ginsu knife was a tomato, then a can. And that mammoth, _he_ ain’t no [tomato can](http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/tomato_can/). ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/42 "2007-01-12T15:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] I, too, wager five bucks on the Thrall-Pachyderm. [/QUOTE] If this is a Trek-verse accident, you’ll be placeing those bets in quatloos 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/43 "2007-01-12T16:17:23Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] If this is a Trek-verse accident, you’ll be placeing those bets in quatloos 😛 [/QUOTE] When in Ferenginar…er, Rome. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/44 "2007-01-12T17:11:14Z")
Knives of blind fury Set upon a wooly beast All hail GINSU champ. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/45 "2007-01-12T17:18:40Z")
But, wait! We know you might be satisfied with the 7-inch Sudoku knife, but just to make sure, we’ll send you, AT NO EXTRA COST, this 700-page book of Sudoku logic puzzles, if you call within the next 19 minutes! And… ---
**Author:** ![IBJammin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cab0a1/32.png) [@IBJammin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBJammin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/46 "2007-01-12T22:13:28Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 14 Knives of Ginsu in a fighting pachyderm’s demise. [/QUOTE] I have NEVER laughed so loudly or longly in my life - so far . . . Jammin’ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/47 "2007-01-13T08:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] No, no - since it’s an _evil_ twin, it would be from a universe where mammoths are carnivores. Picture a mammoth quietly chewing, with a samurai leg sticking out of the corner of it’s mouth. And a samurai helmet hanging off a tusk - I’m getting _Far Side_ vibes from this . . . [/QUOTE] Or perhaps a [Sluggy](http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=991026) vibe? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/48 "2007-01-13T21:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=The King of Soup] For decades, before I read this, I thought _I_ was clever. Applause. But let’s not annoint Miagi the Myopic quite so soon. We all know what the toughest [test](http://www.fanpop.com/spots/legendary-ads/links/14599) for a ginsu knife was a tomato, then a can. And that mammoth, _he_ ain’t no [tomato can](http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/tomato_can/). [/QUOTE] My parents got one from that ad I think…they stll have it Texas seems to be devoid of mammoths though ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/49 "2007-01-14T01:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=bdgr] My parents got one… Texas seems to be devoid of mammoths though [/QUOTE] Coincidence? _You_ be the judge. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356/50 "2007-01-14T22:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Coincidence? _You_ be the judge. [/QUOTE] There you go…question answered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopic-samurai-with-14-piece-ginsu-knife-set-against-woolly-mammoth/387356.md?page=2)