# Perhaps what I seek cannot be achieved with current technology... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489 "2001-10-19T20:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/21 "2001-10-20T11:36:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > Perhaps I’m asking too much, but I am convinced that somewhere, someone has invented a process by which the ID could have been made smaller. Then again, I’ve been wrong before. **Sua** , as your technology advisor, and in the interests of protecting your tender ass-flesh, I am pleased to report that there is indeed a process by which the ID can be made smaller. It involves a wonderful new invention known as scissors. My advice to you is to find someone who is permitted to use some sharp scissors (as opposed to the rounded-tipped ones they’ll let you have) and have them cut off the offending 1/2 inch. Worst that will happen is that they’ll bitch at you for damaging the ID card, and then you can always use the tender ass-flesh excuse. Have fun back there in the working world! ---
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/22 "2001-10-20T12:40:38Z")
you think you’ve got a problem? i bought my wallet at a market in toulouse, and it doesn’t even fit _money_. damn french people, making their money and wallets too damn small. 😉 actually, i also have an id card for my office. it never occurred to me to put it in my wallet; i keep it in the nifty little id slot on the front of my purse. it’ll open doors right through the front flap! ---
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/23 "2001-10-20T12:41:47Z")
(btw, i just tried it, and my id does fit in my wallet. it’s actually a little bit smaller than my texas driver’s license.) ---
**Author:** ![dierson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dierson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dierson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/24 "2001-10-20T15:06:02Z")
Obviously your company is in collusion with the manufacturers of the next generation size wallet (ver 2.1) that is the requisite ½ inch bigger. It’s just a scheme to make you buy a new wallet. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/25 "2001-10-20T17:38:35Z")
As someone who sees a variety of different office building security systems every day (I’m a bike messenger), I can say that the technology does seem to exist. For example, I’ve seen some where the credit card sized pass is scanned and brings up a photo of the person on the computer screen the guard has. This is especially nice if they have the sort of scanners that just need to be held up to the reader, rather than swiped through. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.White](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mr.White](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.White)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/26 "2001-10-20T19:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Well, sheesh, Sua, just get a pocketbook. > > For heaven’s sake. \*\* I thought it was called a **purse** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/27 "2001-10-21T05:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. White \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > > \*\*Well, sheesh, Sua, just get a pocketbook. > > > > For heaven’s sake. \*\* > > I thought it was called a **purse** 😃 \*\* Nitpick: A pocketbook is just barely large enough to hold bills, but a purse is usually large enough to hold your passport or a checkbook, along with a variety of other sundry goods. Everyone deserves to own a nice Gucci purse. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/28 "2001-10-21T05:35:20Z")
I ran into the same problem a few years back, so I just went over to using a ziplock baggie. The baggie worked wonderfully, but then I found a more wonderful SO who gave me a billfold. I no longer have the SO, but I’m still using the billfold, for despite my ex being in China, if I go back to the baggie, she’ll find out and I will be shamed. Life used to be so simple. ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/29 "2001-10-21T06:07:26Z")
Is this the thread where we’re talking about **SuaSponte’s** ass? Or should that be “bum”? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/30 "2001-10-21T19:37:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > \*\*Dammit, **Sua**! This is a brand new war, a new type of conflict, an engagement different from any we have ever faced. We don’t know what we’re getting in to, we don’t know where we’ll really end up; all we know is that we **need** to think outside of the box on this one, , \*\* Sounds like we need to think outside the wallet. Seriously what’s the better band name: a) Sensitive Ass-Flesh b) Iron Ass Maybe they could do a split 7-inch. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/31 "2001-10-22T00:32:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Well, sheesh, Sua, just get a pocketbook. > > For heaven’s sake. \*\* DDG, Sua is a he, not a she. And having met him, I can just see him walking around with a pocketbook. 😃 Thanks for the image. I’ll never let him forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/32 "2001-10-22T01:35:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yondan \* > \*\*Is this the thread where we’re talking about **SuaSponte’s** ass? Or should that be “bum”? \*\* Nitpick: A bum is just barely large enough to hold bills, but an ass is usually large enough to hold your passport or a checkbook, along with a variety of other sundry goods. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/33 "2001-10-22T01:44:02Z")
Heh. Nothing says “Don’t mess with me Jack” like the chic new [Gidget Goldfish](http://www.beachcomber.com/Gadget/Cool/purse.html). ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/34 "2001-10-22T02:23:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Nitpick: A bum is just barely large enough to hold bills, but an ass is usually large enough to hold your passport or a checkbook, along with a variety of other sundry goods. \*\* Clenched or un? ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/35 "2001-10-22T19:32:29Z")
Sua, I think you should buy a new wallet, and expense it. Then again, they might not see the humor in that. Oh and thank you for your OP. \ ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/36 "2001-10-22T19:44:25Z")
Well, **sua** , if you emphasize hack squats, deadlifts, and leg curls in your gym workouts, you would no longer have wimpy, sensitive ass flesh, but Super Ass Flesh, able to bend ID cards with a single flex! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/37 "2001-10-22T20:28:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*Well, **sua** , if you emphasize _hack squats_, _deadlifts_, and _leg curls_ in your _gym workouts_ \*\* I swear these words are in English, yet I cannot discern their meaning. Sua ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/38 "2001-10-22T20:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I swear these words are in English, yet I cannot discern their meaning Ah, well, you try to help… (scratches **SuaSponte** ’s name off the _Straight Guys to Convert_ list.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489/39 "2001-10-22T21:21:28Z")
Y’see, Sua, another possible outcome of Gobear’s prescription is a simple reduction in assflesh quantity - I mean, one way to get your thinking outside the box is to make the box smaller, no? Now, you could achieve the same results simply by sitting yourself down on a griddle set over medium flame (no higher, please; no need to cause a fire hazard) for about 30 minutes. Have some julienned potatoes nearby and you can make yourself some nice french fries, too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-what-i-seek-cannot-be-achieved-with-current-technology/88489.md?page=1)