# Pointless, but intriguing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385 "2007-03-18T00:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/21 "2007-03-18T01:55:59Z")
yellow drill Really yellow and black drill. I like DeWalt tools 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/22 "2007-03-18T02:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=kittenblue] Hmmm…I thought of a blue hammer… [/QUOTE] Same here, Blue Hammer. Then again, I own a blue hammer and just spend my Spring Break using it a lot in a construction project so it’s kind of fresh in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/23 "2007-03-18T02:03:59Z")
green screwdriver My son and I just spent a half hour looking for a screwdriver. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/24 "2007-03-18T02:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Orange screwdriver. [/QUOTE] Me too. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/25 "2007-03-18T02:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Red hammer. Making me more normal than most Dopers, which is a rather odd thought. 😛 [/QUOTE] Red Hammer, too. So this is what normal looks like… looks around, shrugs… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/26 "2007-03-18T02:11:17Z")
Burnt sienna crowbar. Actually, I thought of a blue screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/27 "2007-03-18T02:14:10Z")
In all honesty…“blue awl.” ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/28 "2007-03-18T02:18:12Z")
My immediate reaction was “Venison Jesus” when reading the question. I guess it’s a color and a tool, who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/29 "2007-03-18T02:28:21Z")
A blue mattock. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/30 "2007-03-18T02:33:15Z")
I was also a blue wrench. I took this years ago, and remember that I didn’t answer the expected answer, then, either. I’ve always known my mind doesn’t work like other people’s (and often it doesn’t work at all or so it seems…). I don’t think I’ve ever seen a red hammer–unless we are talking about the handle. I wonder why Red Hammer is so common? Is there something about the cadence or the syllables etc that leads people to think of that? It’s fun to know that this happens, but why does it? Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/31 "2007-03-18T02:49:34Z")
Orange … 😕 I can explain the orange part. I work for Home Depot. I just got home from work. I spent my whole day looking at the color orange. But, all the tools which are marked down for store use are spray painted orange. As soon as I thought of the color, I couldn’t pinpoint a tool because to me, they’re all orange. ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/32 "2007-03-18T02:52:37Z")
Orange spanner here. I already knew that I was a freak though. Seriously, I know us dopers are a weird bunch, but that 98% figure strikes me as being a little bit full of it. Maybe more people say ‘red hammer’ than you’d think, but… yeah, I’m suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/33 "2007-03-18T05:14:13Z")
Green drill. I like Bosch. I agree - 98% seems a like a number somebody pulled out of their arse to signify ‘much more’ and 2% to signify ‘much less’. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/34 "2007-03-18T05:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=valleyofthedolls] In all honesty…“blue awl.” [/QUOTE] Heh, I had a red one. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/35 "2007-03-18T05:45:34Z")
Blue screwdriver here. Now I really am wondering why most people would answer Red Hammer?! Inquiring minds want to know! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/36 "2007-03-18T05:49:59Z")
Blue screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/37 "2007-03-18T05:50:51Z")
Green Wrench ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/38 "2007-03-18T06:12:20Z")
Red screwdriver. I bet that if they just asked you to name a color and a tool without all the math crap the answers would be the same. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/39 "2007-03-18T06:15:53Z")
White ex-husband. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/40 "2007-03-18T06:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Orange screwdriver. [/QUOTE] My sister! I said the same thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385.md?page=3)