# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/61 "2007-03-18T20:33:50Z")
Another red hammer here. Christ, what is the matter with all of you? Green shovels? Blue saws? There are some pretty depraved minds here, is all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/62 "2007-03-19T00:19:27Z")
Another blue wrench here. Strange, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen a blue wrench. Also, with these sorts of tests, sometimes I get the expected answer and sometimes I don’t. It just goes to show that I’m not normal or quirky, just…somewhere in between? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/63 "2007-03-19T00:29:30Z")
[QUOTE=Yumblie] Another blue wrench here. Strange, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen a blue wrench. Also, with these sorts of tests, sometimes I get the expected answer and sometimes I don’t. It just goes to show that I’m not normal or quirky, just…somewhere in between? [/QUOTE] I haven’t either, but we Blue Wrenchs must stick together. Clearly the Red Hammers just want to stir shite and drive (purple) wedges between all us tools. Wait…that didnt’ sound right… ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/64 "2007-03-19T01:36:12Z")
Is it wrong that I thought of a purple George Bush? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/65 "2007-03-19T03:00:04Z")
Oh well…I guess I’m normal. Red hammer here. Oh, and to all of you who said “orange screwdriver”, they said to name a color and a tool, not your favorite drink…sheesh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brokespoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@brokespoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brokespoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/66 "2007-03-19T10:09:21Z")
I had yellow hammer, so I guess I am only half-nutz. (Errrr…partially insane…semi-sane??) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/67 "2007-03-19T10:13:49Z")
Orange spade. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/68 "2007-03-19T12:08:30Z")
Chartreuse Ratchet Wrench. I tend to think in reactionary ways. If you ask me to name a color, I pick a strange one rather than a primary. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/69 "2007-03-19T13:40:58Z")
purple screwdriver never even seen a purple screwdriver… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/70 "2007-03-19T15:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] I’d freak out and possibly have myself institutionalized if I’d said “red awl,” because I have no idea what an awl is. [/QUOTE] They’ve always freaked me out because it’s what Louis Braille put his eye out with. :eek: I’ve had to overcome the ooge because they’re used in basketmaking. Blue hammer here. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/71 "2007-03-19T15:08:07Z")
Yet another blue hammer checking in. _We’re_ the normal ones. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/72 "2007-03-19T15:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Blue wrench. [/QUOTE] Same here. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/73 "2007-03-19T15:47:31Z")
Pink Hammer. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/74 "2007-03-19T16:00:40Z")
**Blue hammer** here, as well, when I read it on a MySpace bulletin this morning. Of course both there and here the lines on the page are blue, so that might have something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/75 "2007-03-19T16:05:59Z")
Green pencil. When asked to name a color, green is my inevitable answer. And the tool decision went “Well shit, tools?” And then my eye lit on my pencil holder. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/76 "2007-03-19T17:17:44Z")
Purple screwdriver. Odd thing though, I imagined a purple _awl_ but my mind thought “screwdriver.” :::shrug::: ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/77 "2007-03-19T17:26:17Z")
Green awl. At the moment, I can’t even remember what an awl _is_, just that it’s the first name of a tool that popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/78 "2007-03-19T17:41:03Z")
Another vote for “blue screwdriver” here. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/79 "2007-03-19T17:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=rhythmonly] Pink Hammer. [/QUOTE] I am also a member of the Pink Hammer brigade ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385/80 "2007-03-19T17:59:26Z")
Blue screwdriver. I’ve always known I’m a little… off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-but-intriguing/396385.md?page=5)