# The most perfectly named Stanley tool.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508 "2008-08-19T01:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/21 "2008-08-19T05:16:01Z")
I must own this. I do very little actual work that would require it, but I must own it. It calls to me, as Mjolnir called to Thor. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/22 "2008-08-19T05:25:05Z")
When I did construction, I purchased this hammer on a whim. [http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/estwinghammer.jpg](http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/estwinghammer.jpg) I felt like I had come from the future to smash errant nails. I was like a child with a BB Gun. Holes in everything. Nails smashed whether they needed smashing or not. I had to get rid of it though when we started sheetrocking and I was leaving square holes when I set the angel nails across the top plates. I think my boss framed it into a wall ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/23 "2008-08-19T05:36:00Z")
I am buying one of those for my shop. My partner and I buy each other tools for Christmas. The cool thing is that they never go home to stay. I buy the tool as a “present” and get to use it whenever I want. Between us we have all sorts of goodies that we could never justify buying for ourselves. FUBAR good. _grunt grunt_ ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/24 "2008-08-19T06:17:58Z")
If I find a hunga munga, I shall purchase or trade for it and give it to my brother. He gave me my kukri, which I keep at the top of the stairs, and made sure I was well read with regard to zombie attacks (by keeping the zombie survival guide in the bathroom when I came to visit). Since he works for the government, I figure he knows something I don’t, so I treat anti-zombie security very seriously as a result. With any luck he’ll weigh in and give us an opinion of the Fubar as a zombie tool. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/25 "2008-08-19T07:04:58Z")
Maybe I’m spoiled by the fire service. A [Paratech bar](http://www.paratech-inc.com/#/Forcible%20Entry%20Tools/Crew/Hooligan/) called a Hooligan on their website lives in the back of my van. At 12#, it will move a whole lotta things. The long handle makes skootching easy. It usually elicits, “What the hell is that?” questions from customers. It just makes many jobs easier. I don’t want to work harder, just smarter. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/26 "2008-08-19T07:47:14Z")
There is an old episode of Dirty Jobs that involved demolition. The guy nicknamed Big Toot (6’ 5", 280# ?) employed Little Toot, a devilish implement that must have weighed 40 pounds and was like a Stradivarius of destruction in his hands. [sniff] ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/27 "2008-08-19T11:41:56Z")
Oh, so very nice. Hm. Suntan, how did that hammer work? I see a hinge? ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/28 "2008-08-19T11:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] **DellieM** , I MUST have a can of “Start You bastard”!! I’m gonna email my friend Lisa living in Melbourne to send me one. And I’ll probably have a FUBAR by the end of the week. [/QUOTE] Way to go Fellow Doper - any Autobarn should stock it. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/29 "2008-08-19T12:17:40Z")
Oh I definitely don’t need one of those! Of course I’ll be buying one this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/30 "2008-08-19T12:21:28Z")
I like it. I don’t know that it would be very good for killing zombies with - I’d be worried about the corrugated surfaces on the smashy end getting it stuck - but it looks like it would be great fun to own and use. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/31 "2008-08-19T13:17:22Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] I have just one question: How many other Dopers have just been told they should be institutionalized? [/QUOTE] /raises hand If they’d stay out of my garden, I’d remain a critter-hugger. I also have no reason to buy this tool, yet I really want one. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/32 "2008-08-19T13:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Grumman] I like it. I don’t know that it would be very good for killing zombies with - I’d be worried about the corrugated surfaces on the smashy end getting it stuck - but it looks like it would be great fun to own and use. [/QUOTE] True, it would require a couple upgrades to reach it’s full Zombie-Slaying potential (can you slay something that’s already dead though?) step 1, grind down the serrations on the inside of the jaws, have the inside of the jaws smooth step 2, sharpen all pointy ends, the pick end , the lower jaw, and the end of the prybar section, this would require the use of a portable grinder tool, another guy tool 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/33 "2008-08-19T13:24:28Z")
I don’t have an array of tools. I saw the same tool as I was walking through the hardware store semi-recently and got the same visceral reaction. “I \*need \*this.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/34 "2008-08-19T13:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Maybe I’m spoiled by the fire service. A [Paratech bar](http://www.paratech-inc.com/#/Forcible%20Entry%20Tools/Crew/Hooligan/) called a Hooligan on their website lives in the back of my van. At 12#, it will move a whole lotta things. The long handle makes skootching easy. It usually elicits, “What the hell is that?” questions from customers. It just makes many jobs easier. I don’t want to work harder, just smarter. 🆒 [/QUOTE] My favorite category; **Forcible Entry Tools**. Nice, very nice. _sniff_ I also admire any tool that requires two men and a 100 psi to operate. I’ll be in my room… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/35 "2008-08-19T13:52:16Z")
Oh good. I’ve been looking for a new tool that I can weave my lace doilies with. The uzi worked OK, but it was difficult to make the little hearts with it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/36 "2008-08-19T13:57:05Z")
My browser at work doesn’t have flash. (and I can’t install it) So I’ll have to come back later. I wonder if I can order one of these for my buddy in Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/37 "2008-08-19T14:04:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] My browser at work doesn’t have flash. (and I can’t install it) [/QUOTE] Perhaps you’re not using the right tool for the job. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/38 "2008-08-19T14:18:12Z")
Daddy wants. ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/39 "2008-08-19T14:24:49Z")
OMG. And I have a demolition project coming up… “Honey, can I get it, if I take down the playhouse??” 😃😃😃😃😃😃 Eli ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508/40 "2008-08-19T14:26:27Z")
Actually, the Fubar turns out to be quite the useful tool in my service department… it’s an answering machine; ringringringring!!! \… blissful silence it fixes bad hard drives; click-scrape-click-scrape \ hard drive is much quieter It opens obstinate computer cases; grumblegrumblestupidlaptopcase \ ahh, _there’s_ the problem… It helps to install difficult to fit components into a tower case; stupidfrakkindrivedoesn’tfitinthiscase \ new drive installed! AND it’s a great Customer Satisfaction tool!; Iratecustomerrantingandravingtosalespersonaboutsomeinconsequentialcrap \ what seems to be the problem here? (customer goes quiet and stops hassling the salesperson) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-perfectly-named-stanley-tool/460508.md?page=3)