# Whole new Use for a Swiss Army Knife **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759 "2004-03-11T21:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tender\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Tender\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tender_Betty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/1 "2004-03-11T21:09:18Z")
After dutifully executing a SDMB search to be ABSOLUTELY sure no one else posted about this 15 times before…(sheesh you guys) I found this USB Swiss Army knife amusing. > **[CeBIT to premiere USB Swiss Army Knife](https://www.theregister.com/2004/03/10/cebit_to_premiere_usb_swiss/)** > > Something horribly inevitable about this And I thought you would too! [wince] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/2 "2004-03-11T21:23:58Z")
That’s fantastic! I’ve been in the market for a USB drive for a while, and I don’t want to lose room on my keychain. Betty, sorry I corked off on you earlier, but I’m going to have to do it again. The BBQ Pit is for complaints, rants and moderator bitching. Here’s the description: > [@](#): > > If you gotta flame, do it here. This is the place for all complaints and other discussion regarding administration of the SDMB The forum descriptions can be found here: > **[Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 ---
**Author:** ![Tender\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Tender\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tender_Betty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/3 "2004-03-11T21:25:57Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > That’s fantastic! I’ve been in the market for a USB drive for a while, and I don’t want to lose room on my keychain. > > Betty, sorry I corked off on you earlier, but I’m going to have to do it again. The BBQ Pit is for complaints, rants and moderator bitching. Here’s the description: > > The forum descriptions can be found here: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/) _banging head on keyboard_ I give up! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/4 "2004-03-11T21:30:53Z")
You’re doing fine, Betty. Everyone posts to the wrong forum when they start. Don’t lose hope. ---
**Author:** ![Tender\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Tender\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tender_Betty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/5 "2004-03-11T21:39:20Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > You’re doing fine, Betty. Everyone posts to the wrong forum when they start. Don’t lose hope. No matter. See ya around. _waving tissue_ ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/6 "2004-03-11T21:39:54Z")
Now that would be a great tool if it had the right accesories, screwdrivers, wire cutter and cable peeler, stuff a computer geek needs at hand very often. But a littl-bitty knife, nail file and mini-scissors?, pfffft! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/7 "2004-03-11T22:14:41Z")
[Administrator Hat ON] To MPSIMS. [Administrator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/8 "2004-03-11T23:20:15Z")
Depressing to think there is now the same memory on a Swiss Army knife as there was on my first computer! Geez…and I thought my knife was cool 'cause it’s got tweezers. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/9 "2004-03-12T00:37:53Z")
**MUST. HAVE. MUST. HAVE.** _–geekgasms–_ ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/10 "2004-03-12T00:40:20Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Depressing to think there is now the same memory on a Swiss Army knife as there was on my first computer! If it makes you feel better, that thing has almost 6000 times the memory of my first computer. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-new-use-for-a-swiss-army-knife/233759/11 "2004-03-12T08:10:54Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Depressing to think there is now the same memory on a Swiss Army knife as there was on my first computer! > > Geez…and I thought my knife was cool 'cause it’s got tweezers. Congratulations, DMark. You have just made me feel old. Wow. Ah yes, I remember the olde 8088 computer with 640 KB (yeah, kilobytes) that my dad had. I also see that **Ale** just corrected this cosmic imbalance, and has gone and made me feel young again. 🙂 Back to the OP, that looks like something I’d almost use, except I don’t like having ackward objects in my pockets.