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back to article Actually, there is an Arapaho word for 'pliers'

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    1. Anonymous Blowhard
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      Re: Heresy ?

      What do you use your pliers for?

      Bending paperclips.

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    2. Hungry Sean
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      Regular pliers not doing it for you?

      Don't open wide enough to grip the things you need gripped?

      Don't have crushing vise-like power?

      Not heavy enough to serve as a hammer?

      Sounds like you need some channel locks!

      El-reg, can we get a tools icon?

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      1. WylieCoyoteUK
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        Re: Regular pliers not doing it for you?

        "El-reg, can we get a tools icon?"

        I think we have enough tools in the comments section as it is.

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  2. IR

    Chaka Demusen Pliers

    The confusion arises due to Chaka Demus being a settlement in southern Arapahoe territory which made pliers with a squeaky grip, hence the term Chaka Demusen Pliers to describe this type. They are on record as making a horrendous noise.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    All tools are sensitive to concentration

    You can be absolutely certain that screwdriver you used to take the cover off was in your right hand and placed on the right. Once you start giving the board a close visual, and all your concentration a rift in space-time occurs and the tool translates to another place. You dismiss it as perhaps I wasn`t paying attention? But that is what really happens.

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  4. cortland

    What ARE pliers? Where does the word come form?

    Word Origin & History

    pliers

    1568, formed from ply (n.). Fr. cognate plieur meant "folder."

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pliers

    All is now explicated*. We say they fold; the Arapaho say they bite, take your pick.

    * via Latin "plicare"

    Verrrrry interesting!

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