Well. That was interesting.

A rather interesting (and scary) thing happened today.
The Knife Incident.
Well, today my dad and I were going into Zeller’s to buy a knife block. (You know, those wooden things you stick your knifes into to prevent death by bread knife.) We’d brought along our largest, longest, fattest kitchen knife, to see if it would fit. We found a Zeller’s staff zombie, and the dialogue went as follows:
Dad: Where are the knife blocks, please?
Zeller’s Staff Zombie: Over here.
ZSZ shows us to an isle which stocks, besides the anticipated knife blocks, restaurant-size pepper grinders (12 inches long at least), chocolate fondue mix (for fruit dipping), super-bright-neon-orange milk by-product (also known as American cheese fondue mix), place mats with various vegetables emblazoned upon them, and knifes.
Dad takes out his knife to see if it will fit in our chosen ($12.99) knife block.
ZSZ: I’d be careful with that. You don’t want anyone to see that you’re carrying a large knife.
Dad: Well, I brought it with me to see if it would fit in this knife block.
ZSZ: Yes, but you could be arrested for carrying a “Concealed Weapon.” Any knife longer than 6 inches is illegal in stores and you could be handcuffed. A friend of mine once got arrested for using an knife instead of scissors to open something.”
At this, we leave to buy soap.
Scary, huh?
I think this is very stupid. Practically anything can be used as a weapon, if you want to. You could jab someone in the eye with a pencil. Hit someone over the head with a toaster. Smother someone with a pillow (which are in ample supply at Zeller’s). You could even spray someone in the eyes with a purse sized perfume, but nobody searches people’s bags for perfume bottles, pencils, yells at them for carrying toasters, or handcuffs them for buying pillows.
Well then.