Comments on: Is Your Baby A Toolmonger? http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bigdaddio http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-451665 Bigdaddio Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:37:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-451665 My Daughter, yes, my Son not so much. My Daughter, yes, my Son not so much.

]]> By: NotTheSharpestSpoon http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448945 NotTheSharpestSpoon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:35:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448945 I'd like to change the "He uses every object as a hammer." to "He uses every object as a drill." Doesn't matter if it is a piece of string or a noodle. He sticks it to the ground or wall and proceeds to make the drill noise. The other one just talks on the harmonica phone( or anything- phone) and walks away while yelling authoritatively just like a General Contractor. I’d like to change the “He uses every object as a hammer.” to
“He uses every object as a drill.”
Doesn’t matter if it is a piece of string or a noodle. He sticks it to the ground or wall and proceeds to make the drill noise. The other one just talks on the harmonica phone( or anything- phone) and walks away while yelling authoritatively just like a General Contractor.

]]> By: Kevin Liske http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448817 Kevin Liske Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:25:17 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448817 Why, yes he does.... http://picasaweb.google.com/Lalah143/FavoritePhotos/photo#5180399880817633074 http://picasaweb.google.com/Lalah143/FavoritePhotos/photo#5180399829278025506 Why, yes he does….

http://picasaweb.google.com/Lalah143/FavoritePhotos/photo#5180399880817633074

http://picasaweb.google.com/Lalah143/FavoritePhotos/photo#5180399829278025506

]]> By: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448618 Benjamen Johnson Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:11:00 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448618 Why do you presume he's being sexist and not just being grammatically correct? It is correct in English to use he for the "default" pronoun. Default means if you don't know whether the subject is male or female. It is awkward and inelegant, but politically correct to substitute he/she, they, or alternate between he and she. ---------------- I also have a daughter, who is very much interested in tools, but I also think it's just as important to teach her how to speak correctly and use correct grammar. Butchering the English language to make her feel better about herself does her a disservice. Why do you presume he’s being sexist and not just being grammatically correct?

It is correct in English to use he for the “default” pronoun. Default means if you don’t know whether the subject is male or female.

It is awkward and inelegant, but politically correct to substitute he/she, they, or alternate between he and she.

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I also have a daughter, who is very much interested in tools, but I also think it’s just as important to teach her how to speak correctly and use correct grammar. Butchering the English language to make her feel better about herself does her a disservice.

]]> By: rbb http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448290 rbb Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:31:53 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/08/18/is-your-baby-a-toolmonger/#comment-448290 I am not normally one to be PC, but that list is pretty sexist in its assumptions. My seven year old daughter is an absolute tool nut and asks for more any chance she gets. When we were picking up one of our cars at the shop, there was a Snap-On tool truck there in the lot. I nicely asked if he would show my daughters the inside of the truck. The 9 year old was "ho-hum." But, the seven year old's comment was "I'm in tool heaven." How many seven year old girls do you know who now carry around a 500+ page Snap-On tool catalog in their purse? ;^) I am not normally one to be PC, but that list is pretty sexist in its assumptions. My seven year old daughter is an absolute tool nut and asks for more any chance she gets.

When we were picking up one of our cars at the shop, there was a Snap-On tool truck there in the lot. I nicely asked if he would show my daughters the inside of the truck. The 9 year old was “ho-hum.” But, the seven year old’s comment was “I’m in tool heaven.” How many seven year old girls do you know who now carry around a 500+ page Snap-On tool catalog in their purse? ;^)

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