The Lure of Tools
A guy can never resist a good power tool. Whether he needs it or not.
(This comic strip was previously published on June 25, 2009.)
Our Artist friend Debbie Adams was kind enough to grant Fraz his wish by painting him as a big bad pirate. Debbie’s original posting of Big Bad Pirate Fraz can be seen on her art blog.
Yeah Chris great buy..I have an entire room in my house dedicated to tools which my husband buys just cos he can…absolutely..
god forbid some day some one asks him hey you have that latest drill 500000000000xxl or something and he has to say no…oh that would be devastating
keep buying 🙂
Exactly! Men have to have their tools! It’s important! It’s manly. I’m glad you understand. Well, at least I think you do.
Fraz rocks in whatever he does and Deb knows that so well 🙂
Yay Go Fraz loot the ships 🙂
Aunt Deb always makes me the best stuff!
You need to come pirating with me Soma! We’d have lots of fun! And lots of chocolate too!
Loving the pirate!! And you’re oh so right about men and power tools. 🙂
Men need tools! The bigger the better!
There is someone here at my house who does the same thing, Chris.
Men of the world unite!
Here here!
We need to build something! Big!
Thank you for posting Pirate Big Bad Fraz!…I think Fraz looks pretty good up there. 🙂
I think I look pretty good up there too!
I mean in my pirate gear!
You look rough and tough! 🙂
Yeah big and bad too! Blackbeard kind of bad! Badder even!
Fabbo painting of Fraz, Deb. He looks completely sinister. xxx <3
I am sinister! I’m big bad pirate Fraz!
You could start giving the bad pirates a good name.
All the bad pirates will be fearing me cause I’m a lot badder than they are!
I like it when someone is upfront about not being practical. 😀
Men need their tools! Even if we don’t use them.
Aha! I can see where Fraz gets his ‘wanting things’ attitude. I guess it runs in the family 😉
What? No. Tools are different.
But…do you need it?
In a manly way, yes! Most men need tools like women need shoes or purses.
Hey, now. I need shoes, but I have nearly as many tools as I have shoes.
You’re an unusual woman!
*curtsies sweetly*
Hmmm…. not ALL women! I only have two pairs of shoes 😉
I like to spend my money more on books, CDs … collection that will last forever.
No, not all women like to collect shoes, nor do all men like to collect tools. But a lot of them sure do! Books and Cd’s are good for everyone.
As a woman, I always wonder why so many of my kind likes to collect shoes…it’s not like they can wear them all.
I don’t know either! But if they were a centipede they could!
I always thought Chris had more sense then the Wombies. Then again, he lives with them.
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I do! But men need their tools. Especially power tools.
Mmmm… Power tools. Now I am in a trance like state.
Yeah, power tools can do that. We can always use more power!
He’s got the skillz with the drillz.
I’d like to think so!
I don’t really, though. Lots of drills, no skill.
This sounds just like my husband. He wants a compressor. I ask him what for and he says I don’t know I just want one.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
Men need tools. There is no explanation, really.
My husband buys tools that he MIGHT need one day. I think it’s a huge waste of money. If you are only going to use something once, then borrow it from someone else who’s wasted all their money on tools. 😛
Well you don’t have to get all practical about it! A borrowed tool doesn’t equal any boost in self esteem!
What a tool!!! I was talking about the drill ….. sheez!
Hey I saw that Loon 🙂 lmao
Have a lovely rest of day and evening 😉 xxxx
I would hope so!
😉
*grins*
Chris I can relate to you easily on this one as I too like my power drills etc, and why not we will have them when we need them so how can we go wrong with that train of thought? 🙂 Well done Chris 🙂
For some reason, most women cannot see the simple logic in that. I have no idea why. Every man needs his power tools.
I have to keep buying new power tools because they keep changing the batteries from model to model. Once the battery goes, I need a new one!! W.C.C.
I need a new one even if the old one’s battery is still good. Because I NEED it!
Exactly, who wants to actually use them.
Yeah, that involves fixing things or building things which is not good for some of us to do.
Hey Chris they say ‘Knowledge is Power’ so why go for power tools?
😉
Maybe true knowledge is power tools. Then I’d be a genius!
Better to have too many than not enough Power Tools. You are ready for anything!
That’s for sure! You never want to be caught without the proper power tool!
Us guys always want tools, we get tools for the projects that gotta get done, but, new tools + projects = …more new tools?
I prefer new tools + no projects! But I guess I should use them sometimes to justify getting more tools.
Tools are cool. Hard labor is not as much fun.
That’s for sure! I like to treat my tools well. They never have to work.
He is a few screwdrivers short of a toolbox sometimes.
I could use some more Philips and Torx screwdrivers. Hey wait, was that an insult?
I think from a nerd point of view I get into trouble with too many wordpress plugins, which I think will bring more power to my site but it just makes a site slower.
You need to go to a hardware store and get some power tools that plug in. That’ll show wordpress who’s boss!
Acquirement is intoxicating.
Powerfully so!
I love power tools. I even use my power tools. I used my Bladerunner saw (as seen on TV) Saturday. I also used a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder with a sanding disk. I then used my rotary tool with a 1/32 inch drill bit and had some fun with a strong glue. Sorry, I didn’t mean to get carried away but power tools do that to me.
I should come down there and get some lessons from you! Power Tool Heaven!
Eheheh just like shoes you buy but don’t wear. I know that feeling!
I think shoes are pretty much the female equivalent of tools for guys!
What do you mean “not wear”? I wear them out of the store… or the moment they arrive. 🙂 xxx
I’m similar to you, Chris 😉
It’s hard to pass up something good that’s on sale!