[Calpernia]

>>>The doctors claimed they had consulted leading chefs who said the knives were not needed for cooking

What? I missed that. What do they use to butcher meat than?

[shaggy eel]

What do they use to butcher meat then?

,,, sharpened bones from dead doctors.

[blackbart.223]

"What do they use to butcher meat then?"

Butcher meat? Eating meat is bad for you so it also must be banned you moron.

[SAJ]

Well, y'see, cleavers aren't all that long. Presumably they'd be exempt.

For now.

In the meantime, look for the new and exciting feature film (at least for Food Network junkies like moi): Revenge of the Iron Chefs!

:^)

[bikerman]

Their teeth.

[snugs]

Lets all calm down here we do not know all the facts. It may well be a particular type of knife that is causing the problem and is being sold under the guise of a kitchen knife but in reality no one would use it for this purpose.

Rather than try to ban this it sounds as if a group of people have gone off on one also from my first look at this thread it is Scotland not England where unfortunately due to problems with drink especially at weekends I believe there is a high number of stabbings.

We unfortunately live in a nanny state not just the UK look at most countries and I do include the US in this think back to when you were a child were there all the kiddie proof stuff there is now. This is just another extension of it.