Originally Posted By: ireckon
On Thanksgiving, when everybody was trying to figure out where north was, I was asked why I have a tiny button compass. The question brought laughs and heehaws. Nobody listened to my answer, and nobody made the connection to survival of course.


I get that a lot too. When you're inside a building, having been turned around a hundred times up and down stairs and hallways and need to know which way is West, I'm the guy to ask.

Another one I get asked a lot is about my Fox 40 Micro on my keychain. If the asker seems serious, I tell them it's to get someone's attention when they're running heavy equipment. If they seem not-so-serious, I tell them it's my rape whistle. Must work, since I haven't been raped since I started carrying it.