"It's a poor workman who blames . . ."

Mike Girouard · 2004-11-29T14:45:45+00:00

"It's a poor workman who blames his own tools."How many times have we heard THAT old chestnut? The broad implicationis that talent and ability should be able to overcome sub-standardtools. Last night I realized for the first time that the expressionwas coined a LONG time before power tools even existed.I now believe that a good workman is fully entitled to blame his toolswhenever he gets a shitty result. Makes me feel better, anyway.FoggyTown"Cut to shape . . . pound to fit."

Nov 29, 2004 100 Replies

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J 21 years ago

No, not at all. Machines can lie. They just don't have a good sense of humor. I find they over indulge in schadenfreude.

-j

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