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Klara had gotten a Christmas gift at her school’s gift shop for our priest and then forgot what it was. All she knew was that it’s something that priests really needed.

Finally, she received a thank you note from the priest and I found out what the gift was. It turns out she’d gotten him a set of screwdrivers and flashlights.

“Why did you say it’s something that a priest really needs?” I asked.

“These screwdrivers had crosses engraved on them,” she explained. “Imagine if a priest had to use regular screwdrivers and flashlights, without crosses!”

6 responses to “Priestly Gift”

  1. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    ““These screwdrivers had crosses engraved on them,”

    …phillips?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I have no idea what you mean. Is there a Christian screwdriver company?

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      1. cliff arroyo Avatar
        cliff arroyo

        ” a Christian screwdriver”

        No, a phillips screw head (see picture in link below) is a cross rather than a single indentation. So a phillips screwdriver also ends in a kind of cross… I can totally picture a kid seeing that and imagining a religious motive….

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips

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        1. Clarissa Avatar
          Clarissa

          Ah! Wow, this can totally be what it was. It’s more likely than actual crosses on screwdrivers, for sure.

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  2. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    What a cute story. She’s so observant. Ilmy thoughts also instantly went to Philips screwdriver.

    A hammer with a cross engraving, however, might not be something a priest wants.

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  3. Post Alley Crackpot Avatar
    Post Alley Crackpot

    Ah, yes, after you’ve stripped out the screw head with the #2 Phillips Cross, you can have a go at it with the #1 Phillips Cross or perhaps some of the flat-bladed screwdrivers.

    Meanwhile, you’ll be uttering unholy curses, so you will need some more of those crosses.

    BTW, in the event that you or N ever need to muck about with a lot of stripped out screws for repairs, the finest screwdriver sets available are made for armourers. Brownell’s has a large set that fits nearly every type of flat-bladed screw, and Wheeler Engineering has another large set that fits several additional types more.

    I have both here not only because our local armourer is a considerable distance away, but also because he’s rather much a fucking idiot. (He tried to use Birchwood Casey touch-up selenium bluing solution on aluminium! The fool!)

    We also have several boxes of hard-to-find screws just to repair the kinds of idiocy we encounter when we buy other people’s guns. (Pachmayr prices these as if they’re made of silver.)

    The lucky part for you was that Klara hasn’t decided she needs a set of her own screwdrivers. 🙂

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