June 30, 2009 · 9:53 pm

First it was hot coffee, now machetes!

Proper thinking Englishmen outraged that 15-year-old boy purchased a machete over the Internet. Good Lord. By the time I was ten I was busy cutting down trees in our backyard with an axe, and I’m quite sure I brought a machete home from Puerto Rico when I was twelve. My misadventures thereafter had nothing to do with being exposed to sharp blades as a lad and I suspect England could survive this onslaught too. Or it could have a generation ago.

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  1. Fish out of water
    July 1, 2009 at 6:30 am

    Interesting. Growing up in South Florida, machetes were easily available. You purchased your in Puerto Rico. Is it a Hispanic thing? I can’t find one anywhere in Connecticut!!

    • christopherfountain
      July 1, 2009 at 7:56 am

      Well in Pureto Rico, they were ubiquitous because of the sugar cane. Not too much of that here in Connecticut but still a useful tool for whacking brush.