Warning: Long, pointy knives may be hazardous to your health- the British Medical Journal.
... The authors of the editorial argued that the pointed tip is a vestigial feature from less mannered ages, when people used it to spear meat. They said that they interviewed 10 chefs in England, and that "none gave a reason why the long, pointed knife was essential," though short, pointed knives were useful.

methinks sometimes they have too much time.

scientists have also previously found out that *gasp* monkeys, given a period of time, are unable to type out a coherent sentence, thereby demolishing the theory that a group of primates, if armed with typewriters and an infinite amount of time, can type out the entire works of shakespeare! what a brilliant find! *cue mass rolling of eyes*

it reminds me of my physics class in jc, the time when i saw the question "... calculate the number of electrons in one drop of rain" and i swore to myself not to go into engineering so that i wouldn't have to do physics.

maybe someday all this research will come in handy. maybe one day when i'm a housewife, i'll whip out my trusty calculator to find out the number of pesky electrons landing on my laundry. maybe one day we'll have foam surroundings cos hey, people can get hurt when they fall you know? so dangerous. can get concussion! so of course, knives cannot be long and pointy! must be blunt and round, v cute too! and while we're on the topic, why have knives at all? just use fingers and tear, or throw them on the ground to smash it. oh wait it'd bounce off the foam floors.. nvm i'm sure those nice scientists will think of a way to get around this dastardly problem.