The 2000 year old knife was found by a Luddite child
Rusted, covered with muck
And on close observation the blunt end was hammered or beaten
The marks had puzzled experts deciphering its meaning
Most knives made in the Gen X period
Were smooth
Yet the region where the knife was found that used to
Be called Switzerland
Known for its
Hard Cheese
Pumpkins
And Watches
The archeologists decided to imitate their diet by having one group eat
Raclette and Pumpkin gratin for 6 months
And another group
Do the same thing while wearing Rolex watches.
The simulation was arduous, yet the findings revealed both groups
Developed
Acute Tendonitis
Cutting hard cheese and pumpkins on a daily basis meant
The knives had to be super sharp however
Even so it was
Radical living
Yet the act of repetitive slicing was -if anything
A recipe for sore tendons in their arms and shoulders.
Hence, for a population suffering of the sort
The logical step was to take a mallet and
Bang Bang Bang!
Hit the blunt side of the knife
Until the aforementioned Hard Cheese or Pumpkin
(And some pumpkins were found be be harder than Cheese and
vice a versa)
Would be sliced without ado
The watches most certainly helped in the timing of the
Chopping up
And down time.
How smart GenX was, no one would have guessed
They were resilient and reactive
Having little or no muscle from spending years in front of
Screens
They lacked protein
Bang beat-beating on the backside of a knife, their lives
Depended on it.
