Is there any kind of love that’s wrong? OK, let me rephrase that. Is there any kind of love (that doesn’t break a law) that’s wrong?
I submit that there is not, and therefore, loving tools is perfectly acceptable. After all, we humans have used tools for so long that they’re as much a part of our existence as, say, clothes. No one thinks it odd when someone says “nice tie” or “real men wear pink”.
So is it wrong to pick up, say, a measuring tape, and have the feel and fit in one’s hand be so right, so perfect, that it’s as if your whole life leading up to that moment was not a series of random events, but part of some larger plan culminating in the moment you and said tape were united? Had you not turned that corner on that street at just the right time and caught a glimpse of that tape out of the corner of your eye as it hung in the hardware store window display, etc.
As Valentine’s Day is nigh, here is my confession: I love the Snap-on 16 Foot Tape Measure. The one we recently gave away to twelve lucky Toolsmith Direct Facebook fans and twitter followers. I wonder, what will Valentine’s Day be like for them? Will they have the courage to profess their new-found love? Are they willing to “Not be Right” like I obviously am…not?
Andy.
