Saturday, June 8, 2019

Uncle Tomahawk


I keep hearing this commercial on the radio for this new men’s store that advertises the following Father’s Day items: cigars, knives, and - oh yeah - tomahawks. I have no problem with cigars. I know a guy who measures driving distances by number of cigars. “From here to Milwaukee? Yeah, that’s about a 4 cigar drive.” And I’m fine with knives. But tomahawks? Should I have a tomahawk – do most men have these now? Can you even say that word today? 

I still associate tomahawks with scalping. Now we belittle the word “scalping” by associating it with overpaying for a ticket. Maybe you’re less likely to get “scalped“ on a ticket purchase if you carry a tomahawk. Is there a connection?

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