Mole Grips...

sandyRoe | 08:23 Sat 29th Aug 2015 | ChatterBank

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Are these wrenches named after the little gentleman in velvet? Are moles known for their grip?

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Zacs-Master

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No. They are for gripping Moles. Silly.

08:24 Sat 29th Aug 2015

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Zacs-Master

No. They are for gripping Moles. Silly.

sandyRoe

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Of course. What was I thinking of.

aelmpvw

The first locking pliers, named Vise-Grips, were invented by William Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska in 1924. Mole grips were developed by Thomas Coughtrie in 1955, then managing director of M. K. Mole and Son.

sandyRoe

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They're eponymous, then.

aelmpvw

i wonder why he didn't call them coughtrie grips?

Zacs-Master

Sorry that's incorrect. Mole grips,were invented in 1843 by Ebeneezer Pffefersmidge-Brighton when, after using the normal Aligator skin gloves failed to protect him from a bite whilst mole,catching on the Rutland estate of the then Lord Bygone-Era.

aelmpvw

i stand corrected :-)

mikey4444

"Mole Grips were manufactured in Newport South Wales, just off the M4 by the Brynglas Tunnels, travelling west the Mole sign was visible immediately before entering the tunnel"

The sign is gone now, but it was there for years !

mikey4444

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locking_pliers

aelmpvw

ok, why are monkey wrenches so called?

sandyRoe

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anything to do with nuts?

1ozzy

You ever tried to wrench something away from a monkey?

Zacs-Master

Ah well, there's another interesting story....
They were manufactured in Louisiana by the Aldus Wrench company following a request from the Texas State Zoo owner Robert 'Rhesus' Johnson when one of their monkeys escaped and became stuck down a Texaco oil well.

It's true I tells ha. It's true.