November 9, 2000    
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Is it better to be a hammer or a nail?

I've tried to interview both hammers and nails and couldn't get a damn word out of either of them. My guess would be the hammer.

Alias Irrelevante

NAIL - I'd rather be a link that supports something than someone's tool even if it means taking the heavy blows once in a while. (Metaphorically speaking of course)

Jami, 27
Lowell
, MA   USA

A hammer of course! Who wants to get beat on?

Heidi, 26
Fort Madison
, IA  USA

I think I would rather be a hammer. Ok, this is how I see it. I hammer merely strikes the head of the nail till satisfied. The nail gets to be hit on the head and his body plowed very tightly I might add into a very hard substance such as wood or concrete. Tah-dah!

Stephanie, 24
TX  USA

A nail. I'd much rather be one of a legion holding things together.  Athough I have to admit without a hammer I'd be pretty much useless. I suppose there are occassions when being a hammer could be useful.

Felicia, 34
Lowell
, MA USA

I don't know whether its better to be one than the other, but I am a nail at work, and a little bit of both in my non-work life. Each is good in its one way.

Mick, 30
Chicago
, IL   USA

Does the situation require making a statement of force or holding fast?

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
, PA   USA

a hammer, you're the one doing the beating not the one getting beaten!!!

Jade, 16
AUSTRALIA

The answer is pretty obvious.

Gavin, 15
Sydney
AUSTRAILA

Neither of you are in control. Both of you get hit. But the hammer gets to see more than the inside of a hole in the wall. Hammer.

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX   USA

I'd rather be the person using the hammer

Dianne, 16
Oshawa, Ontario  CANADA

hammer - you're in control. you do the work. you work hard. you get things done easily.

Brooke, 16
Memphis
, TN   USA

That's easy. A hammer. Wouldn't you rather decide what happens instead of having someone decide for you?

Kate, 19
Bellingham
, WA  USA

I would think the answer is obvious - a hammer!

Susan, 31
Chicago
, IL   USA

A hammer.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff  ENGLAND

why anyone would want to be a piece of twisted iron is beyond me...

Gemma Lynn

Who cares, either way you're a tool.

Jesse, 24
Bowie
, MD   USA

The nail. You can smack it into something with a shoe for Pete's sake. Or anything heavy enough to do the job. The nail, however, is what hold's it all together. The nail gets the actual results you were looking for.

Fisch, 45
Preston
, CT   USA

I would rather be the nail... the nail is the part that holds things together, makes the whole stable. ALl the hammer does is go around smashing things down, exerting its power. Blah. Yup, a nail for me.

Maggie, 20
Sandwich
, IL   USA

Ooh! Now there's a question. Is it better to walk all over people or be walked on? I don't know. That's why I decided not to become a vet. All the vets I saw either ended up doing all the work and getting none of the money or the other way around. This one vet owned a clinic and had a second vet working seven days a week despite the fact that the second vet had a newborn at home. . .the first vet, of course, only stopped in one day a week.Personally, I'd rather not be the hammer OR the nail.

Karen, 21
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA  USA

uh. . .duh. . .Probably a hammer, although I'd enjoyed getting nailed, particularly if I was a woman. . .

mothmc, 36
Los Angeles
, CA  USA

i like to be the receptive 2x4, does this make me gay?

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA   USA

It's impossible for me to say which is better. The way I see it, "the hammer" makes the decisions; "The nail" carries them out.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR    USA

Definitely a hammer. Nails get bent so easily.

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA   USA

Hammer.

Fisch, 45
Preston
, CT   USA

Hammer.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

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