So yesterday, we had some new furniture delivered to the office. Two guys (I will call them Jose and Karl) hauled it all up to our suite on the 7th floor and were unwrapping and assembling. To fully appreciate this, you must picture me - unassuming 40-ish lady, wearing unassuming 40-ish lady office garb, working unassumingly on my computer.
(some minutes pass)
Jose and Karl both look at me, completely gobsmacked.

I am a woman with tools - truly a goddess. Propitiate me with offerings!!

You are a goddess! You had me at sharp pocketknife. The others items are gravy.

Hope you got your tools back Thanks for sharing (your story).

Poor guys, just trying to take a smoke break.

So, where do you put your purse when riding??? LOL

Nowadays, I only cary my pocket knife for Critical Mass rides.

Congrats SD, you are indeed unique among women.

Great story.

So are you married?

I find it highly suspicious that you felt compelled to protect the identities of the movers by assigning them fake names.

My gaydar is on full alert. Yeah it's not the right tool for the job but my BS meter is in the shop.

And do you know how to use them?

I knew a guy once who spent 3 days in the Jamacian jungle in his underware (long story...it was 1970's drug smuggling gone bad). He swore after that that he would never be without a pocket knife again!

This thread is worthless without pictures.

That's funny - thanks for posting.

As long as they're not of the drug-smuggling dude in his underwear, then sure.

Friend of mine once gave his wife a Sawzall as a b'day present -- her wish. A happy marriage.

Is it really unique? I know a lot of women who carry tools. It's one of the great things about a purse. Having said that, it's awkward when you own more than one purse. I lost my stripped-screw removal kit, and only just found it this weekend when I was getting ready to go to a friend's wedding -- the kit was in my dressy purse that hangs in the closet and doesn't get used more than a couple of times a year.

No, I don't remember where I was going all dressed up and expecting to have to remove stripped screws.

If I'm riding, my purse (which is more like a mini-messenger-bag of a style that I've seen men carry as well, from Mountain Equipment Co-Op) goes in my army surplus backpack.

Photos? Here's one - are you all atremble?

(And yes, I know how to use them!)

Tools, along with other essentials (ibuprofen, key card to get me into the building, (*ahem*) feminine supplies, and a tiny deck of cards) go in a little zippered pouch. In the seat bag when I'm on the bike; in the purse/backpack/satchel when I'm not.

Don't carry a screw-stripping kit. Maybe I should get one for my next black-tie gala?

Heh Heh Heh... She said "propitiate"!

and I guess he's going to keep it in his underware!?

Jeeze, I can't even get my wife to carry a small tape measure.... and she is in the building industry...

Alas, a wedding ring.

Those are some pretty firm curves <slinks away>

Real life story:

I was at work one day a few years ago (before our 21 month old was born).

Wife: Hi honey.

Me: Hi Sweets.

Wife: Don't kill me OK?

Me: Um...why?

Wife: I bought something.

Me: OK, big deal why?

Wife: It was expensive?

Me: OK, what did you buy?

wife: A Makita compound miter saw.

Me: *silence*

Me: Let me put you on speaker phone so I can make the other guys in the office jealous.

My wife is also in to Trek, Star Wars and plays EQII when we have time (which with a little one isn't often). Her only flaw in my eyes was she didn't ride a bike, that changed last weekend.

Wha-wha-wha-wadaya gonna d-d-d-d-do with that?

That stripped screw removal set in the dressy purse is for getting into secret areas during black tie parties. She's MI6.