Now THAT'S a knife!
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326177)
Rockingham, Australia
April 7, 2017 7:16am CST
Did you ever see the film Crocodile Dundee starring Paul Hogan? In the film, he visits New York and is accosted by two young thugs with knives. He whips out his own huge knife and brandishes it saying 'Now that's a knife'. Maybe this is what this Karen villager is saying.
We spent three weeks in a Karen village in Thailand well north near the Myanmar border. There were six adults and ten 16-17-year-old boys. We helped the villagers of Ban Huey Pong Lao install a clean water supply.
The photo was taken during a break for lunch. I googled Ban Huey Pong Lao to see if it featured anywhere and blow me down, there was a link to an article in the school's journal, complete with photo, about our visit there. We celebrated New Year twice that year, 1995. Once on board the plane and again a few hours after we landed in Bangkok in a different time zone.
I'll add a link to the journal article. You'll need to scroll down a page or two to find the article and/or photo.
http://obafiles.ccgs.wa.edu.au/Chronicle/no-18-october-1995.pdf
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
7 Apr 17
@JudyEv - Ms Judy - We watched the "Croc" movies on the video deal (after fixing it with a doggie bone) and my own favorite scene in the show was when the leading actor was tossed atop the crowd at the train station to help him catch up to the pretty girl who was leaving. Overall, that was a fun movie.
The scene about the 2 hoodlums in NYC was far too true to life. NYC is a wart on the rear end of progress, for certain. Many times I was there, and each visit reinforced what had been learned during the prior visits; that is, "the flood cannot come soon enough." -Gus-
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
7 Apr 17
I do remember that scene in Crocodile Dundee. I fell in love with the movie at that point. For some reason, the link will not completely load for me. Commendable that you were helping install a clean water source!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@JudyEv I think that scene made the movie. I will try to check it out again. You have done some interesting things!
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr 17
@Shellyann36 I guess we have. We've been very lucky in many ways.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Apr 17
I wonder what the knife holder is thinking, lol
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Apr 17
@JudyEv good point, zip, thunk!
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
The expression gets trotted out here from time to time. If it's not 'Now THAT'S a knife, it might be 'Now THAT'S a car' or whatever.
@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
7 Apr 17
I don't why the blog is not opening from my pc. But looking at the cover photo, looked like the people were having fun.
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
It was a good experience at the time. It's a shame the site isn't opening.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Apr 17
That is awesome! never know what you`ll find online 
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
We've probably got that journal in the bookcase and I've just forgotten about it.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Apr 17
That's the line everyone remembers from Crocodile Dundee. So Aussie.
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
That's very true. It was mostly used for slashing through any thick patches of jungle. The jungle was surprisingly open compared to what I thought it would be. We would walk an hour in the mornings to reach a spot high up where there was a natural spring and few animals contaminating the water. We built a small cement tank there to catch the water and filter it (through gravel) before it gravity-fed through PVC pipes down to the village.
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
7 Apr 17
It has been a little while since I've seen "Crocodile Dundee" - good show though. Oh my, that is a big knife!
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
It was a good show wasn't it? Not QUITE 'typical' Australia though!
@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
24 Apr 17
i think i haven't watched the film. celebrating the new year twice is amazing. visit here Sri lanka as well onday if you wish to
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@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
25 Apr 17
@JudyEv nice to hear that. you are warmly welcome !!
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@DeborahDiane (40066)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Apr 17
@JudyEv - Wow! That is quite the knife! That was one of my favorite scenes in that Crocodile Dundee movie! LOL (I loved that you also used the expression "blow me down.")
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@DeborahDiane (40066)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Apr 17
@JudyEv - Well, I have lived all over the U.S., including in the South, the Midwest and in California, and I have never heard anyone in our country use the expression. That's why I think it must be an Australian term ... although one which is easy to understand.
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane You also used to hear 'blow me down with a feather' but that seems to have gone out of use.
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
Thanks. I was surprised to come across it. I was just going to write about the man and the knife.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Apr 17
yes i remember that movie. it was a hot in box-office. i also recall that scene. Dundee was funny but exhibited being a real hunter in that film.
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 17
@ridingbet Only in the very northern parts. This is exactly what I mean about Crocodile Dundee. Everyone thinks Australia is full of crocs but they are only found in the northern areas.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
15 Apr 17
@JudyEv but does Australia have many crocodiles?
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
9 Apr 17
Well what a coincidence! How wonderful to find that!
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@JudyEv (326177)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 17
@Jeanniemaries There are four or five that have been kept for whatever reason so I feel sure this would be one of them.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
9 Apr 17
@JudyEv That would be a nice one to be sure and keep!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Apr 17
Two New Years celebrations? Epic!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Apr 17
@JudyEv - That would be kind of surreal.
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