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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Serious question:

Do you all find knives, and cuttery in general, exciting?

I've seen demonstrations and I always only pay attention out of courtesy.

In my family and their circle of friends cooking is a big deal. People are always looking for new recipes and kitchen gadgets because they really enjoy cooking and feeding tons and tons of people. For example, my mom and I catered my brother's graduation parties (the larger one for high school with about 100 people coming in and out and the smaller one for college with about 20) and my graduation parties (same specs really, maybe a few more for me because I invited a lot of teachers). Anything that people feel can help them in the kitchen is important to them. So they'll watch the demonstration and ask questions and get excited about things.

Plus, hunting is a big thing, and people always want the latest and greatest in hunting knives.

I bought my dad a counter-top wine cooler for Christmas one year and people are constantly asking him where he got it and how much it was because people are THAT INTO other people's kitchens. If someone adds a new kitchen or remodels their kitchen in their house they have dinner parties to show it off, it's really that serious.

There's not a lot of entertainment in our little town. New cars and kitchens draw crowds.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

If you sat through a Cutco demonstration, you'd probably pay attention to what kinds of knives people have. Actually, the more accurate way of putting it might be that you would pay attention the the kinds of knives people don't have.

Oh my lord! You're making a most unwarranted assumption there -- that I would be paying attention. The only circumstance under which I'd be sitting through a demonstration to begin with would be if the person doing the demonstration was a friend and I felt like I couldn't decline without being rude. After that, all of my energy would go into keeping my eyes from glazing over.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Serious question:

Do you all find knives, and cuttery in general, exciting?

No. I want good knives, but exciting? Not even close.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Oh my lord! You're making a most unwarranted assumption there -- that I would be paying attention. The only circumstance under which I'd be sitting through a demonstration to begin with would be if the person doing the demonstration was a friend and I felt like I couldn't decline without being rude. After that, all of my energy would go into keeping my eyes from glazing over.

No. I want good knives, but exciting? Not even close.

I agree with all of this. LOL.

I think this speaks to the OT. Good luck trying to get people to care and pay attention, Vector folk. It will work better in some areas than in others.