

You should answer with confidence, "There are more than a hundred reasons why."


This busybody will usually stare with a judgmental countenance, but sometimes they venture to ask with a disproving tone, "Why are you carrying a knife?" Any owner of a pocket knife can recount a time when he or she pulled out a blade in a public area to accomplish some mundane task, like cutting a stray thread or slicing open a package, only to be confronted by a concerned passerby.
