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Originally Posted by joel williams
ok? a tool thief that doesnt return is a nicker
and after the hiest, hes just nicked them
any one who even asks is just a nick? dont be a nick...
hahhaha just havin fun...
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Well.........
It all started because the first guys (back in the early 1800's) to work on machinery (and later cars) were all named Nick. They later were called "mecha-nicks". The letter 'k' was dropped along the way, so then it became 'mechanics'.
So as fate would have it, it was a "Nick" that did the first tool borrowing (from a fellow 'mecha-nic'. And it was a "Nick" that was the first to NOT return a borrowed tool.
Thus it became known as "nicking" a tool (not returning it).
(Here is a grain of salt, *, to help you swallow this.