On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:32 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> It seems that the implication is that the "tool" is stupid. Or is it that it's being manipulated by someone?
Means you're the passive or inert instrument of a higher or more powerful intelligence.
Also, evokes "dick." Reminds me of that great letter to National Lampoon in the mid-70s, signed by Yvor Winters, disclosing that T.S. Eliot stirred his coffee with his tool.
Doug