in reply to Way, way off topic.

In Canada I learned to call it Chinese Handcuffs.

As Occam said: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.

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Re^2: Way, way off topic.
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 17:43 UTC

    I've only called it heard "chinese finger trap".

    /Maritimer in TO.