OPENING THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE

KITCHEN

You see a tray on the platform above the Black Box.   

You see an envelope, a large stack of catalogs, a 
phone bill, a gold key, "The Bedtime Story Book", 
"The Boy Who Had No Words", a yellow feather, a small 
phone book, a short blue sock, a long black sock, a 
handwritten note, a pair of brown shoes, a short 
brown sock, a short black sock, some ballet slippers, 
a bath robe, two short white socks, a small tape 
recorder, a large towel, a basket, a crystal box, a 
whistle, an audio cassette with a yellow label, a 
twenty dollar bill, a fan, a brass token, a rubber 
duckie, and a sink stopper here.   

>take swiss army knife
You take the Swiss army knife out of the fake can of 
spam.   

The phone booth reappears.   

>drop can
The fake can of spam is now on the floor.   

>x knife
The Swiss army knife is closed.  You can't see any of 
the tools right now.  However, you do see some 
numbers written on the outside.  The numbers read 
10:18.   

>swing watch
(first taking the watch out of the pocket) 
The watch swings back and forth hypnotically.  It's 
difficult to see the watch while it's swinging, but 
for a moment you think that you see the misty image 
of a train conductor on the cover of the watch.  The 
conductor seems confused and looks as if he needs you 
to tell him what time it is.   

>say "10:18"
(to the train conductor) 
You say "10:18" to the train conductor.  The 
conductor smiles and nods his head briefly before his 
image fades and disappears. 

Then the watch stops swinging and pops open. 

Archimedes' arms now show the time as 10:18.   

>put watch in pocket
(first closing the watch) 
The pocket watch is now in one of the trouser 
pockets.   

The video screen shows a TV broadcast of a Swiss 
yodeling contest.  The winner of the yodeling contest 
is awarded some fine Swiss chocalate, an excellent 
Swiss watch, some Swiss cheese, a Swiss army knife, 
and a Swiss bank account number.  The winner bows to 
the judges repeatedly, thanking them profusely in 
German, French, Italian, and Romansch.  Then two 
rather burly-looking attendents dressed in lederhosen 
take the winner by the elbows to escort him off 
stage.  In his final moment on stage the winner looks 
like he would also like to thank the judges in Swiss, 
but since there is no such language there is nothing 
more he can do except to yodel.   

Agador-Spartacus crawls out from under the kitchen 
sink.  The sink cabinet doors swing shut.   

Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail 
affably.   

>yodel
As soon as you begin to yodel, the Swiss army knife 
shakes and vibrates and tries to open its tools.  
Unfortunately you are not very good at yodeling, and 
as a result, the only tool that appears to respond is 
the corkscrew.  You finish off your yodeling attempt 
with a sound that might be described as pathetic yet 
valiant.  The corkscrew opens and locks into place!   

Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail 
affably.