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  • Angus Mcgyver was played bei Richard Dean Anderson in the tv-series "Mcgyver". Mcgyver, or simply called Mac by his friends, is a about 35-year-old man who was able to build nearly everything only with is pocketknife, a stripe of gum and a piece of paper.

    September 19, 2007

  • Whether you're a butterfly or a deep-sea diver,

    The salt of the earth or a scheming conniver,

    A mythical beast like a werewolf or wyvern,

    You will amount to nothing unless you can make a nucular bomb out of paper clips just like McGyver.

    November 5, 2007

  • Uh-oh... I'm sorry to mention it, but I think it's spelled "Macgyver."

    p.s. awesome poem!

    November 5, 2007

  • oops! So it is. Well, I will leave this here for posterity and add MacGyver as a separate word.

    November 5, 2007

  • Sure. You can MacGyver this comment to make it work. ;-)

    November 5, 2007

  • yeah, you are right. It's MacGyver. It was a spelling mistake. ; )

    December 5, 2007