metal or plastic, you dont want juice on your excellent wooden or bamboo needles.

And then think about it – didn’t you ever have a child with a juice box who pulled out the straw and then squeezed…….

Hahaha… Were you a Girl Scout too?

ah yes, those knitters and the pointy sticks!

even the business end of a crochet hook, they are usually pointed and as a knitter I carry one for picking up dropped stitches. I can see someone saying “ok, how can I make someone unhappy, I’ll take the straws of the juice boxes, and kiddies will scream cause Mom can’t give them a drink”
Boohhahaa

Sorry about that. must be all this nasty freezing rain here, can’t go out and do things just to slippery.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

My housemates are in the habit of coming to my door and asking “hey, Mary, do you have anything like . . . string?”

Yes, yes I do.

chuckle.

Out of circulation for two weeks, I have so missed your posts.

Oh, I just heard on the radio today that a college in Arizona is sponsoring debate on Civil Discourse, including Presidents Clinton and Bush. Hurray for Warm Hats, not Hot Heads.

Pointy sticks to the rescue! (again) I’m still recovering from that long weekend/Stitches thing.