So a friend of mine was telling me about this one strange thing his wife does.
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Yeah. My parents would only let me use like two of the scissors and hid the nice ones and wouldn't buy the scissors I wanted as a gift because "you have scissors" (even told other people not to get them for me since I had them already)
They came over one day and noticed that I have a big vase and it's full of every kind of scissor, every color and size...
"so, that really was a big deal I guess" my mom said ... I hadn't even really noticed the connection. But it WAS.
@futurebird @epicdemiologist
As far as I knew, there was only one pair of scissors ever in the house I grew up in. Finding them when they were needed a frequent source of drama, sturm, und drang.It remains a thing of family legend how my sister, who was really into sewing, assiduously saved up her babysitting money until she could buy herself a pair of proper dressmaker's shears - and then my father, unable to locate the communal family scissors, took the dressmaker's shears out of my sister's sewing box and used them to cut fiberglass cloth.
I have a pair of scissors in every room of my house, two in the kitchen, three (each for a different purpose) in my own sewing box, and one more that lives in the box of gift wrap.
Shower your kids with scissors, folks.
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@futurebird @epicdemiologist
As far as I knew, there was only one pair of scissors ever in the house I grew up in. Finding them when they were needed a frequent source of drama, sturm, und drang.It remains a thing of family legend how my sister, who was really into sewing, assiduously saved up her babysitting money until she could buy herself a pair of proper dressmaker's shears - and then my father, unable to locate the communal family scissors, took the dressmaker's shears out of my sister's sewing box and used them to cut fiberglass cloth.
I have a pair of scissors in every room of my house, two in the kitchen, three (each for a different purpose) in my own sewing box, and one more that lives in the box of gift wrap.
Shower your kids with scissors, folks.
There were four pairs of scissors in our house and it always baffled me. There were more pens and pencils than you could count... there were many books and notebooks. But the idea of having more scissors just didn't compute for my parents.
I remember being at "SAM'S Club" as a tween and there was a set of like 8 cheap, but sharp scissors for 15 bucks, which was more in the 90s but not... "so much money"
IDK.
It was strange.
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There were four pairs of scissors in our house and it always baffled me. There were more pens and pencils than you could count... there were many books and notebooks. But the idea of having more scissors just didn't compute for my parents.
I remember being at "SAM'S Club" as a tween and there was a set of like 8 cheap, but sharp scissors for 15 bucks, which was more in the 90s but not... "so much money"
IDK.
It was strange.
@futurebird @epicdemiologist
Until my sister bought the dressmaker's shears, it had never occurred to me (I'm a few years younger) that there could be more than 1 pair of scissors in a household. -
@futurebird @epicdemiologist
Until my sister bought the dressmaker's shears, it had never occurred to me (I'm a few years younger) that there could be more than 1 pair of scissors in a household.Decadence beyond our wildest dreams!
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@futurebird @epicdemiologist
As far as I knew, there was only one pair of scissors ever in the house I grew up in. Finding them when they were needed a frequent source of drama, sturm, und drang.It remains a thing of family legend how my sister, who was really into sewing, assiduously saved up her babysitting money until she could buy herself a pair of proper dressmaker's shears - and then my father, unable to locate the communal family scissors, took the dressmaker's shears out of my sister's sewing box and used them to cut fiberglass cloth.
I have a pair of scissors in every room of my house, two in the kitchen, three (each for a different purpose) in my own sewing box, and one more that lives in the box of gift wrap.
Shower your kids with scissors, folks.
I suddenly have the urge to send texts to my family of me holding like five scissors fanned out like a wad of cash with more scissors scattered around like some kind of scissors drug lord.
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@futurebird @epicdemiologist
As far as I knew, there was only one pair of scissors ever in the house I grew up in. Finding them when they were needed a frequent source of drama, sturm, und drang.It remains a thing of family legend how my sister, who was really into sewing, assiduously saved up her babysitting money until she could buy herself a pair of proper dressmaker's shears - and then my father, unable to locate the communal family scissors, took the dressmaker's shears out of my sister's sewing box and used them to cut fiberglass cloth.
I have a pair of scissors in every room of my house, two in the kitchen, three (each for a different purpose) in my own sewing box, and one more that lives in the box of gift wrap.
Shower your kids with scissors, folks.
@Gorfram @futurebird @epicdemiologist Now that you point it out I realize that yes, scissors were often the source of conflict/search/despair/hope in my family too!
We need more studies on this.
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@Gorfram @futurebird @epicdemiologist Now that you point it out I realize that yes, scissors were often the source of conflict/search/despair/hope in my family too!
We need more studies on this.@aSweetGentleman @futurebird @epicdemiologist
I was thinking about scissors-related folklore.There's a Chinese superstition that dropping a pair of scissors brings bad luck. In "The Joy Luck Club," someone knocks over a whole table stacked with scissors; and her luck promptly goes straight to hell.
An Irish superstition holds that, if someone gives you a blade as a gift, you must give them a coin (at least a small one); or else the friendship might be cut short. (That's just a blade, though - I suppose for scissors, you'd have to give them two coins.)
In Greek/Roman mythology, the third of The Three Sisters of Fate cuts the thread representing a person's life - with, of course, scissors.
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Let your kid use scissors or they may grow up with a scissors scarcity mentality.
it has been a very long time since i last saw a pair of those scissors with extra finger loops. i'm not sure i ever knew what the purpose was.
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it has been a very long time since i last saw a pair of those scissors with extra finger loops. i'm not sure i ever knew what the purpose was.
They are "teaching scissors" where you are supposed to help a kid by holding the outer loops?
I don't know how effective they are, but I like them for being freaky.
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it has been a very long time since i last saw a pair of those scissors with extra finger loops. i'm not sure i ever knew what the purpose was.
They still make and sell them so they must be useful to some teachers.
Dual Control Teaching Scissors: Innovative double-loop design allows adults and children to simultaneously control cutting, enhancing skill development and confidence. Ideal for therapists, parents, and teachers.
(www.therapro.com)
