Sharp as a needle

cs was doing some repair on a pair of my britches for me. She asked me to bring her a bar of soap. I asked her why. Thinking that she was going to mark the pants with the soap. (I had seen soap used to trace out a pattern onto new material before, but she was hand-sewing the pants so I couldn't figure out what the soap was for.)

She replied, My needle is dull.

So what good is the soap?

Now mind you, Bird is my witness. cs took the needle and jabbed it two or three times into the bar of soap.

Where did you gain that little nugget of knowledge? Did you google-mine it off of the internet? It is something that Pam teaches in her Home Economics curriculum? Was it an RS tip of the week? Is it something that is analogous to Blythe and the regions round-a-bout? Or did you learn it from Grandma Rosie?

I had never seen this done before. She seem to be getting agitated from my inquiries, but the soap trick must have worked because the needle seemed really sharp as she thrust it at me.

It's amazing the things that can be learned from various sources. Just ask FSIL II. Last week, he learned the cause of his sty…from a very reliable source!