Not the good scissors

[den]

I saw a comedian on telly who had said he'd organised the killing of Saddam Hussein. How? He'd gone up to his mum and said "Mum! Saddam's been using your good scissors to cut cardboard!"

It struck a chord with me. My mum would kill me if she found out I'd used her good scissors to cut anything. The good scissors are used to cut things while she sews. They were Good. We had a pair of crap scissors for cutting everything else, and they were used to cut everything while the good scissors sat in a drawer and were Good.

I told mum about the bloke on telly, and she laughed a lot. She'd just met up with her friends that day for a craft session, and they commented on how her scissors were good, and how they all had trouble keeping their scissors Good.

"Yeah, but you let us use your good scissors to cut things," I said. "Sometimes we need their edge."

Mum gave me a funny look, then she said: "But these aren't really the Good Scissors." She went to the Sewing Drawer; that drawer full of scraps of cloth, felt, lace, spools of cotton and pin-cushions dating back to The Coronation; the drawer that is really hard to open; the drawer under the small spare bed in the spare room that Mum has her ironing board in; the drawer that no one opens, except mum, because it's The Sewing Drawer.

She opened the drawer and pulled out a pair of Good Scissors. They were still in their plastic wallet. They shone, and had enamelled red handles. These weren't Good Scissors, they were The Good Scissors.

I don't believe this. My mum has hidden a pair of The Good Scissors and let us think the scissors in the kitchen drawer were Good Scissors. I'd feel upset if I wasn't laughing so much.

So today I cut Scruffy's fur with the Good Scissors and didn't feel guilty at all

Comments

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

*snrk*
that was great.

[lonita.livejournal.com]

My grandmother had Good Scissors too. They had brown handles, and a self-sharpening holder you put them in. Gawd help me if I was found doing ANYTHING with the Good Scissors.

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

That brings back memories. Both my mother and my grandmother had Good Scissors --- the kind with the red enamel handles and the opening in the middle that could be used for popping the top off of a bottle back when they used bottle caps that didn't twist. The crap scissors had black enamel handles and sometimes rusted. My mother caught me using the Good Scissors for a homework project once; I got paddled and sent to bed without supper. They still have them, as you said.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Pinking Shears. You do NOT touch those. Or let your friends use them. Or the good thimbles. And you *never* use the good material for making impromptu doll sarongs etc. Or you catch it:).Pinking shears are a heavy shear that cut a specific patterned edge for tailored things and edged sewing. If your mother had a pair they were right up there with The Good Scissors", I'll bet. My mothers were:D.

PINKING SHEARS!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

mum has her mum's pinking shears in The Drawer, and she doesn't use them because "They're mum's good pinking shears."

Those shears must be 50 years old by now.

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

LOL! You mind if I send that to my mom? she'd geta kick out of it.

::nods::

[anjelchan.livejournal.com]

my mom has Good scissors... and we aren't even allowed to use anything in her sewing box. My sister used the Good scissors once (she was cutting my hair... ick... I swear.. if I hadn't gotten that fixed... I would never have forgiven her) and my mom grounded her, charged her $100, and man did my sis have a sore bottom for awhile. My mom was so mad.. these were expensive good scissors.. and she does have my grandma's Good Scissors but she doesn't use them either.. because they're her mom's Good Scissors... what is that about anyway?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I don't mind. 8)

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

LOL

My god that brought back memories, my Nan has a pair of GOOD SCISSORS and when we were kids woe betide anyone who used them for ANYTHING, Mum followed suit and we were never allowed to use the GOOD SCISSORS for anything either, she also had a pair of painking shears that belonged to my GreatGMother, I have them now and I will kill ANYONE who uses them for anything except the most important of reasons.