Tamara and Spiders, The reply about one's mouth being the third hand made me smile! I always used to keep Lazy Susan/Crochet hook etc. in my mouth at stress-inducing times such as Bucks Point sewings...... Until ... I put my hand up to retrieve the wig-hook (much finer than the finest crochet hook, and antique to boot) and managed to impale my finger, with the hooked end of the wig-hook going in at the first finger joint, and almost, but not quite, emerging at the second joint. My husband had just opened the door to a VIP client, and I didn't feel capable of driving myself to the hospital - and no, I *wasn't* brave enough to push the hook on through, cut the end of the hook off (the tool was antique, so of course I wasn't going to damage it!) and then slide it back. And anyone who knows me, knows just how squeamish I am, and also knows that I wouldn't have stayed vertical if I'd had to do all that. So - our daughter was recruited to drive me to the hospital - she hadn't passed her test, but another friend of hers had, so he came along too as the 'capable' - the term was vbery loosely appplied - driver.
The Accident and Emergency nurse promised faithfully that she wouldn't laugh when I told her what had happened - but that promise was broken, and with a vengeance. Similarly the X-ray technicians. But the doctor hadn't a ghost of an idea what a crochet hook was, and of course, when I drew one, it was on a far larger scale than the item itself. So - thinking I had half an anchor buried in my finger, he slit the skin between the joints, and removed the hook that way! Just before I fainted, I did manage to persuade him *not* to throw the hook away - but he was heard to mutter that he never wanted to see me or the hook, ever again! I wonder why ..... So - I do try not to use my mouth too much nowadays - except for the normal chatter and gossip! Carol - in a grey Suffolk UK, but on the way to a small grandson's birthday party, so a good afternoon in prospect! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
