Scissors (was Construction Paper)

[Jennifer Piersol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> David wrote:
> 
> > And if you go to the paper site, back up the url to /school/, and 
> > click on scissors you get Amy's specials.
> 
> http://tuffware.com/school/scissors/index.html
> 
> The plot thickens.  What on earth are "hair-proof scissors"?  

Ahhh... Hair-proof scissors are only supposed to cut paper... NOT 
hair... so if you have a toddler who is learning how to use them, and 
connects scissors with hair-cutting, you won't end up with a toddler 
with a huge bald patch across her forehead.

(I caught Ginger with a pair of scissors this morning... talk about a 
scary situation... she was hiding behind our recliners, because she 
knew she wasn't supposed to have them.  I would have been a little 
upset if she'd cut her hair - her hair grows REALLY slowly and my 
sister-in-law's wedding (which was supposed to be 9/15, but had to be 
postponed) is in January... so all the pictures of Ginger would have 
been with a bald spot)

Jen (who remembers having a field day with scissors and her "side 
burns" when she was little)

Oh... also, the singular of scissors is "scissor" (Martha Stewart of 
the high-falutin' English pronounces it that way most of the time), 
although obviously, if you're talking about a "pair", it's scissors.

Interestingly enough, a pair of scissors and a scissor are the same 
thing.

Would a singular "pair of pants" (sorry, you naughty Brits...) 
be a pant?

(I suppose I could call them a "pair of jeans", but I just want to 
yank Neil's chain a bit)