MY 12 year old used my fabric scissors to open a bag of popcorn. Is there any point keeping them?

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Or shall I just drop them off at the bus station with a tenner and tell them they need to make their own way in life from this point on?

To the uninitiated, like me, fabric scissors sound about as useful a chocolate teapot. I had no idea they were a thing.

On the contrary, they are extremely useful for cutting fabric 🙄

Anyone who constructs anything made with fabric (clothes, curtains, upholstery, artwork etc - so a lot of people) needs to use them, and they have to cut cleanly and glide smoothly to make a nice, precise, unfrayed edge.

Such a silly thing to say, even if you are one of the 'uninitiated'. I don't know the first thing about tree surgery but I can grasp that you need the right tools for the job.

In other news, butter knives aren't made of butter and steak knives aren't made of steak. Dessert forks are, sadly, not made of dessert either.

I did once give my grandmother some sugar spoons. Literally, spoons made of sugar. She was delighted to serve her great grandchild ice cream he could eat with the spoon and then eat the spoon.

Heartfelt apologies to all those discombobulated by my unfortunate sense of humour.

THE HIGHEST OF TREASON

This thread has brought me back to my granny, cutting fabric with the shiniest fabric sissors, I thought they were made of silver. The sound of the sissors cutting through the paper and fabric, the blades rubbing together then into the fabric, so crisp. I so loved watching her 😀

That's the most first world problem topic I've ever seen 😍

definitely get rid of the child. Fabric scissors are sacred!

Kitchen foil will sharpen them x

yes, it is all just ‘stuff’

but some ‘stuff’ is more importanter than other ‘stuff’
fabric shears being one 😘

You sounded like a very helpful child!

LTB 😂😂😂😂😂

Ha ha, we always joked that the FBI would be called if anyone used my DMs fabric scissors on anything other than fabric when we were kids 🤣

Oooohhhh 😶 Sorry you're right, I didn't get that pun at all.

I mean I just used mine for trimming my car’s fur. Bought them years ago from Ikea and they’re still as good as ever 🤣

That has now totally depressed me! I want a "true", literal, desert fork now.

Well, first the "steak" knife. Done medium please!

My people!!
Help me please

I need a short narrow scissor 2-3 inch blade but with a proper handle not 2 little circles like the stork ones

No. Don't keep them. That child is lost.

Can you get the scissors sharpened?

Oh dear lord....

They were obviously decoy scissors

I’m ashamed to admit that it took me a couple of hours! And now @SoupDragon’s post makes so much more sense 🤦🏻‍♀️

Just goes to show that wanton vandalism of fabric scissors isn’t a laughing matter 😁

My DD used my Tweezerman tweezers to squeeze her spots. When she goes back to Uni I'm moving and not leaving a forwarding address...

I'm amazed she didn't lacerate her face. Those things are sharp and I'm always making myself bleed with them.

Seems like a good idea to me ...