Do you use scissors to cut coupons?
@lordwarwizard (35747)
Singapore
June 7, 2007 1:42pm CST
Wife: Do you see it?
Husband: What?
Wife: Where is it?
Husband: WHERE is WHAT?
Wife: My scissors!!
Husband: What do you want them for?
The wife picked up the newspaper and pointed to a bright red coupon that screamed 70% OFF. It was a discount coupon for yet *another* sale. Guess what the husband did?
He took the page from her, grabbed a biscuit tin nearby and tore the coupon off using a side of the tin. How ingenious, isn't it? :P
For me, I don't keep scissors in my room. I keep a penknife instead for use when I need to cut really straight edges. Most of the times though, especially when it comes to e.g. sale or lucky draw coupons, I will just grab an object with straight edges and use it. I don't even bother with finding a straight ruler.
What about you? Do you use scissors when you need to cut such things? Or do you use a penknife? Or a ruler? Or a biscuit tin? Or a... ? Do share your thoughts. ;-)
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 Jun 07
It is possible to cut yourself using scissors too... it happened to me before...
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
Oh utility knife.. sounds more familiar. But I am not really a knife person in that sense. Thanks for letting me know! ;-)
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
10 Jun 07
What's an exacto knife? Is it a brand? :P
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@Tenna10 (103)
• United States
10 Jun 07
An exacto knife is great for precise cutting, its also called a utility knife or X-acto knife. It's a short sharp razor like blade mounted on a pen-like aluminum body. Can be used for crafting, paper, photo trimming/cutting, modelmaking all sorts of hobbies actually. The most common blade size is the #11 but there are different sizes.
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Scissors for me. Nice neat edges and quckly done. Taking a chance with this discussion however only 56 minutes could make it a good shot for me not to be buried. My scissors have a drawer by the chair where I cut from the Sunday paper or where ever I get the coupons. Organized!!
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Glad that I bring you mirth. I don't like to far into a discussion where I cannot find and respond again if it calls for it. We are not told what page we are on when there is a notification now to return to the discussions. That would help. Thanks for responding to me.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
Willowlady, you are so funny! :P
Why would you ever be buried? I would be able to find you anyway. This discussion was posted out of my usual timing - I think it just missed the main boat. Looks like it is just the perfect timing for you! haha...
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@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
7 Jun 07
I don't cut coupons at all. I don't get the paper, so I don't have an coupons to cut. I don't want to pay for paper delivery, because I rarely read newspapers. And I don't buy magazines or anything. i try to reduce the amount of paper in the house, because it is only wasteful to me, and ends up in the recycle bin. I do manage to have a pair of scissors in almost any room of the house, so I rarely have to search for them, but I don't need to use them very often, either.
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@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Not really, I've just accumulated a lot of scissors over the years. I have different shears in the kitchen than I do in the garden for harvesting leafy greens. Different scissors in the bathroom for cutting hair, than the scissors I use to cut wrapping paper. I don't even remember where they all came from!
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
In every room! You sure need to cut things quite often. :P
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I have to use scissors because I am the worlds worst coupon clipper. I can't do it even if it is one of the ones that you can just pull out. If by chance I can't find the scissors and I see something i really want, I will fold it along the edges and crease it and then very carefully try to rip it along the line.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
I know some people use a nail clipper for that lol.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
8 Jun 07
Yep. I hear this all the time, including from my own mouth. The scissors are meant to be kept in the top, big drawer in the kitchen. Often they are missing. They could be anywhere... in my step daughters bedroom; the lounge room... the kids think they can use the scissors, but not put them away. If they are not easily found, I go on a rampage.
I have been known to use a ruler to tear paper, not knives though.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
I hate it too when people take things from where they belong and do not return them.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
i always keep some pairs of scissors around to cut some things. not only for coupons are these things being used. i use the scissors even in opening those candies and biscuits which are packaged in plastics and aluminum foils. it is much easier to make use of scissors as they are already made available for our use. so why make life difficult when it has already been made so easy? but since you have introduced this idea here, i might not be too scissors dependent anymore from this time onwards.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
For me, I just use any utensil I can grab hehe.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
I just use my bare hands. I would often fold the paper along the edges and then exercise my skill on tearing. Unless the paper is rather crumbled, the piece that comes out is often quite neat. Of course, there are exceptions at times, when the paper is too tough to be tore nicely. I would use scissors as using any other would not do the trick nicely as well.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
It is good to be able to use your hands deftly. ;-)
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
7 Jun 07
If I were to cut a coupon, I'll do it with whatever I find be it penknife, ruler, ball point longitudinal edge, scissor or any sharp object. I can even use my finger to work as ruler:-) but only if I am alone.
When my wife is around, I try to respect her feeling about tearing things roughly, as she is a very systematic lady and try to do things with proper manners:-)So you know...
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@archer1811 (1098)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
Hi lordwarwizard! I prefer to use scissor everytime i have something to cut off, i have a scissor in my room and in the living room so that whenever i need to do the cutting i have scissor to use, though am not that good in cutting when it comes to paper.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
That's good. Knowing where things are. :D
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@patgalca (18390)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Jun 07
I definitely use scissors when I am cutting out coupons. Even if the edges are perforated for tearing, I still usually use scissors because the perforations aren't good enough. I feel that if I tear the coupon it will not be accepted. Every coupon I clip gets a scissor snip.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
Yea, looking at some perforations, I don't even know why they bother doing it since they are not "tearable" (I have seen good ones though).
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
I just use any utensil to poke off the lid. :P
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@totty1969 (1468)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Hello lordwarwizard,
I use scissors or the edge of the table to cut coupons, if I can't find the scissors. The edge of the table works too. A tin works too to keep them together.
Peace:-)
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@vampoet (825)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
I never use coupons. I don't know why but everytime I go to the shop or wherever and someone tells me to use a coupon, I do not like to be seen using a coupon. Reason being, I do not like to be seen as a charity case or a cheapskate or whatever. lol I know it sounds weird but Im complicated.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Jun 07
Well... yes... I do understand your point of view...
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