You know what really hurts? Sitting on a size 3.25 Signature Needle Arts dpn. I did this so I know ... it really hurts. It would have hurt even more if I'd bent the needle or if I hadn't pulled it out quickly. Apparently if you're stabbed with something and you don't pull it out right away, the muscles around the object seize up. I knew this because a friend sat on an Addi Turbo needle and had to have it surgically removed from her buttock. I knew all this and was worried about the surgeons ruining my needle, so I quickly pulled it out. It hurt.

I did all this while I was saying to my husband, who was complaining about shopping for Christmas, "stop complaining, you only have me to shop for. I've been to so many malls and stores this season, I'd rather poke my eyes out with my knitting needles than go to another mall." As I said this, I sat on my needle. God has a funny sense of humour, doesn't he?