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As a new whistle player/owner my mind is consumed by everything whistle. And so, as I mooched around town I was keeping an eye out for anything I could use ....like a stick...to wrap a cloth round to dry the inside of said whistle.
I spotted a haberdashery shop. Knitting needles. I knew a brainwave would hit me, and a knitting needle would be perfect. In I went, browsing amongst the knitters and sewers, dressed in my jeans and leather jacket, no competition for their M&S finery and matronly shoes, and I spotted a pair of needles with a tiny ball top. Ideal. So an assistant came over and asked if I need help...and that's when it all went wrong.
Me...I just need these needles.
SA....Do you need any wool?
Me....No thanks, just the needles.
SA....Is that size needle mentioned in the pattern?
Me....I haven't got a pattern.
SA....Do you need a pattern?
Me...No thanks, just the needles.
SA....Have you already got wool?
Me...No, I don't need a pattern or wool thanks.
SA...Oh, you really need wool to knit with (at this point she looks at me as if Im a bit simple)
Me... I don't need wool, Im not knitting. I need a needle to put a cloth round it and shove it up my whistle to dry it out...
I didn't buy the knitting needles. The silence in the shop was deafening, as I put the needles down and scuttled out of the shop with the blush reaching up past my ears
![big grin :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin_144.gif)
I really do need to start engaging my brain before I speak...
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