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Threading a Needle

Oh, it’s hard to thread a needle! You must coax and beg and wheedle Though, of course, it will ignore your fervent pleas; For the eye’s so very teeny That your temper might get spleeny As the thread gets close, but just enough to tease. So you try ad infinitum – Thread and needle – to unite ‘em As your patience, like the thread, begins to fray And you realize that your sewing Is like life, the way it’s going, Tossing challenges to stump you every day.

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Date: 9/30/2021 4:43:00 PM
So when the needle's on top is it called needling the thread?
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Date: 9/3/2021 11:28:00 AM
Here is a trick that works for me. Tear off a tiny piece of crisp white copy paper. Put it on the other side of the needle and voila! You can SEE the hole and thread it easily.
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 9/4/2021 3:27:00 AM
That sounds brilliant! I will try it. Thanks, Caren!
Date: 8/27/2021 8:22:00 AM
I remember when my mother would ask me to thread the needle for her and now, lets just say, age catches up with us all. Enjoyed reading your poem. Take care.
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Date: 8/25/2021 4:19:00 PM
Well said! Love it!
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Date: 8/25/2021 12:08:00 PM
Enjoyed the wheedle needle rhyme
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Date: 8/25/2021 9:57:00 AM
Very nice Ilene.....very Gilbert and Sullivan! Enjoyed the read.
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Date: 8/24/2021 9:16:00 PM
So true Ilene! Well put!
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Date: 8/24/2021 11:38:00 AM
More challenging for men with big fat fists and the elderly. I am surprised Freud did not include threading a needle in some test . . . ..
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Date: 8/24/2021 10:20:00 AM
Lol frustrating for sure Ilene, I always use one of them thin wire loops. Tom
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