3 pairs of scissors!!!

I hope he paid his mother for the scissors
Superstition!!

Why is it bad luck to give knives? Who knows, but it's a common belief all over the world. From China to Europe, the superstition is that a gifted knife will "cut the friendship" between giver and receiver, or that it will cut the gift recipient... unless they do one thing.

The giver of a knife, according to many traditions and superstitions, should only offer a knife with a penny attached, which the recipient promptly gives back to the giver as a "payment" for the knife, thereby preserving their relationship (and fingers).

I suppose if the scissors won't cut butter, it doesn't matter!

Beammeupscottie just the one skip?
I would need at twenty here

Cherrytree59 I do believe that your DH and mine may have been separated at birth

LadyGracie I know what you mean
But DH could have kept one pair
useless scissors and chucked two away

I think it's more of a man thing.

Greyduster* I think we all fall one of two camps.

That crossed my mind beammeupscottie

I throw things away, then later find I could have made good use of it and regret throwing it out!

If I outlive my DH, my first job will be to hire a skip to clear his "precious and useful" stuff.

It's a man thing- except that I do it too!