# Cutting through a dog bone with expensive scissors using arthritic hands. Guess what failed first? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150 "2020-12-16T02:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/22 "2020-12-17T13:34:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Now, 'Dog Skull", that’s another thing… And [“Lawyer Dog”](https://abovethelaw.com/2017/10/suspect-asks-for-a-lawyer-dog-willfully-ignorant-court-denies-comma-counsel/) is yet another. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/23 "2020-12-17T16:24:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now that it’s morning, maybe you can share with us _why_ you wanted to cut a bone for your dog in the first place and why you’d think to do it with scissors. I did, above. Got 5 of the rascals and wanted to keep at least 2 of them busy, and the other 3 on their toes looking to steal a bone if the opportunity arose. Best I could come up with in the absence of enough bones to go around. I know. It’s a ‘dog-eat-dog’ world, sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/24 "2020-12-17T18:13:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Is ‘Dog Bone’ really that big a confusion? I think that this is a case of “Obvious if you already know it.” YOU know what you were talking about, so it was perfectly clear to you. But we came upon the contextless title of the thread and tried to parse out what it meant. Yeah, the context was clear once you read it, but I said that this was what I first thought of when I read the title. And in that case, it’s not immediately obvious that “dog bone” meant “bone for dogs to gnaw on” rather than “bone in my dog’s leg” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/25 "2020-12-17T23:58:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A catfish is not a cat with a fish. Nor a fish with a cat. I’m reminded of the narrowest street in Paris, _Rue du Chat Qui Pêche,_ or “Street of the Fishing Cat,” less than 6 feet wide. When the Seine would overflow, all the cats would go down into the basements and catch fish. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/26 "2021-02-13T07:10:54Z")
How did I miss this thread? I got scissors stories that will curl your hair. Mostly of me using them incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/27 "2021-02-13T08:00:13Z")
Include me on the side that first thought about amputating a tail or a leg or something like that until they started reading. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/28 "2021-02-13T17:57:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > How did I miss this thread? You were sick. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/29 "2021-02-13T20:05:01Z")
@Beckdawrek Are you a lefty? Lefties always have the BEST scissor stories! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/30 "2021-02-13T21:57:44Z")
Yep. I’m lefty ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150/31 "2021-02-13T22:09:09Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You were sick. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yep. I’m lefty I see you still are. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-through-a-dog-bone-with-expensive-scissors-using-arthritic-hands-guess-what-failed-first/928150.md?page=1)