Well, that's just plain silly. Not that you would be forbidden to bring a sewing needle into a courthouse in this day and age, but that you would get "sooo irritated" about it. :roll: The main difference I can think of between a pointed metal needle and a plastic crochet hook is the fact that the needle can be coated with any number of toxic agents and used to poke them into another person. Reason enough to ban sharps of any kind from courthouses in my opinion. Would you consider it a stupid rule if you worked in the courthouse?