Originally Posted by featherweight
My Home Ec teacher told us many years ago that if she caught us with a pin in our mouth she just may give us a whack on the back.. That has stuck with me all my life. I never do that. She said that if we have one in our mouth and got startled, we may swallow it. OUCH!!
my home ec teacher said she use to always put pins in her mouth until she hiccuped and swallowed some ende up in the hospital to have them removed so i never have put them in my teeth or lips as that would be really scary