101 uses for knitting needles

Did you know that even if you don't knit there are LOTS of reasons for having knitting needles around?

Here are a few (not quite 101) uses for knitting needles that are NOT KNITTING. As a quick disclaimer - I've not used my own needles for all of these things. Do you have anything to add to the list?? Let me know!

1. back scratcher
2. ear scratcher
3. shawl pins
4. book marks
5. hair pins
6. self defense
   
7. pointers
8. unjamming printers and shredders
9. shaking at husband or child to emphasize point in a discussion
10. scratching down a cast
11. plant stakes
12. unlock the bathroom door from the outside when someone locks themselves inside

13. unclogging the vacuum cleaner
14. reaching things on high shelves
15. poking holes in packages to make opening them easier
16. fairy wands for dress up
17. King and queen scepters
18. poking baked potatoes so they don’t explode
19. fishing out cat toys and other small objects from underneath bookshelves and couches
20. causing self-inflicted injury
21. unclog bathroom drains
22. open and close air vents on the ceiling
23. fix minor car annoyances
24. percussion performance (drum sticks)
25. prodding animals
26. pushing broken stove buttons
27. pushing little reset buttons
28. stretch piercing
29. scrolling on ipod
30. typing on touch screen devices (blackberry, GPS, etc)
31. curling gift ribbon
32. dress up sword
33. turners for sewers - turns handles inside out, gets corners nice and square
34. hold cucumber slices in an aquarium for fish
35. shish kabobs
36. clean out the valves in sippy cups
37. cake testers
38. mandrels for making jump rings
39. pulling up drain plugs
40. bent for making jewelry - like bracelets
41. playing fetch with an animal
42. cleaning lint out of washing machines and dryers
43. open stuck CD and DVD trays
44. cat toy
45. turn abelskiver (Scandinavian spherical pancakes, lately marketed as “pancake puffs”)

46. trussing a chicken
47. chopsticks
48. making chain-mail rings
49. making antennae on a stuffed animal
50. clean under nails
51. clean between keys on computer keyboard
52. measuring stick
53. poking cables through a wall
54. poking air holes in the tops of containers to house little bugs or small animals
55. poking holes in tops of water bottle lids to make “squirt” bottles
56. keeping drivers awake on long trips (poke, poke)
57. juggling
58. de-tartering cats teeth
59. craft flag poles
60. make seed holes in the garden
61. hold seed packets for marking plant rows
62. poke through polymer clay beads
63. decorative markings on clay creations
64. toothpick
65. Javelin