Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Can someone explain the trick to opening the string of a sack of
> flour? The right way just takes one yank. The wrong way and you'll be
> working out the tangle with a scissors for 20 minutes.

Most likely, you're starting at the wrong end! (Not that it's marked or
anything...) I gently pull one loose end; if it doesn't start to
unstitch, I switch to the other end of the seam. By the way, if you
don't want to open it all the way (I wa using 25 pound sacks), you can
pull out the chain stitch as far as you want, then thread the loose end
back through the last un-pulled loop; pull tight, and cut off all but an
inch or so.

Dave