A Little Useless Information

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. -- Oscar Wilde

"Knitting for Britain" became quite competitive [at school]. Who could knit the fastest or make the longest scarf or make the most noise with his needles? A good many of us took up knitting seriously and made socks, sweaters and woolen hats. We would knit in bed after lights out and, some of us, even more surreptitiously, in chapel. Finally, the headmaster had to take steps to limit the activity.

Clinton Trowbridge, "When Knitting Was a Manly Art"