Hi Virginia,

Hopefully you are rid of the soapy taste.

I try to remember not to put pens & pencils in my mouth, but it's an old habit. I lock them in my drawer at work each night, if I remember.

I thought maybe it was like The Name of the Rose, i.e. a bit of arsenic dabbed on my stationery. But I'd be dead already, if that was the case. :-)

Helen