How to get rid of surface splinters

This comes from an email but I think they found this tip on lifehackers.

Have you ever had several  little splinters in your hands and arms from grabbing a rough piece of wood or a running your hand across an old picnic table, etc?  They are tiny and hard to see and grasp....here's a way to get rid of them without having to pluck each and every one out with tweezers.

Grab the bottle of elmers glue or better yet, one of those little tubs of thick white glue and smear it all over the problem area. Once it dries, peel it off, just the way you used to when you were a bored little kid in arts-and-crafts class. The splinters will come right out along with the peeling glue!

Why this works: Surface splinters are hard to get out not because they're deeply embedded but because they're tiny and hard to grasp even with the daintiest of fingers. The sticky glue serves a function similar to a lint roller when the glue is applied evenly across the splintery surface of your skin.