Entropy cotton
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imomusYou go into a clothes shop and pull open some T-shirts to look at the designs. But when you try to put them back on the shelf, you simply can't achieve the necessary level of folding perfection. You make pathetic attempts to smooth rumples and tuck in sleeves, but it seems your level of personal culture is inadequate. This is something you weren't taught at school or university. It's something you will never learn. "Just leave it, we'll fix that," says the sales assistant with a kindly smile that doesn't quite hide some shade of supercilious pity, exasperation and derision. You exit the shop apologetically, leaving a crumpled mess of "entropy cotton" behind you.
Well, thanks to Japanese YouTube select site Qooqle Video Clippers I have found a way never again to be that inadequate loser. With this instructional video on how to fold T-shirts, not only will you be able to hold your head high on your next visit to Graniph, you'll be able to turn your own bedroom into something almost as beautiful.
Who'd have thought folding T-shirts was so simple? There it is on the screen! The "magic point" you simply have to pinch for everything to fall into place using only the force of gravity! Mastery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics can be yours! All you have to do is watch a 22-second video!
Except... I can't do it. No matter how many times I watch this incredibly simple video, I can't make the shirt fall into the neat oblong shape the expert gets. And why are there two edits, at the six and thirteen second marks? Is this just another internet conspiracy? Or simply confirmation of the weary thesis of the Resistentialists; things really are against us.
Well, thanks to Japanese YouTube select site Qooqle Video Clippers I have found a way never again to be that inadequate loser. With this instructional video on how to fold T-shirts, not only will you be able to hold your head high on your next visit to Graniph, you'll be able to turn your own bedroom into something almost as beautiful.
Who'd have thought folding T-shirts was so simple? There it is on the screen! The "magic point" you simply have to pinch for everything to fall into place using only the force of gravity! Mastery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics can be yours! All you have to do is watch a 22-second video!
Except... I can't do it. No matter how many times I watch this incredibly simple video, I can't make the shirt fall into the neat oblong shape the expert gets. And why are there two edits, at the six and thirteen second marks? Is this just another internet conspiracy? Or simply confirmation of the weary thesis of the Resistentialists; things really are against us.
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Date: 2006-09-02 10:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 10:20 am (UTC)It involves putting your right hand on the "magic spot" and gripping the top part with your left. In other words, you cross your wrists (it feels wrong), flip down to the bottom hem, then pull the right hand through (that's the magic bit) and lay the shirt flat, flipping the arm bit behind.
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Date: 2006-09-02 10:26 am (UTC)Revolting things
Date: 2006-09-02 10:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 10:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 11:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 12:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 12:13 pm (UTC)private momus, i'm proud to hear you finally managed that most essential skill, too. me and my men are glad to learn you're not the twee little sissy we thought you were!
(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 12:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 01:18 pm (UTC)I learned it in school :(
Date: 2006-09-02 01:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 01:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 01:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 01:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 02:41 pm (UTC)...until they found out I learned it from watching a video on the internet. Then I was just a nerd.
But damn, could I fold t-shirts.
(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 03:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 03:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 03:58 pm (UTC)Peeling a potato
Date: 2006-09-02 04:02 pm (UTC)Apparently this is the way to peel potatoes without effort. I am under the impression that it is from the same show. I can't imagine that it is remotely helpful to do this unless you are aching for a party trick.
But what a party trick it is.
Re: Revolting things
Date: 2006-09-02 04:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 04:26 pm (UTC)Of course this reveals the ugly fact that I actually own a tee shirt (I won't admit to owning more than one, though).
(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 04:33 pm (UTC)Step-by-step charts for various tie and pocket square folds can be downloaded here, (http://www.lordwhimsy.com/trifles/tutorials.html) in case anyone wants them.
(Sound of wind)
(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 04:42 pm (UTC)That is simply the most shocking thing I've heard all year! Please don't say you also own sweats or dungarees or a pair of trainers; my head is already spinning.
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Date: 2006-09-02 04:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-02 04:49 pm (UTC)