Folding Shirts & tying shoes

[Sasaki Kojiro]

How to fold a shirt in 4 seconds:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=shirt+fold

Worlds fastest shoelace knot:

Video: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknotvideo.htm

Instructions: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

[Adrian II]

How to fold a shirt in 4 seconds

Ah, they don't make women like that anymore..

Worlds fastest shoelace knot

Nice site. I was happy to see it has the 'fast AdrianII' as well.

Speaking of which, I would be interested to know how the gentlemen* of the.org knot their ties. My preferred knot is the double knot, also known in my country as the 'double Windsor'. Thus:

* Tie-less slobs, snobs or punks need not apply...

[Kongamato]

How to fold a shirt in 4 seconds:

Last semester, I was part of a design team for Intro to Mechanical Design class that made a machine that folded shirts using the above method. The machine worked, but we had to use a kid's shirt as Westerner-sized shirts don't take well to that folding method.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I would be interested to know how the gentlemen of the .org knot their ties. My preferred knot is the double knot, also known in my country as the 'double Windsor'.

My knot of choice is the 'Grand Windsor'. Most of my ties are made of fine thin silk, so they look best with a large knot.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Pah, real men wear cravats.

[Quid]

I will go off and try this folding shirts thingy...tomorrow morning.

Oh, and it's the double Windsor for me too.

Quid

[Somebody Else]

Most recently tied tie was a bow... so there's that.

When wearing a normal tie, the know I use appears to be the grand windsor (if I understand the diagram Louis provided).

N.B. Mirrors are to be avoided, as they can confuse. They're ok for adjusting once the knot is made though.

[Slyspy]

I don't know which knot I use. I can knot a tie perfectly, but if I think about what I am doing or, worse, watch myself in a mirror then all is lost!

[Duke Malcolm]

This is all amazing. This morning I folded my shirt in 4 seconds and tied my school tie in a windsor knot... I feel so proud...

[Adrian II]

Most recently tied tie was a bow... so there's that.

When wearing a normal tie, the know I use appears to be the grand windsor (if I understand the diagram Louis provided).

N.B. Mirrors are to be avoided, as they can confuse. They're ok for adjusting once the knot is made though.

Right. Any particular thoughts about bow ties?

[Samurai Waki]

Well I haven't worn a tie since I was in the Caymans (about 7 months ago), and I have to say, its a nice feeling not having to dress for the masses. I mostly just wear jeans and a t-shirt.

[Adrian II]

Well I haven't worn a tie since I was in the Caymans (about 7 months ago), and I have to say, its a nice feeling not having to dress for the masses. I mostly just wear jeans and a t-shirt.

Excuse me? In our day and age, the masses dress like slobs on holiday. Sneakers, jeans, bomber jackets, amorphous shirts in vomit colours, sweaters full of inane commercial ads, all things knitted... the horror.. The worst cases carry their money in pouches strung across their genitals. 'Marsupials' I call them.

[Samurai Waki]

meh. The only time I feel the need to "dress up" is when I take my girlfriend out somewhere nice to eat. Of course I do have A LOT of good clothing, Kashmere Sweaters, Suade, Linens, and silkies, I just prefer not to wear them. I might get mugged

[Louis VI the Fat]

Right. Any particular thoughts about bow ties?

Oh, come on, Adrian. You can't be that snobbish. Nobody knots a bow tie anymore, you buy them with a closing.


(Oh please, oh please, do tell me I'm not being outsnobbed by some Batavian...)

[Somebody Else]

My thoughts on bow ties.

Well, for a start, those abominations that clip on at the back or wherever are strictly out of order.

Personally, I have three - one white, two black - one's a spare. I do have another on order - don't know what the pattern is - it's a society tie.

I'm still not sure whether I prefer wings or normal collars... wings do look silly with clip-ons though (not that there's much that can redeem them - the slight skewness of a self-tie is essential).

And of course, towards the end of the evening, a self-tie can be arranged around the neck, undone, with far more style than the aforesaid abominations.

[Adrian II]

Nobody knots a bow tie anymore, you buy them with a closing.

I do. And the clip-ons are great for children. On my desk I have a picture of my two young sons in their Christmas outfits - off-white cotton shirt, dinner jacket and bow tie -- with arms slung amicably across each other's shoulders, both smiling that ... knowing smile that somehow, mysteriously, comes with such clothes. Boy, do they look fantastic.

'Un Batave'.. that makes you sound like a later Louis, doesn't it?

(..) the slight skewness of a self-tie is essential. And of course, towards the end of the evening, a self-tie can be arranged around the neck, undone, with far more style than the aforesaid abominations.

I see you are a connaisseur. Loosening one's tie after the main events of the day have run their course is an essential aspect of manhood, and you wil have noticed its mesmerising effect on the other sex. Have you ever tried the 'sloppy Onassis' by the way? I have, but I believe it is most suited to life on board a billion dollar yacht - something I have not quite achieved.

[R'as al Ghul]

I cannot watch the videos from work, but if you're talking about these
asian girls who work in the hotel industry, then I've seen them on TV lately.

They demonstrated the perfect folding of shirts in midair, but needed only 2 seconds.
It looked as if they tried to shake dust from it but when finished it looked as good as new
and was perfectly neatly folded.

Personally I see this as a proof of magic.
Those women are witches controlling powers far beyond me.

[Adrian II]

I cannot watch the videos from work, but if you're talking about these asian girls who work in the hotel industry, then I've seen them on TV lately.

I can understand your employer's position. Videos of Asian girls working in the hotel industry.. yeah right.

T3h ban!

[R'as al Ghul]

T3h ban!

Thanks for your interest in Google Video.
Currently, the playback feature of Google Video isn't available in your country.
We hope to make this feature available more widely in the future, and we really appreciate your patience.

[Tachikaze]

My wife is an expert at folding shirts. She amazed her coworkers at JC Penney. I haven't timed her, but her results are impressive.

She's Japanese, by the way.

[Louis VI the Fat]

clip-ons are great for children.

Ok, so I actually went out and bought me a proper bow-tie after this.

Now all I need is an occassion to try that 'mesmerising loosening' stuff on some broad.

[KukriKhan]

Ok, so I actually went out and bought me a proper bow-tie after this.

Now all I need is an occassion to try that 'mesmerising loosening' stuff on some broad.

And if she fails to succumb to the enchantment,



you can always squirt her in the eye!

-signed, Bozo the Clown

[Adrian II]

And if she fails to succumb to the enchantment,



you can always squirt her in the eye!

-signed, Bozo the Clown

For years I never got that far. Turned out my shoes were a dead give-away.

[Somebody Else]

And if she fails to succumb to the enchantment,



you can always squirt her in the eye!

-signed, Bozo the Clown

Doesn't that come after she succumbs?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Hey thanks guys! Those are exactly the attributes I need to perfect my hot sexy clown outfit:

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Works wonders on the ladies.

[Adrian II]

Hey thanks guys! Those are exactly the attributes I need to perfect my hot sexy clown outfit:

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Works wonders on the ladies.

Allègre figure! T’es cool comme ça, Louis.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Anyone wanna help me figure out the Italian tie knot?



I can never get it *just* right.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Nevermind. After a half an hour of long hard labor, I got it! And seeing how it looks very good with my favorite tie, it is now my knot of choice, replacing the single windsor.