A SCIENTIFIC IMPOSSIBILITY
And we've got video.
(Thanks to Joel Koh)
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October 11, 2004
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oh no
Posted by: gina.g | October 11, 2004 at 05:58 AM
Wow. I'm impressed! Of course, it won't work for me. I fold clothes using the "roll-em up and stuff in the drawer" method. By using that method, I've noticed that my wife hasn't asked me fold clothes in over 20 years!
Posted by: SteveB | October 11, 2004 at 06:02 AM
I patented that technique in 1973- how dare they co-op my idea!
Posted by: betty | October 11, 2004 at 06:03 AM
Oh man thank God that video wasn't affiliated with JengaJam.com.
Posted by: William Clarke | October 11, 2004 at 06:05 AM
can't open the video file. could someone please describe it?
Posted by: MOTW | October 11, 2004 at 06:08 AM
MOTW- it is a short video clip of two hands, one tshirt and someone describing a way to fold a tshirt by pinching it in two certain spots and lifting it- it is actually kinda neat and I have removed my tshirt to try it out.
Posted by: gina.g | October 11, 2004 at 06:12 AM
Allright people - shirt folding instructions going at gina.g's place. Let's head over there right now!
Posted by: SteveB | October 11, 2004 at 06:14 AM
gina.g: Me, too! Me, too! And it worked... interestingly, my husband was far less impressed with my new folding technique as he was with the fact that I was topless in his home office!
I have to go now...
Posted by: Jilyna | October 11, 2004 at 06:17 AM
Will this technique also work on polo shirts... or even better hawaiian shirts...
Posted by: Drifty the Gypsy | October 11, 2004 at 06:19 AM
Does anyone speak Japanese? Does it make anymore sense if you do? I can't seem to get the hang of it, but it sure seems like it would make my life a lot easier if I could get this to work for me. I'm going to go practice some more, maybe I just haven't given it enough of a chance yet...
Posted by: hipmama1970 | October 11, 2004 at 06:24 AM
wow.
a little t-shirt folding video and all the female bloggers are gettting naked!
good job judi!
Posted by: horndog | October 11, 2004 at 06:25 AM
My husband would like to join horndog in expressing his thanks for that fine instructional video, Judi...
Posted by: Jilyna | October 11, 2004 at 06:32 AM
... from the folks who gave us origami...
(can we see video of a t-shirt turning into a crane?)
Posted by: insomniac | October 11, 2004 at 06:38 AM
@#$%@%!!!
My @#$%@% computer opened @#$%@% Winamp instead of @#$%@% Real Player and my @#$%@% won't play the @#$%@% file. (Here's my check for $300 officer.)
I REALLY need to learn how to fold my shirts!
Posted by: Trystan Shout | October 11, 2004 at 06:59 AM
that's freakin' amazin'
Posted by: ceeg | October 11, 2004 at 07:05 AM
Wow, I knew you could fold a puppy that way, but I'd never tried it on a t-shirt.
How handy!
Posted by: Christobol | October 11, 2004 at 07:21 AM
nyuk nyuk
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 11, 2004 at 07:29 AM
Wow, somebody needs to print those instructions on a t-shirt.
Posted by: cabo | October 11, 2004 at 07:59 AM
I don't believe it. Notice that one point where the video seems to skip? That's where they edited out the part where they switched in a new t-shirt that still had most of the pins in it. Scientists still don't understand how those pins get in there.
On the other hand, I'm not the least surprised at all the women getting turned on by well-folded laundry. Of course, I'm just one of the xenophobes who was grossed out by the male lactation story.
Posted by: qetzal | October 11, 2004 at 08:23 AM
That is the COOLEST folding technique I've ever seen! My boyfriend doesn't like my folding style (in half, in half again), and does the "fold two sides in, fold in sections from the bottom" style -- which I can't seem to master.
I can't WAIT to show him this!
Posted by: LMC | October 11, 2004 at 08:23 AM
I just use hangers.
Posted by: Mike Weasel | October 11, 2004 at 09:58 AM
Wow, it's, like, a t-shirt, and now it's, like, folded and stuff!
Like, WOW, man.
Posted by: Blogchik | October 11, 2004 at 10:23 AM
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. Folded t-shirt.
Posted by: Blogchik | October 11, 2004 at 10:23 AM
*steals all the Tshirts on the blog for Scientific purposes.
Judi - please post one of someone folding pants...
Posted by: Mad Scientist | October 11, 2004 at 10:49 AM
That is like, SO much more economical than setting your clothes on fire. I wish I'd known about this years ago.
Posted by: Federal Duck | October 11, 2004 at 10:52 AM
It really is very cool (and the coolest bit is that it really is as simple as they make it look), but the problem is that once you've folded your shirt this way you can't move it, otherwise the bit with the sleeve on the bottom gets loose and it's all ruined.
Posted by: penny | October 11, 2004 at 11:12 AM
awesome.
and lol @ jilyna..
Posted by: kevin | October 11, 2004 at 11:47 AM
I use both hangers and the stuff-the-crap-in-the-drawer method. Whatever gets the job done, I guess.
Posted by: Alex D. | October 11, 2004 at 12:07 PM
I accidentally opened this video and the Team America video in separate windows at the same time. I saw the T-Shirt folding but heard the audio from Team America! I was very confused to say the least -- but I kinda liked it!
Posted by: FirstTimeCaller | October 11, 2004 at 12:31 PM
Thanks reneviht, that made all the difference. I feel so proud now!
Posted by: hipmama1970 | October 11, 2004 at 08:27 PM
No - seriously, it's totally easy. I think my wife thinks I have brain damage, though. I keep showing her I can do that over and over and then laughing in a very japanese way.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | October 11, 2004 at 09:01 PM
That is totally NEAT (pardon the pun). Origami with clothes! The longer clip is a bit easier to follow, but it comes across like they are trying to sell you the technique. I kept waiting for the "Wait! but there's more!" - which was probably actually being said if I could but understand Japanese.
Having perfected the moves I think I'll taunt the honey with it the next time she tries to show me how to fold towels - which is more often than you might think, given a certain slowness with understanding domestic skills.
*obvious consequence dawns*
Hang on, that will mean I'll end up folding t-shirts for the rest of my life!
*promptly forgets technique*
Posted by: whatysiwyg | October 12, 2004 at 04:56 AM
Dang; it works! To think of all the time I have wasted over the years folding shirts the old-fashioned way. Think of all the beers I could have drunk...
Posted by: Monsoon | October 12, 2004 at 05:31 AM
@%$#&**!@##* computer! Machine crashes every time I try to see the videos. Now I will continue to be inept at t-shirt folding and will be haunted (and taunted) and for all practical purposes, scarred for life.
Posted by: frustrated | October 13, 2004 at 04:34 AM
Thanks for the Link to my Site!
(It's my site the video is hosted on)
Posted by: Michael Joyeux | October 24, 2004 at 04:30 AM