THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY ON THE INTERNET
(Thanks to Siouxie onterrible, who is not Siouxie)
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Dammit. I've been tying my shoes wrong all these years. Now I have to have a stranger on the internet tell me.
D@mn you, mom and dad! If it hadn't been for your slip-shod training I could have been making a 6-figure salary by now!
Posted by: JayP | June 30, 2008 at 04:23 PM
Someone has way, way, way too much time on their hands.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | June 30, 2008 at 04:29 PM
Is it time to go back to penny loafers?
Posted by: Erb's point | June 30, 2008 at 04:30 PM
Ian scares me. That is all.
Posted by: Cat R | June 30, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Not to offend, but didn't the blog blog this last year??
JudiSomeone should be fired!Posted by: jon | June 30, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Hey, we don't remember what we blogged this morning.
Posted by: Dave | June 30, 2008 at 04:54 PM
"Ian's Shoelace Site - Bringing you the fun, fashion & science of shoelaces"
I guess he couldn't figure out the sarcastic strike-through tags.
Bringing you
the fun, fashion & science ofshoelacesPosted by: Brainy Jello | June 30, 2008 at 04:58 PM
Whew. Dave, thanks for straightening that out. I was pretty sure I wasn't onterrible.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 30, 2008 at 05:00 PM
Actually, I've used this guy's site a couple of years ago... I bought a hideous pair of basketball shoes (orange and purple in a size 17) and was looking for an equally striking way of lacing and tying! Thanks for reminding me!
Posted by: Mr. Completely | June 30, 2008 at 05:56 PM
I'm guessing Ian is a regular on the Speed Dating circuit -- and by regular I mean, "Often goes home alone to work on his arcane web site."
SHE: Soooo, you operate a shoelace website. What else do you like to do?
IAN: Well, tonight I'm going to be working on a bi-colored Celtic Knot design with a pair of Chuck Taylor Black Fives. The trick is to--
(DING)
SHE: Oh thank the heavens! (zip...)
Posted by: MartiniShark | June 30, 2008 at 06:10 PM
*checks out Ian's shoelace site - quickly loses the will to live*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 30, 2008 at 06:14 PM
If he's getting more hits on his blog than mine, perhaps I should consider a lovely Celtic knot for my hangin' noose.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 30, 2008 at 06:19 PM
Yes, I admit to already having this site bookmarked. It was nice to see a familiar face, so to speak
Posted by: dmentd | June 30, 2008 at 06:37 PM
dws698, now that is funny.
Posted by: Cat R | June 30, 2008 at 06:59 PM
i'm guessing he also goes to star trek conventions. IAN! get out from behind that computer....
Posted by: queensbee | June 30, 2008 at 07:03 PM
That was incredibly interes....*whump* ZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZ....
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 30, 2008 at 07:16 PM
Geez. If I'd known you were interested in sites like that, I would have sent you the link last week, when I first discovered it and posted it on MY blog!
http://filesofnk6.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/random-craziness/
Posted by: Auntie M | June 30, 2008 at 07:34 PM
This is older than the internet
Posted by: Methuselah | June 30, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Shame he's not from Knottingham.
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 30, 2008 at 09:32 PM
I do knot find satisfaction in his glaring omission of "bow-biters" from the general font of information ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | June 30, 2008 at 09:52 PM
But he has Testimonials! I dread to think of tying my shoes now... I'm probably tying them wrong... Sigh....
Posted by: Kathybear | June 30, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Poor reporting... nothing on there to show how to tie someone else's shoelaces together...
Posted by: frodolives | June 30, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Couldn't resist. I had to check out the FAQ. Under the question "How do I shorten my shoelaces?" I learned that you remove them and replace them with shorter ones. Or, alternatively, cut them and replace the aglets. Thank God for Ian and thank God for the internets.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | July 01, 2008 at 08:02 AM
I once had a coworker who travelled through Europe with and idiotic looking stuffed animal. She (the coworker, not the animal) created a photo album of the animal--let's call him "Norton". The captions were, "Here's Norton at the Roman Coliseum." "Here's Norton at Stone Hedge" etc. I thought it was the most stupid thing I had ever seen until the shoelaces.
Posted by: christine | July 01, 2008 at 08:36 AM
In the world of velcro shoes, this cat is going to become fossil fuel soon.
Posted by: Warren | July 01, 2008 at 01:05 PM
wow, now i totally have to change my technique! but, to make the diagrams easier they should totally have a video showing how to properly tie shoes to avoid the dreadful "granny" tying
Posted by: marcie | July 01, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Is anyone out there that is having problems with Dell- the computer company? I would like some response to see if there is any one as unhappy with them as we are.
Posted by: marcie | July 31, 2008 at 10:57 PM