punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
So, I am going to try various methods. Usually I just don't bother but I love this hoodie so much and today was a windy day. That string would have kept the wind at least from getting to my ears and cheeks.
If you have any ideas on how to achieve this goal, post them ITT. 11/29/2010 3:13:48 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
straighten out a clothes hanger, bend one end back so that it doesn't snag, run it through the hole and out the other one. tie on your string, pull it back through.
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 3:16 PM. Reason : just like running wire in a boat's chase tube lol] 11/29/2010 3:16:12 PM |
ncwolfpack All American 3958 Posts user info edit post |
I was gonna say that^ 11/29/2010 3:16:38 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i pull the strings out of my hoodies. i never use them and i don't like folks having a rope around my neck they can grab hold of. same reason i think neckties are retarded. 11/29/2010 3:17:53 PM |
GoldenGirl All American 6475 Posts user info edit post |
nope. best way is to tie the end onto a paperclip and use the paper clip like a needle and thread it through. I've done this numerous times and it always works. 11/29/2010 3:17:53 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
NeuseRvrRat said what I was going to say 11/29/2010 3:18:42 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
^^that sounds like it would work too
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 3:19 PM. Reason : adsf] 11/29/2010 3:18:57 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
paper clip or safety pin attached to string
stick it in one end, bunching the fabric up grab the other end through the fabric and unbunch the slack. repeat this, bunching and unbunching the clip though until done 11/29/2010 3:20:00 PM |
TenaciousC All American 6307 Posts user info edit post |
^ this 11/29/2010 4:09:50 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148242 Posts user info edit post |
why would anyone with access to a coat hangar use a paperclip instead? 11/29/2010 4:20:05 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^ 1. Faster 2. Easier 3. No chance of punching a hole in the cloth 4. Doesn't destroy a hanger 5. Works when threading something longer than a hanger 11/29/2010 4:23:20 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148242 Posts user info edit post |
no actually a hangar is faster and easier, since you do much less bunching and unbunching based on the larger size...and a paperclip can punch a hole in fabric too
so basically your argument is paperclips are better because you don't destroy a hangar...] 11/29/2010 4:24:46 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
some of y'all will argue about any damn thing 11/29/2010 4:36:13 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^ No we won't.
^^ Wrong and wrong.
A hanger is not faster, because of the time to get and bend the hanger correctly.
Also, you don't unbend the paper clip. It has no chance of punching a hole.
Also, it's spelled 'hanger'.
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 4:37 PM. Reason : ] 11/29/2010 4:36:25 PM |
grimx #maketwwgreatagain 32337 Posts user info edit post |
just use a fishtape obviously 11/29/2010 4:38:09 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
in my first post itt i was gonna just say "use a clothes hanger like a fishtape" but i figured hardly anyone would know what i was talking about 11/29/2010 4:40:01 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "A hanger is not faster, because of the time to get and bend the hanger correctly." |
Unless you keep a hanger around prebent for all manners of ghettorigging like I do.11/29/2010 4:40:47 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
some stiff electrical wire works too. like 6 gauge or so. 11/29/2010 4:43:33 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Unless you keep a hanger around prebent for all manners of ghettorigging like I do" |
Haha... I do that.
Treetwista also forgets that metal hangers are harder and harder to find. Paper clips and/or safety pins are nearly ubiquitous.
Quote : | "some stiff electrical wire works too." |
Yeah, works to tear a hole in the fabric, just like the coat hanger does...11/29/2010 4:44:29 PM |
walkmanfades All American 3139 Posts user info edit post |
If you tear a hole in the fabric with the coat hanger you aren't doing it right.
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
11/29/2010 4:45:42 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i was looking for a paper clip in my house just the other day and couldn't find one anywhere
but i have a closet full of metal clothes hangers. thanks, textilease! 11/29/2010 4:46:03 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
11/29/2010 4:48:17 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "bend one end back so that it doesn't snag" |
The hanger method just keeps getting more involved...
Hey! Guess what? Both paper clips and safety pins are already bent on the ends.... Wow!11/29/2010 4:49:51 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "some of y'all will argue about any damn thing" |
11/29/2010 4:50:49 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing some of y'all will argue about any damn thing
11/29/2010 4:52:09 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
Replace the string with this:
11/29/2010 4:52:23 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i don't understand the pie 11/29/2010 4:53:53 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Also, how do you tie the string to the end of the hanger? Wouldn't you have to bend that end too? or tape it on? (too involved, when a simple fucking paper clip gets the job done fast)
Quote : | "i was looking for a paper clip in my house just the other day and couldn't find one anywhere
but i have a closet full of metal clothes hangers" |
Because your house is old, and you're not well organized. Everyone generally knows where their paper clips or safety pins are kept....
What's with the key lime pie?
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ]11/29/2010 4:54:44 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
mwahaha 11/29/2010 4:55:17 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i think it was because i don't have any paper clips 11/29/2010 4:55:52 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
WELL HOW DO YOU CLIP YOUR PAPER!?!?!? 11/29/2010 4:57:04 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
WELL HOW DO I REINSTALL MY HOODIE STRINGS EFFICIENTLY? 11/29/2010 4:58:28 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148242 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Treetwista also forgets that metal hangers are harder and harder to find." |
haha so only old and poorly organized houses have an abundance of metal coat hangers in the closet
(i was previously thinking of the airplane hangar spelling like an idiot)11/29/2010 5:20:50 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^ No, I was saying that metal ones are hard to find, as in, most are plastic these days... And the other statement was not directed to you... I was saying that old houses generally already have plenty of metal hangers, and not [newer] plastic ones, and that [assuming you have paper clips, that are available everywhere, for cheap as shit, that can be used for a millions things, so why the fuck wouldn't anyone have them] not being able to find your paper clips implies that you're disorganized. (whatever)
Try this: Go somewhere and do the coat hanger method. Watch as a room full of people, of all ages and backgrounds, laugh at you, saying, "Where's your paper clips or safety pins? That's how you do that...."
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM. Reason : ] 11/29/2010 6:01:28 PM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't read any of the responses- but I always do the same thing for this and for athletic shorts that lose the band
I attach a safety pin to the string and work it threw the loop 11/29/2010 6:05:30 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^ QED 11/29/2010 6:06:36 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
best thing to do is just toss the old hoodie and go buy a new one
they're cheap 11/29/2010 6:07:04 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^ fail troll attempt 11/29/2010 6:08:27 PM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
in the time i spent reading this thread, i could have bought a new hoodie 11/29/2010 6:08:46 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
in the time i spent reading this thread, i could have bought knit a new hoodie 11/29/2010 6:11:26 PM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
what does QED mean? 11/29/2010 6:12:53 PM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
in the time i spent reading this thread, i could have bought gathered the raw materials necessary to knit a new hoodie and given them to indy to let him do his thing
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 6:16 PM. Reason : ] 11/29/2010 6:15:52 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
it's a latin thing you put at the end of a proof to say "nanny nanny boo boo i'm right"
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 6:16 PM. Reason : kinda like a metro "/thread"] 11/29/2010 6:15:53 PM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18958 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "just use a fishtape obviously" |
11/29/2010 6:19:49 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "kinda like a metro "/thread" |
lol11/29/2010 6:21:43 PM |
MCEscher Veteran 160 Posts user info edit post |
I had this problem today actually. I put a safety pin through one end, closed it, and worked its way around to the other hole. No fabric tears, and took less than 5 minutes. 11/29/2010 7:23:52 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "best thing to do is just toss the old hoodie and go buy a new one
they're cheap" |
I WILL NOT DO THIS! I can't find this hoodie anywhere.
Ken is a creeper.11/29/2010 7:28:25 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Less than 5 minutes too long.
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 7:29 PM. Reason : ^Because that hoodie is full of lies! Books suck, especially read ones.] 11/29/2010 7:28:31 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
I think the paperclip method is harder than the wire hanger method. Its a pain in the ass reinstalling tie-strings to basketball shorts with the paper clip
That said, I'll do the paperclip because I'd rather not fuck with unbending and basically destroying a hanger
[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 7:29 PM. Reason : lj] 11/29/2010 7:28:49 PM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
it's really amazing that this thread is going to make it to page 2 11/29/2010 7:29:14 PM |