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

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

I was gonna say that^

11/29/2010 3:16:38 PM

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

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

NeuseRvrRat said what I was going to say

11/29/2010 3:18:42 PM

^^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

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

^ this

11/29/2010 4:09:50 PM

why would anyone with access to a coat hangar use a paperclip instead?

11/29/2010 4:20:05 PM

^
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

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

some of y'all will argue about any damn thing

11/29/2010 4:36:13 PM

^
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

just use a fishtape obviously

11/29/2010 4:38:09 PM

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

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"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

some stiff electrical wire works too. like 6 gauge or so.

11/29/2010 4:43:33 PM

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"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

If you tear a hole in the fabric with the coat hanger you aren't doing it right.

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"bend one end back so that it doesn't snag"

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"bend one end back so that it doesn't snag"

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"bend one end back so that it doesn't snag"

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"bend one end back so that it doesn't snag"

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"bend one end back so that it doesn't snag"

11/29/2010 4:45:42 PM

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

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"NO WIRE HANGERS"

11/29/2010 4:48:17 PM

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"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

Quote :

"some of y'all will argue about any damn thing"

11/29/2010 4:50:49 PM

some of y'all will argue about any damn thing
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11/29/2010 4:52:09 PM

Replace the string with this:

11/29/2010 4:52:23 PM

i don't understand the pie

11/29/2010 4:53:53 PM

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)

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"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

mwahaha

11/29/2010 4:55:17 PM

i think it was because i don't have any paper clips

11/29/2010 4:55:52 PM

WELL HOW DO YOU CLIP YOUR PAPER!?!?!?

11/29/2010 4:57:04 PM

WELL HOW DO I REINSTALL MY HOODIE STRINGS EFFICIENTLY?

11/29/2010 4:58:28 PM

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

^
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

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

^
QED

11/29/2010 6:06:36 PM

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

^
fail troll attempt

11/29/2010 6:08:27 PM

in the time i spent reading this thread, i could have bought a new hoodie

11/29/2010 6:08:46 PM

in the time i spent reading this thread, i could have bought knit a new hoodie

11/29/2010 6:11:26 PM

what does QED mean?

11/29/2010 6:12:53 PM

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

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

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"just use a fishtape obviously"

11/29/2010 6:19:49 PM

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"kinda like a metro "/thread"

lol

11/29/2010 6:21:43 PM

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

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

^^ 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

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

it's really amazing that this thread is going to make it to page 2

11/29/2010 7:29:14 PM