Toothbrush rug demonstration- working on a blue jean rug

[ThereSaSpiderNMySoup]

so what, I asked ... jeeez just a question! sensitive much!

[ThereSaSpiderNMySoup]

Nail polish?

[MsTasier]

@ThereSaSpiderNMySoup so what, i wear nail polish.

[ezkdf]

Okay, so if mine is bowling up, I can do a "double stitch" . Sorry I'm very new to rug making. This is my first :) And a double stitch means that I can put two stitches in one knot? Thanks

[pyxiekit]

oooo i love your work!!! it's sooooo sentimental and romantic in a secret type of way :) i am a recovering MAJOR packrat so this is a great idea for the pieces i can't wear but can't bear to part with i love it! but why do you call them toothbrush rugs ?? your crocheting them right?

[Knittin66]

that ver y nice the rug and a good way to recycle indeed .Thank You GOD BLESS

[839dilly]

Wow...why are all commenting on his appearance and mental state?? Have any of you ever tried that? How do you get those thhings to lie flat is my question...mine always look like a bowl...flat on one side, bowl on the other...

[Tourtruco]

Thanks... the beard was nasty, and I've since burned the shirt... just not congruent with my idiom.

If your rugs are bowling up, you're either stitching too tightly or not putting in enough doubles stitches... probably both. If it isn't too severe, especially if you DON'T stitch too tightly, you can flatten a rug out by putting heavy objects on it.

[concordia07]

Love the Jesus look. It suits you well. More then the short look you sported in the Book Store.

CS

[Tourtruco]

Thanks- you know I was known as "Pastor Aerosmith" or "Pastor Jesus" though I always thought I took more after Amos, and I don't merit being compared with the Son of God.

But yeh, it suits me well. Many older relatives have said, "I don't normally like long hair on a man, but yours is so lovely!"

The beard WAS ghastly though... made me look like a raccoon with the mange. Should I ever grow one again, I'll color it.

[trjma]

Get a dictionary buddy!

demonstration

dem·on·stra·tion 

Pronunciation: \ˌde-mən-ˈstrā-shən\

Function: noun

1: an act, process, or means of demonstrating

2: an outward expression or display

[Tourtruco]

Stephen Abootman: We'll win! We'll just have to stay resilient!

Phillip: Well, yeah, but everyone is dying of starvation.

Terrance: Yeah, let's give it up, guy.

Stephen Abootman: Don't call me your guy! I'm not your guy, friend!

Terrance: Well I'm not your friend, buddy!

Stephen Abootman: Well I'm not your buddy, guy!

[trjma]

Are you on drugs or something?

Get help BUDDY!

[Tourtruco]

Why yes I am, but that's between me and my medical professionals. I should be glad you are not counted among them. Street drugs- no way... reality is far too interesting, I have no desire to escape from it. No hallucinogen could produce anything which compares with your comments, so it'd be redundant anyway.

[Tourtruco]

Incidentally, the quotation is from the South Park Episode "Canada on Strike."

[Tourtruco]

Since you didn't recognize it, perhaps this falls within your scope of cultural literacy: CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. There is a land of pure delight, Beyond the Jordan's flood, Where saints, apparelled all in white, Fling back the critic's mud. And as he legs it through the skies, His pelt a sable hue, He sorrows sore to recognize The missiles that he threw. Orrin Goof

[Tourtruco]

That's from Abrose Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary"

[trjma]

I don't get why this is titled "Toothbrush Rug Demonstration - Working on a Blue Jean Rug" - There's no "demonstration" no "toothbrush" and no "working" !



All I see is some gay looking hippie with queer polished nails who claims to have made a couple of half-finished rugs.

[Tourtruco]

This speaks more to the quality of your ability to see and understand and the charity of your soul (or lack thereof) than to the video.

So... if somebody looks gay or looks like a hippy:

A) There's a problem with either?

B) That makes that person- ipso facto- a gay hippy?

C) Who cares if they are either or both.

No sense in arguing the point that I'm neither, but I can't let ignorance and xenophobia go unanswered.

[trjma]

A - Yes, of course there is.

B - Yeppers

C - I do - who else matters but me? Oh yeah, God matters too - and guess what? HE CARES!

Now, how about addressing the fact that there is no "toothbrush", no "demonstration", and certainly no "working" in your video.

From the look of the filthy pigsty you live in, I doubt there's ever been any real "working" in your life. Soooooo .... go clean up your home, your life, your morals and your character - then make a video worth the time and effort.

[Tourtruco]

Yes, this far from my finest work, video wise. I've shot many better, but apparently you didn't take the time or care to peruse them.

When God wants to leave me a comment, I'll listen to Him.

[BritMiss]

So, by your own words,

A) you appoint yourself the judge of your fellow-man based on their appearance?

B) appearance is a reliable indicator of true nature? (i.e. there is no such thing as camouflage! if I look like a priest, I must be a priest, if I look like a policeman I must be a policeman)

C) I don't doubt that God does care about His creation. What kind of creator wouldn't? But I am also certain that He will be my judge. Anyone who thinks they can judge me risks usurping His authority.

[globalyouthproject]

Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to start on a rug tomorrow. I moved into a new house with my two year old daughter three weeks ago and that's just the sort of thing I could enjoy at the moment.

Thanks for sharing your toothbrush rugs.

H in Salford, UK