Everything but the flying kind
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Candybar carpet.
Do you want ants? 'Cause this is how you get ants.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:58 AM on December 5, 2012 [10 favorites]
Do you want ants? 'Cause this is how you get ants.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:58 AM on December 5, 2012 [10 favorites]
Candybar carpet.
ProTip: Do NOT call Stanley Steemer.
posted by Thorzdad at 9:02 AM on December 5, 2012
ProTip: Do NOT call Stanley Steemer.
posted by Thorzdad at 9:02 AM on December 5, 2012
That "army carpet" looks like it's a real pleasure on the insoles. Ouch.
posted by koeselitz at 9:02 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by koeselitz at 9:02 AM on December 5, 2012
My dogs are eager to drag their rear ends across some of these. They're all about texture.
posted by PuppyCat at 9:03 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by PuppyCat at 9:03 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Some of those have great textures, at least from a distance.
posted by Forktine at 9:13 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by Forktine at 9:13 AM on December 5, 2012
For some reason, many of these make delightful anagrams:
Bottle Carpet? Battle Copter
Sponge Carpet? Conga Stepper
Cocktail Carpet? Cataleptic Rock
Thorn Carpet? Ratchet Porn
Spice Carpet? Pert Icecaps
Match Carpet? Tramp Cachet
Lead Carpet? Redact Plea
Pin Carpet? Inept Crap
posted by griphus at 9:14 AM on December 5, 2012 [7 favorites]
Bottle Carpet? Battle Copter
Sponge Carpet? Conga Stepper
Cocktail Carpet? Cataleptic Rock
Thorn Carpet? Ratchet Porn
Spice Carpet? Pert Icecaps
Match Carpet? Tramp Cachet
Lead Carpet? Redact Plea
Pin Carpet? Inept Crap
posted by griphus at 9:14 AM on December 5, 2012 [7 favorites]
These are really cool. But some of the close-ups start to rile up my trypophobia. {shudder}
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:15 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:15 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Vladimir Karpets? No? They certainly can't claim to make all kinds, then.
posted by ardgedee at 9:18 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ardgedee at 9:18 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
trypophobia
Oh god bless you, I've been trying to describe that concept to people without being able to remember the damn word and NO ONE BELIEVES ME.
posted by griphus at 9:20 AM on December 5, 2012
Oh god bless you, I've been trying to describe that concept to people without being able to remember the damn word and NO ONE BELIEVES ME.
posted by griphus at 9:20 AM on December 5, 2012
Fear of thanksgiving?
posted by elizardbits at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
NO ONE BELIEVES ME
You could send them to this MeFi post {DOUBLE SHUDDER}.
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
You could send them to this MeFi post {DOUBLE SHUDDER}.
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
Oh right, that thing. DNW.
posted by elizardbits at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 9:23 AM on December 5, 2012
You could send them to this MeFi post
Yeah, that's how I found out about it! My girlfriend recently showed me a picture of something (inside of a pomegranate maybe?) and I mentioned that, hey, did you know there's people shit-scared of stuff like this and could not for the life of me find that post and now I can finally win that conversation.
posted by griphus at 9:25 AM on December 5, 2012
Yeah, that's how I found out about it! My girlfriend recently showed me a picture of something (inside of a pomegranate maybe?) and I mentioned that, hey, did you know there's people shit-scared of stuff like this and could not for the life of me find that post and now I can finally win that conversation.
posted by griphus at 9:25 AM on December 5, 2012
Could "fear of manipulated facial images where eyes are replaced by extra mouths or mouths are replaced by extra eyes" also fall under that category?
posted by elizardbits at 9:25 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 9:25 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Things I have learned about myself today: I evaluate carpets by how they'd feel under my bare feet.
That cocktail carpet is like the cute poisonous caterpillar of death, in carpet form.
posted by dinty_moore at 9:28 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
That cocktail carpet is like the cute poisonous caterpillar of death, in carpet form.
posted by dinty_moore at 9:28 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Could "fear of manipulated facial images where eyes are replaced by extra mouths or mouths are replaced by extra eyes" also fall under that category?
Oh, man. Probably.
Hi everyone, I am sorry for several reasons to have derailed this conversation about THESE REALLY COOL CARPETS WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IN FAVOR OF TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS!
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:28 AM on December 5, 2012
Oh, man. Probably.
Hi everyone, I am sorry for several reasons to have derailed this conversation about THESE REALLY COOL CARPETS WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IN FAVOR OF TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS!
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:28 AM on December 5, 2012
{off to shudder in the corner}
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:29 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:29 AM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
YES GOOD anyway noodle carpet, cooked or uncooked? I think cooked would be absolutely delightful for a few hours at least.
posted by elizardbits at 9:32 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 9:32 AM on December 5, 2012
sexy firefighter carpet! sexy police officer carpet! come on down!
posted by boo_radley at 9:33 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by boo_radley at 9:33 AM on December 5, 2012
My soles say that the pasta carpet should definitely be cooked. But are we cooking the pasta carpet and then setting it up, or setting up the carpet and then somehow cooking it in place?
posted by dinty_moore at 9:36 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by dinty_moore at 9:36 AM on December 5, 2012
The more I think about the logistics of cooking it in place, the more I think it would have to be assembled post-cooking.
posted by elizardbits at 9:41 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 9:41 AM on December 5, 2012
We could just steam the pasta, maybe?
(I'm super busy at work today, in case you couldn't tell).
posted by dinty_moore at 9:43 AM on December 5, 2012
(I'm super busy at work today, in case you couldn't tell).
posted by dinty_moore at 9:43 AM on December 5, 2012
I was all over this until I realized there were so many hexagons all clustered up together. Jesus, people. HEXAGONS ARE SCARY. Why does no one understand that? Except, apparently, all MeFites.
posted by brina at 9:50 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by brina at 9:50 AM on December 5, 2012
I'd like a Creamed Corn or Mac & Cheese carpet. If neither of those are available I will settle for a carpet carpet, obviously made of carpet swatches.
posted by Ad hominem at 10:01 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by Ad hominem at 10:01 AM on December 5, 2012
These remind me a lot of those sand mandalas that some buddhist monks make. All that careful placement for such a transitory thing.
posted by fancyoats at 10:11 AM on December 5, 2012
posted by fancyoats at 10:11 AM on December 5, 2012
I will settle for a carpet carpet, obviously made of carpet swatches.
My parents had one of those when I was growing up; I loved it and its geometric forms and color made it fit in well with 60's decor. Apparently people are still making them.
posted by TedW at 10:40 AM on December 5, 2012
My parents had one of those when I was growing up; I loved it and its geometric forms and color made it fit in well with 60's decor. Apparently people are still making them.
posted by TedW at 10:40 AM on December 5, 2012
All that careful placement for such a transitory thing.
See also: works, mighty, despair.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 11:39 AM on December 5, 2012
See also: works, mighty, despair.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 11:39 AM on December 5, 2012
Would the mefi carpet be made of beans or snowflakes? DISCUSS.
posted by elizardbits at 12:31 PM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 12:31 PM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Think of me as you walk by,
where you are now so once was I.
posted by StickyCarpet at 2:09 PM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
where you are now so once was I.
posted by StickyCarpet at 2:09 PM on December 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
These are almost all very nice, and almost none of them are carpets.
posted by DarlingBri at 3:50 PM on December 5, 2012
posted by DarlingBri at 3:50 PM on December 5, 2012
I am so very disappointed the paperclip carpet stair runner is not all joined together. Boo!
posted by BlueHorse at 5:26 PM on December 5, 2012
posted by BlueHorse at 5:26 PM on December 5, 2012
Doesn't deliver what it says on the box.
I was actually looking to maybe buy a carpet for someone who is tough to buy a holiday gift for. Thanks a lot.
posted by Sphinx at 5:48 PM on December 5, 2012
I was actually looking to maybe buy a carpet for someone who is tough to buy a holiday gift for. Thanks a lot.
posted by Sphinx at 5:48 PM on December 5, 2012
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posted by elizardbits at 8:58 AM on December 5, 2012