Everybody Needs One of These

March 27th, 2008 by TRex @ 7:24 pm| Posted in cute! |

your new hat

Especially if you’re going to be going to PTA meetings with Baptists any time soon.  It’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster Hat by reader/knitter Liss.

  1. 54 Responses to “Everybody Needs One of These”

  2. By Petrocelli on Mar 27, 2008 7:26 pm |

    ((( TRex )))

    Bravo Liss !

  3. By Margot on Mar 27, 2008 7:31 pm |

    I love it!

  4. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 7:36 pm |

    It is splendid. And will be a nice change from my tinfoil hat…..

    (Trex: plse check your email).

  5. By Smapdi on Mar 27, 2008 7:41 pm |

    Pastarific!

  6. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 7:43 pm |

    beautiful hat!

    evening trexicans.

  7. By TRex on Mar 27, 2008 7:47 pm |

    Laura said

    It is splendid. And will be a nice change from my tinfoil hat…..

    (Trex: plse check your email).

    Got it. Thank you.

  8. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 7:51 pm |

    Liss, my teenster just walked into give me some popcorn and LOVES the hat. She would totally wear one (I wonder if I can induce her to do the i-cord part….the one part i’d hate to do!)

  9. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 8:00 pm |

    Laura said

    Liss, my teenster just walked into give me some popcorn and LOVES the hat. She would totally wear one (I wonder if I can induce her to do the i-cord part….the one part i’d hate to do!)

    Texteen considers himself a Jewish Pastafarian, but would never wear the hat. Might be a guy thing.

  10. By newdealfarmgrrrlll on Mar 27, 2008 8:01 pm |

    bravo Liss! Thanks TRex for featuring a textile artist.

  11. By Big Mitch on Mar 27, 2008 8:02 pm |

    Hi, friends.

  12. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 8:03 pm |

    Betsy said

    Laura said

    Liss, my teenster just walked into give me some popcorn and LOVES the hat. She would totally wear one (I wonder if I can induce her to do the i-cord part….the one part i’d hate to do!)

    Texteen considers himself a Jewish Pastafarian, but would never wear the hat. Might be a guy thing.

    The apple of my eye has pink hair and a nose ring. She can handle a pasta monster hat!

  13. By Big Mitch on Mar 27, 2008 8:04 pm |

    I know that there are March Madness fans here, so I will briefly mention that the University of Alaska, Anchorage made it to the final four. But they just lost their game. I don’t know what division that is, but we Sourdoughs are quite proud.

  14. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 8:07 pm |

    hi big mitch.

  15. By Liss on Mar 27, 2008 8:19 pm |

    Thanks, all. I’m glad to see someone enjoy it. The last people to link to it complained about the meatballs. :p

  16. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 8:23 pm |

    Liss said

    Thanks, all. I’m glad to see someone enjoy it. The last people to link to it complained about the meatballs. :p

    what’s wrong with the meatballs?

  17. By Liss on Mar 27, 2008 8:25 pm |

    Betsy said

    Liss said

    Thanks, all. I’m glad to see someone enjoy it. The last people to link to it complained about the meatballs. :p

    what’s wrong with the meatballs?

    Apparently they’re gross or something.

  18. By wombat on Mar 27, 2008 8:28 pm |

    G’day Liss. The meatballs don’t worry me (though, strictly speaking most of us marsupials are vegetarian)…no…its the eyeballs.
    L&CD

  19. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 8:29 pm |

    Liss said

    Betsy said

    Liss said

    Thanks, all. I’m glad to see someone enjoy it. The last people to link to it complained about the meatballs. :p

    what’s wrong with the meatballs?

    Apparently they’re gross or something.

    Oh. I hadn’t noticed.

  20. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 8:33 pm |

    OT:

    One million dollar bond set this week for man who conned $20 from store in 1990
    from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder
    In 1990 Gary Weaver of Ohio was alleged to have bought $21.64 cents worth of merchandise from a store, using a roll of dimes to pay for part of the bill. After he left, a store employee discovered that the roll was filled with pennies, and that roll was capped with a dime on each end.

    The long arm of the law caught up with Mr. Weaver on Wednesday and Municipal Court Judge Richard Bernat set a $1 million bond on the case.

    That means Weaver is in the jail – that officials say is overcrowded and in need of replacement – on a bond that is $999,978.36 higher than the amount he is accused of stealing 18 years ago.

  21. By punaise on Mar 27, 2008 8:38 pm |

    don’t know about meatballs, but I see two ice cream cones.

    talk about your ice cream headache!

  22. By burnspbesq on Mar 27, 2008 9:04 pm |

    Sweet Jesus on a purple unicycle, is the Clinton campaingn really reduced to arguing that Obama fluffed his resume by saying he was a “professor” at U of C Law when his actual title was “lecturer?”

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/03/27/obama-law-professor-or-resume-fluffer.aspx

    This is beyond stupid. *Now* I’m pissed.

  23. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 9:10 pm |

    good grief burns. grasping at straws.

  24. By Liss on Mar 27, 2008 9:16 pm |

    I’m glad you posted this tonight, T. I’m feeling very overwhelmed with sadness about the war.

  25. By madmommy on Mar 27, 2008 9:18 pm |

    Still a great hat, Liss. How would one know it was a Flying Spaghetti Monster if not for the meatballs? Just goes to show you can’t please everyone.

    Hey Big Mitch! Congrats to the U of A. They’re called Sourdoughs? Do they have a mascot?

    Betsy-wow! talk about a judge run amok. Wonder if it’s one of those “activist judges” certain folks are always bitching about?

    Burns-after all that’s gone on in the past weeks, this is what pisses you off? /s
    Reuters headline: “Somebody Forgot to Tell Hillary Clinton the Democratic Presidential Race is Over and Barak Obama Won”.

  26. By Liss on Mar 27, 2008 9:26 pm |

    madmommy said

    Still a great hat, Liss. How would one know it was a Flying Spaghetti Monster if not for the meatballs? Just goes to show you can’t please everyone.

    Thanks. I’ve been telling people who don’t understand that it’s a tentacle monster. :p

  27. By punaise on Mar 27, 2008 10:02 pm |

    Especially if you’re going to be going to PTA meetings with Baptists any time soon.

    especially if you’re Agnew-stic:
    anybody who criticizes this hat is a nabob of knitting negativity!

  28. By Gnome de Plume on Mar 27, 2008 10:02 pm |

    Liss said

    madmommy said

    Still a great hat, Liss. How would one know it was a Flying Spaghetti Monster if not for the meatballs? Just goes to show you can’t please everyone.

    Thanks. I’ve been telling people who don’t understand that it’s a tentacle monster. :p

    And here I was thinking they were teddy bear ears!

  29. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:12 pm |

    hey gnome.

  30. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:18 pm |

    ack!

    Dallas club where 12-year-old stripper worked stays open
    http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/metro/~3/259342986/5654708.html
    from HoustonChronicle

    The city cannot shut down a Dallas strip club just because a 12-year-old danced nude there.

  31. By Gnome de Plume on Mar 27, 2008 10:19 pm |

    Hey yourself. I’m here early for a change. Might even be able to hit the sack before midnight!

  32. By madmommy on Mar 27, 2008 10:23 pm |

    Betsy said

    ack!

    Dallas club where 12-year-old stripper worked stays open
    http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/metro/~3/259342986/5654708.html
    from HoustonChronicle

    The city cannot shut down a Dallas strip club just because a 12-year-old danced nude there.

    Wonder how many “pillars of the community” were in attendance at this particular club? Family values in action.

  33. By Gnome de Plume on Mar 27, 2008 10:24 pm |

    Did you see that one of the adults charged in the 12 year old stripper affair is named “Demonica”? What were her parents thinking???

  34. By punaise on Mar 27, 2008 10:25 pm |

    Wonder how many “pillars of the community” were in attendance at this particular club? Family values in action.

    ’salt of the earth’ types, to be sure.

  35. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:25 pm |

    Parents? Thinking? Texas? Excuse me?

  36. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 10:29 pm |

    punaise said

    Wonder how many “pillars of the community” were in attendance at this particular club? Family values in action.

    ’salt of the earth’ types, to be sure.

    That’s saying a Lot.

  37. By madmommy on Mar 27, 2008 10:29 pm |

    punaise said

    Wonder how many “pillars of the community” were in attendance at this particular club? Family values in action.

    ’salt of the earth’ types, to be sure.

    I’m guessing Deacons, Elders and Sunday School teachers. But that could just be my cynical side talking.

  38. By e on Mar 27, 2008 10:31 pm |

    that is a VERY creative hat. I agree with wombat……the eyeballs are way more controversial than the meatballs.

    Speaking of controversial, I have an idea about how to shake up the racism-sexism angle of this infernal campaign. Supposing — just SUPPOSING, mind you — I were to refer to the Clintons as “white trash”? Who would that offend?

  39. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:35 pm |

    Hey madmom! I am a Sunday school teacher! OK, Weds Hebrew school and Sunday bar/bat mitzvah tutoring groups. But same concept.

    And I don’t go to see strippers.

  40. By peanutbutter on Mar 27, 2008 10:37 pm |

    madmommy said

    Betsy-wow! talk about a judge run amok. Wonder if it’s one of those “activist judges” certain folks are always bitching about?

    To be fair, it’s also possible that the judge was constrained by legislation specifying bail amount. If he has any priors on his record, for example.

    I’ve studied some law and one thing that becomes clear is if you look at some of the cases people like to throw around as really ridiculous things, there’s actually often some reason for it, or something else going on that’s not the judges/lawyers fault, etc. So I’ve learned to be cautious about these things.

  41. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 10:38 pm |

    e said

    that is a VERY creative hat. I agree with wombat……the eyeballs are way more controversial than the meatballs.

    Speaking of controversial, I have an idea about how to shake up the racism-sexism angle of this infernal campaign. Supposing — just SUPPOSING, mind you — I were to refer to the Clintons as “white trash”? Who would that offend?

    I’m working at not taking offense at things because that implies that it’s about me and it so ain’t. I find the phrase inherently offensive, but let’s leave that out, for now. I know you’re being hypothetical so I’m for leaving all umbrage at the door. That said, I’m seriously, profoundly and overwhelmingly sick of Clinton and wish to give NO fodder to her or her supporters. I hope we can all focus on defeating McWarnut and supporting him as has the delegates to wrap up the nomination.

    All I want to live breathe and make happen is peace in Iraq. Stopping McPainandsuffering is Number One for me.

  42. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:41 pm |

    I, on the other hand, can easily be convinced to take offense at all manner of things.

  43. By Laura on Mar 27, 2008 10:43 pm |

    Betsy said

    I, on the other hand, can easily be convinced to take offense at all manner of things.

    Well, actually, me too. A certain ” SO….?” has me ready to blow a gasket…..

  44. By madmommy on Mar 27, 2008 10:46 pm |

    e said

    that is a VERY creative hat. I agree with wombat……the eyeballs are way more controversial than the meatballs.

    Speaking of controversial, I have an idea about how to shake up the racism-sexism angle of this infernal campaign. Supposing — just SUPPOSING, mind you — I were to refer to the Clintons as “white trash”? Who would that offend?

    Now that would be interesting! IMHO, as a Southerner, the phrase “white trash” carries heavy baggage. To my Granny’s generation, there was no worse insult. In fact, she held white trash in lower esteem than black people, and she was very racist. I never did understand the distinction, but I knew from a very early age that calling someone white trash was really insulting.

    Personally I think it’s more a case of entitlement, and the hubris that comes from thinking one is pre-ordained to a certain status or position. I am really shocked and saddened by this whole unseemly display recently. It does not show either Bill or Hillary in a very flattering light at all.

  45. By TRex on Mar 27, 2008 10:48 pm |

    Fresh thread!

    http://www.iamtrex.com/?p=574

  46. By GordonM on Mar 27, 2008 10:49 pm |

    e said

    Speaking of controversial, I have an idea about how to shake up the racism-sexism angle of this infernal campaign. Supposing — just SUPPOSING, mind you — I were to refer to the Clintons as “white trash”? Who would that offend?

    I’ve been rolling “Trailer Park Camelot” around in my brain, trying to figure out where to let it drop.

  47. By madmommy on Mar 27, 2008 10:51 pm |

    Betsy- I was thinking more along the lines of the hypocrites who are out at the strip clubs on Saturday night and pontificating on everyone else’s moral failings on Sunday morning.

    Laura-sounds like you might have teenagers in the house? I actually got tone today from the little guy (age 4). I’d asked him to do something twice and raised my voice. He put down his truck, looked at me and said “FINE” and went huffing off to do what I asked. It is way to early in my parenting experience to be dealing with that. :)

  48. By Betsy on Mar 27, 2008 10:52 pm |

    new post: http://www.iamtrex.com/?p=574

  49. By GordonM on Mar 27, 2008 10:57 pm |

    madmommy said

    Laura-sounds like you might have teenagers in the house? I actually got tone today from the little guy (age 4). I’d asked him to do something twice and raised my voice. He put down his truck, looked at me and said “FINE” and went huffing off to do what I asked. It is way to early in my parenting experience to be dealing with that. :)

    And you expected ?????

    Repeat to yourself “only 14 more years” over and over.

  50. By RenB on Mar 28, 2008 10:00 am |

    I LOVE that hat. But am not so into FSM. Do you think she could make a ceiling cat one? I would buy it in a SECOND.

  51. By Ann in AZ on Mar 28, 2008 4:00 pm |

    Hey, TRex, is this the first time you’ve been linked by FDL?

    I’ve noticed you’ve been doing a good job with your site. Congrats for the linkage! Love ya. See you later.

  52. By greenwarrior on Mar 28, 2008 6:27 pm |

    Betsy said

    OT:

    One million dollar bond set this week for man who conned $20 from store in 1990
    from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder
    In 1990 Gary Weaver of Ohio was alleged to have bought $21.64 cents worth of merchandise from a store, using a roll of dimes to pay for part of the bill. After he left, a store employee discovered that the roll was filled with pennies, and that roll was capped with a dime on each end.

    The long arm of the law caught up with Mr. Weaver on Wednesday and Municipal Court Judge Richard Bernat set a $1 million bond on the case.

    That means Weaver is in the jail – that officials say is overcrowded and in need of replacement – on a bond that is $999,978.36 higher than the amount he is accused of stealing 18 years ago.

    WTF?

  53. By greenwarrior on Mar 28, 2008 6:33 pm |

    e said

    that is a VERY creative hat. I agree with wombat……the eyeballs are way more controversial than the meatballs.

    Speaking of controversial, I have an idea about how to shake up the racism-sexism angle of this infernal campaign. Supposing — just SUPPOSING, mind you — I were to refer to the Clintons as “white trash”? Who would that offend?

    I can’t stop laughing…ha ha ha

  54. By greenwarrior on Mar 28, 2008 6:36 pm |

    liss - if you still see this here in epu,
    I LOVE THE HAT!

  55. By Liss on Mar 28, 2008 7:33 pm |

    Thank you, epu’ers. The Ceiling Cat thing sounds fun, but I have no idea how I’d actually manage it.

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