I was going to write something clever and witty, but after reading this seller’s profile I became so profoundly depressed that I decided it would be a better use of my time to write letters to Congresspeople lamenting the state of American schools.
I smell a lucrative business opportunity…if only I could travel back in time and tell my childhood self to keep all the shitty, lopsided pipecleaner animals I crafted. I could be making 26 bucks a pop!
#12 VEDD, do not despair-have you seen his loving couples? They look like a soon to be fucking up a storm group of partiers.They sure are dressed for that. And amped up with a load of psychedelics to boot.
I’m with verysage. Not only that, I like his stuff and I’m blown away by the thought of a kid who is creative and resourceful enough to make his own toys.
A clear example that good spelling doesn’t necessarily mean class.
how ’bout a little regretsy math. tim burton’s nightmare before christmas came out in ’93 – that was 16+ years ago. and little billy boyd was already 8 or 9….making him 24 at least right this very minute.
and i’m supposed to believe that little billy boyd spends his free time twisting up pipecleaners for art?
or is this some marketing schtick thinking that i’ll get suckered into the little kid story?
i call fuckery on the whole damn thing.
So, wait: we get “symbolize,” “representations,” and even, wonder of wonders, the correctly apostrophized (which is to say, not apostrophized at all) “its counterparts,” but then there’s “beutifle?”
“BEUTIFLE?”
I almost have to call “intentional misspelling” on this one. I cannot conceive of someone who gets those things correct but fails utterly on something as common as “beautiful.”
And pipe cleaner animals for 26 bucks? Really? REALLY?
according to his profile…
“My figures are only 7-9 inchs tall, because I try to focus on a unique detail that gives them a sort of i dare say personfication.”
love how he is trying to use “big words” but his fake illiteracy outs him-
i call regretsy bait on this one, just like curlytopnola…
but they are still g-damn funny
Are hampers really such a popular place to display things? Haven’t we seen this before? Why? I can’t imagine the thought process that occurs before someone chooses to sell something off of his or her laundry hamper.
Also, pipe-cleaners. At least put some googly eyes on that.
It’s weird how all these illiterates who make “art” try to describe their art as if they had taken art classes or had their stuff in a gallery. As if there was a deep “concept” behind the work. They never just say, “Hey, I twisted some pipe cleaners into cat shapes. I was bored! Aren’t they fun?”
#35 – right!?!? what “kid” turns the phrase, “dare i say personification” in his/her daily life? does he impress his friends with that masterpiece theater vocab? it sounds like this:
“hey jimmy, aren’t these pipe cleaner peeps, just the, dare i say, personification, of uniqueness? let’s use them to re-enact hamlet, dare i say Act 1, Scene IV”
The seller isnt even clear on what is being sold.
I see four pipecleaner cats here.
Is the 26$ for all four of them? Or is it just for one? Do I get to choose which one or is it random?
Id be pretty pissed if I thought I was buying four cats and then got the package and I only got one of them.
#49 – I agree. That is one of the problems with Etsy offerings. The condescending discussion about the artist’s inspiration that implies that deep thought was “required” to produce the crap.
The “up selling” of pipe cleaners to justify the $26 price tag is hard to swallow. I could produce a pipe cleaner cat with my eyes closed in about 30 seconds and then use proper punctuation and spelling to talk about it.
Maybe I scanned it too fast but I didn’t think the seller was trying to pass himself off as a kid. I thought it just said that he was inspired to start as a kid. I actually like them. My only issue with them is the price. I’m no fun today.
They’re cute, I like them and would totally buy them at a craft sale for a buck or two a pop. $26 for one, or even four, plus shipping and exchange? NFW
@#24 vergeofsomething: Clearly you haven’t been here very long. While I hate to trigger your loss of faith in humanity, some items that get a legitimate SOLD announcement on Etsy make these little grade 3 pipe cleaner critters look like worthy recipients for this year’s NICHE Fine Craft Awards….
March 5, 2010 at 9:33 am
And her birds are fasonating two…..have these folks heard of spell check? Just sayun’
March 5, 2010 at 9:39 am
I was going to write something clever and witty, but after reading this seller’s profile I became so profoundly depressed that I decided it would be a better use of my time to write letters to Congresspeople lamenting the state of American schools.
March 5, 2010 at 9:40 am
Who or what is hiding in that hamper?
March 5, 2010 at 9:40 am
More therapy crafts on etsy.
March 5, 2010 at 9:40 am
I wanna see Sigfried and Roy in that fight. Or any other random pipecleaner’s battling.
March 5, 2010 at 9:41 am
#3fart I think it might be his orange love bird in there , or maybe the purple eagle.
March 5, 2010 at 9:42 am
Or maybe that is where the drugs are kept.
March 5, 2010 at 9:45 am
No trouble keeping that Etsy pipe clean, I trust.
March 5, 2010 at 9:46 am
#7 hamoza I thought maybe it was the seller crouched in there.
March 5, 2010 at 9:48 am
#9 fartin,You might be right-he must be a small boy with an active imagination.
March 5, 2010 at 9:49 am
The Hamper is where all the voices reside that command her to create pipe cleaner cats!
March 5, 2010 at 9:49 am
I smell a lucrative business opportunity…if only I could travel back in time and tell my childhood self to keep all the shitty, lopsided pipecleaner animals I crafted. I could be making 26 bucks a pop!
March 5, 2010 at 9:51 am
Pipe cleaner animals, and they’re not even fucking? Pshh. What is this world coming to?
March 5, 2010 at 9:53 am
PINK panther? PINK?! … *sigh* There is no … PINK.
March 5, 2010 at 9:54 am
I am thinking of ordering this and requesting they resemble the new “Dancing with the Stars” contestants:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=40972595
March 5, 2010 at 9:54 am
#12 VEDD, do not despair-have you seen his loving couples? They look like a soon to be fucking up a storm group of partiers.They sure are dressed for that. And amped up with a load of psychedelics to boot.
March 5, 2010 at 9:58 am
Yes, the Sonny & Cher couple are pretty sassy, but Ike & Tina really know how to go on a bender!
March 5, 2010 at 9:58 am
#14 , I don’t watch the show, but I’m thinkin’ they do resemble them already, or close enough.
March 5, 2010 at 9:59 am
I’m with verysage. Not only that, I like his stuff and I’m blown away by the thought of a kid who is creative and resourceful enough to make his own toys.
A clear example that good spelling doesn’t necessarily mean class.
March 5, 2010 at 10:06 am
Looks like Tammi Rae has found a new creative outlet. Can’t wait to see the pugicorns and hellcats!
March 5, 2010 at 10:07 am
perfect for cleaning my bong.
March 5, 2010 at 10:14 am
$26 for fucking pipecleaner animals my 4 year old can make???!!! WTF is up with these people???!!! Sorry, I’m having one of those days…..
March 5, 2010 at 10:14 am
#20 Iscream-
Yes. It would make your bong all beatifle and good as knew.
March 5, 2010 at 10:15 am
Would anyone here actually BUY this, non-ironically? I’m just asking. Because I know I hell of wouldn’t.
March 5, 2010 at 10:19 am
I think they’re cute. Not $26 cute, of course. I might pay $1.50 for a photocopy telling how to make them, for use with bored children, but that’s it.
March 5, 2010 at 10:19 am
Mommy, why are the pipe-cleaner things dancing?
I don’t know dear, I thought they were sea monkeys.
March 5, 2010 at 10:20 am
how ’bout a little regretsy math. tim burton’s nightmare before christmas came out in ’93 – that was 16+ years ago. and little billy boyd was already 8 or 9….making him 24 at least right this very minute.
and i’m supposed to believe that little billy boyd spends his free time twisting up pipecleaners for art?
or is this some marketing schtick thinking that i’ll get suckered into the little kid story?
i call fuckery on the whole damn thing.
March 5, 2010 at 10:20 am
Say what? $16/26/30 for bent pipecleaners?
To be sure, they’ll require shipping in a box to prevent damage in the mail, but geez louise.
Pardon me while I return my eyeballs to their proper orientation.
March 5, 2010 at 10:25 am
Nice spelling. Hey! Is that pipe cleaner?
March 5, 2010 at 10:30 am
#26…thats Timburton. Like Timbaland. The edgier, modern version of Tim Burton.
March 5, 2010 at 10:36 am
So, wait: we get “symbolize,” “representations,” and even, wonder of wonders, the correctly apostrophized (which is to say, not apostrophized at all) “its counterparts,” but then there’s “beutifle?”
“BEUTIFLE?”
I almost have to call “intentional misspelling” on this one. I cannot conceive of someone who gets those things correct but fails utterly on something as common as “beautiful.”
And pipe cleaner animals for 26 bucks? Really? REALLY?
March 5, 2010 at 10:38 am
just because your 6 yr old makes it in art class does NOT mean we need to see it on etsy for 30$. wtf is up with these people lately!!!
March 5, 2010 at 10:41 am
This is the kind of crap that makes Baby Jesus cry.
March 5, 2010 at 10:45 am
Three Questions, One Comment:
What the fuck am I looking at?
Fucking pipe cleaners?
Why use a hamper – where you put your nasty socks – for your display?
Just…stop.
March 5, 2010 at 10:45 am
according to his profile…
“My figures are only 7-9 inchs tall, because I try to focus on a unique detail that gives them a sort of i dare say personfication.”
love how he is trying to use “big words” but his fake illiteracy outs him-
i call regretsy bait on this one, just like curlytopnola…
but they are still g-damn funny
March 5, 2010 at 10:46 am
Oh shit! I’m an English-degree holding grammarian Nazi pants, and STILL I overlooked her horrible spelling issues because…..*fucking pipe cleaners.*
March 5, 2010 at 10:47 am
I love a good cat fight.
March 5, 2010 at 10:54 am
I think I will spend $26 on the beutifle lepord.
March 5, 2010 at 10:56 am
crouching tiger hidden talent
March 5, 2010 at 11:06 am
@sourkiwi
that gets two.
March 5, 2010 at 11:18 am
I actually think these would look FANTASTIC
on a shelf with a few Canimals and the clay pot dolls of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth.
March 5, 2010 at 11:18 am
Wow.
My sister makes pipe cleaner animals for fun, and I can honestly say they are a thousand times better than those.
March 5, 2010 at 11:34 am
“representations of the cat” ???
we’ll show you how to represent a cat;
http://www.regretsy.com/2009/12/19/level-4-5/
March 5, 2010 at 11:43 am
Are hampers really such a popular place to display things? Haven’t we seen this before? Why? I can’t imagine the thought process that occurs before someone chooses to sell something off of his or her laundry hamper.
Also, pipe-cleaners. At least put some googly eyes on that.
March 5, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Oh, I see. Pipe cleaners.
Yeah…..
March 5, 2010 at 12:10 pm
#42-
Maybe he needs to earn a few bills to hit the laundromat to empty this filthy hamper.
That said, what is in the hamper? Looks like a pleather soft helmet. Yeah! Yeah!
March 5, 2010 at 12:11 pm
I’m going to get a bag of pipecleaners at the dollar store, list them as is, and call it “Feelds Of Weet”.
March 5, 2010 at 12:47 pm
I think these and the canimals would look just great on my hamper together.
March 5, 2010 at 1:03 pm
It’s weird how all these illiterates who make “art” try to describe their art as if they had taken art classes or had their stuff in a gallery. As if there was a deep “concept” behind the work. They never just say, “Hey, I twisted some pipe cleaners into cat shapes. I was bored! Aren’t they fun?”
March 5, 2010 at 1:06 pm
why am I even in college?
my 3rd grade art class obviously gave me all the skills I need to be an entrepreneur.
March 5, 2010 at 1:06 pm
#10 hamoza-perhaps his name is Calvin?
March 5, 2010 at 1:13 pm
#35 – right!?!? what “kid” turns the phrase, “dare i say personification” in his/her daily life? does he impress his friends with that masterpiece theater vocab? it sounds like this:
“hey jimmy, aren’t these pipe cleaner peeps, just the, dare i say, personification, of uniqueness? let’s use them to re-enact hamlet, dare i say Act 1, Scene IV”
dare i say, WTF?
March 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Because nothing says beautiful yet ferocious quite like a pipe cleaner.
March 5, 2010 at 1:30 pm
The seller isnt even clear on what is being sold.
I see four pipecleaner cats here.
Is the 26$ for all four of them? Or is it just for one? Do I get to choose which one or is it random?
Id be pretty pissed if I thought I was buying four cats and then got the package and I only got one of them.
March 5, 2010 at 1:33 pm
#49 – I agree. That is one of the problems with Etsy offerings. The condescending discussion about the artist’s inspiration that implies that deep thought was “required” to produce the crap.
The “up selling” of pipe cleaners to justify the $26 price tag is hard to swallow. I could produce a pipe cleaner cat with my eyes closed in about 30 seconds and then use proper punctuation and spelling to talk about it.
March 5, 2010 at 1:40 pm
At least the pipe cleaners are striped. I wouldn’t pay $26 to imagine that they were lepords & tigers.
March 5, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Maybe I scanned it too fast but I didn’t think the seller was trying to pass himself off as a kid. I thought it just said that he was inspired to start as a kid. I actually like them. My only issue with them is the price. I’m no fun today.
March 5, 2010 at 1:59 pm
So I found this other pipe cleaner cat. THEY POP UP EVERYWHERE!
http://twitpic.com/16t2k5
March 5, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Ok Cub Scouts…toss aside the ziti necklace making…We’re gonna make a fortune torturing pipecleaners!
March 5, 2010 at 2:07 pm
@#58 Oh my goodness! That is so great! Beutifle even!
March 5, 2010 at 2:35 pm
$26 bucks for what? Eight pipe cleaners?
DREAM ON.
March 5, 2010 at 2:41 pm
jury etsy
March 5, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I want a stop motion animation with these pipe cleaner animals, and I want it now! Does anyone know a good animation voiceover actor?
March 5, 2010 at 4:53 pm
They’re cute, I like them and would totally buy them at a craft sale for a buck or two a pop. $26 for one, or even four, plus shipping and exchange? NFW
March 5, 2010 at 4:59 pm
#58 VEDD- you ought to be able to get at least $10 for that.
March 5, 2010 at 10:15 pm
the clogged bong is clearly hampering my to ability fully appreciate these beutifile expressions of the lepord.
March 5, 2010 at 10:31 pm
@#24 vergeofsomething: Clearly you haven’t been here very long. While I hate to trigger your loss of faith in humanity, some items that get a legitimate SOLD announcement on Etsy make these little grade 3 pipe cleaner critters look like worthy recipients for this year’s NICHE Fine Craft Awards….
March 5, 2010 at 10:39 pm
oh and sourkiwi SO gets comment of the day. Goddamn funny.
March 6, 2010 at 1:09 am
Which one’s Pink? Please don’t flog me to death, but I think they’re kinda cute. They’d get ruined in my hubby’s pipe, tho.