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    Image of cocodevaux cocodevaux
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    all i'd like to know is how many dolphin-killing bamboo bath towels will it take to make hayden panettiere cry? #fashion
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    Image of psybab psybab
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    I bought a bamboo fabric bedsheet once. Washed it, and it never fit my bed again. So, I think the controversy will die quickly because no one in their right mind would keep buying that crap. #fashion
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Another. Illusion. Lost.

    Like tears in rain. #fashion
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    11/12/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Don't tell me it's your first time to be bamboozled? #fashion
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    Image of headexplodenow headexplodenow
    11/12/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: A Blade Runner reference... wonder if there were any replicant panda bears running around, looking for any bamboo that hadn't been turned into clothing or flooring. #fashion
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/12/09

    @rudi_freude: Yes. The very first time. #fashion
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    Image of Jessestalker Jessestalker
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Wait, so my junk-enhancing bamboo aussiebums aren't helping the environment? #fashion
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    Image of dandles dandles
    11/12/09

    @Jessestalker: They're helping the environment visually. #fashion
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    Image of Princess Sparkle Pony Princess Sparkle Pony
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Ah, Rayon, the miracle fabric which wonderfully combines all the disadvantages of silk with all the disadvantages of polyester. It's celluloseriffic! #fashion
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    Image of dandles dandles
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Why don't they just make hemp cloth? Or is that evil too? #fashion
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/12/09

    @dandles: You've OBVIOUSLY never been to Vancouver. Hell, it's practically mandatory here. And ugly as shit. #fashion
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    Image of dandles dandles
    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: Ugh. I'm not crazy about ugly. I guess I'll stick to cotton, so long as I don't have to listen to any more of those stupid commercials about the fabric of my life. #fashion
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    11/12/09


    @dandles: Take a look. #fashion
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    Image of dandles dandles
    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: Kind of depressing. I've always heard great things about hemp, how it was incredibly durable, blah, blah, blah. I think they need a Project Runway episode where they force them to try to make it look good.

    Thanks for the pic. I just crossed "visit Vancouver" off my bucket list. #fashion
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/12/09

    @dandles: I always wonder how a suitcase (or probably Guatemalan duffle bag) full of that stuff gets past the sniffer dogs, but I've never had the guts to ask. #fashion
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    I used to work for Greenpeace, and people are horrified I'm not a big bamboo fabric advocate. It's basically the same as rayon because it IS rayon.

    Now, that said, the softest shirt I ever owned was a rayon Gap Hawaiian shirt. It was also the loudest. #fashion
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    Image of mwynn13 mwynn13
    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: I don't get the rayon hate. It's soft, breathable, usually washable, takes dyes beautifully so you can get some lovely vivid shades, flows and drapes well.
    And bamboo is such a renewable source. I'm not familiar with that kind of fabric, but I'd think that if it has all the other properties of rayon, the renewability would be a huge benefit. #fashion
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/12/09

    @mwynn13: It's the processing. If you think pulp mills are bad, think of the same thing on a larger scale, in a country with no environmental controls. That's what we're talking about. Deadly chemicals being spewed into the environment that will ultimately kill the workers even faster than the pandas. #fashion
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    I sure hope my Jaguar skin coat, Mediterranean Monk Seal shoes, and Red Wolf sweater are biodegradable and antimicrobial.
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    11/12/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: As a Canadian, I wear my sealskin camera strap to environmental events just to piss people off. #fashion
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/12/09

    @Xylo: It would be better if you wore snakeskin cowboy boots as well. #fashion
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    11/12/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: I can't find them in wide widths. *smooch* #fashion
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    Image of BK_Mickey BK_Mickey
    11/12/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: My white slippers are albino African endangered rhino. #fashion
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/12/09

    @BK_Mickey: That is so last year. Everyone knows that this season's slippers are made from Asian Leaf Nosed Bat.

    If I were you I'd give the Albino Rhino slippers to a homeless shelter. #fashion
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    08/30/09

    In reply to That Oxygen? Thank Seafaring Virus!
    Béjà O2. (Elide the “O” for full effect.)
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    Nonprofits don't have flunkies, they have volunteers. Or they're not very good nonprofits.

    Also, those lobbyists better be paying minimum wage or better!
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    Image of ClickClickThud ClickClickThud
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    Sounds like trickle-down in full effect.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    I must say that this system doesn't sound very efficient or effective.
    Is all of Washington run like it's still 1922?
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    Image of AEchinoderm AEchinoderm
    07/19/09

    @phlox✔: Judging from the hoopla about Obama's newfangled dingleberry-or-something, yes. DC is barely into the 20th century. The most advanced technology readily embraced is the copier.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07/19/09

    @AEchinoderm: The phantom smell of a freshly mimeographed trigonometry quiz still makes me swoon.
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    Image of graceless graceless
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    How do I apply?
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    Image of TheRtHonPM TheRtHonPM
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    Why not cut out the middleman and just charge admission? That trillion dollar deficit ain't paying for itself.
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    Image of Thistledew Thistledew
    07/19/09

    In reply to Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
    As an intern in DC, I was my firm's line holder. The hobos loved me, and I got asked out by them often.
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    labyrinthine IS DOING THIS promoted this comment Edited by Thistledew at 07/19/09 5:52 PM Thistledew was starred Thistledew was unstarred
    Image of Pinekatz Pinekatz
    07/19/09

    @Thistledew: I wonder where a hobo goes on a date? The romantic in me wants to envision a day at the railroad museum and then maybe the evening spent around a fire overlooking the river, raising a Colt 45 (beer) and toasting to the philosophers. I wonder...
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