Comments on: Fried egg rug http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 00:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019143 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019143 Did you mean "fried eyeballs" or am I just unable to bear the thought that "friend eyeballs" is correct? Did you mean “fried eyeballs” or am I just unable to bear the thought that “friend eyeballs” is correct?

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019170 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019170 Great, something else to trip over at night besides a cat. Not to mention the cholesterol. Give me a french toast or waffle rug and I'll be impressed.. Great, something else to trip over at night besides a cat. Not to mention the cholesterol.

Give me a french toast or waffle rug and I’ll be impressed..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019192 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019192 Reminds me of that old joke punch line, "...then I woke up and found I was eating the pillow." Reminds me of that old joke punch line, “…then I woke up and found I was eating the pillow.”

]]> By: ururk http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019207 ururk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019207 Reminds me of a rug I recently purchased, which though not of food, was certainly of the 'take something in nature and recreate it as a rug' type of rug: http://images.buzzillions.com/images_products/06/46/3878590_raw.jpg Reminds me of a rug I recently purchased, which though not of food, was certainly of the ‘take something in nature and recreate it as a rug’ type of rug:

http://images.buzzillions.com/images_products/06/46/3878590_raw.jpg

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1018962 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018962 Cool! All it needs is a woven bacon strip blanket for when you're reading a book on the rug, or having a lie down. Mmmm bacon! /in case you can't picture it: http://www.livemanly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/woven-bacon.jpg Cool! All it needs is a woven bacon strip blanket for when you’re reading a book on the rug, or having a lie down.

Mmmm bacon!

/in case you can’t picture it:
http://www.livemanly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/woven-bacon.jpg

]]> By: avoision http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1018968 avoision Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018968 This would go great with the two <a href="http://www.avoision.com/2010/04/15/egg_umbrellas.php">egg umbrellas I saw</a> in downtown Chicago. This would go great with the two egg umbrellas I saw in downtown Chicago.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019231 Now that's what I call Oeuvre Easy! Now that’s what I call Oeuvre Easy!

]]> By: bobsyeruncle http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019745 bobsyeruncle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019745 It's cool, but it's missing a ketchup smile. :( It’s cool, but it’s missing a ketchup smile. :(

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019001 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019001 That reminds me, I need breakfast. That reminds me, I need breakfast.

]]> By: paul m doherty http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019527 paul m doherty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019527 That's the perfect accompanying piece for this: http://www.theselby.com/10_10_08_Mike_Jen/pages/image24.html That’s the perfect accompanying piece for this:
http://www.theselby.com/10_10_08_Mike_Jen/pages/image24.html

]]> By: MrBawn http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019792 MrBawn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019792 Nobody's made a "this is your brain on rugs" joke yet? For shame. Nobody’s made a “this is your brain on rugs” joke yet? For shame.

]]> By: TheCarpetMaker http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019026 TheCarpetMaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019026 Clever design. Speaking of rugs... of which I'm a rugmaker, we should make you guys a BoingBoing rug - our specialty is logorugs. Heck, as a long time BB-fan, I'd do it gratis... just tell me where to send it. Russell http://www.custom-logo-rugs.com/ Clever design. Speaking of rugs… of which I’m a rugmaker, we should make you guys a BoingBoing rug – our specialty is logorugs. Heck, as a long time BB-fan, I’d do it gratis… just tell me where to send it.

Russell

http://www.custom-logo-rugs.com/

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019048 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019048 Gratis? Send it here. /it's worth a try, no? Gratis? Send it here.

/it’s worth a try, no?

]]> By: urbanhick http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019306 urbanhick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019306 LMAO! That reminds me of the felted rugs my "hippie" aunt used to make back in the 70s! She marketed them as Stoned Rugs - sold a pile of them! LMAO! That reminds me of the felted rugs my “hippie” aunt used to make back in the 70s! She marketed them as Stoned Rugs – sold a pile of them!

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019052 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019052 Related trivia: the Japanese phrase for sunny-side-up eggs ("medama yaki") translates literally to "friend eyeballs" Related trivia: the Japanese phrase for sunny-side-up eggs (“medama yaki”) translates literally to “friend eyeballs”

]]> By: ururk http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019320 ururk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019320 :D The actual rug is made quite well (.5"-1" thick, as it is dimensional), but has elicited varying responses. My favorite was the store associate, who asked me, "Doesn't that rug come with a free moose head?". :D

The actual rug is made quite well (.5″-1″ thick, as it is dimensional), but has elicited varying responses. My favorite was the store associate, who asked me, “Doesn’t that rug come with a free moose head?”.

]]> By: skreader http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1020104 skreader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1020104 I agree w/ Irksome - I see it and think "tripping hazard". Looka like a nightmare to vacuum, or would you have to use some sort of lint brush on the yolks? I agree w/ Irksome – I see it and think “tripping hazard”. Looka like a nightmare to vacuum, or would you have to use some sort of lint brush on the yolks?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/02/06/fried-egg-rug.html#comment-1019342 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1019342 Are the yolks filled with gel? Are the yolks filled with gel?

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