I just relearned to tie my shoelaces, I´m stunned at the simplicity of this method. Although it took me about a minute to do it right, now the knot just kind of makes itself.
Now I´m just going to get depressed about all the accumulated days of my life that I´ve spend laboriously tying my shoelaces the common way.
Thying??? :smack:
Oh Mods, have mercy on me!
That does look cool. However, I just timed my traditional tying style and it is easily under 3 seconds a shoe and probably under 2 seconds if I try hard. Is it a lot faster than that?
Much faster, it takes me half or 1/3 of the time the common knot takes. And looks much cooler, like that ninja-like maneouvre that folds shirts on 1 second… boy, did I amuze the guys at the studio with that one… 
Curious. I will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks.
PS Do you still know how to link to that shirt folding thing?
This is revolutionary.
It took me a minute to get which side of the loop to pull through, but it does seem quicker. Once I can get my hands to make the movement automatic, like my current way is, I’ll be shaving half-seconds off of my daily routine!
Wow… the Internet it´s so generous, I mean, a website just for that?* :dubious:
Be sure to click on the “Dr. J.H. Rabailkals online Hypno-Test” I don´t have time to take that test, but the presentation and photo of the good doctor is something to behold.
*And what´s up with the green pears anyway???
I don’t get that picture #6 at all. It looks like he put down the shirt and picked up a pair of men’s tighty-whiteys. The whole thing is very confusing, and I’ve even watched the video several times. If I could tell what the hell he was actually doing it might be cool, because the end result is exactly how my husband likes his t-shirts folded, so he can immediately see what’s on the front. It takes me a couple of minutes to fold it the way he likes. I feel like a dunce. Has anyone mastered this?
Speaking of my husband, he ties his shoes in the oddest way I’ve ever seen. It’s completely original. When he was a kid his dad showed him a pair of tied shoelaces, then said “Make it look like that.” He came up with a very odd way, but in the end, it looks like that. If he ties his shoes on the bus or train, I get people’s attention to show them, because it’s something they’ve never seen and will never see again. Embarrasses the hell out of him, but I can’t help it. I want to share with people something unique. I wish I had a video of it. I don’t think I can even describe it properly. He makes a bow with one lace, then ties the other around it, then ties them together. In the end it looks like a normal tied pair of shoes. It’s fascinating. Fat lot of good I am. I just wanted to mention it in a thread one time in my life.
off to practice with the shoe laces
Hm, so I had to go get one of Mr. S’s Converses and try it. About 15 seconds to learn the moves, about another minute to practice. Cool! The little animated GIF is deceiving, though – it doesn’t include tying the first part of the knot.
I won’t use this much as I usually wear Birkenstock clogs – no ting required. Then again, I am on a hiatus from the gym and I tie my shoes there every day. Hmmm.
The T-shirt thing is fun to do and looks cool to observers, but the thing I don’t like about it is that one sleeve is hanging out the back; the folded shirt isn’t easy to pick up and move around as a unit.
Heh, you’re right, that’s funny.
The step in question is a little like turning things inside out. Following the angle shown in the series of pictures:
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With your right hand, grab the shirt at a point (Point 1) halfway from the left shoulder to the hem, below a point halfway between the neck and the left shoulder seam.
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With your left hand, grab the shirt at the left shoulder seam, halfway between the neck and shoulder seam (Point 2, the point where you measured down from in step 1).
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Fold Point 2 (left hand) down past Point 1 (over your right hand) to the point (Point 3) on the hem that’s in a straight line with Points 1 and 2, and grab the hem at Point 3 in your left hand, along with Point 2 which you are still holding.
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(The tighty-whitey step) Now uncross your arms (keeping your grip) and hold up the shirt. Your right hand is no longer partly covered by the shirt. The front is facing away from you. And the right sleeve (that is, the sleeve on the opposite side of the shirt from the side you were grabbing) is now hanging loose. That’s the part the looks like the crotch of a pair of tighty-whiteys in the pictures.
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Now lay the shirt on its front and fold it back just enough so that the right side is folded halfway between neck and shoulder, just like you did on the left side with your hands. All done!
But as I said above, you’ve got that odd sleeve on the bottom. Kinda weird and not convenient for restacking. But it sure looks nice from the top!
Next week: Putting a pillowcase on a pillow without using your chin!
I feel like I have to re-tie my shoes more often than most people, so I may give this a shot. If I’m not going to tie them well anyway, I may as well tie them fast.
Amazing!
And here I’ve been tying my shoes the sucker bunny ears way all this time.
Damn I should have patented that move. I’ve actually been doing the same thing for years when I tie grocery bags together. Its a lot easier since youre working with closed loops. I just never thought of applying this advanced technology to the lowly shoelace.
Wow, I’ve been doing this move since I was 7 and I’ve never seen anyone else do it. It’s my standard party trick (yes, I really am that sad ;)).
You can also use the technique shown to do the “starter knot” that you start off with. You do the same thing, but you pull the ends loose instead of leaving them pinched in loops. Then you pull the knot tight. So, you can tie the shoe completely in two motions.
I’m confused because this is the only method I can manage to work to tie my shoes. I always assumed it was what people meant when they scoffed at the “bunny ears method” that little kids first learn, not how one “properly” ties their shoes. If this isn’t that one, how is it different?
Thank You. I could not remember the steps to save me. Now I’ve got TWO things to memorize.
Practice with a smaller shirt - girl’s or kid’s size. It’s harder to do with large T-shirts.