# Origami **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087 "2001-09-21T20:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/1 "2001-09-21T20:37:29Z")
I have spent the last three weeks folding Origami at work. I’ve made a Bat, a Cobra, an Elephant, some cool tessalations and a whole bunch of great stuff from some otherwise boring squares of paper! Now if THAT isn’t Mundane Pointless Stuff I don’t know what is! Also i would like to appologize to everyone (especially Maximum Overdrive, since he made such a fuss!) for putting up that Q33 post in MPSIMS, I’m sure there was a better forum for it! ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/2 "2001-09-21T20:49:22Z")
Well I agree with you there…that is pretty mundane. 😉 But hey, I’ve seen some pretty impressive stuff made in Origami, I just can’t seem to get the hang of it. [hijack] No need to appologize, but thanks. [sub] BTW: It’s ‘_Override_’ 😃 [/sub] [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/3 "2001-09-21T22:13:53Z")
Hey, cool! Origami! Oh, that reminds me…This friend of mine who waitresses told me once that the coolest tip she ever got was folded into a swan (I think, this was a long time ago). She kept it for almost a month before unfolding it and spending it. I wish I knew how, I’d leave tipigami all the time. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/4 "2001-09-21T22:31:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shannybonanny \* > \*\*Hey, cool! Origami! Oh, that reminds me…This friend of mine who waitresses told me once that the coolest tip she ever got was folded into a swan (I think, this was a long time ago). She kept it for almost a month before unfolding it and spending it. I wish I knew how, I’d leave tipigami all the time. \*\* I do this sometimes, 'cept all I know how to make is a frog. But he really jumps! so it’s cool. Good to know that at least some wait-people dig this; I’ve been kinda nervous about unintentionally pissing people off by fucking with their money. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/5 "2001-09-21T22:55:41Z")
In an episode of a favorite cartoon, Earthworm Jim, they make an origami missle and blow up a spaceship with it. “Few people know the terrible destructive power of origami.” ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/6 "2001-09-22T03:36:30Z")
A friend of mine once made an origami swan for me using a wrapper from a piece of Starburst candy. It’s one of the neatest little things I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/7 "2001-09-22T03:54:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Çyrin \* > **i would like to appologize** Quit apologizing or I’ll kick your ass. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origami/83087/8 "2001-09-22T10:27:23Z")
I once had a book that showed you how to make hundreds of diffrent oragami things. I only remember how to make a ring out of a dollarbill. Sometimes I’ll try to fool around with it, and get so close to making some of the other things, but eventually I’ll have something like a swan without a head or neck, and just squish it out of frustration.