Monday, July 16, 2007

No Impact Man: Oh no, here come the weirdos with the cloths

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/oh_no_here_come.html

an interesting comment from the above linked page:
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>
> Maybe you will start Americans using the versatile "tenugui". This
> is the traditional cotton handtowel Japanese people always used to
> carry with them. It is used as a head wrap, a bandage, and with
> dozens and dozens of stenciled designs, is still given as gifts or
> promotional items today. When you retire it, it becomes a dusting
> and cleaning cloth. Sushi chefs and karate and kendo martial
> artists wear them as sweatbands. http://tinyurl.com/2yz2sy
> We could use bandannas for the same thing. I used to carry them,
> years ago, and they always came in handy. Great idea.
>
> Posted by: Christine Cassidy | April 09, 2007 at 06:11 PM
>

found this while searching for info about stopping use of paper
towels (at home): http://tinyurl.com/ywapmw

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