Trout Underground: Setting the Pace for the Bamboo-Aware Universe
By Tom Chandler on Apr 3, 2007 in Underground Entertainment, bamboo
First the Underground wrote about bamboo fly rods. Then I shattered the “bamboo barrier” with my groundbreaking “bamboo pants” post.
Then came bamboo towels.
Those others blogs were so envious (bamboo envy is an ugly thing).
How could I remain atop the bamboo related universe??
Yes, bamboo lovers, that’s a bamboo clothes hanger (supporting $7 eBay bamboo pants).
Sure, people will tell you bamboo hangers are obsolete; they’re expensive, slow and heavy, and if you hang big pants on them they take a set.
That’s just the jealousy talking.
They’re gorgeous, and unlike those stiff, unyielding plastic hangers they offer a live, organic feel. There’s nothing like sliding a bamboo hanger out of its closet.
Those other guys can have their stiff, stamped-out-by-the-hundreds plastic hangers.
I only hang bamboo.
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Don George | Apr 3, 2007 | Reply
Wow, only $7 for bamboo pants, and relaxed fit no less…
md
smellslikefish | Apr 3, 2007 | Reply
You’ve been bamboozled, that hanger is clearly made of fiberglass.
kbarton10 | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Paris Hilton pics were merely a last gasp attempt by TC to appeal to the common man, the average Joe fly fisherman, who’s tackle box still had the stains of Pautzke’s and PowerBait.
The Real TC is “coming out of the closet” - and it ain’t pretty lads..
Efeet, Bamboo fetishist, mixed in with equal parts Vegan and PETA contributer.
The way I see it, is that TC can only reclaim his stature, as one of us, is if the next story involves him waking from a drunken stupor, half immersed in the river, with someone else’s car and underpants that aren’t his.
…and it must include the penance portion, wherein the L&T Nancy wraps a Phillipson PowrPakt upside his head, while Wally cheers alongside…
mr.blur | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
recently in one of the mags I subscribe to I saw a bamboo bicycle. twas surely beautiful, but it carried a pricetag to rival a split cane rod…will pass on the hangers. thanks.
Tom Chandler | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
I’m no fetishist. Bamboo and I are just good friends.
James Hathaway | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
hey… those are my pants!
Lisa Gerber | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Are you kidding me?
Lisa Gerber | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Glad to see Bamboo is happening! How about it for sustainability? Go Green!!
Clay | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Tom, I believe you are in need of professional help. Are you smoking bamboo as well. If you keep this up your going to turn into a Panda. Didn’t your mother tell you this?
Bastard Mike | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Clay,
Thank you for pointing out that bamboo is mearly fodder to panda’s.
I beleive that those hangers are merely imported from China and simply spray finished by the neophytes at Winston. Yes, Winston Hangers. I much prefer the Brackett era hangers. Though I search high and low on the Bay, Brackett era hangers are hard to come by but worth thier weight in gold.
Currently searching for San Fransico era hangers. All offers condidered.
Bastard Mike
Bastard Mike | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
sorry for the typos.
Another beer please?
Mike
Tom Chandler | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Lisa, we never kid here at the Underground. Never. And yes, those are Hathaway’s pants, and how they ended up here is a long story involving a bottle of scotch, a can of crisco and a mature female mountain lion.
And professional help? I am a professional. Copywriter that is, so there’s little hope for positive outcome…
patt causey | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Pretty sexist…why isn’t it a “skirt hanger?” Or perhaps there is another model…
Don George | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
I couldn’t imagine that your your bamboo thing post would have legs like this…
That boo hanger appears to be the pant/skirt model but we really don’t want to go there, do we?
Or do we?
md
Tom Chandler | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Sexist? Exactly where do I say it’s a “pants hanger?” It’s a “clothes” hanger, which I believe means I fly with the non-gender-biased angels in this particular case (though not in many others).
BTW — anybody want to buy a bamboo clothes hanger? Only $1295.00
Don George | Apr 4, 2007 | Reply
Does that price include one or two extra clips?
kbarton10 | Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
It’s a fibrous weed, impregnated with goop made from old horses hooves. To make it appealing, it is wrapped with brightly colored worm poo.
It fishes fine, and then warps after the first season.
It is neither godlike, nor is it appropriate to sacrifice virgins to its memory.It is just a fishing rod.
Graphite is another story, worship hell out of that.
Tom Chandler | Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
kbarton: Blasphemy. Expect crowds of bamboo-torch-and-pitchfork wielding villagers to show up at your house, ready to take your head, kill your family, and burn the structure to the ground.
Still, because it’s largely a bamboo crowd, we’ll be polite. What time would be best for you? And will there be refreshments?
kbarton10 | Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
Hell TC, lets settle this like men.
You pick the stretch of the river, and bring a second, dawn would be appropriate.
We can do the “cut-slash-riposte” bit until there is but one of us standing - or only one rod remains intact.
GL | Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
sleeping on bamboo…
http://www.pacoutdoor.com/2007/index.cfm?action=product&productID=137&groupID=22&familyID=1
Nodeless | Apr 6, 2007 | Reply
honky Tonkin. I’ll take two hangars: one that is a bit heavier and can handle most pants you would come across and one that is a bit lighter, for special short, lightweight pants.