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    Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?

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    Image of baraqiel baraqiel
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Okay, I actually think these are super-cute, but the website (smitten.com, not BoingBoing) definitely crosses the line into schmaltzy, "I'm in LOVE with LOVE!" territory.
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    Image of Zombies make the heart grow fonder Zombies make the heart grow fonder
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    It is like the people behind this climbed into my head and exploited my deepest discomforts...Sappy PDA and holding hands with no chance of separation by choice!! So not only do you have to look dumb wearing mutant mittens you also are trapped in a chamber of yarn with sweaty hands!!! aaaahhhhh!
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    Image of kwijibo kwijibo
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    I think this is cute. Am I really the only one?
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    Image of PhDork PhDork
    02/06/09

    @kwijibo: I don't know about cute, but as the always-frozen-handed partner of an always-warm-handed partner, I would love one of these. I would cool him down, he would warm me up, it would be very very nice.
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    Image of baraqiel baraqiel
    02/06/09

    @kwijibo: No, I think it's adorable! But then again I have a very high tolerance for cuteness.
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    I would use that with David Beckham.
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    I thought about knitting these, just as a gag gift. Then I realized it would actually make me gag.
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    Image of queenieinmanhattan queenieinmanhattan
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Given that one of the most annoying things in New York is trying to walk on a sidewalk when a couple or a group won't unclump, I'd say these are definitively obnoxious.
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    Image of lautaylo lautaylo
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Suck it, haters! I'm in love, and I will hold hands whenever I want!


    HOWEVER.


    I'm not going to knit this thing. a) Could be knitting other things, b)it looks kind of wonky and I would be forced to improvise my own design, and c) when it's cold enough to need a two-handed mitten for your walk, you might as well go back inside and fuck.

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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    02/06/09

    @lautaylo: I like the cut of your jib, lautaylo, indeed I do.
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    Image of baraqiel baraqiel
    02/06/09

    @lautaylo: Re c): Shit, I wish. Unfortunately, we don't have a tunnel to the dining hall and sex != food. ;_;
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    GAWWWWW CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SLIMY HANDSWEAT? Ick. No.


    My boyf is lovely, and we like holding hands, but see, when one person's hand gets all gross and daaaaaaaamp, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME FREEDOM FROM THAT SHIT.


    If we did this, one of us would yank their own hand out of its felty prison and wave it around like it's covered in third degree burns just because it's gross and sweat-tastic, and the other person would be left with a big deformed mitten with a huge ol' void where their partners' hand used to be AND A BIG GIANT WRISTHOLE TO ADMIT COLD AIR.


    This would NEVER work for me and my clammy, yucky ways.

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    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    02/06/09

    @tscheese: Thats what I'm saying. I get sweaty enough in my own solo mitten. No need to add anyone elses sweaty paw to the mix.
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    Image of lautaylo lautaylo
    02/06/09

    @tscheese: You make it so real for me. My hand is currently trying grow back up into my wrist. Aggghhh.
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    02/06/09

    @lautaylo: The mental image of your hand being so repulsed by clammy hand-sweat, and trying to regress into a flipper-like stump at the end of your wrist, actually made me cackle so hard at work that I had to walk away from my computer for a few minutes and pretend I had bad hiccups.
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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Now ladies. I would not recommend wearing this with a love interest, because it would just be too... something. Whatever. Fill in the blank.


    But with my little girl? She would looooove this! I'm going to send the pattern to my just-learning-to-knit-at-73 mother, and see if we can get it together!

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    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    All I can think about is how sweaty the hands would get, which is not that sexy.
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    Image of HuckleberryFriend HuckleberryFriend
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    I have to admit these seem pretty cute. Which means I'm entering that time of month where puppies and babies turn me into a puddle and I cry at Mastercard commercials. Great.
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    Image of save jinger save jinger
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Seems like it would get really hot and sweaty in there...
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    Image of InCahoots InCahoots
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Did I miss something? Can't you hold hands with each party wearing their own damn mittens?
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    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    02/06/09

    @InCahoots with Zombies: It's impossible. One party will immediately spontaneously combust, causing the other party to run around in circles with a flaming mitten. It is chaos, I tell you. Chaos.
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    Image of DangerMouse DangerMouse
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    IS IT THAT HARD TO HOLD HANDS WITH GLOVES ON?
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    Image of LittleMissBossyBoots LittleMissBossyBoots
    02/06/09

    In reply to Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
    Me and my bf would use them to clothesline people.
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    Image of AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies) AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
    02/06/09

    @LittleMissBossyBoots: this is the BEST mental picture
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