As high as an elephant’s eye

As you may have noticed, I pretty much never do intarsia. Okay, I never do intarsia.

So I feel the need to make a big ole whoop-de-do about this intarsia elephant I knit a couple of days back:
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Humor me, will you? But truly, is it not cunning?

I happen to have taken a close-up…
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…because I am especially proud of that eye, which is neither too loose nor too tight, but miraculously just right. Believe me, it isn’t skill. More like beginner’s luck.

I recognize that little malicious tree elves have messed with the tension of some of the stitches, but I remain hopeful that blocking will correct all their sins. And maybe even some of mine.

Meanwhile, from the Captain Obvious School of Package Design and Marketing, comes the text for the thirty-six pack of Mountain Dew!
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Just in case you weren’t paying any attention whatsoever in math class. Or are easily amazed by simple mathematical facts.

Note that there is nothing said about a price break or it being a better deal than the smaller packages or anything of the sort. Nope. You are simply meant to rejoice in the exciting numerical truth that thirty-six is half again as much as twenty-four!

And who among us wouldn’t, really? It is, after all, the simple pleasures…

14 Responses to “As high as an elephant’s eye”

  1. Ariel Says:

    Nice elephant! Well worth a big ole whoop-de-do.

  2. laura Says:

    It *is* cunning, in the rarely-used-today sense of the word. 🙂

  3. bobbie Says:

    Whoop-de-do is indeed in order on that elephant! As for the Mountain Dew, do you remember the old commercials when it first came out in the ’60s, with a cartoon hillbilly? Hmmm, thought not; you two must be spring chicks compared to yours truly!

  4. Romi Says:

    That is totally adorable!

  5. Clumsy Knitter Says:

    Just when I thought the Ultra Big Gulp was the definitive last word on over-sized soda packs!

    Oh yeah, and the sweater looks great too. 😉

  6. Kristy Says:

    The elephant really looks great! I’ve never done intarsia before, and I’m especially impressed with those who do.

    As for the Mountain Dew…. if there isn’t anything else worth mentioning, you just state the obvious? Maybe they’ll come out with a “Same can, same great taste” campaign?

  7. debsnm Says:

    That elephant is terrific! You’ve done a marvelous job, and deserve all the whoop-de-doo you feel like doing! And for the Mountain Dew – the Darren Stevens school of marketing/advertising strikes again!

  8. Laura Sue Says:

    Oh, I’m totally over the moon about math facts. Isn’t everyone?

  9. lorinda Says:

    I LOLed at Kristy and debsnm comments. Yep, I’m right when I tell my kids you’ll use your math facts every day of your life–unless of course Mountain Dew is there to “Dew” it for you.

  10. Sarah Says:

    Yes, indeedy! Thank you, Captain Obvious!

    Very nice job on the elephant! Any self-respecting child would be proud to wear that.

  11. Jennifer Says:

    The Mountain Dew package reminds me of a scene in Idiocracy in which the Luke Wilson character is taking an IQ test. The question goes something like “You have one bucket that’s half full and one bucket that’s 3/4 full. How many buckets do you have?” He gets the right answer and is declared a genius. That’s the road we’re going down.

    The elephant sweater is beyootiful. And, I learned something new about both of you this month – you both bristle against intarsias. Who would have known??

  12. Alex Says:

    In math-percentage-signage related goodness, Meat Loaf’s song “Two out of three ain’t bad” appears to have been translated into Japanese as “66% Ain’t Bad.” I find that pretty funny.

  13. Mike Says:

    Let me straighten this out for you. 50% of 24 is 12… so if you add 50% of 24 to 24.. you get 36. If you thought it should be 48, then it would be 100% more. Thank you Capt. Obvious.

  14. mary Says:

    okay-i’m impressed and have a small boy to knit something for…
    can i get the pattern for this?