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Buckle-less Belt Goes Against All T's Principles
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 8:54 PM on April 1, 2008
Yeah, me again. I got into the Gizmodo office using a trebuchet Hannibal and I constructed from a drainpipe, a coupla ball bearings, some old tyre rubber that I ripped with my bare hands and a buckle-less belt. Now this ain't no infomercial brought to you on the QVCQVT shopping channel, but I am Mr T and I approve this message. When I first heard about the Buckle-less belt, I thought, "What the hell is a buckle-less belt? Is it like a zipless fuck?
(Sorry Mamma, I know you don't like me to cuss, but it's it's a quote from a famous book by a learned author, you know?) And yeah, I guess you're surprised that I read Erica Jong. Hell, I'm surprised I read Erica Jong. I like her. If you don't know her, she wrote a book way back in the Seventies, when I was still in 'Nam—or was I in military prison, framed for a crime I did not commit?—memory's a bit woozy these days. Anyway, this book, it's called Fear of Flying, so of course I picked it up. Well, Face gave it to me, actually, said some ladyfriend of his had recommended it. So, I starts reading it, thinking it'll cure all my travel woes. Nope. No, it had absolutely bugger fuck nuthin', sorry Mamma, to do with gettin' on a plane. Well, it sort of is, but it mostly isn't.
But T's getting off the subject here. Don't push him off the buckle-less belt. It's made by Sruli Recht, it comes in three sizes—three, four and five cm—and four colours, three of which I approve (flesh, bone, rust) one of which I don't (ash, don't smoke, kids. And respect your Mamma). It's cut using a jet of water and made in Iceland. Oh, and before I go, get one thing straight, fool, I don't like Ice. I don't like Ice-T. And so it goes without saying I probably don't like people from Iceland. [Cool Hunting]

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Curves
Posted 9:22 PM 1/4/08
Do you really want to make it more difficult for your girlfriend/wife to get into your pants?
Curves
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:07 PM 1/4/08
T's English is really getting better since he started taking those night courses.
@jawzxy: These are made by the same people who brought you electric socks.
Because the finest apparel requires fiddling.
strider_mt2k
jawzxy
Posted 9:03 PM 1/4/08
That's a very interesting belt design, but I wonder how practical it would be. I wouldn't want to constantly fuss with my belt to keep it on throughout the day.
jawzxy
scarbrtj
Posted 9:48 PM 1/4/08
@Curves: perhaps this can be viewed as a garmentized form of reverse psychology
scarbrtj
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:46 PM 1/4/08
@Curves: It builds tension.
strider_mt2k
Mandatory_Field
Posted 10:51 PM 1/4/08
If there's no buckle on this belt, what's the T going to smack people with?
Mandatory_Field
Jakus
Posted 10:43 PM 1/4/08
velcro belt = the future
Jakus
JWhitney
Posted 10:42 PM 1/4/08
Addy, I'm sure you're not the first person ever to associate Erica Jong and B.A. Baracas, but that's pretty frickin clever nonetheless.
JWhitney
metrophage
Posted 12:01 AM 2/4/08
@Curves: I'm thinkin' that if you're the kind to wear one of these, you probably don't have a wife/girlfriend to worry about...
metrophage
Brian Sexton
Posted 11:46 PM 1/4/08
@Curves: Sure, that way she can enjoy herself a little more, knowing that she earned her way to the lovin' through honest labor.
Brian Sexton
dragonphyre
Posted 12:37 AM 2/4/08
@Curves: I don't think that it would take longer--if anything you are like a ziplock now: Just pull the sides apart, and your out!
dragonphyre
Git Em SteveDave
Posted 1:53 AM 2/4/08
I met a girl from Iceland once when I worked at my colleges IT dept. She cursed a storm, but with her accent, it was like she was singing. Oh yeah, she was tall and ice blonde too.
Git Em SteveDave
tommo
Posted 1:53 AM 2/4/08
That belt is bigger than Mr T! I don't think I can find any use for it.
tommo
SuppleMonkey
Posted 6:59 AM 2/4/08
@JWhitney: Agreed. Brilliant delivery.
SuppleMonkey