Put a bow on it!
December 17, 2015 2:31 PM Subscribe
Tis the season for big-ass bows. Here's a very brief documentary on one of the more unique businesses in America (and the obligatory Key and Peele sketch that goes with it).
As opposed to bridesmaid season, the time for big ass-bows.
posted by stevis23 at 2:51 PM on December 17, 2015 [9 favorites]
posted by stevis23 at 2:51 PM on December 17, 2015 [9 favorites]
How timely! We just bought a new (used) car from CarMax this past Saturday, and they presented it to us with a big-ass yellow bow on the hood. Considering it's a yellow car, I thought this was over-egging the custard just a bit, but it was certainly an impressive-looking bow. We did not get to keep the bow.
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 2:57 PM on December 17, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 2:57 PM on December 17, 2015 [4 favorites]
Metafilter: We did not get to keep the bow.
posted by feckless at 3:44 PM on December 17, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by feckless at 3:44 PM on December 17, 2015 [11 favorites]
Neat! I did not know this was such an American thing. My grandfather was something of a character with a wicked sense of humor and in his will requested that a giant bow be put on his casket because he was a "gift to god". He knew he was dying and requested that someone make the bow before he died so that he could see it because he didn't trust us, and my mom made a deep blue one out of yards and yards of something like taffeta I think. For some reason it didn't go on though, much to my disappointment. It's bad enough to lose your grandpa, it's even worse when you don't get to see him scandalize the town even in death like he wanted.
That bow sat in the barn for years. . . until my parents had saved enough to buy a brand new car for the first time ever, and they joked about putting the ribbon on it. But because of some kind of variant of Murphy's Law the day before they went to buy it their septic system went haywire, requiring a brand new septic tank and leech field and all their savings. My mom convinced the septic guys to put the giant bow on the hood of their truck so that it would be the first thing my dad would see when he pulled into the driveway that night.
So to this day that's what I associate these giant bows with: death, disappointment, and sewage.
posted by barchan at 3:56 PM on December 17, 2015 [33 favorites]
That bow sat in the barn for years. . . until my parents had saved enough to buy a brand new car for the first time ever, and they joked about putting the ribbon on it. But because of some kind of variant of Murphy's Law the day before they went to buy it their septic system went haywire, requiring a brand new septic tank and leech field and all their savings. My mom convinced the septic guys to put the giant bow on the hood of their truck so that it would be the first thing my dad would see when he pulled into the driveway that night.
So to this day that's what I associate these giant bows with: death, disappointment, and sewage.
posted by barchan at 3:56 PM on December 17, 2015 [33 favorites]
Tis the season for big-ass bows.
I disregard your well-placed hyphen and giggle in a most immature manner.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:19 PM on December 17, 2015 [3 favorites]
I disregard your well-placed hyphen and giggle in a most immature manner.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:19 PM on December 17, 2015 [3 favorites]
The biggest and best bow is usually the one on the Flour and Grain Exchange Building in Boston (it was one of the few things that made driving on the old Central Artery almost enjoyable).
Unfortunately, the building's undergoing external renovations this year, so they only put up this pitiable tiny faux bow - but promise the full thing will return next year.
posted by adamg at 5:17 PM on December 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Unfortunately, the building's undergoing external renovations this year, so they only put up this pitiable tiny faux bow - but promise the full thing will return next year.
posted by adamg at 5:17 PM on December 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Whoa, just this morning I was looking at the King-Size Bows site. It's my dream to drive around the day after Christmas with a giant red bow on the roof of my (totally unremarkable) car.
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:34 PM on December 17, 2015
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:34 PM on December 17, 2015
As opposed to bridesmaid season, the time for big ass-bows.
I literally thought that was what this was going to be about.
posted by bongo_x at 11:32 PM on December 17, 2015
I literally thought that was what this was going to be about.
posted by bongo_x at 11:32 PM on December 17, 2015
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