Coke tux

July 24, 2005 12:37 PM

Coke Tux. Yeah, I made my prom tux out of coke cans... because I'm just that cool...
posted by srboisvert (38 comments total)

Don't be jealous because i've been online chatting with the babes all day long
posted by Dean Keaton at 12:38 PM on July 24, 2005

What did his date wear? A dress made of Doritos bags?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:41 PM on July 24, 2005 [1 favorite]

How did I know there would be duct tape involved in this?
posted by cosmonaught at 1:15 PM on July 24, 2005

ThePinkSuperhero writes "What did his date wear? A dress made of Doritos bags?"

Don't be too quick to assume there's a date involved...
posted by clevershark at 1:19 PM on July 24, 2005

How, um, canny.
posted by Cranberry at 1:25 PM on July 24, 2005

I took one look at that thing and thought about some poor girl getting lacerated dancing with him. Sure enough, read the comments. He seems to have cut at least two people at the dance.
posted by Derive the Hamiltonian of... at 1:28 PM on July 24, 2005

Also, his date's corsage looks like some sort of lethal ninja weapon.
posted by Derive the Hamiltonian of... at 1:33 PM on July 24, 2005

Well, the blood wouldn't probably show on the tux...and it looks easy to wipe away with a damp cloth, too.
posted by Dunvegan at 1:43 PM on July 24, 2005

Only ONE Napoleon Dynamite comment?

OK, so it's a cheap and obvious shot, but don't tell me every last one of you who saw that wasn't thinking it...
posted by Jon Mitchell at 1:43 PM on July 24, 2005

Well yes, he is JUST. THAT. COOL.
posted by leapingsheep at 1:54 PM on July 24, 2005

I like it.
He could get back at all the bullies on the dance floor by pulling a whirling dervish maneuver. Earn a new nickname: shredder.
posted by Busithoth at 2:03 PM on July 24, 2005

ROFLOLCOPTER!!!1ELEVEN
posted by vagus at 2:20 PM on July 24, 2005

I also want to be forever young.
posted by clyde at 2:30 PM on July 24, 2005

What did his date wear?

Date?
posted by Robot Johnny at 2:50 PM on July 24, 2005

I hope coke paid him or gave him a scholarship.
posted by piratebowling at 3:02 PM on July 24, 2005

Reminds me of brigandine or lamellar armour.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 3:04 PM on July 24, 2005

"How, um, canny."

I was so going to say that.
posted by danb at 3:05 PM on July 24, 2005

Hm, if you're gonna make a showstopping outfit then put pictures of both the construction process and finished product online, you shouldn't half-ass it. If I were him, I would have sliced the cans into strips and woven them into a kind of fabric which could then be properly fitted. Guess he's just not that cool...
posted by Hal Mumkin at 3:20 PM on July 24, 2005

We've pretty much exhausted this genre. Duct tape, credit card, coke cans...we get it.
posted by fixedgear at 3:30 PM on July 24, 2005

Yes - we all thought Napoleon Dynamite immediately too. What do you think we thought in that kind of situation? IDIOT... GOSH!!!!
posted by twiggy at 4:19 PM on July 24, 2005

At least it's not duct tape. Blecch... Duct tape is crappy enough as tape.
posted by blasdelf at 4:41 PM on July 24, 2005

...genre?
posted by bigtimes at 4:50 PM on July 24, 2005

I wonder if he ever took that coat off any sweet jumps.
posted by cpchester at 5:12 PM on July 24, 2005

Yeah, but can he dance like Napoleon?
posted by caddis at 7:24 PM on July 24, 2005

Um, that's just a jacket, no? Ok, there is a bow tie too, ... but that is not a tux.
posted by R. Mutt at 7:42 PM on July 24, 2005

Great!


but he 'aint gonna get any hugs. period.


How good izzat then?


Not!





next
posted by alicesshoe at 9:03 PM on July 24, 2005

Maybe it's slightly off topic, but I'm a bit puzzled everytime I see something reacted to with the comment "omg you have too much time on your hands"... How long are hobbies supposed to take? Is everything that isn't commenting on a website or being stuck at work the result of a surplus of free time?
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 10:29 PM on July 24, 2005

First thing that entered my mind was that with a house right on the water like that, his folks must have some mucho dinero.
posted by milnak at 11:09 PM on July 24, 2005

Heh. I once had a roommate who would clearly get along well with this guy. She was required to make something out of recycled materials for one of the 100-level design classes she was taking, and was not a person who believed in doing things half-assed. After a few weeks holed up in her room with cases of Mountain Dew, she emerged with a complete Xena-ish set of armor: Dew-can breastplate and a skirt made out of braided trash bags and pop tops. I don't know if she ever finished the matching sword, though...
posted by Vervain at 11:20 PM on July 24, 2005

> I would have sliced the cans into strips and woven them
> into a kind of fabric which could then be properly fitted.
> Guess he's just not that cool...

Hal, I'm sitting here, wondering how I can break this to you gently, but I'm struggling.

Perhaps we should start with the fact that Martha Stewart and Norm Abram are hardly 'rock and roll'. Just because Martha did some time in the pen, that *doesn't* make her Tupac or Snoop Dogg.

Hope this helps.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:09 AM on July 25, 2005

What did his date wear? A dress made of Doritos bags?

aaaw, a little black dress and a matching corsage, which slit open Mr. Coke-tux' hand about half an hour in to the prom. Ouch! ;)
posted by dabitch at 1:00 AM on July 25, 2005

His date is really hot, too.

How odd.
posted by Pericles at 1:25 AM on July 25, 2005

"I took one look at that thing and thought about some poor girl getting lacerated dancing with him."

Hmmm, maybe it's Cosmic Balance or something. In my experience, normally the guy gets cut by the girl, due to the girl more likely to be the one doing high speed turns with hair ties in her long hair... [swoosh-sniiiiick] :-) But it presumably depends on the style of dance.

For some reason, I find dance injuries to be a pretty interesting topic. Haven't really sustained any myself, but one of the funniest/scariest things is hearing conversations where dancers compare scars and trade anecdotes. One person had a tooth knocked out, kept dancing (and probably didn't miss a beat). Another sustained a cut to the forehead that was a bit of a "gusher", not only kept dancing, but used the blood soaked viseage to psych out competitors. Another may have knocked someone out cold, but didn't miss a beat to find out. Etc. Man, there should be warning signs or something :)
posted by -harlequin- at 4:26 AM on July 25, 2005

If I ws going to make my own novelty prom tux, I'd probably use...
um...
Hmmm, not sure.
Duct tape is done. Cans are done. Plastics aren't usually very nice. Any kind of fabric is just going to look lame next to real clothes. Circuit boards don't flex. AOL CDs don't flex much either. Paper perhaps.

No, I think if I was aiming for novelty, I'd probably go for an aristocrat masquerade outfit that looked nice, rather than something recycled. If it had to used materials, then... uh... probably translucent plastic sheeting (that didn't rustle). And all-white tux with the outer layers translucent. I think that could possibly fail to suck.
posted by -harlequin- at 4:34 AM on July 25, 2005

Ah yes, everyone's a critic. While it's not perfect, I give the guy major kudos for the idea, effort and follow through. Not to mention standing out of the crowd at a high school prom. All that takes discipline and balls in my book. Making stuff is so very underrated.
posted by yoga at 5:56 AM on July 25, 2005

-harlequin- - If I ws going to make my own novelty prom tux...

Saran wrap.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 6:12 AM on July 25, 2005

Google eyes.
posted by gorgor_balabala at 6:46 PM on July 25, 2005

If you were going to make a novelty prom tux, why not stick to the whole prom-related theme? Perhaps something made out of empty liquor bottles and used condoms?
posted by Rhomboid at 1:39 PM on July 26, 2005