Wednesday 27 May 2009

Rednesday: Earrings

These red can pull tabs have been a-hangin' from my ears since 2003. 

Kids I meet usually scream at me that I am wearing a can on the side of my face, while grown-ups ask me if I made them. I am never sure what this question means and usually answer: "If by 'make' you mean, was I drunk at a BBQ and did I pull them off some cans and stick them on my earrings, then yes, I did make them."

I like them because they are red, because I would much rather recycle up than recycle down, and because of the tinkly sound they make when I'm on my bike and coasting down a hill into the wind.

4 comments:

daylesford organics said...

Love that tinkly sound! How many ring pulls have you worn since 2003?

Meg said...

Me too!

I've replaced each one three times.

eddy carroll said...

Today while rushing about I was walking really fast and my earings from Israel were making that same same sound and I thought, 'have I noticed that before or is that Meg drawing my attention to it?!'

..as i type now i just wiggled my head but it didnt do the same noise..nope I hadnt noticed it before, It was your video directing my attention to it..

tingle tingle tingle so nice.....

daylesford organics said...

This ringpull idea is right up my alley. I don't think they'd tinkle any more tho.
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