Moss, nature's bathmat

Takuan

#1 – 6:45 PM February 3, 2009

"after a few weeks of daily use, he noticed a strange, fuzzy spot on the knuckle of his left big toe"

ZoopyFunk

#2 – 6:56 PM February 3, 2009

Win win win!

zuzu

#3 – 7:32 PM February 3, 2009

Is this like the apartment in Stranger in a Strange Land that had living grass as a kind of luxury carpet?

Tenn

#4 – 9:11 PM February 3, 2009

I am intrigued. I... want.

kiltreiser

#5 – 2:43 AM February 4, 2009

That's insanely cool, I'd buy one straight away if it wasn't for the fact that it'd creep my female flatmate out. Actually that might be an added incentive...

Anonymous Anonymous

#6 – 10:22 AM February 4, 2009

But wouldn't it die if you went on vacation?

slamorte

#7 – 12:32 PM February 4, 2009

note to house-sitter:

• feed dog
• change litter box
• water bathmat

Dillenger69

#8 – 12:57 PM February 4, 2009

It looks like it could be easily made from two layers of interlocking foam mats. Cut off the interlocking bits, cut out holes in the top mat, glue it to the bottom mat (somehow) to make a bunch of little flower pots. Fill with different kinds of moss (easy for me to say out here in Seattle) and throw it in front of your tub. I wouldn't worry about it dying on vacation because moss is really resilient. It always comes back in my yard after a dry summer.

The thing that would concern me is moisture under the mat and bugs in the moss. Other than that it sounds like a wining project/product.

Anonymous Anonymous

#9 – 2:33 PM February 4, 2009

my bath mat already looks like that.

genericvox

#10 – 2:47 PM February 4, 2009

.... Wait, what? And why?
Fungus on your feet is bad, right?

keef

#11 – 3:43 PM February 4, 2009

@genericvox: Moss != fungus

Still, I prefer the machine washable bath mat.

Enochrewt

#12 – 5:12 PM February 4, 2009

DO NOT taunt the bath mat.

Mister Moofoo

#13 – 6:37 PM February 4, 2009

It's... Cute!

I want one!

ridl

#14 – 6:54 PM February 4, 2009

That's how I want all my floors.

Blackie

#15 – 10:05 PM February 4, 2009

Ok, I get that and like it, moss in the woods or on the rocks feels good under bare feet.

my question is what about the "stuff" (falling hair, yada yada) that would get in it? That could end up being gross.

just sayin'...

Anonymous Anonymous

#16 – 10:59 AM February 8, 2009

In Colombia we have a tradition of making a small model of the nativity. In Cali, most took the moss from the nearby mountain range to take the place of grass and hills.
This was over 15 years ago, since they outlawed the practice. It was ruing the ecosystem, moss being one of the most important elements of a humid forest.

So, I wonder where are they yanking out this stuff. I sure hope it's produced in tanks...