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Sunday, July 26, 2009, 7:41 PM
Joseph Bottum

In noting the Fredrikson Stallard Brush #1, I somehow missed the Fredrikson Stallard Brush #2—a clothes-brush, to match the #1 scrub-brush:
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Ah, me. Fredrikson-Stallard seems to be not a real household-goods company but a would-be hipster design house, which explains something. Or other.

4 Comments

    Sally Thomas
    July 27th, 2009 | 7:43 am

    But do they have a lint roller? That’s what I really want to know.

    Sally Thomas
    July 27th, 2009 | 8:07 am

    “Help a loved one find the path to redemption . . . ”

    I also note that this product is recommended for people who like air.

    Icons & Curiosities — A First Things Blog
    July 27th, 2009 | 9:39 am

    [...] Jody’s brush posts remind me that we have here, at this blog, two distinct concepts at work. One is the concept of what people think that religious people, especially Christians, will buy. That Christians are antiaesthetic morons with money to burn is not exactly a universal assumption, but it’s not exactly a non-assumption, either. [...]

    The Anchoress — A First Things Blog
    August 5th, 2009 | 11:38 am

    [...] Over at FT’s Icons and Curiosities, they’ve run a bit amok. Jody Bottum has been attempting to re-decorate Sally’s Thomas’ Homeschooling house while working with a very narrow theme. [...]