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Dress Up Your Ties with the Matrix "Merovingian Knot"

lifehacker.com — The realm of dress tie knots is dominated by a handful of traditional tie knots. Check out this rather unique tie knot and be the first on your block to sport it. If you're a very sharp-eyed fan of Matrix movie trilogy, you'll recognize the knot captured below as a rare specimen sported by "The Merovingian."

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 29, 2009

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  • tpmidd, on 06/29/2009, -68/+1062TIRED OF YOUR OLD BORING FULL WINDSOR? MAYBE THE HALF WINDSOR JUST ISN'T AS CLASSY AS YOU USED TO THINK! TIME FOR A CHANGE! INTRODUCING THE MEROVINGIAN KNOT KIT! NOT ONLY WILL THIS KNOT STYLE IMPRESS THE LADIES, BUT IT'LL GET YOU THAT JOB - GUARANTEED. CALL NOW TO ORDER THIS SENSATIONAL MEROVINGIAN TIE KIT FOR JUST THREE EASY PAYMENTS OF $19.95! INCLUDES TIE, TIE INSTRUCTIONS, AND INSTROCTIONAL VIDEO NARRATED BY ME, BILLY MAYS!
  • krispykreams, on 06/29/2009, -16/+661Why is he twisting it around so much? I just clip mine on.
  • PapaBoojum, on 06/29/2009, -18/+576I _loved_ the two Matrix sequels... KNOT.
  • bloominoctober, on 06/29/2009, -13/+372BUT WAIT! CALL IN THE NEXT 3 MINUTES, AND WE'LL INCLUDE .....
  • OmegaNine, on 06/29/2009, -19/+319Ties are hard.
  • BenBenMan, on 06/29/2009, -6/+302A SECOND TIE, THAT'S RIGHT, TWO TIES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
  • black27696, on 06/29/2009, -6/+297BUT WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET! IF YOU CALL IN THE NEXT THREE MINUTES YOU'LL GET NOT ONE, BUT TWO TIE CLIPS! THAT'S TWO TIES, TIE INSTRUCTIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO, AND TWO TIE CLIPS. A $100 DOLLAR VALUE, YOURS FOR ONLY 3 EASY PAYMENTS OF $19.95! HERE'S HOW TO ORDER.
  • ejlhp, on 06/29/2009, -6/+273DOUBLE THE OFFER, ALMOST TRIPLE THE SAVINGS!
  • taketheleap, on 06/29/2009, -6/+200dugg for video reference to alien penises.
  • PxCxG, on 06/29/2009, -3/+162I can't believe I actually liked this...
  • Deadity, on 06/29/2009, -2/+145We better bury this quickly, otherwise every ***** will be wearing this. And then it will be the lamest thing ever.
  • scotchw, on 06/29/2009, -0/+137What sequels... ???
  • chuckDontSurf, on 06/29/2009, -3/+115I would learn how to do it, but then I'd be wearing a constant reminder of how ***** the sequels were.
    Besides, I'm an engineer, I don't wearing ***** ties.
  • DaDrake, on 06/29/2009, -3/+114Looks sharp... and I seriously doubt anyone at a party would recognize it from the matrix (nerds/geeks have a hard enough time walking outside in sunlight as it is).
  • vammirato, on 06/29/2009, -2/+105RIP Billy Mays. I poured out a little Oxy Clean on the ground for you...
  • Neewom, on 06/29/2009, -4/+99http://www.theitie.com/
  • mizike, on 06/29/2009, -4/+97First of all (as mentioned in the Lifehacker comments), you'd better be extra short or have an extra long tie in order to pull that off; I would have liked to see how long it was when he finished but the camera didn't pan down, it looked like it was at least a couple of inches too short (nothing drives me crazier than tying my tie way too short, too long is acceptable, too short you just look like a moron).

    Secondly that knot is just way too flashy for everyday wear, maybe for a dinner party or something you could pull it off, but in 95% of situations where you need to wear a tie it would just look like you're trying to show off or generally just trying too hard. It would be like showing up to work with a flower in your lapel, or wearing a corsage or something. Just my personal opinion though, I've always been of the opinion that simpler is better when it comes to things like that.
  • Imissnaptime, on 06/29/2009, -5/+86thats what she said!



    being female and unable to grasp the intricacies of tie knotting.
  • KSUdesigner, on 06/29/2009, -0/+73It's not cool to wear a corsage to work every day? *****, why didn't anybody tell me before?!
  • DemDude, on 06/29/2009, -5/+78And you don't speaking ***** english!
  • immatellyouwhat, on 06/29/2009, -0/+72That comment made me happy and sad all at once :( I really heard Billys voice.
  • brodimus, on 06/29/2009, -1/+68Is this a ***** tie?
    http://rlv.zcache.com/sex_tie-p151147676624657546t ...
  • awtripp, on 06/29/2009, -2/+64No, caps lock is now cruise control for billy mays tributes.
  • pzrapnbeast, on 06/29/2009, -5/+65(Side effects for wearing, touching, or even looking at the merovingian knot tie include: itchy skin, blisters, cancer, mesothelioma, ghosts in your attic, STD's, ABC's, and 123's)


    SO CALL NOW AND DON'T PASS UP THIS GREAT OFFER!
  • cfuse, on 06/29/2009, -0/+58Why can't it be consensual?
  • ZackM, on 06/29/2009, -0/+56THE SECRET IS THE FOLDED FABRIC!
  • DiggzDE, on 06/29/2009, -0/+53How could BOTH of you forget about Monica Bellucci's rack!

    http://www.gaiahost.com/monicabellucci/film/mr/Mat ...

    That was the best thing about the movie. Hands down.
  • black27696, on 06/29/2009, -1/+50You should read the all cap article from yesterday. It's in honor of him, it's not an insult.
  • vegx, on 06/29/2009, -3/+51http://www.tie-a-tie.net/
  • runep, on 06/29/2009, -0/+48You're doing it wrong. Ties go around the neck.
  • Volstraav, on 06/29/2009, -0/+43I've found that most people just think it's "interesting." Then of course you always have the ***** who try to tell you that you tied it backwards or just simply "wrong."

    And then you kick them in the face with your energy legs.
  • mlrigsby, on 06/29/2009, -9/+48That knot was one of the best things about that movie.
  • TabDelineated, on 06/29/2009, -1/+39I know. 'The Hen-tie' Great.
  • faraggi, on 06/29/2009, -1/+39a pun AND a not joke all in one...

    ...god?
  • rabidbob, on 06/29/2009, -3/+39If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? ~Linda Ellerbee
  • thespiff, on 06/29/2009, -7/+43Yep, you're definitely English.
    *****, you guys are so stubbornly sworn to dull traditions you won't even admit that refrigeration makes beer taste better.
    Oh, and you still insist on having a Queen...

    Hey look! An American just made fun of a European! This wouldn't be possible if Bush was still my president.
  • noahisaac, on 06/29/2009, -0/+34There were no sequels to the Matrix. Really.
  • jakem1, on 06/29/2009, -12/+45TIes do need to die. They're just a big stupid arrow pointing down to remind people that you have a penis.
  • Imissnaptime, on 06/29/2009, -5/+37was gonna post a similar joke *shakes fist*..... sigh, dugg.
  • BM7876, on 06/29/2009, -0/+32yes
  • SirBruce, on 06/29/2009, -6/+36Is this the knot you tie to strangle the Wachowskis for making the two Matrix sequels?
  • Diamndzngunz, on 06/29/2009, -6/+36Only one who was abducted and raped would know what a alien penis looks like.
  • hater2win, on 06/29/2009, -0/+29Even if his lawn did die from pouring oxy clean on it, all he would have to do is use to Green Again (on the show it got renamed to Green Now).
  • serif69, on 06/29/2009, -0/+28There are knot snobs?
  • YourMomsAnAnon, on 06/29/2009, -2/+30My word, Mizike, the knot of your necktie is simply too flashy!

    Please, please- I pray you give yourself a simple Windsor so that I and your other good fellow coworkers are not released of our duties. We simply can't go about being fancy gentleman in the wake of such blinding knottery!
  • hatdrop, on 06/29/2009, -4/+31this suit is black not?
  • krispykreams, on 06/29/2009, -1/+28***** son, you got buried to hell.
  • arbulus, on 06/29/2009, -1/+27No, they're knot
  • Marcinn, on 06/29/2009, -1/+27Reloaded wasn't that bad.
    I loved the scene with the architect. But yeah... The first was ***** brilliant and it just went downhill from there.
  • ProfessorLX, on 06/29/2009, -1/+25this, coming from a snootywaiter!
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