Talk:Scoubidou

Is this the same stuff also known as gimp ? Tuf-Kat 07:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Appears to be. In my region back in the 90s, we just always called the style and the thread gimp based on the fact that you can only make it with gimp thread. Never heard it called "scoubidou." That seems to be a Francophone or Europe-only thing. If you said that here, people would think you're talking about the cartoon. You can only make this stuff with gimp thread, so maybe the two articles should be merged? ForestAngel (talk) 16:58, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

References to Napolean Dynamite is completely irrelevent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.84.53 (talk • contribs)

Is this the same stuff as rexlace? Is scoubidou round in profile and rexlace flat? I think gimp may = rexlace. Secretlondon 03:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't speak for rexlace, but this page is a near duplicate of gimp and boondoggle. Anyone up for combining them? Anyone in opposition? --Zachbe 17:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Agree. Gimp also has other meanings - it was a textile braid before it was plastic.  It appears to me that these techniques derive from those used in leather braiding, which doesn't seem to have an article here.  I would think an article on the craft would be best, with the various materials under a "materials" section. - PKM 00:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, this is the same stuff as REXLACE. I believe REXLACE is a brand of the plastic lace, the spool I'm looking at is by pepperell crafts and lists the URL: http://www.rexlaceclub.com/ The names I know the craft by are boondoggle, rexlace, gimp, and of course lanyards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.27.182.20 (talk) 06:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Phthalates
I just flagged a comment in the intro section as citation needed. The comment is "In July 2004 German and Dutch research showed that scoubidou appears to contain an excessive amount of phthalates." A reference should answer the obvious question "says who?" and less obvious question "excessive according to what standard?" I have two questions to ask here, though. First, is that even relevant? Second, is it relevant enough to put in the intro to the article? — Bigwyrm watch me wake me 03:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I learned how to make lanyards out of gimp in a 7th grade crafts class in 1951. The gimp I remember came in long rolls, was flat, maybe 3 mm wide, and had some kind of colored plastic covering a fiber core. I think it was distributed in the USA by Hinckley-Tandy Leather, the forerunner of Tandy Leather and somehow eventually of Radio Shack. - When I worked with gimp again a few years later, the fiber core had been eliminated, probably because the plastic was stronger. I haven't worked with gimp since 1964. I don't recall ever having read anything about it, so I can add no sources. I never heard of calling it scoubidou.

In addition to the square weaves shown, I learned to braid four strands of gimp to form the neckpiece of the lanyard. I don't see this braiding technique illustrated on any Web site, nor do I see several other techniques I remember, including eight (2 x 4) strand weaving, and the Turk's head knot used to segue from weaving to braiding.

The phthalate issue is discussed on the German Wikipedia page. They suggest airing it out thoroughly before handling it, and perhaps heating it to 50 degrees Celsius. I suppose the phthalate is DEHP, diethylhexylphthalate, added to polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC plastic, #3) to soften it. If this is the case, gimp may produce toxic fumes when burned. Bob Richmond (talk) 03:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Doing some more online research - www.boondoggleman.com is an extremely well done, comprehensive, and stable Web site that needs to be linked to this Wikipedia page. (Sorry, I haven't quite got up the courage to do an edit myself yet! Bob Richmond (talk) 16:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

per this, i replaced the scoobies.net with boondoggleman.com, since the former appears to be stolen from the latter. (although the latter is so so so hideous) 24.7.196.111 (talk) 15:18, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Link at top
How is that supposed to lead to the Sacha Distel song? Never mind also the cartoon series --Tsinfandel (talk) 22:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

If Scooby-Doo started in 1969, and Distel's song Scoubidou is from about 1958, how was Distel inspired bz Scooby-Doo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.36.68.143 (talk) 21:06, 13 February 2010 (UTC)


 * [ by french reader ]
 * I think there is a correction to bring to the origin of the "scoubidou" word. If you look at the french page, you read "Le nom de scoubidou vient du provençal escoba (balai)" which translates to "The name comes from the Provençal escoba (broom)".
 * 193.252.149.198 (talk) 09:03, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Scooby Doo the cartoon character was inspired by the Frank Sinatra song Strangers in the Night where he sings scooby dooby do instead of lalala. See Scooby Doo (character) entry. Scoubidou is a different origin, the French translation of a Peggy Lee song where Scoubidou is a nonsense word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:152:5000:4C50:C8B7:BCFC:B02A:973C (talk) 14:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

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