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I added some knowledge about when the aglet was first introduced and what its contents were made from or contained. But the reference I tried to add was not valid on this website because it was blacklisted but it is fine. No worries. Flirteebby ( talk) 00:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't know how to edit the article, but there is a pop culture reference to the aglet in the 1990 Leslie Nielsen comedy Repossessed, which has Linda Blair in the lead role, as Nancy Aglet. In the "memorable quotes" section of imdb.com you'll find this...
Frieda: What does the name 'Aglet' mean anyway?
Braydon: Well a long time ago 'Aglet' meant 'He who puts those tiny little plastic things on shoelaces' you see a long time a go a mans' name was his profession.
Frieda: Oh so a man named Fred Carpenter would build houses and John Baker would make bread
Braydon: Exactly
Ned: So what did John Hancock do?
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im actually using this article to help right an essay for my english comp and rhet class. he said for us to do a descriptive essay about it. id post it, but i dont want him to think that i stole it from here.
The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister. - The Question
It is as unacceptable here as it is everywhere else. Simple mentioning aglets doesn't warrant inclusion in this article, and its importance cannot be implied without a secondary source. -- Eyrian 15:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The Shakespeare reference doesn't count as trivia, then? 216.151.95.158 17:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Why are trivia or popculture references unacceptable in this article, or at all? Why is it not relevent to say that the aglet was mentioned in a Leslie Nielson film or in a cartoon, but for example the Albuquerque article mentions a Partridge Family song (in a very long list of pop culture references)? Mathlaura 17:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the Shakespeare reference, if it were "Shakespeare mentions aglets in Taming of the Shrew", it would be removed. In this case, it is describing a particular variety of aglet, and Shakespeare is being used as a reference for the name. -- Eyrian 17:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The ends on shoelaces are called aglets, their true purpose is sinister. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.196.167 ( talk) 02:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
In general the "In Popular Culture" sections annoy me, but in this case it is the only reason that someone might look up Aglet. I, for example, hit this page by searching Google for "Their true purpose is sinister". Instead of random pop culture references it might be best to include some explanation of why it often appears in TV/movies/comics. 63.197.247.13 ( talk) 18:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
It was an improvement to remove the irrelevant trivia. I do think, however, that the reference to the movie Cocktail has encyclopedic value because the word "fluglebinder" has entered the common lexicon from this movie, and many people (myself included, until I did the research today) think it might be the standard word for an aiglet, a word I'd never heard before in my life. When it comes up in conversation, someone always says, "Is that a real word, or was it invented in Cocktail?" but nobody knows any other term for it. Anyway, I came to Wikipedia looking to find out if a "fluglebinder" was an aiglet, so I'd say it was relevant as encyclopedic information, and deserves a mention on this page.
So, I propose adding text similar to the following to the bottom of the main part of the entry:
If the addition is accepted, then I also propose creating redirect links from "Flugelbinder" and "Fluglebinder" to this article. -- Atkinson ( talk) 11:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
P.S. This is just a drive-by edit, so if there's support, then someone go ahead and make the changes because I probably won't be back any time soon. Atkinson ( talk) 11:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Mention it - it even includes this song: [1] 78.88.117.116 ( talk) 11:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Every week, a well-meaning visitor adds a reference to the Phineas & Ferb episode about aglets. These additions are just as quickly deleted as "trivia" by other well-meaning editors. Will this to and fro continue indefinitely? Is it worth adding a suitably worded entry just to stop the constant edit battle? Is there justification for adding such a reference anyway? After all, unlike other "trivia", this is a whole episode of a cartoon devoted not just to "aglets" but to the fact that the word "aglet" is largely unknown, probably because it is such a "trivial" object (and therefore commonly appears in trivia quizzes). Ian Fieggen ( talk) 23:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
It should be mentioned that it is a very common joke that people do not know what aglets are, often referring to them simply as "the thing on the end of your shoelaces," which is the reason for it's inclusion into various pop-cultural references. Seeing as how this concerns the aglet specifically, to umbrella the concept, I propose that the article read "It is a common joke in English-speaking countries that the proper name for the aglet is regularly unknown."-- 142.167.187.54 ( talk) 20:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
TV Tropes has an article about the prsence of aglets in pop culture What The Heck Is An Aglet?. Just saying. 85.55.134.76 ( talk) 19:24, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
In an attempt to create an offcially recognized day centered around aglets, it is being suggested from the blog casualwhatever.blogspot.com that people bring awareness to this invention. It is suggested by the blog to alert people of aglets and the pending official day. The day suggested is November 11th (11/11 to represent dangling shoelaces). It is asked that on November 11th people wear shoelaces as bracelets with the aglets dangle. The catchphrase being used ont he blog is "let them dangle". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Overlordofplanetawesome ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
LIKEwise, the term "shoelace nipple" is often overlooked. Let us bring awareness to the term "shoelace nipple" while also bringing attention to this thing that you are talking about. Let them dangle. — Preceding
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I added some knowledge about when the aglet was first introduced and what its contents were made from or contained. But the reference I tried to add was not valid on this website because it was blacklisted but it is fine. No worries. Flirteebby ( talk) 00:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't know how to edit the article, but there is a pop culture reference to the aglet in the 1990 Leslie Nielsen comedy Repossessed, which has Linda Blair in the lead role, as Nancy Aglet. In the "memorable quotes" section of imdb.com you'll find this...
Frieda: What does the name 'Aglet' mean anyway?
Braydon: Well a long time ago 'Aglet' meant 'He who puts those tiny little plastic things on shoelaces' you see a long time a go a mans' name was his profession.
Frieda: Oh so a man named Fred Carpenter would build houses and John Baker would make bread
Braydon: Exactly
Ned: So what did John Hancock do?
202.50.245.82
04:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Rose.
im actually using this article to help right an essay for my english comp and rhet class. he said for us to do a descriptive essay about it. id post it, but i dont want him to think that i stole it from here.
The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister. - The Question
It is as unacceptable here as it is everywhere else. Simple mentioning aglets doesn't warrant inclusion in this article, and its importance cannot be implied without a secondary source. -- Eyrian 15:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The Shakespeare reference doesn't count as trivia, then? 216.151.95.158 17:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Why are trivia or popculture references unacceptable in this article, or at all? Why is it not relevent to say that the aglet was mentioned in a Leslie Nielson film or in a cartoon, but for example the Albuquerque article mentions a Partridge Family song (in a very long list of pop culture references)? Mathlaura 17:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the Shakespeare reference, if it were "Shakespeare mentions aglets in Taming of the Shrew", it would be removed. In this case, it is describing a particular variety of aglet, and Shakespeare is being used as a reference for the name. -- Eyrian 17:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The ends on shoelaces are called aglets, their true purpose is sinister. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.196.167 ( talk) 02:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
In general the "In Popular Culture" sections annoy me, but in this case it is the only reason that someone might look up Aglet. I, for example, hit this page by searching Google for "Their true purpose is sinister". Instead of random pop culture references it might be best to include some explanation of why it often appears in TV/movies/comics. 63.197.247.13 ( talk) 18:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
It was an improvement to remove the irrelevant trivia. I do think, however, that the reference to the movie Cocktail has encyclopedic value because the word "fluglebinder" has entered the common lexicon from this movie, and many people (myself included, until I did the research today) think it might be the standard word for an aiglet, a word I'd never heard before in my life. When it comes up in conversation, someone always says, "Is that a real word, or was it invented in Cocktail?" but nobody knows any other term for it. Anyway, I came to Wikipedia looking to find out if a "fluglebinder" was an aiglet, so I'd say it was relevant as encyclopedic information, and deserves a mention on this page.
So, I propose adding text similar to the following to the bottom of the main part of the entry:
If the addition is accepted, then I also propose creating redirect links from "Flugelbinder" and "Fluglebinder" to this article. -- Atkinson ( talk) 11:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
P.S. This is just a drive-by edit, so if there's support, then someone go ahead and make the changes because I probably won't be back any time soon. Atkinson ( talk) 11:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Mention it - it even includes this song: [1] 78.88.117.116 ( talk) 11:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Every week, a well-meaning visitor adds a reference to the Phineas & Ferb episode about aglets. These additions are just as quickly deleted as "trivia" by other well-meaning editors. Will this to and fro continue indefinitely? Is it worth adding a suitably worded entry just to stop the constant edit battle? Is there justification for adding such a reference anyway? After all, unlike other "trivia", this is a whole episode of a cartoon devoted not just to "aglets" but to the fact that the word "aglet" is largely unknown, probably because it is such a "trivial" object (and therefore commonly appears in trivia quizzes). Ian Fieggen ( talk) 23:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
It should be mentioned that it is a very common joke that people do not know what aglets are, often referring to them simply as "the thing on the end of your shoelaces," which is the reason for it's inclusion into various pop-cultural references. Seeing as how this concerns the aglet specifically, to umbrella the concept, I propose that the article read "It is a common joke in English-speaking countries that the proper name for the aglet is regularly unknown."-- 142.167.187.54 ( talk) 20:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
TV Tropes has an article about the prsence of aglets in pop culture What The Heck Is An Aglet?. Just saying. 85.55.134.76 ( talk) 19:24, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
In an attempt to create an offcially recognized day centered around aglets, it is being suggested from the blog casualwhatever.blogspot.com that people bring awareness to this invention. It is suggested by the blog to alert people of aglets and the pending official day. The day suggested is November 11th (11/11 to represent dangling shoelaces). It is asked that on November 11th people wear shoelaces as bracelets with the aglets dangle. The catchphrase being used ont he blog is "let them dangle". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Overlordofplanetawesome ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
LIKEwise, the term "shoelace nipple" is often overlooked. Let us bring awareness to the term "shoelace nipple" while also bringing attention to this thing that you are talking about. Let them dangle. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
138.28.155.104 (
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04:26, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): SaraNigatu.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 13:37, 16 January 2022 (UTC)