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Gob
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I have used dif­fer­ent brands of tooth­picks depend­ing on what I am build­ing. I also have many friends and fam­ily mem­bers that col­lect tooth­picks in their trav­els for me. For exam­ple, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from tooth­picks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Ger­many and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of tooth­picks peo­ple threw at our wedding.

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The Hen
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That is phenomenal.
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SisterMaryFellatio
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The Hen wrote:That is phenomenal.

Quite agree.....however (and I know this is mean) I always think that people that do those sorta things are a bit sad and need to get out more!! I mean who the fuck goes travelling thinking best not forget to pick me up some toothpicks!!


and it does look a bit like like shitty brown fairy floss!!
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I saw it up close and poisonal at the Sonoma County Fair a few years ago. Spectacular. It was a bit frustrating because I wanted to spend a nice long time up close to it trying to identify all the stuff, and there were lots of other people who wanted to do the same thing. It looks as if he's added a bit since I saw it.
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The Hen
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I agree it is a bit OCD and I also admit that from photos I can't make out why you would worry about specific toothpicks for specific trees. But I am happy that someone made it, I have seen it, and it didn't cost me 35 years.

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A fabulous artistic expression of mental illness, most definitely.
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loCAtek
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I knew a Meth addict, who was like this with macrame....
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The Hen
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Another OCD artist.

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You can can read about her here.
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For exam­ple, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from tooth­picks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Ger­many and Italy.
I hope the toothpicks weren't made from any exotic woods that is usually not allowed to be imported.
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