Talk:Overhand knot

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"Spontaneous composition method"? This should go to Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense - I've never seen 3 or 4 knots spontaneously appear in anything.

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3 or 4 may be hyperbole, but try it sometime. I altered the entry a little. It really was known as "the knot that ties itself". Ortolan88

It happened to me just yesterday. One way 3 or 4 knots can tie themselves "spontaneously" is to start with a coiled rope (outdoor extension cord in this case). If you are careless, one coil can pass through another as you uncoil the rope (particularly if you start to uncoil it and then drop the coil), and before you know it, you have created a series of overhand knots in the bight without having touched either end of the rope. Even thick water hoses will pull this trick. Ortolan88

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It should probably be mentioned that this is called a Single_hitch when tied around an object. That page already points this out. --NormalAsylum 02:51, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)