wallpaper? alien red blood cells?

A microscope slide with strep with a blue dye?

I can't wait for the answer. These are always fun.

What happens when you don't clean out your fridge.

chainlink???

Bacteria. I believe that particulr types comes from Europe, correct? I prefer their wool, instead!

Blueberry Cheerios?

the bacteria that are found on hands after hand washing? Or the latest craze in patterned tile? Or perhaps an album cover?

No wonder their economy is doing so badly.

marble etching under a blacklight?

salmonella?

I'm going to be totally boring and go with a kitchen countertop with some kind of blue crystals/rocks. (I like the other replies much better!)

I am biting my tongue because I know exactly what it is. And IMO it is as repulsive as it looks.

I will guess bacteria from a kitchen sponge?

Zillow ariel image of all houses in a subdivision with the One True Kitchen?

ROTFLOL!!!! I couldn't wait, so I looked it up. :) Very cute.

Reminds me of a sweatshirt I had back when recombinant DNA was in the news...

Is it cheese? I love cheese.

New formica pattern?

I'm going with a representation of bacteria found in the kitchen as a design on a kitchen towel.

Fecal coliform?

Your new area rug?

Stained bacteria from belly button cells .

it's lymphoma. how far off am i??

Here is a link that might be useful: lymphoma

I cheated, too. Makes me want to put off that trip to Estonia that I have been dreaming of!

A close up of the fabric your tenants chose for the Tiffany Blue room?

That's it, isn't it?

It is a picture of bacteria, but:

It is one of the Bacterium Patterns created by Ettore Sottsass in the 80s.

One of the patterns is available as a laminate through Abet Laminati.

This is actually on Forbo Flotex flooring. It is an antimicrobial flocked vinyl flooring (basically like vinyl tile with fuzz on it). I guess the joke is that it is an antibacterial product with a picture of bacteria on it.

ha! fun thread!
thanks. i needed that.

Very amusing, but now I really want to know what strain of bacteria?

I was going to guess "smurf blood" but now I see you've posted the answer.

Flocked vinyl does not sound like something I want to own, but "as repulsive as it looks"? I was expecting something far more disgusting.

"Smurf blood." Bwahahahahahahaha.

I suppose if it's flocked it needs to be anti-bacterial. Do people really need flocked floors? What will they think of next?

Its for commercial areas that may normally get carpet for sound attenuation. There was a shift from carpet to hard surfaces particularly in the late 80s-90s, and it led to problems of its own like noise and slips and falls and the need for walk off mats to be placed on the hard surfaces anyway.

So, this stuff is pretty impervious, helps with acoustics and gives a warmer, carpeted feel to some environments.

Here is the Ettore Sottsass Abet Laminati Bacterio
Still available, since 1978, in a bunch of colors.

You remind me of a local mall that replaced its perfectly serviceable floor with somewhat polished stone. Can you say "slippery when wet?" I should mention that the floors are also sloped. :) Do you think they were chasing off the senior walkers? But then the best crashes are the Louboutins and Choos. The seniors wear sneakers, which stick better. ;)

Flocked vinyl would be better...

So is this all the rage in new lab building foyers? Flocked antibacterial bacterially-decorated flooring. It's just too good to be true. What was I thinking putting slate in to the laundry room? Woulda coulda shoulda.... I guess maybe there's an unfinished utility closet... or the attic! With all those nibbly rodents and bees. Eureka!!

It actually has a purpose, too? Flocked Forbo Flotex flooring. And here I thought it was created for purely alliterative purposes.

The patterns were developed for the furniture, like this Casablanca bookcase, although I think this is Pastina Laminate.