Among the paraphernalia on sale at the Democracy Monument, where anti-Thaksin supporters have been gathering for weeks, are red foot mats with pictures of the Shinawatra siblings.
I looked at four, ranging from a 4-foot by 8-foot mat for $57.99 to a 5-foot by 14-foot mat for $127.99.
Roll out the cushioned, 6-by-2-foot mat and follow along.
Among Irons's many National Trust commissions is a heroic 171-foot-by-22-foot mat at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire's Tudor masterpiece.
The previous day, back in Pomona, the eight-foot mat that Richie had set down had proved insufficient, and he complained that the Bandits' long-legged ace, Monica Abbott, had dug a hole in his infield.
Oh, yes, and it has 6,300 square feet of mat space for wrestling around with their best buddies.
At their most humble -- like the 50-foot welcome mat at South Pine Creek Beach in Fairfield, the state's smallest -- they are nearly invisible.
Which would be unsurprising, were Mr. Yamaguchi not an evacuee himself, living on a 9-by-9-foot grass mat in a junior high school gymnasium here with 1,000 other people.
2. Giant Chess is played with 25-inch-tall plastic chess pieces (weighing 1 to 2 pounds each) on a 9-foot nylon mat; $497 from chesshouse.com or (800) 34800749.
