Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 06:01PM

Maybe once upon a time tartans were something your granny used for her knee-rug. But not today! Tartans are now the hippest most happening way to bring a dash of pizazz to anything and everything that grabs your brainbox. And if you don’t believe me, just check out this quick run-down of the funkiest funniest plaids on the planet!!

10. Duck Under My Kilt

9. Tartan Graffiti

8. An Egg-celent tartan!

7. Tartan bus interior

6. Tartan Stretch Limo

5. Field of Tartan Dreams

4. Plaid for your Pet and a Pink Plaid Carrier!

3. The Tartan Sheep

2. Plaid-Painted Peta Protesters

1. The tartan mask

Stumble It! Save to del.icio.us My friend MacDuck here just quacks me up. Bathtime will never be the same again now that I can bring a touch of tartan into my world of suds. Doesn’t he just make those plain yellow versions so… yesterday!Photo by Roger.The.Dodger These guys certainly knew how to make their mark. Who’d have thought of having a tartan tag? But hey, it works for me. Great art isn’t only found on the walls of galleries!Photo by Air Adam And another…Photo by Loki TPH/ teem yesh! Okay, so my headline is rubbish, but you’ve got to admit this tartan painted easter egg is pretty neat! At least you won’t have to shell out for a chocolate one. Shell out! Geddit? Oh, never mind…Photo by ANDI2 In Edinburgh, even the bus seats are covered with an, ahem, incredibly tasteful tartan, presumably ideally designed to disguise all the multi-coloured fluids it’s likely to meet in its lifetime.Photo by Bluey17 But what I particularly love is that the designers even framed the CCTV monitor in the same tartan. Now THAT is having the courage of your creative conviction.Photo by denwO Now that’s class. We’ve seen tartan cars before. But a tartan stretch limo? That’s the way to tour the streets of Europe’s most beautiful city.Photo by thecnote And spotted again, this time presumably waiting for the hen party that’s hired it! (Who, me? A snob?)Photo by Happy Dave If you’re going to be artistic, you might as well think big, right? To be perfectly honest I’m not certain this effect was even deliberate. But you’ve got to admit, it’s a stunning image. And if it was intended, it must be one of the biggest tartans ever created!Photo by gms So you love your little doggie-woggie so much that you simply have to dress the little darling in the cutest way you can imagine. (You’re presumably a catwalk model. Or possible a hotel heiress.) How’s this?Available from halloweenmart And dressing your doggie in tartan just isn’t enough? Knock ‘em dead on the way to the canine nail bar with this unique carrier. Just check out those cute doggie-bone zip tags!Available from HandsNpaws If you think someone’s pulling the tartan wool over your eyes and this is just photoshop at play, a quick google for “tartan sheep” will tell you that he (she?) is not alone! Bahhhhhh.Photo from here Their slogan is that they’d rather go naked than wear fur. But on this occasion, it’s Burberry that’s their target, so it’s a tantalising tartan that’s protecting their modesty!Photo from here For the fetishist with taste! As the most unlikely use of tartan of all time, this has to take the biscuit. In fact come to think of it, the dog biscuit, perhaps.Photo from here (risque content warning)Stumble It! Save to del.icio.us