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Thread: T-shirt slogans
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Angloid
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Being the shrinking violet type of person, I have rarely dared to wear a T-shirt with any kind of slogan. But I occasionally see ones that I would love to wear, as well as many that I would need industrial quantities of courage for. Just two that I have seen recently, to start us off:
'I'd rather be Grumpy than Dopey'
'I'm Italian: I can not Stay Calm'
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Sioni Sais
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Many years ago at a union conference I saw a young woman wearing a Tee with the slogan:
"How dare you presume I'm heterosexual"
There are also a few round Newport that say:
"Come to Newport. We've got a trannie"
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I used to have one that read: "Eat right, exercise, die anyway."
And another with a picture of a Stealth fighter jet and the words "Stealth Condoms." On the back, the words: "They'll never see you coming!"
I used to wear both often (but the second one, not to choir practice) but they've long since been relegated to the rag bag.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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Back in the 80s when thousands of self righteous people were wearing tee shirts with the slogan "I ran the world" emblazoned across the front and "the race against time" across the back, I had one with a similar logo with the slogan "I dRANk the world" with "The race against time - 11.00 closing" on the back.
I now have one that says "Keep calm, I'm a Driving Instructor". There's another one I've seen that I want to get that reads "you don't scare me - I'm a Driving Instructor"
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Stetson
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My parents went to Hawaii when I was a kid, and brought me back a t-shirt, emblazoned with the picture of a cat holding a smoking gun. This feline somewhat resembled the one that Pepe Le Pew was always chasing in the cartoons, though I don't think that was an intentional allusion.
The caption below the cartoon consisted of the first three words that you can see here.
Wore that to school a few times. Got told by someone what it could mean. Went home and told my mom, who replied "Oh yes, but I don't think that's what it means there". Different generation, I guess.
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Hedgehog
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I have a shirt that bears one of the many Mythbusters mottos:
"Failure is always an option"
It easily gets more comments than any other shirt that I have ever worn. Even more than the Alaska shirt showing a bear and the legend: "Send more tourists. The last ones were delicious."
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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I've always preferred people to pay attention to my face rather than my chest.
Possibly though I would wear one that said 'If you can read this you're too close'. In 60pt.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
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Or the line from Auden: 'I have no gun, but I can spit'.
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Touchstone
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"Frankie Says....Anything Paul Morley tells him to say"
(a tee owned by a schoolfriend, 1985 or thereabouts)
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Penny S
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I used to have a "Romney Marsh Mountain Rescue" and wanted to add "Goodwin Sands Potholing Club" but couldn't find it.
The Marsh
The Sands
That was years ago, but look what I found!
Potholers
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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quote:
Originally posted by Penny S:
Potholers
That link is not worksafe!
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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There's something weird about the potholers link when I first clicked it, it took me a mildly obscene cartoon, hence my post above. When I just tried it again, it took me to an advert for a mobile phone. Whatever it is, I don't think it's what was intended!
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Ariel
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# 58
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It might just be you, Spike. I've tried the link and I don't get anything but a bright yellow webpage for the Goodwin Sands Potholing Club.
I don't know what other people make of it, but I'm going to run some anti-spyware on my pc in case anything's sneaked in by the back door.
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mrs whibley
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# 4798
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I'd like a tee with the slogan once proposed here:
'It's all fun and games until someone attempts to imminentise* the Eschaton.' ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
*had several goes at spelling this - still doesn't look right.
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HCH
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# 14313
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I saw a young man wearing a T-shirt that said
Event Staff". I suspect he wears it to a lot of events.
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mrs whibley
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
It might just be you, Spike. I've tried the link and I don't get anything but a bright yellow webpage for the Goodwin Sands Potholing Club.
I don't know what other people make of it, but I'm going to run some anti-spyware on my pc in case anything's sneaked in by the back door.
I got what Spike got, FWIW.
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Albertus
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# 13356
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Many years ago at a union conference I saw a young woman wearing a Tee with the slogan:
"How dare you presume I'm heterosexual"
There are also a few round Newport that say:
"Come to Newport. We've got a trannie"
I don't know whether 'I [heart]s NP' (if you can picture that) ever made it onto a T shirt.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
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I got Women Wanting Sex within a 10 mile radius of me, with a picture of a naked lady.
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Garasu
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I'm just getting the Godwin Sands people.
Even my internet surfing is boring...
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Mudfrog
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I got the yellow potholing club site
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Ariel
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# 58
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Could be browser-dependent, perhaps?
Let's assume it isn't work-safe, then.
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Garasu
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# 17152
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Maybe. I've tried it in Internet Explorer and Firefox so far and got the same result.
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St. Gwladys
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# 14504
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There used to be an amazing tee shirt shop in Bath. One favourite read "The little voices told me to stay at home and polish up my axe", also "You're only jealous because the little voices are talking to me"
Lord P has a "Shwmai Byt" (Sort of equivalent to "Hiya mate" tee shirt from Cowbois, which specialises in Welsh slogans ("I'm not English, I'm Welsh" in various languages, for example) and also a couple of Despairwear teeshirts from Despair.com.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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My favourite was one a friend used to wear. It had a map of a rural area on it and the place name 'Llareggub'. Apparently, according to her, I was the only person who got it - or at least the only person to comment.
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Garasu
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# 17152
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I know sweet Fanny Adams about Welsh place names...
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Tree Bee
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2 T shirts I hanker after ;
"So many books, so little time"
which I think belonged to the staff of a bookshop, and
"One Year Out!"
which you can only get by being the loser on Radio 2's Popmaster quiz.
I may have to go on again...
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Palimpsest
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# 16772
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My current favorite t-shirt is from the web comic www.xkcd.com
It says "Maybe if this shirt is witty enough, someone will finally love me."
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Sioni Sais
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# 5713
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quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
I know sweet Fanny Adams about Welsh place names...
Llareggub is more Rosie Probert than Fanny Adams.
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Barefoot Friar
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I'm going to create my own. A picture of a smoking thurible, with the words: "I smoke in church."
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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This one will probably still need to be worn for a while yet.
I once designed a t-shirt made of ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) and ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) symbols in a long line around the centre of the t-shirt. Perhaps that one should be entitled 'Nogood Boyo'?
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Angloid
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# 159
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
I know sweet Fanny Adams about Welsh place names...
Llareggub is more Rosie Probert than Fanny Adams.
Clue: try spelling it backwards. And think Dylan Thomas.
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Higgs Bosun
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# 16582
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"So many cats - so few good recipes"
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AngloCatholicGirl
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My favourite t-shirt had 'I used to have superhuman powers, but my therapist took them away.'
Sadly that shirt eventually wore out. My friend had 'don't make me get my flying monkeys' from the same (now sadly closed) store.
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ArachnidinElmet
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# 17346
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quote:
Originally posted by AngloCatholicGirl:
Sadly that shirt eventually wore out. My friend had 'don't make me get my flying monkeys' from the same (now sadly closed) store.
I'm sure I've seen that on a magazine advert for an online store. Bet you could still get one.
One of the best T-shirt shop at the moment is Red Molotov ; I'm currently wearing this.
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Carex
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# 9643
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REUNITE GONDWANALAND (with a suitable graphic) was popular at a gathering of geomorphologists.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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While this was produced for the John Martin exhibition, it's a good one to wear to seismology meetings.
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Ariel
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# 58
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
While this was produced for the John Martin exhibition, it's a good one to wear to seismology meetings.
Sorry, Firenze, that brings up the list of search results, and I'm not sure which one you wanted to link to.
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Lothlorien
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
Could be browser-dependent, perhaps?
Let's assume it isn't work-safe, then.
I just get the yellow page. Am using Safari.
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Snags
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I fluctuate between slogans,and plain, now I'm an Old Pharte.
Favourites for church have to be "no I will not fix your computer" and on that says, in a column:
Never
No
Maybe
Yes
Always
which sums up my usual position on being asked to do yet something else. Although the Tyrell Corporation Genetic Replicant shirt gets most comments.
Now my self-restraint has got worse I have to apply the "church test" to any tee I want to buy (would I lead a service wearing it). Which is why I will sadly never buy "Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're a <unheavenly word>" which has always appealed to me.
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Enoch
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# 14322
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Many years ago, there was an advertisement prevalent for the Milk Marketing Board with a picture of a well endowed blond in a tee shirt with 'Drink a Pinta Milk a Day' strategically across her chest.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
While this was produced for the John Martin exhibition, it's a good one to wear to seismology meetings.
Sorry, Firenze, that brings up the list of search results, and I'm not sure which one you wanted to link to.
How about this?
(Damn you, dynamic web content)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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quote:
Originally posted by Angloid:
quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
I know sweet Fanny Adams about Welsh place names...
Llareggub is more Rosie Probert than Fanny Adams.
Clue: try spelling it backwards. And think Dylan Thomas.
She was.
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Chamois
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# 16204
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Cambridge University engineering society T shirt from the 70s:
"It takes a crank to start a revolution"
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Albertus
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# 13356
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quote:
Originally posted by Enoch:
Many years ago, there was an advertisement prevalent for the Milk Marketing Board with a picture of a well endowed blond in a tee shirt with 'Drink a Pinta Milk a Day' strategically across her chest.
I remember the ad, but I'd never thought of it like that!
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Wet Kipper
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I have one which says
(Front)"This is my..."
(Back) "...Last Clean T-Shirt"
and take delight in wearing it on the 2nd day of week-long camping , e.g. Soul Survivor/Greenbelt type events.
One of my colleagues was wearing a good one on Friday:
"Crumpled on Purpose"
And I also like the look of this one:
expressing individuality
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alienfromzog
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This website: Snorg Tees has sooooooooooo many that I want.
My favourites include:
Schroedinger's Cat
Dear Math, I am not your therapist...
If you're not part of the solution...
I only like NY as a friend
The I (heart)(heart) Gallifrey one
If you believe in telekinesis...
It's not rocket surgery
And many more...
AFZ
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Jack o' the Green
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# 11091
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My girlfriend once had a T-Shirt made for me which had "Nurse of Mental Health....." on the front, and "Dr of Luurve" on the back. Apparently it produced a few sniggers when she was getting it made. Another favourite is my "Trust me I'm a Jedi" T-shirt.
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Welease Woderwick
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My all time favourite, sadly no longer, was:
You call it Sodomy, We call it FABULOUS
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I like dinosaurs...
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Moo
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# 107
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There are two astronomy ones I like.
"Astronomy is looking up"
Black holes are out of sight"
Moo
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