Philip and I had a meeting today to discuss our plans for 2005; it should be an eventful year, and it'll be nice to have an actual plan for what is going to occur, even if we prove unable to stick to it.

In addition to a lot of largish projects, we want to continue to churn out new t-shirt designs at a rate of about once a month. Are there any t-shirt designs based on the strip that you've been dying to see? Speak now, or forever etc. Brilliant suggestions will be produced, and initial suggestor will receive a free shirt.

Some guidelines:

- Designs should be simple.
- Designs based on dialogue should use short, easily quotable bits, not long sentences.
- Designs should lend themselves to an illustration.
- Designs should be understood out of context of the strip and be of interest to people who do not read the strip.
- Designs should be simple.
- Designs should be simple.

Massive Head Trauma is a highly underrated method of travel [goats.com].

Maybe put a "Thwack" graphic right above it.

I don't know if it's practical, but:

Ninjas. Not on the front of the shirt, but peeking around the torso on the wearer's right [goats.com].
 

In Response to zamphir (#23850):

I think that probably violates rules #2 and #4. Probably.

In Response to gtyrrell (#23852):

Like the positioning on this [deadzebra.com] shirt?

In Response to jon (#23854):

Pretty much, or even a little further forward. It's a ninja who was hiding behind a tree, and is now waving "Hey there." Only not a tree, a person's torso.

Dunno what you might write on the shirt. Maybe, "You totally didn't see that ninja there" across the shoulder blades.
 

How about Jerrel and the definition [reference.com] of a geek [goats.com]?

I demand respect for the law [goats.com]

Or is that still too long?

Maybe with the chainsaw from the robot as a graphic. With the blood.

It's too bad that Oliver's last quote [goats.com] in this strip is too long.

Just modify Toothgnip's quote [goats.com] to this:
"Every minute I am exposed to you is draining five minutes of intelligence out of my brain." To me, it has that "you rock my universe" shirt attitude.

In Response to jon (#23853):

My Killer Robot Skull-Fucked Your Honor Student. 8 words, 48 chars.
Massive Head Trauma is a highly underrated method of travel. 10 words, 61 chars.

Not that big of a deal

Also:
Designs should be understood out of context of the strip and be of interest to people who do not read the strip. [goats.com]

Ahem.

Way too long, but so good:

"If evil means that I care enough about this country to obliterate the rest of the world, one undeveloped nation at a time, then maybe I am just a bit evil." [goats.com]

With a picture of cartoon Bush.

In Response to Deathalicious (#23875):

Heavy weirdness factor and kitsch appeal can override that rule on occasion.

I'm partial to "I WAS SHAT OUT OF MARLON BRANDO'S ASS FULLY FORMED;" [goats.com], with or without an accompanying picture of the Pork-o-Tron 5000.

(Please excuse my use of capital letters, I didn't want to misquote the Pork-o-Tron 5000.)

Oooh! I've got two more. (I should really get some work done. Sheesh.)

"It's like trying to teach calculus to a squirrel." [goats.com]

and

,
but just the Nimoy part. No fish.

Can't believe I didn't think of this before:

Porn: It's What's For Dinner

Toss in a picture of Phillip looking up from behind a suitably-titled magazine, and you're set. Plus, you have the possibility of pissing of the National Beef Cattlemen's Association for appropriating their slogan.
 

In Response to gtyrrell (#23893):

Off. "pissing off the National Beef Cattlemen's Association".

Dang.
 

In Response to gtyrrell (#23894):

It was better before you tried to fix it.

In Response to gtyrrell (#23894):

I would prefer 'on'.

In Response to jon (#23896):

urinata con carne!

Couldn't you do something with this strip [goats.com]?

In Response to Nagy_Vilmos (#23902):

He alreayd did something with it. He thought it up, sketched it out, edited it, and then put it on the interent. Geez, he just can't make you happy can he?

In Response to GeminiCrash (#23908):

No, he does make me happy. That is why I read goats, that is why I post to the forums and that is why I suggested jon could use that strip for a t-sheet.

I thought that as we are discussing t-shirts it would be obvious.

In Response to gtyrrell (#23855):

perhaps it says on the front 'where are the ninjas?' and if you look at the back they're to the right side of the shirt waving. and it says 'to your right' in the middle of the back.

If that violates the simplicity rule, maybe just them saying 'hey there' on the back would be okay.

In Response to unFalln (#23897):

urinata con carne!

I have the sudden urge for Taco Bell now...

In Response to jettaboy20 (#23934):

urinata con carne!

I have the sudden urge for Taco Bell now...

I usually have those urges FROM Taco Bell, not FOR Taco Bell.