Fellow curmudgeons tired of people parroting catchphrases from movies and TV shows, unite! Let us band together and crush those without the mental capacity to come up with something funny on their own.
I’ve been guilty of this too, but I don’t lean on them like some other people do. Seriously, what makes people think that stringing together one-liner after one-liner counts as being funny? Being truly funny is about being original and bringing something new to the table. Unless you’re somebody like Carlos Mencia — but that dude’s not funny, so that’s sort of beside the point, isn’t it?
Even tho this tee from the venerable R. Stevens is a bit verbose, it’s managed to wrap up every last bit of disdain that I have for the folks who depend on other people’s work to make themselves seem interesting. If some of you actually tried being yourself for a change, you might find that it even manages to work better for you.
So here’s to the fall of the unoriginal! May they burn in whatever representation of Hell they believe in — like Wyoming…
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I heard a pretty funny one the other day for programmers that we are considering putting on a line of geek shirts on our website
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‘Course, now people will look at you and say “awesome Diesel Sweeties Tee dude”. And then you will share a chuckle about Diesel Sweeties.
This shirt idea recalls a similar punchline told in another show from earlier in our shared cultural experience. (Perhaps a popular song from our childhoods is also referenced.)
I love… t-shirt.
So now you’re saying I shouldn”t buy the Repo Man “Beer” t-shirt? I’m confused. ;)
see t-shirt hell has a similar themed t-shirt up now. hmmmm.
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I actually like seeing how many different versions I can find of “I’d hit that”, “That’s How I Roll” or other famous TV/Movie lines. The good thing about the above design is that the t-shirt company making it won’t get sued.
I hate when people do impressions but I think I hate when people laugh at impressions more. I’m not talking about comics that can do really good impressions I’m talking about the Borat impressions that anyone can do.
Great shirt
hey man! i thought “things are about to start heating up something fierce.”! what gives?!
I resent that the guy who makes Diesel Sweeties, which has devolved into a sticky mire of poo jokes and pop culture references, would put out a shirt like this.
You shouldn’t get to be ironic or sardonic about pop culture jokes when they’re basically all you do, says I.
Isn’t this just a wordy version of Drew’s awesome shirt? Here’s the comic it has on the shirt: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/070505/movie-quote.gif
haha Tim, I love the programming joke.
I’ve had some friends that rely too much on movie lines… I can’t say I have too many of them anymore. hah.
I’m usually left scratching my head at all those movie quote homage t-shirts, pretty much because I don’t watch movies.
LOL! “Fellow curmudgeons”, lovely! But sure, death to mediocrity!