Shirt.Woot

tgentry wrote:I saw a guy wearing The Cheese is a Liederkranz behind me in line at Lowes this weekend. I would have said something but I felt bad for holding up the line buying a washing machine.

I think he would have been thrilled to meet such a big Woot star such as yourself! I'm not trying for brownie points, just sayin' I'd be super psyched if I randomly met another woot artist in person. Actually I hope I don't cuz I would probably be so spastic with happiness that I'd scare them away.

On another topic... this isn't a woot sighting but it's a cute story about a woot shirt so I guess it can go here. I wore "Toucan Sheds his Tint" to work today. I work at a preschool and one of the two-year-olds looked at it and said "There's..there's a bird on your shirt, teacher! Oh no the color is coming off its..its nose!" It was the cutest thing ever.

goldenthorn wrote:... also I'm pretty scary.

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It's that extra 11/16 of an inch, isn't it?

/hides

Edit to correct what was obviously a heinous typo.

goldenthorn wrote:Umm, excuse you, it's 11/16ths of an inch and I'll thank you to remember it, madame! Harrumph.

:D

A friend of mine used to say he was 6 foot 17 inches.

(and, to be fair, I was accurate...most people don't question demarking a half inch. It's the added 3/16th between a half and 11/16ths that stands above the rest)

goldenthorn wrote:Common vernacular habitries explained? Accuracy acknowledged? Friendliness and good humour displayed? "Harrumph," I said, and "harrumph" I continue to say! GOOD DAY, MADAME.

Harrumph!

My first Woot sighting! I saw "He'll Probably be Okay" at Ikea today, on a woman who was shopping with a friend so I didn't say anything. I was wearing "Read", but I don't know if she noticed.

I've had two sightings. One was at Disneyland CA of the Cheese Turtles fighting the Shredder shortly after Christmas 2010.

The second happened today as I was parking my bike at work. Someone came up to the bike racks to get their own bike and was wearing ICooN. I merely commented that it was a shame it finally got reckoned and made my way in. Not sure if the guy worked here or was just a patient. (I work in a hospital so it's entirely possible.)

I've seen two wild shirt.woot shirts in nyc after never seeing them besides at conventions or my college campus!

One was Epic Fail, but that was downtown so I wasn't surprised. I didn't say anything since he was half a block away and with a friend.

The other was as I was parking my car, on the sidewalk someone walking by was wearing Red Revenge. I hopped out and excitedly pointed it out, hopefully not looking too much like an over excited creeper. I couldn't help myself, it was surprising to see such a shirt in the bronx, where there aren't many internet savvy/graphic tee wearing folk.

Spotted Pie-rate chart on today's sun toasts flesh up Parents blog entry:

http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/post/21725116962/birthday-week-celebrations-pt-ii

endangeredomega wrote:Spotted Pie-rate chart on today's sun toasts flesh up Parents blog entry:

http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/post/21725116962/birthday-week-celebrations-pt-ii

I think "Brittany" just wants an excuse to eat more cake.

j5 wrote:I think "Brittany" just wants an excuse to eat more cake.

And thanks to the new blanks, she could eat all the cake she likes and still stay the same size. Nifty, that!

I finally had my first in-the-wild shirt.woot sighting today. (I figure seeing them on my own brother who introduced me to woot or people I've given shirts to don't count.) I stopped at Walmart and saw an older gentleman wearing 1971 - Floppy Diskette. I told him I had worn the same shirt yesterday, and he said, "Oh, you must visit woot."

I wasn't wearing a shirt.woot shirt because I had just attended a "Life Celebration" (aka funeral).

I saw a green shirt with the Woot! logo on it a few days ago...if that counts.

I saw the shirt Leonardo today in class. I think the guy wears woot shirts on a regular basis, but I can't always see his shirt. I'm always trying to get a look at the front of his shirt at the end of class which seems a little weird.

jagendorf wrote:I'm always trying to get a look at the front of his shirt at the end of class which seems a little weird.

This might be much weirder if your classmate were female!

I had an unusual woot encounter several weeks ago: it was the week that "Free Hugs" was debuted and disappeared within the span of a week. The day after it was removed, I was getting off an elevator and a woman who was wearing it was getting on. I did a double-take, because it was so new - she must have had it overnighted - and shouted at her, "Hey, did you notice that it got pulled down?" while gesturing at my chest. She had this confused look on her face and then it cleared, her eyes got big, and she said, "REALLY?!? Why?" And I said, "Copyright, maybe printed at another site first, not sure!" She says, "Woah!" And then the elevator doors closed.

I was impressed at the amount of information we managed to communicate in about 20 seconds!

Shirt sighting on Community last night. Abed was wearing "Eats Shoots and Leaves" during his first scene of the show.

SirGecko wrote:Shirt sighting on Community last night. Abed was wearing "Eats Shoots and Leaves" during his first scene of the show.

that wasn't my shirt. that was a shirt which appears to be someone has spilled ink on it.

Spotted a scant handful of Woot shirts at this weekend's MoCCA-Fest Art Festival here in NYC. Currently too drained + exhausted to look up names/titles.

Passed by someone wearing Ninja Blade today at Hunter College in nyc. I was surprised since the shirt is relatively new!

I saw "Hey! Listen!" at the Shop 'N Save in Crestwood, MO last night.


Me: "Love the shirt!"

Him: ::grumble grumble grumble::

Me:

After years of no sightings except for spotting "The Binge" in an enormous crowd at a folk festival a year and a half ago, I have not one but TWO sightings within twelve hours of each other. (cue gasps of amazement)

First, I spotted "Watch the Doctor" on one of the actresses in the musical I'm backstage manager for. She hasn't recognized any of my shirts, though I wear woot! shirts to every rehearsal (random FYI: I was wearing "Curiosity" when I noticed her shirt), so I don't think she keeps up to date constantly. We talked about them for a minute or so, and she apparently has a couple more, including a "Bandolier of Carrots" she likes to wear while feeding her guinea pigs (best comment I heard all night).

Second sighting happened this morning when I was trolling YouTube for something to distract me from the loud people in the office next door. Cory Williams (of "Mean Kitty" fame) has a video up on his channel where he's wearing "The Cheese is a Liederkranz." No word on whether he's a shirt.woot! afficionado, but that one was hanging out right on the thumbnail image for the video. (Looking at the comments, it appears someone has, within the last day, actually commented on the fact that he's got a woot! shirt on -- it's not me, but it IS cool that other people are out there noticing these things too.)

Saw a gentleman wearing The Cake Is A Liar while visiting the National Zoo in DC this Spring. He seemed as plesantly surprised by my recognizing it as I was of seeing a woot! shirt in the wild.

Had my first sighting last night while waiting in line for the Avengers. Saw someone wearing doomcat's Unstealthiest Ninja. I was wearing Farewell to Arms.

Exciting stuff!

Saw a gentleman wearing "Four Seasons in One Day" at Times Sq AMC yesterday. Didn't have a Woot of my own on, as I was part of a group decked out in Avengers cosplay gear. :"/

Saw a guy wearing cell division in math and saw brains walking back from it. good day!

midgerock wrote:that wasn't my shirt. that was a shirt which appears to be someone has spilled ink on it.

Oops, I guess I really just wanted it to be that shirt cause I love it so much. My bad.

The exceptionally helpful young lady who rang up my purchases at Forbidden Planet here in NYC last Thursday was sporting "Knightly Knerd".

Found this picture of someone wearing The Rat Is Our Patron while surfing this DIY crafting blog, the way it's just casually in the shot made me happy. Shirt.woot is spreading :D

I saw a woman in "1971-Floppy Diskette" leaving the post office yesterday. The design really looks great on the shirt, too.

Funny, so far I've only seen other women in woot shirts-and only when I'm somehow also connected to a woot shirt myself. I wasn't wearing one, but I was at the post office to mail a couple of woot shirts to a friend so was carrying two.

Spotted what appeared to be cmdixon2's "Collision" on Thurs afternoon, quarter-to-five-ish, near Broadway and 8th. Saw it only in passing and didn't get a close look, so it could have simply been a different design with a similar colour-scheme.

Second television sighting of "Death Served Before Noon", this time on one of the chefs on Bravo's "Around the World in 80 Plates".

Just saw Elephicanswim at the bar, which is amazing cause it's rare and I also own it.

Spotted Octospelled on a bearded gentleman at Trader Joe's in Chelsea, around half-past nine on Sunday morning.

I geeked out when I saw one of my favorite shirts, A Novel Idea in the last episode of Wil Wheaton's Table Top.

macmankev wrote:I geeked out when I saw one of my favorite shirts, A Novel Idea in the last episode of Wil Wheaton's Table Top.

Thats awesome! Bonus my wife and I love Eureka too. Glad you enjoy the shirt as well, I loved making it

endangeredomega wrote:Spotted Pie-rate chart on today's Surely They Fear Upheavel Parents blog entry:

http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/post/21725116962/birthday-week-celebrations-pt-ii

I love Es-Tee-Eff-Ewe Parents! That site is one of my favoritests.