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This shirt tells the world: “This is no time to worry about the correct spelling of ‘iceberg’!”

Is that really considered a "typo"?

dewittc wrote:Just one more shirt with stupid text ... & they reject Mendi Butterflies because of a squiggle that looks vaguely like text... go figure. Just give us the lighthouse & maybe we'll quit whining!

The rejection for text was because it was a derby rule. This is a daily, so it's not the same. Also, it wasn't just a textish squiggle - it was the character "ohm", which counts as text by Woot's definition, and has been shown to count in the past (I'm thinking of enin's entry in the Text as Art derby).

The unfairness in the rejection comes from the fact that the rejection was based on an in-progress image. The final design did not contain the ohm character and was text-free.

yes its misspelled. we live in a society of people who think b/c=because and 4gt=forget. i really doubt it will make a difference. i still bought it because it made me laugh.

wocka wocka


very funny, but I wouldnt wear it

Cool shirt. I'm of the opinion that anything which could be expressed as a pun, should be. I know woot's made some minor design modifications in the past; maybe the print folks could copy that first 'e', vectorize it, slide it over that 'u', and ramp up the cash floe.

haxrox wrote:Cool shirt. I'm of the opinion that anything which could be expressed as a pun, should be. I know woot's made some minor design modifications in the past; maybe the print folks could copy that first 'e', vectorize it, slide it over that 'u', and ramp up the cash floe.

Given the description, I doubt they will. The themselves point out the misspelling.

(groans at terrible pun)

pretty creative nonetheless...

lheiskell wrote:Lettuce hope tomorrow's t-shirt design is a shore winner.

that's funny. The shirt is great, it's the royal blue that troubles me. I will probably buy. It's really funny.

remove the text and i'd buy one

kindergartencow wrote:I know I haven't been a "wooter" long enough to have an opinion.. but not only is it spelled wrong, but it's using a tragedy as a basis for a joke.. which I don't really agree with..

no worse than that joke of a movie

hbkdinobot wrote:I'm a noob here, but I get the impression that woot does whatever they want to do and doesn't really care what we think or what we want to buy. Oh well. I still like a lot of the shirts here.

Look at the sales from last nights randoms. It'll knock your socks off. Darn right they do what they wanna do.

kindergartencow wrote:I know I haven't been a "wooter" long enough to have an opinion.. but not only is it spelled wrong, but it's using a tragedy as a basis for a joke.. which I don't really agree with..

You're right, it is a little too soon. I've always maintained that tragedy doesn't turn to comedy until at least 97 years have passed.

Does anybody know where I can see this lighthouse design?

eff all these pun shirts!!!

and AGAIN I am worried that I have given my credit card number to a company that apparently can't spell to save their lives.

it...is...terrible

itd be perfect with no text =(

Even shirt.woot knows where this shirt is going to end up. If you go to the stats page for yesterdays random shirt sale and click on the number (5953), it takes you to this shirt! Speaking of yesterday's randoms - how did they end up with 10,000+ too many shirts?

simple20 wrote:Does anybody know where I can see this lighthouse design?

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=17686

Makalohee wrote:eff all these pun shirts!!!

and AGAIN I am worried that I have given my credit card number to a company that apparently can't spell to save their lives.

Good point on the financial info! :D I'm not a complainer by nature but [complain]not too big a fan of the puns.[/complain] Can't wait to see how many wooters in the next random shirt woot get a box of these misprints.

Misspelled? Check.
Groaning 'humor?' Check.
Worst t-shirt ever? It's in the running, certainly.

Also, the wrong percentage of the 'burg [sic] is above water...

Please, just print a couple of shirts without useless text on them. If I wanted a shirt that said something stupid, I could just go to the mall and hit up that awful Hot Topic place or something. Honestly, this site only takes about 20 seconds out of my day, but the last month or so is making me feel like its a waste of time.

Please print something that people over the age of 12 can wear, thanks.

It's a clever concept, but not something I would wear ...

TurboGraphx16 wrote:It's a clever concept, but not something I would wear ...

Congratulations SBR! I agree with TG...not the right shirt for me, but I can appreciate the humor. Let's see something from TW, too!

all aboard the failboat!

definitely in for one.

nistco92 wrote:all aboard the failboat!

you're the captain of it.

hmmm, I don't get it ;[

Yehk, I always double post... Please delete this >_<, sorry.

It's been said before, but this shirt would actually be cool without any text.

It's like running up to someone you don't know and slapping them, but 5 seconds after they recover you tell them "You just got slapped!" and apologize before walking off. It just detracts from something that would have otherwise been more funny.

I think this shirt is pretty funny, but the more I dwell on the misspelling the less I want to buy it.

I'll have to think it over.

WalkingSnake wrote:I probably would've bought it if it didn't have the text. I don't understand why "Iceberg" is misspelled.

Probably because the artist and the woot staff didn't know better. If it was spelled right, I'd be in for two. As it is, now there's even less of a chance of me getting in on the random shirt action next time...

Har! You're funny too! I like this shirt!

that is absolutely hilarious!

Ummm though it might be a typo, did any one think it might be another layer of joke?

Lettuce= iceberg

Ice = iceberg

A town at which the ship is coming to port = iceburg (like hamburg or any other 'burg')

Just an idea....

Now that is just silly! I think that maybe the artist spelled "iceberg" incorrectly on purpose. Apparently there are some artificial iceberg pictures in entertainment and the producers intentionally spell it "iceburg" as a joke because they aren't real. If you wear this shirt however, I'm sure a bunch of snotty know-it-all's will walk up to you and say "hey, did you know that your shirt has a spelling error on it". so.....

llo..btw... I didn't mean that your comment was silly mrrrralicious..I meant the design of the shirt. After I read my comment I noticed that it looked like a was being mean... The design is drawn well though.

JCamp4321 wrote:Oh, I get it...

Lettuce rejoice in such wit!

you people and your wit... i tell ya. funny though

Looks like they are fixing the mis-spelling on the actual shirts.

Now.... whether or not to buy....

You guys really like that ugly lighthouse? UGH!

The shirt today is hilarious! It's so sad to see that there are so many that don't enjoy good puns. Sigh...

I'm in for one.