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khasut wrote:Still not into the movie-red slippers. Go team silver!

(But I likes it anyhow.)

I ran outa colors and more people associate classic books with the classic movies made from them Robinhood wasn't wearing a pointy green hat either but what are you gonna do

I am very happy this shirt won. I have only started reading again in the last 3-4 years of my adult life! Can't believe I didn't for a long time! In for one!

treykane wrote:I am very happy this shirt won. I have only started reading again in the last 3-4 years of my adult life! Can't believe I didn't for a long time! In for one!

You only have 3-4 years left to live, I'm so sorry for you ;)

tjost wrote:You only have 3-4 years left to live, I'm so sorry for you ;)

Dear lord!!! Nooooo!

It is a nice shirt, now to think long and hard if I should buy it.

miamiandy wrote:It is a nice shirt, now to think long and hard if I should buy it.

Ok times up

chrisprender wrote:Does Sherlock Holmes really need that magnifying glass to see the octopus?

No, it's to find the clues.

Does this shirt remind any else of an "Unfolding Mystery" that may or may not have happened back in July?

treykane wrote:Dear lord!!! Nooooo!

Never mind. At least you'll be nicely dressed for it.

I got me one, but where is the hare?

lovettmann wrote:I got me one, but where is the hare?

That fell under the no bunnies rule

tjost wrote:That's cause they're not apples, they're the fruit of the tree of knowledge

hahaha ok, well I had no idea fruits of knowledge were shaped like butterflies.

First shirt purchase of 2010. I just had to pick one up. Love it.

I am so gonna get one of these. I can't not get one being an avid reader! I really like it!

Doing a happy dance. This shirt rocks!

tjost wrote:That's cause they're not apples, they're the fruit of the tree of knowledge

Okay, but isn't that Johnny Appleseed sleeping under the other side of the tree? Or who is that. I need to know so I can explain each and every bit of this shirt to two curious little boys!

I thought the two people were Rhett and Scarlett from Gone with the Wind.

Found it

Wizard of Oz (Toto), Alice in Wonderland (Cheshire Cat), Sherlock Holmes, 20,000 Leagues (the squid), MobyDick (Ahab), Adam & Eve (the Bible), Tom Sawyer, Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy) Tarzan, Aesops Fables (Tortoise and the Hare), Odyssey (Odysseus), Robin Hood.

Grats on the print!

Thanks everybody. It's your duty now to take this shirt to all your local libraries, schools, book clubs etc and proudly display it to any and all... also if you want to point people to Woot so that they too can enjoy the magic of this shirt, well then that would be nice as well.

Yay, in for one!

I will wear it to work and be the envy of the other bookstore staff!

Kinami wrote:Yay, in for one!

I will wear it to work and be the envy of the other bookstore staff!

That.... or you could by one for each or your bookstore staff friends and you could be like a super awesome classic literature sales force team

This looks like a good coffee table conversation piece. Too bad woot shirts don't come in coffee table size

I don't understand how a legit submit can win one weak but not another...wooters are such a fickle crowd. Good job this was a deserved win.

I'm confused. Is the turtle Franklin? or the Tortoise from the Tortoise and the Hare? This should have been made more clear.

trumpy33 wrote:I'm confused. Is the turtle Franklin? or the Tortoise from the Tortoise and the Hare? This should have been made more clear.

Tortoise and the hare, though Woot had a no bunny rule this week and while hares aren't technically bunnies I couldn't put him in it. Franklin would be a little to modern compared to the other figures though so I think it works

I love the fact that I can look at this shirt and reference some of my favorite cartoons as a child.

Maybe the cartoon told the story in the form of, say, a fox Robinhood or a mouse as the great detective, but it was all endearingly.

I bought 3! Tomorrow, I shall trick my boyfriend in to buying 3 more. I know SO many people that will love the little quaint depictions of some of the best stories in literature!

MissJamieD wrote:I love the fact that I can look at this shirt and reference some of my favorite cartoons as a child.

Maybe the cartoon told the story in the form of, say, a fox Robinhood or a mouse as the great detective, but it was all endearingly.

I bought 3! Tomorrow, I shall trick my boyfriend in to buying 3 more. I know SO many people that will love the little quaint depictions of some of the best stories in literature!

Awesome!

not only is this great for the literatti (get it? like glitterati, only educated), but the mini-essay references the cupboard every child-who-believed-toys-came-to-life-when-alone always wanted but knew they could never have because it's just a story...or is it, Bastian?

My nerdity knows no bounds. If my wallet felt the same, I'd be purchasing this shirt. Oh well.

Great win, Tjost - congrats! So nice to see a shirt win with a bit of mental effort behind it. Great derby!

Waiting until they make this shirt into a movie, then I'll buy it.

All kidding aside big congrats to the artist! This deserved to win and it did despite me thinking the woot community would mess something up. Congrats!

The write-up reminds me of The Indian in the Cupboard.

Great shirt- I have Facebooked it to all of my English-teacher friends.

I'm broke and need to buy a new clutch for my car, but I get paid tonight.

Guess who bought one anyway? =D

I'm an English teacher and this is the "Friday Shirt" to beat all "Friday Shirts." So excited! Goes right up there with my Woot "Raven" tee.

tjost wrote:That's cause they're not apples, they're the fruit of the tree of knowledge

Adam picked the 'apple' from the tree...not Eve. But then I wouldn't count on a man getting that right...

brendan948725 wrote:Does this shirt remind any else of an "Unfolding Mystery" that may or may not have happened back in July?

I was not sure which shirt you were referencing so I looked it over and while I can see how you might see some similarities in how the artists opted to portray the derby theme I personally think they are very different.

So...Adam and Eve have green pubes?

TehCaspia wrote:Adam picked the 'apple' from the tree...not Eve. But then I wouldn't count on a man getting that right...

Genisis Chapter 3 verse 6 New American Standard Bible

6(E)When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Eve picked the fuit....

It is almost great shirt, too bad the artist decided to muddy all those good stories with the fairy tale of the bible as the centerpiece.

Even if it was meant to point out the fiction of that book, having it in the smack dab middle of the shirt would give the thumpers too much satisfaction for me to ever want to wear this.

I was very happy to see this shirt made it to the weekend, and it was just icing on the cake that I was able to pick on up today instead of waiting to see whether it'd even be printed.

Great job!