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striker138 wrote:1974...

- Watergate
- UPC code first used
- Ali v Foreman.. the Rumble in the Jungle
- Rubik's Cube was invented
- I was born

could make for some cool mash-ups

j5 wrote:yeah, honestly.
This derby may as well be "wide open derby", not text only. Pretend you were born that year, and if not, create an account that was.

But there's a tiny problem with that. If someone lies about their age, and ends up winning, that person has to fill all the legal stuff Woot sends an artist for the payment process, and you can't lie about your age on those papers.

cherylfrancis wrote:ooohhh... Batman premiered on primetime television!! Can we use celebrity likenesses?

speaking of likenesses...are you my evil twin?

bassanimation wrote:Right here, child of '79. MAN, why couldnt I have been born in 85 or something? <--loved the 80's. It appears 79 was RIFE with wartime stuff in the Middle East. Bleh!

But, there was 3 Mile Island, which was what inspired my 3-eyed squirrel ^_^.

no way, we actually got to enjoy the 80's because we were old enough by then. kids born in '85 don't even remember the 80's. 1979 is where it's at.

thoughts: Pink Floyd released The Wall, Trivial Pursuit came out, Sony introduced the Walkman for the first time, and Superman, Alien, Amityville Horror and the Muppet Movie all came out in theaters that year! and that's just stuff from one list.

regularshmo wrote:speaking of likenesses...are you my evil twin?

haha...it would appear so! Raawwwrr!!

'73...best year ever if you hate Washington, love music and scream at the movies. I wish all the themes were this easy.

spacegirlag wrote:i know, my point was that you aren't pigeon-holed, because there was a lot of stuff happening during 1984. plus, that book was written in 1949, so you couldn't use that reference anyway.

True to that, but a certain commercial / homage to the novel did air that year.

But you're right , it's a fun year (look at the movies!) I think I'm going with the lopsided L.A. Olympics (thank you Soviet boycott)

1978 - Thoughts

Year of the Horse
- Pinto's recalled by Ford for Exploding Gas Tanks

DC Implosion - over a dozen book s canceled mid series perhaps a Rapture scene with just empty costumes. Fine line between parody and IP here.

Bridge to Terabethia receives the Newberry.

Is it ironic that I don't trust anyone born after 1990, even though I was only alive for 6 months in the 1980's?

All you youngins better get off my porch.

I wasn't born in 1979, but that is the year disco died, and I want someone to do that design. Make it happen.

axphw1 wrote:True to that, but a certain commercial / homage to the novel did air that year.

But you're right , it's a fun year (look at the movies!) I think I'm going with the lopsided L.A. Olympics (thank you Soviet boycott)

Just remember that the olympic rings are copyrighted!

axphw1 wrote:...the lopsided L.A. Olympics (thank you Soviet boycott)

Remember the McDonald promotion that summer? You got a ticket with an event...if the US got a gold=BigMac, silver=fries, bronze=drink...and the same ticket could win multiple prizes if the US won multiple medals. That's the summer I got sick of McDonald's...permanently.

dcroe05 wrote:Remember the McDonald promotion that summer? You got a ticket with an event...if the US got a gold=BigMac, silver=fries, bronze=drink...and the same ticket could win multiple prizes if the US won multiple medals. That's the summer I got sick of McDonald's...permanently.

No I don't. I was 3 months old. But I do remember the Simpsons' Krusty Burger parody of that.

omarfeliciano wrote:But there's a tiny problem with that. If someone lies about their age, and ends up winning, that person has to fill all the legal stuff Woot sends an artist for the payment process, and you can't lie about your age on those papers.

Interesting, I wonder if they would reject the design and move to the next one in that case...

SkekTek wrote:You totally gotta send up the Disco Demolition Night that happened in Chicago in 1979!

I second this. And having been born in the 1970s means you remember more of the 80s, which is far superior to having been born in them.

<- born early 70s, but child of the 80s. Totally.

Come on 1980! You can do it!

dcroe05 wrote:Remember the McDonald promotion that summer? You got a ticket with an event...if the US got a gold=BigMac, silver=fries, bronze=drink...and the same ticket could win multiple prizes if the US won multiple medals. That's the summer I got sick of McDonald's...permanently.

Oh wow, I remember that promotion. It was awesome. I can totally picture Walmazan running with this, but I don't think he was born in 1984.

Born in '85...I predict at least one other person born then will do a Back to the Future parody...

omarfeliciano wrote:But there's a tiny problem with that. If someone lies about their age, and ends up winning, that person has to fill all the legal stuff Woot sends an artist for the payment process, and you can't lie about your age on those papers.

what form requires you to state your age or birthdate?

citizencoyote wrote:Oh wow, I remember that promotion. It was awesome. I can totally picture Walmazan running with this, but I don't think he was born in 1984.

Little known fact: Wences wasn't born, he just appeared one day.

citizencoyote wrote:Oh wow, I remember that promotion. It was awesome. I can totally picture Walmazan running with this, but I don't think he was born in 1984.

Wait a minute, I almost was born in that year!
10 years more o less, potatoes and potatoes

The cave paintings of Lascaux discovered...
Galloping Gertie (the bridge) collapses...
Churchill: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few...."

1940.

walmazan wrote:Wait a minute, I almost was born in that year!
10 years more o less, potatoes and potatoes

You need a collaborator.
I think the famous T-shirt artist Wienerschnitzel Amazon was born that year.

odysseyroc wrote:Little known fact: Wences wasn't born, he just appeared one day.

I'd heard he emerged from a jar of salsa.

1960 in music. Jimi Hendrix played his first gig, Johnny Cash plays his first concert behind bars.
Chuck Berry releases 'Bye Bye Johnny' and Elvis sings 'Are You Lonesome Tonight'. Neil Sedaka's 'Calendar Girl', Brian Hyland's 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' and Rolf Harris ties his kangaroo down, sport.

Yes, I'm a 60's child.

no1 wrote:what form requires you to state your age or birthdate?

In the form W-9 you have to provide your SS# which pretty much tells them when you were born.

Beside, we'll know if somebody lies, I'm pretty sure one of the young lads here will try to reference 1979's Star Wars: A New Hope, but they'll probably add Jar Jar Binks to the design.

NO KIDS, Jar Jar was NOT on the good movies!

paigeg wrote:I was just refreshing myself on 1960 - lots of cool stuff that year, though nothing jumped out as being a cool shirt. And - oh yeah - not necessarily the oldest unless your birthday was in Jan - July of that year.

I was born in '59 and agree that '60 has a lot of cool stuff and I could wear '60 with pride

What an amazing theme... My son was literally just born. Might not have an entry tomorrow. Yay

omarfeliciano wrote:Beside, we'll know if somebody lies, I'm pretty sure one of the young lads here will try to reference 1979's Star Wars: A New Hope, but they'll probably add Jar Jar Binks to the design.

cough1977cough

nblottie wrote:What an amazing theme... My son was literally just born. Might not have an entry tomorrow. Yay

Hearty congratulations!

dcroe05 wrote:cough1977cough

That was a typo, I was having a conversation with a co-worker about 1979, my bad! LOL

1990. Ahhhhhh, yeaaaah

to any shirt designers out there with 1982, it was a crazy good year for movies. Rambo, Conan, Dark Crystal, ET, Blade Runner, Flight of Dragons, Tron, etc etc- look em up! I'll be so looking for em in the derby with a loaded wallet. :^) Thats right. . . pop culture. . .GIVE UNTO SQUIRLIN!! @o@

squirlin wrote:to any shirt designers out there with 1982, it was a crazy good year for movies. Rambo, Conan, Dark Crystal, ET, Blade Runner, Flight of Dragons, Tron, etc etc- look em up! I'll be so looking for em in the derby with a loaded wallet. :^) Thats right. . . pop culture. . .GIVE UNTO SQUIRLIN!! @o@

Right there with you. Anyone who wants to mashup Tron and Blade Runner will get my vote. FOR REAL.

But that's not all!

AT&T is forced to break up into 22 divisions!
DeLorean enteres receivership!
Syzygy!
World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee! Possibly with Wigspheres!
Cal Ripken Jr.'s Major League Baseball career begins!
EMOTICONS ARE INVENTED!
Commodore 64 is released at some point!

ChronoSquall14 wrote:Right there with you. Anyone who wants to mashup Tron and Blade Runner will get my vote. FOR REAL.

But that's not all!

AT&T is forced to break up into 22 divisions!
DeLorean enteres receivership!
Syzygy!
World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee! Possibly with Wigspheres!
Cal Ripken Jr.'s Major League Baseball career begins!
EMOTICONS ARE INVENTED!
Commodore 64 is released at some point!

micheal jackson releases Thriller. . .

Turns out 1982 was a good year. This makes me happy!

Think anyone would get a shirt referencing the first computer virus, Elk Cloner?

omarfeliciano wrote:In the form W-9 you have to provide your SS# which pretty much tells them when you were born.

how does it do that? as far as i know, birth year isn't in the number.

from wikipedia:

"The Area Number, the first three digits, is assigned by the geographical region.

"The middle two digits are the Group Number. The Group Numbers range from 01 to 99. However, they are not assigned in consecutive order.

"The last four digits are Serial Numbers. They represent a straight numerical sequence of digits from 0001-9999 within the group."

this sounds like the ssns are assigned by where and when you apply for the number, not when you are borned ... ?

squirlin wrote:micheal jackson releases Thriller. . .

Yes, but that was already a shirt. I'm hoping no one does it again.

omarfeliciano wrote:But there's a tiny problem with that. If someone lies about their age, and ends up winning, that person has to fill all the legal stuff Woot sends an artist for the payment process, and you can't lie about your age on those papers.

Assuming Woot cares that much, I'm guessing they don't.

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