April 21, 2005

T shirts have been mailed - Some extras are available Yeah, yeah, this is my second post of the day... Big deal. Ok, I just got back from 2 hrs at the post office. The mofi T shirts have been sent. This was a shit load of work!

Did you know that you have to fill out a goddamn form for every goddamn package you send to another goddamn country? All monkeys outside of the US and Canada will have to wait about a month to receive their shirts at airmail prices were to expensive. US and Canada monkeys will receive their shirts within a couple of days. Also, I have 2 XXL, 3 Medium, 6 large and 15 XL T shirts left over, so if anybody wants one and didn't get in on the action before, they are available, first come, first serve. You can paypal me direct (not tracicle) with your information (name, address, mofi nickname, how many shirts and what sizes) at michaelescher@comcast.net. Also, if you are feeling the love, I ended up spending about $100 bucks extra out of my own pocket to get this done, so small donations to my paypal account to make up for lost funds would be accepted and appreciated.

posted by squidranch 19 years ago
  • Oh, and the price on the shirts is the same as before. $15 American.
  • Well done, squid, well done.
  • Squid and all the monkeys who helped with the mailing of the shirts,you rock. Thank you.
  • *feeling the love* Chipped in a few bucks to your paypal account squid, ))) for your effort!!
  • At the risk of losing my reward in heaven: I'm going to send Squid $10. Please do the same, Monkeys. We don't want anyone out of pocket, here.
  • good work, squid.. I paypaled you for one of the large shirts..
  • Sweet! Glad to have a chance to get in on the action. Thanks again for all the work squid.
  • squidranch: the original price was $17 a shirt, and if possible I think it should stay that (esp. with financial concerns already).
  • Squid, your herculean efforts on our behalf are most appreciated. Anyone who spends that much time in a post office deserves a lot of monkey love.
  • and a belated gigantic thank you for your effort!! Sorry that it was such an undertaking, but now when each of us non-LA monkeys sees pix of one of your fab meetups, we can hug ourselves in our monkeyshirts.
  • I just PayPal'd in for a medium.
  • applause!
  • and if anyone wants to randomly paypal me, that's cool too.
  • Yay!! )))) to you and all the LA monkeys! I'll send along a few bananas via Paypal
  • It's official - Squidranch rocks!
  • I have some already-paid orders here for the extras that should get first priority. I'll send you the list and drop you some cash.
  • Ok, so until I get tracicle's list of previous orders, I am stopping the sale of the t shirts. Anyone who ordered one previous to this post, please be patient. I will let you know if I can fulfill your order within a day or two and then will repost with the current ammount and sizes of shirts.
  • Thanks, Squidranch! We loves you! I'm so pleased about this. Giddy, even. (I need to chillax -- where'd I put that bottle of Laphroaig..?)
  • Thanks, squidranch!
  • In my experience, parcels sent from the US to Canada by regular mail take an average of 10 days to arrive. But if I get my shirt in a couple days, I will do a happy dance. ((((( to Squidranch and all the t-shirt helper monkeys!!
  • Kudos and thanks to squids! And all t-shirt-stuffing monkeys! And Monkeybashi! And the US Post Office! And Poland!
  • Don't forget Poland.
  • Damn, I should have read all posts, first - I just send in money for a shirt. Well, we'll see what happens. I'm in a goddamn other country, too...
  • You should be ok jernie. I have a bunch of XLs.
  • I'm not fat, I'm not fat, just big.
  • Big thanks to Squidranch and tracicle and all the L.A. monkeys who pitched in to make this happen. (And damn, squiddy- two hours at the Post Office sounds like cruel and unusual punishment.)
  • /bows
  • and did you slip the bud in?
  • squidranch, you are The Man. Thanks an awful, awful lot. Now all I have to do is wait fitfully by my mailbox for the next few weeks.... Will chip in a bit once I get some cash. Which I hope is soon. Very soon.
  • Nostr...er, I mean Chyren, thanks to sexyrobot, all monkeys who were a part of the first shipment got goofy surprises (but no buds) in their packages.
  • mandyman and I stuck in a few treats for you too. Enjoy.
  • I'm going to fly over and have sex with you all.
  • Thanks for the hard work, squidranch - even though I didn't order a shirt I think it's cool that so many of you will be wearing 'em and that people came together to get them made and sent.
  • Shhh! It was supposed to be a surprise.
  • Thanks t-shirt packing Monkeys!!!
  • Thanks Sqid! Once more, I wish to shake your testicle in gratitude.
  • kamus, shouldn't that be tenticle? Or are you THAT grateful?
  • Many, many thanks. You deserve some kind of Distinguished Monkey Award.
  • One possible award: THE CWSMMA JOE TENNANT POWDER MONKEY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. [one third down or ctrl-f] Oh shit. Joe died.
  • Thanks, Squid!! Will go by paypal way when the gods of payday visit me :) All ya'll LA monkeys rock!!!
  • Cheers, yer great big bunch of lummoxes. I salute you.... [stares impatiently at post box]
  • Nice one squiddy - I have tipped you a few bob also. Thanks for all your work mate.
  • kamus, shouldn't that be tenticle? I dunno- I wanna shake your tentacle just seemed so cliched. And no, although I'm grateful, I'm not that grateful!
  • wendell- it's all my fault. *Looks down at her shoes apologetically, shuffles off..*
  • Okidoki, I have filled the last orders that tracicle sent me and have also taken care of the newest orders from this thread. Everyone who ordered a shirt/shirts will get the size and amount that they wanted. And I still have a couple left over. 2 medium 3 large 11 XL 2 XXL Once again, first come first serve. And to all who have contributed a couple of bucks (or pounds) to my paypal account, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
  • Wendell, when are you gonna come by to pick up your shirts?
  • wendell- it's all my fault. *Looks down at her shoes apologetically, shuffles off..* posted by ambrosia Yep it really is Ambrosia's fault. I was trying to protect her but she couldn't help burting out the terrible truth.
  • I salute those who undertook this shitload of work. Thank you.
  • To quote the SpaceKitty: "Squeee!" Mine has arrived! Thanks to everyone involved. (And yes, I am wearing it as an overshirt. It's freaking freezing here in San Diego today!)
  • Cool, hicinbaby! Glad to see ya sporting your colors. Why don't folks (as they receive their packages) post pix of themselves wearing their shirts to this thread.
  • Awesome. If mine comes in today (and if I ordered the right size after all) I'll wear it to the overnight LAN party tonight. Not that I'm looking to inundate MoFi with more geeks from Pittsburgh, of course. Heh. though I'm a little disturbed by picturing hicinbaby exclaiming "Squeee!", and I can't possibly be alone in this. ;)
  • Woah, Wur, yer a Yinzer too? Awesome!
  • yes, "squeee!" seemed an unlikely utterance, mostly because I can't imagine his voice hitting the proper register. thanks, hicinbaby, for inspiring others to post!
  • Yyyyep. Grew up in one of the little washed-up steel towns out on the periphery, now live in the city, just barely. Don't have the accent, though. :) on further consideration, anyone gets to say "squee" if they can do the accompanying jumping up and down and flapping of the hands like a 14-year-old girl. And why do we say jumping up and down, anyway? It's kind of redundant. /tangent
  • Werd, squid. Thanks for the hard work, mate. I'll slip you a few 'nanas when I can afford it...
  • Ok, we only have one XXL left, the rest of the numbers are the same. Come and get em'! The last mofi t shirts!
  • [panic ensues, monkeys trampled]
  • The two medium shirts are gone. We got: 3 large 11 XL 1 XXL
  • Hooray for Squid!! Just got my shirt today -- it looks excellent! Thanks for the bonus goodies too.. =)
  • Monkeys, start posting photos of you in your shirts. It would make all my efforts worthwhile.
  • Yay! Mine came in today. With a very apt sticker, which is now on my monitor. :D Thank you!
  • Photos people! Photos!!!!
  • Photos, bitches. I'm gonna be doing a whole fuckin fashion shoot around dingy little Perth, so you better come up with some pictures.
  • No shit Chy, I worked my ass off and I want to see photos.
  • mandy took some pix that night, didn't she? btw, that squid can COOK! damn fine vittles, i'll tell you whut....
  • Hey Robot-boy! I'm flying wireless on my new ibook from my parents house in Palm Desert. The sun is just starting to go down over the mountains and I am sitting outside (the temp is great) by the pool. Fortunatly for me, one of the neighbors have a wifi antenna. I showed my mom the mofi website and my work doing the t shirts and she thought the whole thing was very cool. Chy, you better damn well come across with some cool photos once you get your shirt.
  • Boys, both of you can cook real good. I'll post the pics, but there are only, like, two. Chillax for a moment and I'll have them up.
  • Les photos sont dans la pool.
  • Mandyman, I can't see anything new.
  • Oh, I see them now.
  • Motherfucker, I wish I had a digital camera. I needs to get me one, stat. On the other hand, I have a sweet T-shirt. And banana candy. And Q-Tips. And stickers. AND SQUIDRANCH'S HOME ADDRESS BWAHAHAHAHA I AM IN THE BUSHES OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW!!111!!! Why yes, the whiskey is tasty this evening.
  • We got: 2 large 11 XL 1 XXL
  • Self-Link!, Self-Link! Thank you squid and all you gorgeous LA monos - you rock - very comfy and even more stylish.
  • Rock on, oneoliveshort!
  • Holy shit, I had no idea that Bob Seger was a monkey! OneOlive, you've been keeping secrets.
  • Dang- just got back from Netherlands, which woulda made a great T-shirt backdrop - nevertheless, I hope to do a Peggy's Cove shot. Maybe with my favorite silent monkey.
  • The newest orders have been fulfilled.
  • In the future it would probably be best not to put a chocolate/caramel candy in an envelope with a tshirt.
  • without some kind of plastic baggy to protect the shirt and/or candy
  • UH OH FIRST TSHIT TRAGEDY!!11!!!1
  • ...why the sarcasm? That wasn't necessary...it was a reasonable request. Mine was a little squashed too, but I didn't say anything for the obvious reasons. The shirt was fine, though (didn't escape the wrapper despite being squished). And the chocolate was still good.
  • We get chocolate AND a t-shirt?
  • In the future I will not be doing this, but I will tell the upcoming t shirt idiot not to include treats. And let's remember, the t shirts are washable.
  • Not sarcastic, just overwrought. Trying to be funny, failing again. Going to sit in the corner now and wait for my chocolicious t-shirt.
  • BTW, all this "squid is great" stuff is kinda nice to hear, but I still want photos of you wearing your shirts. It would really make all my hard work worthwhile.
  • Sorry about that, Suo. The squished carmel kisses are my fault. I bought them thinking kisses were a nice solid candy. But alas, they are not. I hope everything comes out in the wash.
  • squidranch, were monkeys generous enough to ease your out of pocket burden?
  • Non squishable treats would be nice, like the bananas and the animal cutouts. I thought i would warn you in case you were going to add chocolate squishy goodness to the extra orders.
  • Yes patita. A big thanks to all that contributed.
  • Cool I just got my t-shirt and squished caramel. :) Both make me very happy. Will get a photo soon, after I wash the shirt.
  • yum.. little tiny nanners too. OH, OH and a bandaide. Feels like Christmas.
  • *My* candy wasn't squished, just so you know. And the t-shirt is even softer after the second washing-yay! I liked the little monkey stickers. Nice touch.
  • When the other monkeys who were stuffing the envelopes ran out of goodies, they raided my bathroom and put Q-Tips (unused of course) in some of the envelopes. Make of that what you will...
  • SQUIDRANCH! You effin' rock, man. MoFiTee showed up on my doorstep, just opened it, am loving it, will be wearing it tomorrow no matter how much of a net-addicted freak it makes me look. Thanks for the bananas. I also quite appreciated the frog sticker. My wife on the other hand is just rolling her eyes at me, saying "A banana with a USB plug? You really are a geek."
  • Woo-hoo! T-shirt arrived today! Little candy nanners and monkey stickers! And a shoutout! w00t! As soon as I get my camera back from my neighbors, I'll post a photo. Thanks all you crazy LA monkeys!
  • ooo...I could get Q-tips?! Now I really can't wait -- my ear canals are getting way too waxy (don't ask), and I can never find a Q-tip when I need one... Seriosly, thanks, Squidranch, and all the other LA Monkeys!
  • 3 Monkeys in the 'Zoo - MuskratFajita, me and mynamehere sporting our awesome new mofi-Ts (with only a small amount of shipping-related caramel decorations) Many thanks to the left-coast monkeys!
  • So hot!!!! Thanks for posting.
  • rjd, muskratfajita and the lovely mynamehere you fucking rock!!! YOU FUCKING ROCK!!!! Did I mention, you fucking rock? Well, you do. Fucking rock, that is.
  • Got shirt, hooray! Thanks you guys. And small nifty things with it makes it even better. I was sad earlier, but it turned out it was just that none of my roommates had got the mail yet. Picture if I get the opportunity, I promise.
  • shandrin, come through with the pix, please.
  • omg yay! squid et al, the goodies were extra special. definitely mistook one of them for a condom at first. wouldn't put it past any of you. and my hershey's was intact and delish! my bathroom floor is covered in q tips and bananas and it's all because of you. doesn't that give you satisfaction? pics tomorrow after i, erm, bathe. seriously.
  • until then, here's the contents of my package. t-shirt package that is.
  • do we get pics of you bathing?
  • mandyman, not in front of EVERYONE... all of mofi is watching! i swear i can't take you anywhere
  • I...got...a...shoutout!!! I'm so happy. Blub...thank you, one and all!!! Now where's my goddam tee and treats!??? God bless!
  • I got cute cute things with my cute cute shirt!!!! And I am so happy! My dog is happy too since he got to eat one of the little naners - yay yay for monkey goodness!!! And thank you everyone for the effort & work, totally totally made my day if not my week. )))))) THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Oh yes and send me chocolate ANY TIME - you have no idea how I was sitting there on the couch, being on a diet, feeling hungry and sorry for myself, and then I thought, I should check the mailbox and there was not only gorgeous t-shirt but CANDY. Calorie & guilt free candy since it was an unexpected gift - the best kind!
  • Yes, thanks to everyone who took the time to send these out. Love 'em! :)
  • Woohoo! Since there are already far too many pictures of me around, I got one of the Plegettes to model it in exchange for the stickers and chocolate egg.
  • Is that the first transatlantic t-shirt delivery? That was (kind of) quick. Hooray for Plegmund and the Plegettes!
  • Wow, that was quick plegmund. I was told that international mail would take anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks with ground shipping (which was all I could afford). Congraduations!
  • *cranes neck to look into mailbox*
  • yay! I have banana chocolate breath and a *really* nice shirt! camera is uploading, then I will learn the ways of the flickr beast. and then, squidranch and mofilas, you will have your reward!
  • Thanks for the photos patita! Now more from other monkeys.
  • i'm loving the tee, this is true. but now look what you've done.
  • Muff, teh hawt!
  • i'm sure.
  • btw, you're my hero. i love you. i kiss you. the tees are wonderful and it's all because of you.
  • Rock! It's here! I'll be sure to come up with some creative picture tomarrow to share back with you all...thanks so much!
  • The Plegs got his, by GOD I want mine!!!
  • I finally was able to rescue mine from my building super. Yay! Love! Happy! Glee! I'll post a photo as soon as I get more batteries for my camera.
  • Oh dear. Maybe I should have ordered a bigger size.
  • Lookin' good monkeys! what are you wearin'?
  • ...I really don't belong on this site. Really don't. But to make it up to you pretty people, I'll borrow a camera and try to do something creative. I have a dress form that's hotter than me, though probably not up to this site's standards. It's a start, right? :)
  • don't be wussy, wurwilf, just put it on and say cheese.
  • Just you wait, Mickey. Duelling stomachs!
  • Ah, fertility. Ain't it grand?
  • resistance is fertile.
  • This is for Squid and all the monkeys that helped make this happen.
  • Hmmm not sure if I did this right, but oh well.
  • Thanx for the photos tempest, f8xmulder, mickey and anyone else that I left out. I want more...
  • I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it...
  • S'not a question of wussy, it's a question of people yelling BRING HOT CHIX PIX NOWWW! - I feel bad, but the best I can do is something goofy instead. Hey, I think it's kinda fun. I thought about rigging up a flagpole with the shirt run up it, but I lack the space for that.
  • hot chicks? so far we've had a bunch of guys, a smattering of women, a pregnant lady, and a child (plus extras of package contents and penguin model). you can take a goofy picture and a regular picture--join the ranks of monkey women! :)
  • Ummm, I didn't do all this work to have pix of chix in monkeyfilter shirts. If we are to get pix of chix, I'd nix the shirt. Nekkid is better. Seriously though, I just wanna see your smiling faces while you wear the shirts. That's all.
  • Here is what I have, taken with my pathetic webcam. Thanks again Squidranch, you rock.
  • wow bratcat, it looks like you have some kind of rembrandt-as-watercolor filter on that. very cool!
  • I thought about rigging up a flagpole with the shirt run up it, but I lack the space for that. Hey, hey, HEY, watch it Wurwilf!
  • Yikes! A, not the Flagpole. ;) (errr, squid, this is Mofi. Leg-humping the female members is what makes it different from Mefi, yes? and sorry patita, I'm not a woman, per se. More in profile.)
  • Wow, I'll let the LA female monkeys know on our next meetup that leg humping is not only optional, but required. Cool.
  • oooookooooooookoooookOOOOKooookOOOOOOOK!!!! My t-shirt arrived today, along with a fine selection of monkey treats! Many thanks Squid, Monkeybashi and the LA shirt-stuffing monkeys!
  • Yay, t-shirts have made it into Canada! I should be getting mine any day now! *warms up digital camera*
  • *Removes parka and mukluks, applies makeup*
  • *adds yak hide and mistletoe, eats peanut butter*
  • My shirt arrived yesterday (27/4). I was very surprised and happy, I'm in Oz and I thought it would be a while before I got it. I am going to keep the Curad band-aid thingy forever.
  • Oz, already? The US Postal Service truly works in mysterious ways.
  • Ok, so I got a pic of me wearing it out on campus. Mysteriously, it then somehow jumped over onto the tower.
  • Where the fuck is my T-Shirt????
  • The US Postal Service don't love us, Chy. *sigh*
  • We Brits demand satisfaction!!
  • it's a question of people yelling BRING HOT CHIX PIX NOWWW! - I feel bad, but the best I can do is something goofy instead That beauty is the object of desire Is not a premise that the wise reject: Yet in such arguments there may transpire Occaisions when discord infects the choir As rival voices seek to each define Their favourite melodies as the most fine And those most unlike theirs, they may eject. Not us! - because true beauty is, we hold, Found not with the eye, but with the mind And thus I hope no monkey will withhold Herself from us for fearing us unkind! We love thee: goofy, older, large or pert: That's why we want to see you in your shirt.
  • Yeah. What Quiddy said.
  • "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" essentially covers the difference between D-cup lovers and B-cup lovers. That is not what I'm talking about. That was nice, though.
  • Picture or death.
  • That is not what I'm talking about. Neither I. Anyway: any excuse for a sonnet m'friend ;)
  • We Brits demand satisfaction! *gloats*
  • We will hunt you down in our magic flying cars, wearing our superhero outfits and armed with digital cameras. You don't want a bunch of monkeys in ill-fitting and chaffing leotards turning up on your doorstep do you? [slaps Pleggy with a yellow leather glove and throws it down, wearing a haughty expression]
  • you know what is going to be really dorky, is when someone has the next meetup. All the assorted monkey geeks (myself included) will show up in their shirts. The humans will freak out.
  • I plan on showing up in a utilikilt, Doc Martens and a "Ron Jeremy for President" t-shirt.
  • ooh, utilikilt!
  • *rubs cheek* Yeah, yeah, kilts, leotards, superhero outfits, whatever. But what we need to focus on here are the essential issue of T-shirts, and in particular (a) who's got one, and (b) who totally hasn't.
  • STOP TAUNTING US!!!!! [single tear of frustration runs down cheek]
  • I totally haven't. *looks despairingly at the bastion of incompetence that is the Italian postal system* DangerIsMyMiddleName does have a utilikilt though.
  • He who gloats and smiles about his raiment, Who's clad himself in finery - so proud! Will find that I'll extract some bitter payment One that - I trust - will make him cry aloud! He struts and preens about within his shirt, And thinks himself the king of all he sees! While I endure the almost-fatal hurt Of waiting 'til the postman comes to me. No matter! - for I'll bide my time until I, too, am clothed in great brown majesty: And then, I'll be the Lord of all I will, And Plegmund will pay homage - wait and see! Green envy will cause him to choke and stare When he me spies me in MoFi underwear!
  • Eek! *scuttles off into the undergrowth*
  • Shit. "When he me spies in MoFi underwear" Fucking sonnet form.
  • *waves plentiful supply of brown underwear at the quivering undergrowth*
  • I heard that squidranch rubbed his bottom on Plegmund's shirt, and it got there faster because of the power of butt-stink.
  • This really is the thread that keeps on giving. Hee!
  • there was no butt wiping or peeing or jizzing or boogers, or... I considered it, but with DNA technology as advanced as it is, I didn't want you to clone me out of a butt wipe.
  • If I can get my paws on a camera, I'll post up a picture :) This is a fun thread, though. It's helping me stay un-nervous before my job interview!! (in 1.5 hours)
  • Good luck, meredithea!
  • Any day now, or when the extended negotiations and mysterious mafioso rumblings between me, Ebay, Paypal, the USPS and a pawn shop in Texas are concluded, I should/might/please/will be the owner of a new to me digital camera. I hope. Then I will post a pic! Many layers of sweet sweet computer victory that will be!
  • I got a call from my sister that my shirt arrived today, unfortunately I don't get back home til next wednesday, but I'll be sure to rock the picture magic once I get it. Thanks again squid!
  • Monkeyfilter: I didn't want you to clone me out of a butt wipe. with profound apologies to all...
  • Woot! Thanks, south Merkin monkeys (and NZ one)!
  • Islander- them would be digits of BC types trying to escape the rain, not bananas.
  • Ok, here I am. Kinda.
  • You have to scroll up for some reason...
  • If you didn't want us cloning you, then why did you enclose the q-tips? Thanks squiddly for mailing mine in spite of my non-responsivity - I just got out of the house today for the first time all week and got it out of my remote mailbox. Nana pics coming manana manana.
  • fish tick - ah, but it's a warm rain. Actually we've just had a week of unseasonably perfect warm dry weather, hence the shorts and fan.
  • Wendell, the q tips are sterile. As I said, cloning of the SR is verboten. The world is not ready for an army of my many armed bretheren. More photos people!
  • #2 just went outside and found a parcel addressed to me: I jumped up and down and squealed like a little girl. But alas! it was a book from my mother-in-law.
  • So? Where are the pix of you wearing the book?
  • alright monkeys, where are the new friggin' photos?
  • I got it I got it!! I had a little trouble wrestling it away from kitty, but here I am!
  • The caramel Kiss was squished, but stayed in its wrapper, and was yummy!
  • Another knockout monkey in glasses! And that's a pretty (and comfy) kitty. Don't tell the MeFites or they'll be at the gates with catapults and large wooden badgers.
  • koko is a cutie.
  • aw shucks
  • If anyone is still following this thread, I have reserved 4 xl t shirts in case the post office fucked up any orders. US monkeys should wait up to 2 weeks from shipping and international monkeys up to 6 weeks from shipping date.
  • koko is damn right a cutie.. [swoons]
  • Just wanted to let you know that I got mine. I'll try to get a picture with my favourite monkey who drives me bananas ;-)
  • Any other British monkeys got theirs yet (apart from Plegmundo the Magnificent, that is)?
  • *cries*
  • I wore mine last Saturday in Croydon and I must say it did attract a certain amount of interest.
  • He's doing it again.... [another single tear of frustration runs down face] *bottom lip trembles*
  • Ook!
  • Ah, the first pantsless pic! Way to go, vitalorgnz!
  • Woo! Okay, that must mean mine is almost here. *sits by mailbox*
  • I got mine! You never mentioned BROWN!! What the hell do I wear with BROWN?? [thanks, I love it. wore it to bed last night. had phallic banana dreams]
  • In that last pic, you can kind of make out vitalorgnz's, um, vital organs. Hawt! MoFi has already seen me pantsless, so when I pick up mine this summer, my picture will probably feature jeans as well.
  • It's just a fold, you filthy pervert.
  • *Looks at photos, lets one very small happy tear run down his cheek...*
  • Hi, I thought you all might want to see a pic of squidranch wearing his t shirt while holding my two dachunds. Is squiddy cute or what (but I'm biased cuz I'm his sister.)
  • wooo, evil-eye dachunds are teh Kewt! Squid, I can't believe you got the shirt dirty already?
  • Man, squid's hair grew back fast. And spread!
  • Sausage dogs own you.
  • You should be very proud, chriss! Did you get a shirt for yourself?
  • I still haven't got my shirt yet. :(
  • I just got the coolest box of wonderment from a certain monkey in Chicago. Thanks Ron!!!
  • Oh frabjous day! The teeshirts! They are 'ere! Whoop! And pretty stickers and yummy sweets and everything! Photos to follow... Thank you thank you squiddy and tracicle and LA monkeys and chriss!
  • Have Big Daddy Danger pose you all model-like against Florence's best, like The Boboli Gardens or Neptune's Fountain?
  • Yeah, do something Italian!
  • I got the digital camera to WORK! Thanks to all the kind monkeys on the camera thread - I'm taking pictures like a madwoman. Well, that would follow, I guess - I mean, being one and all - but here is the t-shirt, obscured by flannel, but with the wonder dogs!
  • Off topic I guess, but isn't there a monkeyfilter flickr pool? Why can't I find it?
  • Yay, dogs! Yay, beer! Yay, MonkeyFilter flickr pool! Lookin' good, MGL!
  • I'm posting just so this damn thread won't go away on the "recent comments" thingy on the front page. I want more pictures. I worked fucking hard to get these shirts printed and sent, you dig? Any of you bitches that don't got digital cameras need to get one. You dig my niggaz? *(squidranch taking a chance with the politically incorrect N word, even if somewhat missspelled)*.
  • I've been sitting by my mailbox for three days now. Thank god for wireless networking. But trust me, three days in the rain makes for a bad photo.
  • [continues to stare at mailbox, sobbing quietly and cleaning gun]
  • I'm still waiting for my T-shirt. Also, my phone doesn't work. I have to make like a thousand phone calls, and my phone just doesn't work. And I want my T-shirt.
  • Also, a pony.
  • *hands out virtual all-day suckers to shirtless monkeys* y'know in many situations that may be an inappropriate comment
  • I think I saw them doing that at the Castro Street Fair once.
  • ew. you people are gross. give me more.
  • Any new monkey t shirt photos?
  • Still waiting... Grrr.
  • Me too. You're not alone, kitfisto. Solidarity!
  • It survived its first wash well, by the way—always a worry for big images on tshirts.
  • james and i tried to take a picture in our shirts...but they wouldn't stay on...possibly defective?
  • You're too sexy for this thread. /Right Said Fred
  • No Steve, you and James are just sex crazed pervos!
  • I think it would actually be right said 'ned...dra.
  • "...mothninja and el peligro es mi segundo nombre said they'd post some photos soon..." *taps foot impatiently *
  • still waiting ... patiently ...
  • *goes postal and ransacks local sorting office*
  • *demands equal rites with London post code holders, swears to find the truth behind the delay, and carpe jugulum of any postal worker found hoading her T-shirt*
  • *backs away from Alnedra making soothing noises and searching for car keys*
  • I'm ok. I got my Pratchett novel. I'm good. *deep breaths*
  • *flys to hong kong, purchases imitation MoFi shirt at fraction of the cost of the original, wears said garment outside but discovers that it shrinks when it rains, wanders the roads in shirt-rags looking homeless and destitute, gets hit by the car of selfish but lovable millionaire who takes me home in order to avoid telling the police about the accident, falls in love with rich man's daughter and marries her, inherits unimaginable wealth and power when millionaire dies, uses financial power to crush squidranch and send him into utter penury, thereby obtaining soothing revenge, thinks better of it and divides fortune with squidranch, is suddenly abducted by aliens and anally-probed ruthlessly, is returned to Earth years later and discovers that wife has bourne child who grows up to be world motor-cross champion, continues to describe self in third person as has no friends, life, shirt or clue*
  • *shoots quidnunc to save us all the hassle*
  • *dies, is reincarnated as ringworm, infests kitfisto causing him itchy annoyance*
  • *learns to enjoy it, thus condemning wormy-quid to a lifetime of stinky-ness*
  • oh yeah like that would be a change.
  • Meaning you live in stink already? Please bathe before making my acquaintance.
  • It will be so, my master.
  • u sic fux
  • Itchy Annoyance is SO gonna be my next post-neo-punk band.
  • *itches the starfish, sniffs finger*
  • Someone give Nos/Chy a pony. He's been a bit grouchy lately. And kitfisto, don't shoot nunc. We're gonna be rich.
  • Finally got mine! Thank you so much. Especially to mandyman for the extra surprise! My son loved the monkey stickers too. =) I'll send you a pic, squidranch, ASAP.
  • I haven't got mine yet and have officially given up hope of getting it. I will, however, make sure all mail to my old place gets redirected to the newie, just in case. Also I still want a pony.
  • squid, not got mine yet, but I won't despair till every English monkey who ordered has received theirs. However, I have lost packages coming in and going out ( at least 3 to 4 at last count), so I'm rather pessimistic. Apparently whoever's nicking stuff in the postal service knows it's safe to do so for student lodgings. If it's still not here by July, I'll just order another one to be sent home to Singapore. Is that ok? I'll pitch in a few more dollars to be sent by recorded post or something. Thanks.
  • I haven't had mine either ... so it's interesting that there's been a delay to the UK ... however squidranch has kindly agreed to send me one of his remaining xl's ... it will be 1984 all over again when I receive it!
  • So squid - you got the photo I sent, right? If not I'll re-send the thingy...
  • handraiser/ Another Aussie monkey who hasn't got theirs. /handraiser
  • dj - I'm in Sydney and I got mine today! The egg was slightly crushed but I ate it anyway (I hope it was honeycomb filled - it crumbled in my mouth). The bananas were hard as hell, but I ate them too. I stuck the stickers on my forehead and then cut myself and applied the band-aid whilst blowing bubbles with the gum. What fun!! Pictures soon. squidranch - You still out of pocket?
  • *crosses fingers* a package will arrive shortly. I haven't ever had anything go missing in the post yet, and have done a reasonable amount of online purchasing and ebaying, so here's hoping.
  • Where's my FrogShirt? :(((
  • I hope you all get yours soon. I was told that it could take as long as two months to get to the recipiant, depending on the postal service of the country I was sending it to. But there is little I can do short refunding your $$$.
  • BTW, if Melinka just got hers and she lives in New York, then it might just take a bit of time for the shirts to get to monkeys who live in other lands. tellurian, no, I am just about breaking even, even if it took a bunch of time to get done, no out of my pocket expenses. But like I said, chill monkeys. You will get it when you get it.
  • thanks squidranch, i got mine today!!!
  • Wait?? What kind of store do you run??? I'll have you know that the places I usually frequent send out the heavies if my order is just three days late. The heavies jump up and down on each stage of the chain of delivery until the workers vow to give up their lives of petty larceny, give their hearts to Jebus, and travel to Africa, to feed and clothe and house the poor. I expect no less from this Monkey Filter place.
  • Skrik, your mother called. She said that you forgot to take your ritalin again.
  • squidranch - No, I live in Canada, and I had it sent to NY to save you all postage. So it actually got there not even a week after you sent it, but I wasn't able to get to the US to pick it up since I was occupied with, you know, birth and whatnot. =)
  • Melinka, actually via US post there really is very, very little postage difference between the US and Canada. It's just the little international shipping form you have to fill out. But my point still stands. There are people still recieving these things as dj's post above attests. Have paitence people.
  • I suppose I was thinking of when you order stuff from a US company to be shipped to Canada, it's always a good chunk of $ more than getting it sent to a US address. I was thinking of businesses, not personal mail I guess. Glad there's not much difference for you; next time I'll save myself the wait.
  • At last ... I can wear my t-shirt round London town with pride ... Now, due to my impatience, I'd better send the spare xl back to Squidranch ...
  • A t-shirt has arrived in London? Holy cow! Liverpool is technically closer to LA than London, so mine should be hear soon... *little bit of wee comes out*
  • pantswetter. ok I'll stop now
  • fish wife.
  • Wow, the Ambiguities of international post... I'm sorry that it is taking so long. If we do something like this again, I recommend that we charge more per shirt so we can afford air mail rates, which in some cases would have added up to over $20 US. Anyway, if you would all be so kind as to post to this thread when you get your shirts, I'd appreciate it. Also, how about some photos?
  • My photo is all planned out, just the shirt is missing.
  • shirtless pantswetter
  • Don't make open up a fresh can o' whupass on you now, my Canadian moose-molester...
  • *moves breakables out of the way of Koko and kitfisto* I'll be moving on 1st July to a new place, so hopefully the shirt arrives before that. Everyone I know in the house is also moving out before that, so there's no-one I can ask to check my mail for me. Probably have to run down to the postal collection centre every week and bug them or something. *waits patiently by mail slot*
  • One alternative is to send the shirts out to one monkey in each country (this might work only for UK, New Zealand and Australia and places where we have at least 4-5 monkeys ordering the shirts) via M-Bags, then the shirts are sent out individually via domestic surface mail from there. Of course, this is really complicated in terms of execution and expenditure. And then there's Global Priority mail. The flat-rate envelopes are $9 USD for items under 4 pounds. Err...the shirts wouldn't weigh more than 4 pounds, would they? /clueless
  • Ummm...how, though, would sending a clump of shirts out to, say, kitfisto or to Alnedra, help anyone else get theirs sooner? Wouldn't he be waiting then for a bundle of shirts to arrive and not just one, and meanwhile deliveries for others would be delayed even further. Or am I missing something? /woefully confused
  • dickdotcom - maybe you should hold onto that extra shirt, just in case Alnedra or kitfisto need it. It would be easier to send from London than from LA. Where are you moving, Alnedra? Will you still be in Britain for some time? I had hoped I would be there this summer, but it looks like not until September now.
  • dickdotcom and myself have already agreed upon that plan of action jb.
  • Sorry, I didn't mean to intervene, esp since you seem to have it all worked out. But since I've already interfeered, I'll give my 2 cents (0.028 NZD) worth: It would make sense to charge more if this is done again, to cover the extra postage outside of the U.S. As one of the (at least currently) U.S. resident people, another few dollars USD would be no big deal to me - $17 to $25 isn't that big a step, though $30 might be (half psychologically). But it really is a much bigger step, especially for the Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders - for ever $1 USD up, it would be anywhere from $1.23 - $1.40 more. (Actually, I expected that to be higher before I looked - man the U.S. dollar is low! Yay for me, because my funding this year is Canadian, but also boo for me, since I'm spending it in Britain, one of the most impossibly expensive places on the planet. I should have chosen Indian history.) Anyways, derail aside, I'm a commie, so I would rather seen the extra burden spread out than landed just on the international monkeys.
  • That's really cool, thanks dickdotcom and squidranch. Bees: I was thinking more in terms of saving squid the trouble of having to fill in one form for every t-shirt sent out actually. And I think (just a guess) that standardised mail packets, like the M-bags and flat-rate envelopes, might be sent a little faster between countries. jb: I should be here till early September at least, since my dissertation is due on 15th September. It's a bit of a wrangle between my mom and me, as I would like to stay a week or so after my deadline, and my mom wants me to go back immediately after I finish, preferably before the deadline. We'll see (^_^)
  • Yay! Mine has arrived. Closer to being king.
  • Carolingian, I'm not sure this week if I'm monkey pope or petebest or the quidnunc kid is. It seems we share the title... Anyway, since in olden days the blessing of the church pretty much made you a king, consider your self blessed. You are royalty.
  • Oh, as part of your fealty to our holy monkeypopedom, you are to post a photo of you wearing your royal t shirt.
  • I will do that as soon as possible. In the meantime, if anyone absolutely MUST have the MonkeyShirt I guess I could loan you mine. I've already done something illegal in it which required much stain remover and repeated washings.
  • Ewwwww.
  • WOO!!! *wears newly-arrived shirt with pride and aplomb* (Pictures to follow, promise, when I find batteries for the camera. But really it'll just look like Mickeys: GIANT BANANA-CLAD BELLY OF DOOM.)
  • Oh, and squid, they look awesome up close. Thank you again for producing such a high-quality shirt. Mwah!
  • It's arrived! Thanks Squiddy, and get stunned, Pleggy!
  • It's like a bunch of shirts got sucked into a wormhole, and they're getting spat out weeks later. Any evidence of alien tampering? And poor kitty looks terrified!
  • That's her normal face, I assure you!
  • Oh, and the T's getting admiring glances already! (And I've only been to Tesco's)
  • She's a lovely little boo, kit. I especially admire the dainty little foot sticking up in the air.
  • No prob Tracicle. In the future I have some recommendations: 1. Charge a bit more. I'm thinking $22.00 minimum. That way I could have afforded airmail to each and ever monkey all over the globe. Or we can charge by where you live. But that seems kinda a bit too free market for my socialist/commie tastes. I don't think that the difference between $17.00 and $22.00 would have scared too many monkeys off. 2. I, or the person who will take the place of I, would collect the $$$ directly. It seems that we lost a bit in changing from dollars, francs, pounds, euros, etc... to New Zealand dollars and then to US dollars. I just thought that it would seem a bit more on the up and up if tracicle collected the money. That's all. I'm glad that all the monkeys all over the planet are finally getting their t shirts. Now I think that it would très hip if we could all photograph ourselves at cool places wearing our t shirts.
  • I concur with your points. I didn't mind the wait, but there's always the worry (for you and the receiver) that it might have gotten lost. So how many people still don't have them? There can't be many.
  • I don't have mine yet. Didn't order one, but . . . well, you axed.
  • I've already done something illegal in it which required much stain remover and repeated washings. Illegal, or immoral? Feel free to share the story if the latter case is true! ;)
  • T-shirt noob!!
  • Crusty. (yes, the foot made it for me too).
  • WHERE'S MY FUCKING T-SHIRT????? It's a long way up here, though; I realise that.
  • Skrik, I'll race you for it. Last person to get a shirt buys the other a drink (^_^)
  • You're on.
  • I wore mine yesterday. It was soft and comfortable, fashion-forward but not trendy. Everyone loved me and gave me money. Jealous much?
  • I got mine from Space Kitty yesterday.
  • Did she give you your t-shirt too?
  • I kid cuz I love
  • Oh, snap!
  • Yes. Jealous much? :D
  • I rest secure in the knowledge that yours will all be washed out before I put mine on for the first time.
  • I wore mine yesterday too. It probably has a big belly-bulge in the front now. WHO WANTS IT? Not that I'd give it away, but I'm sure a belly-bulge is eminently appealing.
  • Alright, listen up, goddamnit! *stamps tentacle firmly on the ground (or at least as firmly as a squid can stamp a tentacle)* Enough with all the talk about getting and wearing the shirts. I WANT PHOTOS! NOW!!! Cornflake S. Pecially from monkeys who got their shirts, but didn't post one yet. A couple of names come to mind: Danger is my middle name, Mothninja, the Bone, The Carolingian, tracicle, cynnbad, dj, dickdotcom and any other slackers out there. You know who you are. Come on now, just pretend that I am a little boy named Timmy. And I am dying of lukemia. And my last, dying wish is to see you wear your fucking shirts. Ok?
  • What are you dying of, little Timmy, and will you last until Tuesday-ish?
  • Lukemia (see above) and I guess the cancer will hold off til then, but if you don't post by then it might push my poor little immune system over the edge, then how are you gonna feel, eh pal?
  • Squidranch - got any size L left? My husband just tried mine on and I think he wants one now.
  • I might have an XL left. It depends on: 1. if you post a photo of yourself wearing your shirt. 2. what we have left over in a couple of weeks.
  • I think an XL would be too big, unless they shrink a lot. And I'd post a pic in the shirt, but it doesn't fit me yet. Still have babyweight on. =( Thanks anyway though!
  • So Melinika, you'd let little Timmy die without seeing you wear your shirt because of a little baby fat. You are a hard ass.
  • Mine is in the wash.
  • Hee! I owe Skrik a drink! Came in the post this morning! Yay! *Does Happy Dance till she gets vertigo and pukes* I'm washing it now. Gonna wear it in Florence. Maybe I can persuade mothninja and dimmn to wear theirs to and take pics (^_^)
  • Britain-based monkeys in da house! We rock.
  • Finally got mine. Naturally, it came to the old address 3 days after I moved. And it had chocolate on it. There are these things called zip-lock bags, people!!!!11!! Ok, the cat wants food.
  • Welcome back, Chy - we missed ye!!! :-)
  • There are these things called zip-lock bags, people!!!!11!! There is this thing called a washing machine, Nos. Glad to hear you got your shirt.
  • Now I want a photo.
  • Washing machine???? OMG how dare you! hehe My wife has my camera and she is staying with her mum (mum's sick) and we had an argument last nite, so photos are probably off for a couple days till she cools down (worse temper than even me). I really want to go up to Perth Zoo and get a few photos in front of the Orangutan enclosures - we have a brilliant breeding colony here. I figure a monkeyfilter shirt in front of the Orangs is a nice idea. Plus I just wanna see the apes :) It's a bloody good quality shirt, too. grazie grazie for it, well worth the wait.
  • Anyone notice how Wurwilf STILL hasn't posted a picture? C'mon!! You don't get away with it that easily...
  • Someone is certainly being a shirt disturber today.
  • I'm simply trying to coax a long-silent monkey chum out into the open, the only way I know how...
  • I have a trip semi-planned to a local wildlife park which includes monkeys, so based on Chy's comment I'm tempted to hold off until then. Maybe I'll put up a placeholder in the meantime. My camera has a habit of vanishing mysteriously any time I actually want it.
  • Hey shit-stains!!! Timmy is still dying of fucking cancer, you know. Fuck your zoo/wildlife park plans. If I don't get some photos here soon I am going to croak, and it will be on your procrasinating primate shoulders. So hop to it, goddamnit!
  • Wurwilf will never post her picture because she's chicken. Buk-buk-buk-buk-ba-gock!!. There, that oughtta do it.
  • Jesus, my t cell count is down. The doctors tell me the only thing that is going to keep me alive are photos..., photos of computer geeks in brownish-tan t shirts with bananas on them.
  • Okay, I pulled mine out of the wash, just to save Timmy. Thanks, squidranch and all the LA monkeys who helped, for all your hard work to get us these lovely shirts.
  • Mine's getting it's first wash about now ... I feel all nervous about it. I'll post a photo as soon as I go anywhere interesting ... which may be some time!
  • Thanks jb. Your photos made it so I can start eating solid food again.
  • My t cell count is dipping lower than George W. Bush's approval ratings. You fuckers better come through with some more photos, stat!
  • So who hasn't recieved their shirt/shirts yet?
  • Me.
  • And I'd have posted a picture.
  • Just got back. Had delays, and more delays and a horribly overpriced stay in a quaint little hotel last night. Photos are in camera, camera is film, film is waiting to be developed. Will do so asap. I hope. I gotta go collapse into bed now.
  • Skirk, meet dickdotcom. dickdotcom, meet Skirk.
  • sorry, I meant Skrik.
  • /guffaw
  • Belly + Banana Baby + Banana (not the new baby, the old baby)
  • Cuteness. The baby + banana one makes me think of the world's youngest Franciscan (Capuchin?) monk preaching the power of the banana. Well, it really would if the shirt had a hood and a rope belt to go with it. Cuteness.
  • I just hope little Timmy is okay.
  • Thanks for asking Tracicle, I'm just barely holding on. Thanks to your photos, my t cell count bumped up a couple of points. I think the only thing that could truely save me are photos of wurwilf, Chyren, and the monkey couple dangerismymiddlename and mothninja. The doctors say that if I could see those photos, I could actually be cured. So, come on wurwilf, Chyren, dangerismymiddlename and mothninja. My little, sweet, innocent pre-pubecent life it on the line. For fuck's sake people, I'm dying here!!!
  • Fuck it. I'm dead.
  • Your spirit will live on.
  • You'll have to wait a couple days longer, not got my shit together with the Mrs. We have to plan these things you know. My vacuum cleaner blew up today so I gotta get a new one. That put off the zoo trip.
  • I might get her to make a picture of me out the front of the apt. But I wanted to get me' hair cut, cos it makes me' bleedin' forehead look 90 miles tall. Don't spose it matters since I'm such an ugly fucker.
  • Put a bag over yer head and take the fuckin' picture, fer fuck's sake. Think of wee Timmy, stinkin' of bedsores an' his own filth. Will ye not help the little vermin live to see another wretched day?
  • No, him in bedsores und filth rather amuseth me.
  • Smell the bedsore.
  • Just big-boned, surely (fnaaaaaar)
  • Oh look! The glare off yer massive cranium has opened little Timmy's eyes! He's thrown up a little, but docs say that's a good sign. The little fucker might live after all! God bless ye fat bastard!
  • I think I'll grow a beard.
  • Why Chy, what a large bougainvillaea you have!
  • Terrible how things have changed.
  • Can't see the bougainvillaea in that shot.
  • It hasn't fully developed yet.
  • Maybe he's been in the pool.
  • Barely sprouted, probby.
  • Also, the baby Chy is not wearing a MoFi t-shirt. This combined with the headless Carolingian are causing internal hemhorraging. We need a crash cart stat!
  • Yep, the headless pic is a cop out. Is he wanted by the FBI or summat? Show us yer peepers!
  • *pea soup squirts from ears, farts twice from arse, eyes crack open* "...need more photos..." *colapses back into coma*
  • AaaAaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!
  • Crazy bastards!!!
  • You love it.
  • H... how did you know?? I'm still waiting for the opportune time to snap my pic. Have been patiently waiting for a couple months now, but trust me, the wait will be worth it!
  • It'd freakin better be. Bloody time waster
  • Noooo, trust me... it will be teh shirt pic!
  • Don't make me set Koko on you... Just get on with it.
  • *ponders whether I would mind Koko set on me or not* I wish I could get on with it, but alas, it is not up to me to decide. Unless you want a boring 'ol pic of me standing there wearing the t-shirt... I have bigger plans in mind!
  • Sky diving? Lion taming? Badger wrangling?
  • Lets just say that it involves a world figure. Although, badger wrangling sounds like a mighty good time! You also brought back a song from that past that has infected my mind for the rest of the day... The woodchuck likes me We smoke PCP I wanna make friends with the badger I mean it!
  • Scary person.
  • Moi? Not to worry... now go prepare for that presentation, I'm counting on you!
  • ponders whether I would mind Koko set on me or not Oh, you'd mind all right. I'd bring some of my Canadian friends along. They're all drunk today and have been gorging on chicken wings. There's nothing meaner than a greasy drunk Canadian! Now make with the snap-snap!
  • Yeah shit-stains, make with the snap-snap-snap. Koko, send the greasy canucks over just to make sure they do. Timmy's in a fucking coma.
  • They're armed with a case of LaBatts and hockey sticks. Better stand back, this could get messy. These hosers are shirtless, repeat, shirtless.
  • I got my fucking t-shirt! A thousand thanks to Dickdotcom and Squid. I love you both!
  • See, that's what you get for living in a make-believe country where they don't even talk American. Moran.
  • Ok, so I am guessing that everyfuckingmonkey got their shirt/shirts. If anyone is missing theirs, let me know. And I still want photos. Skrik's photo got me out of my comatose state, but I'm still bleeding from the eyeballs. Doc's say I need more photos of banana shirts.
  • How about this, then? Come one, you sadistic buggers! Timmy is depending on us!
  • Access denied, Skriky.
  • Try the first four pix here.
  • Damn, that's some beautiful country.
  • Lovely pix, Skrik.
  • Are you far enough north for midnight sun, Skrik?
  • Yep. I live some 2.5° north of the Arctic circle. It used to be more, but I moved south. :(
  • Make that 1°.
  • I have to say, little Timmy is nothing if not resilient. His heart stopped a couple of days ago. We toe tagged him and had him in a body bag when he started to stir. We zipped open the body bag and his frigid little body bolted upright. "shinything posted... Must see photo." He crawled to my computer, saw your photo and is now eating an ice cream sandwich. The doctors still don't know what his chances are though. A lot of shit-stain slacker monkeys haven't posted yet...
  • *raises ice cream sandwich to Little Timmy*
  • I received the first t-shirt today. It wasn't lost. It just took nearly three months by sea. Anyway, it's soiled with toffee, so it can't be passed on, and I've worn the other first one, so that can't be passed on either. I reckon I owe someone the price of a t-shirt. Who?
  • Mmmmm...soiled with toffee.
  • I would think that anybody desperate for a monkey shirt would not be upset by a little toffee if that's really what it is; it is easy to wash out.
  • I believe that would be squid, Skrik.
  • That's a really small banana you've got there Skrik.
  • It's not the size of the banana; it's how it tastes in your mouth.
  • Grody.
  • I think that's a squashed caramel-filled Hershey's kiss. Grody to the max, and it's a wonder that post offices everywhere aren't infested with pests.
  • That's not toffee, it's salisbury steak.
  • I was walking yesterday on the streets of downtown Montreal when somebody stopped me and asked me about my MonkeyFilter T-shirt. He apparently really liked it, but didn't make me an offer I couldn't refuse. I was happy about that, because then I would have been shirtless.
  • We had Timmy in the Fridgidaire when we heard scratchin' from the inside. The poor bugger's pus encrusted eyelids cracked open. His parched lips parted... "Salisbury steak..." We had to pull him away since his saliva isn't reccomended for cleaning Macintosh's cinemascreen. So now I have a zombie child chewing up all the Swanson's frozen dinners I can thrust at him. He's starting to murmur something that sounds like "brains". I'm just hoping that you selfish bastards who got your fucking shirts post some photos soon. Otherwise I'm afraid that pus filled Timmy the zombie toddler will be eating the contents of my cranium.
  • Here you go Timmy, some scraps from the bottom of the barrel... Me and my little monkey Next to posters I thought were appropriate for MoFi... Toby the Sapient Pig, The Singing Mouse, etc... I have caved in to Timmy's demands. Have been waiting for my grand photo moment, but the opportunity hasn't presented itself as-of-yet. I am still determined to catch this elusive photo, and surely it will save Timmy from any further hunger.
  • Awwwwww ... who's the guy carrying you?
  • That is a beautiful photograph. Timmy is in the very picture of health. Glowing like a little peach so to speak. Your photo, sugarmilktea, has him eating a macrobiotic diet and doing hatha yoga. I'm not to sure what the future will bring, but there is joy in casa de calamari due to the photo of you and your beautiful young one. Let's just hope other monkeys (get a fucking clue you slackers) post their pix.
  • who's the guy carrying you? Some sucker that agreed to hold me for the picture. I saw him wandering aimlessly on the street, and offered him a few dollars to assist me. He was a bit hesitant to model the t-shirt, but eventually submitted to my unyielding charm. Heh, I ran off before paying him! What a stupid ass he was! Even managed to spit up some banana puree on him. Glad to hear Timmy is glowing like a peach! Lets hope he doesn't take a turn for the worse...
  • Hey, Skrik, depending on what size your extra is, you could just mail it to me. =)
  • They have both been worn and washed and worn, and the one I ordered is a little too tight for me, so I'm glad for the larger one. I don't suppose you're interested in the smaller "large", are you?
  • Melinika, does that mean that you didn't get your shirt?
  • This never ends, does it?
  • You're telling me this never ends? Skirk, put yourself in my shoes. I not only put together the printing and mailing of these, but I had to endure 3 months of various monkeys complaining about how long the shipping took. I also shipped a couple of extra shirts to folks who couldn't wait and now have two shirts. Believe me, I have a life outside of shipping people shirts, as a matter of fact, I'm a bit sick of it, but I am trying to make sure everyone who ordered one recieved it. Keep the extra shirt. If Melinka needs another shirt, she can contact me.
  • You did a great job, you conscientious shirt shipper. Certain things are beyond anyone's control, but it sounds like everyone's got theirs now in the end. Bravo!
  • Who's a grumpy squidranch? *pinches cheek*
  • *grumble*
  • Hey ! No complaining ! I sent you porn as a thank you !
  • Mine will be uploaded tomorrow.
  • *makes note to send squidranch some porn*
  • Fuck the porn, let's get him a hooker.
  • So, if a T shirt market opens up again in the future, how much would the price have to go up to get to break even? And, should postage be based on where the recipients are? Squid is now the specialist on these issues. And, sorry squid, but the rest of the world world hasn't caught up with the internet, as I found out last year when I coordinated buying tracicle's birthday gift. My of out pocket was almost double yours, but the shipping effort was nothing comparable since you were dealing with individual orders.
  • Actually, path your inquiry stimulated my addelpated brain tissue to coming up with a rather nifty idea. Next time why don't we take advantage of eBay to sell the next t-shirt. The tracking of orders would be automated and so would postage costs for all the different addresses. As someone who oversaw this with Tracicle; from my point of view it would be worth the additional upcharge to have the postage automatically worked out. And, all funds would go into a common, easily trackable "t shirt fund". All the individual shirts would be the same price. Shipping costs (airmail, parcel post, etc.) would be determined and paid for by the person ordering. That way you don't have to come up with an "average" cost of a t shirt. And, if we sell a couple to non-monkeys, all the better. BTW, I like Koko's idea. If anyone wants to pitch in to the "get squid a hooker" fund, paypal me at michaelescher@comcast.net, or preferably send me a surprise. The other LA monkeys will give you my address.
  • And thanks to Arg for the porn.
  • Sorry, I meant Argh. Thanks for the wonderment.
  • Anyone else want porn too?
  • eBay's an interesting idea. I don't know enough about it, but I have a feeling it's not currently possible to send to overseas buyers. I could be wrong and I'm too lazy to check. Did you end up out of pocket, squid? That sucks. And path, if I'd known you'd ended up bearing the cost last year I'd have...I dunno, refused the iPod or repaid you. You're a gem. If there's ever anything I can do, say the word. As long as it doesn't require me to re-enact tubgirl or something.
  • I want porn!!!! Tentacle porn!!! Cephalapod porn!!
  • OBEY
  • What about using Zazzle next time, then we can all buy our own t-shirts, and do away with the madness? I have bought a couple of shirts there, and am happy with the service (and the shipping time). BTW, when I get paid again (August), I will send you some more dosh, Squid, for the extra shirt (I'm assuming cold hard cash is better than pr0n).
  • Thinking about it, we could always send you MoneyJane. So long as you take pix. And a video. Is there nothing MoFi cannot do?
  • Is there nothing MoFi cannot do? I'm guessing it cannot induce vomiting in a stupid monkey who has just discovered that Krazy Glue is not a viable temporary adhesive for a loose dental crown challenged by a burrito. Arrrgh.
  • No. No, I would think not.
  • Oh, I'm not so sure... There must be some form of virtual syrup of ipecac out there. YAK!
  • I told you I got my shirt, further up in the thread. And I did ask you if you had a size L left over, as I wanted to buy one for my husband. You said you had an XL, which is too big, so I said thanks anyway. Skrik says he has an extra. He happens to have a size L, which is what I was looking for. I don't care that it's been washed and worn, btw. So Skrik, yeah, I'll take that extra off your hands if you like; email me.
  • /me has emailed.
  • Got it.
  • Yes, I know you said you got your t shirt further up the thread. The cost of sending that shirt to first to dickdotcom (who then sent it to skirk) cost me an additional $12.00. That is why I would like to sell these two additional XL shirts first. If you'd like to send me the $12.00 in addition to whatever you have worked out with Skirk, then fine. Otherwise, someone is getting a free t shirt sent on my $$$ and I am still out $12 bucks.
  • Or, send me back the large t shirt at your cost.
  • Tracicle, I wouldn't have mentioned eBay unless they would take international orders, and they do.
  • And, since I haven't heard from any other stragglers re: missing shirts, I have two, count them TWO, XL shirts left. Write me and we will figure out the costs are (the shirt + whatever shipping method you want).
  • Do I sense a bit of fatigue creeping in here, Squiddy? It's not just you who's out of pocket on the postal costs. Both Dickdotcom and myself are/ will be. Dickdotcom told me not worry about it, when I offered to reimburse him, and I'm sending something else to Melinika in any case, so I'm not too bothered about it. If it is a problem for you, then count the extra $10 I sent through paypal as reimbursement for the postage, and I'll buy you a drink the next time I see you. ;) Also, since I'm not keeping the L t-shirt, I'm not paying for it; Melinika is. When she has paid for it, you'll have recovered all but two dollars. I'll send you some chocolate for Christmas, if I don't see you for a drink. Things always get tense when there's money involved. I remember the arguments between friends when of us used to go out for a Chinese meal... Let's do it differently next time.
  • 5
  • No, it's not creeping at all. It's full on fatigue. You do what you want with the shirt. I frankly do not remember the extra $10 you sent me, but if you say so, I will trust that you did. The $12 was just for the extra postage not the shirt, which I was writing off anyway. Let's do it the same, but perhaps we can all relax about when we get our t shirts. I am not the world post offices. If we were all patient this sort of stuff would not have come up.
  • You asked me again if I had gotten it, and I was pointing out I'd already told you that yes, I had, so you didn't think I was another person missing a shirt still. I certainly do not and would not intend to leave you out of pocket the cost of the shirt and have already asked Skrik if he paid you and then I would pay him or if I should pay you directly for it. Skrik is my MonkeyGift person and is going to be mailing me a package anyway. (And let me make it absolutely clear, I intend to cover the cost of sending it to me, since I'm sure it will make a difference in the cost of the package.) If you, squidranch, are also out the cost of shipping I will absolutely make sure that is taken care of too. I understand the frustration with shipping costs and I had my own shirt sent to a US address with the express intent of saving you money, as I explained a while ago in this thread. I am only getting the shirt from Skrik and not from you directly because you do not have the size I need, and the extra shirt he's received is the size I need.
  • 21. April,
  • oops, that shouldn't have been posted here. Stupid computer.
  • Whingeing aside, you know we're very appreciative of the exceptional efforts of the LA stuffers and Squid in particular. You all deserve medals, and the little goodies were an especially nice touch: I can tell you they were greeted with considerable excitement in my house.
  • Ditto that. You and the LA monkeys did a hell of a job, squidders. Thanks bunches. Chicks finally find me desirable, and elderly gay men keep giving me money. I was nothing, no one, a loser until your T-shirt came in the mail.
  • Little Timmy's flatlining, folks. Come on you holdouts. Post your pictures STAT!
  • OH, tracicle, sorry - I forgot you read everything here. It was crass of me to mention that. I knew the risks, so it's all on me. Can we pretend I never said it?
  • I say let's never do T-shirts again, then we with shirts can lord it over those without, getting them to make us, the T-elite, cups of tea and nice little sandwiches and the like. All will love us and despair!!!! *Glows in a Galadriel styl-ee*
  • uhm, I never garnered the resources to get one for myself . Any second-hand ones up for auction? /whimpering a wee bit.
  • I have two xl's left. Write me at my email address in my profile.
  • Auction them, then use the proceeds to offset any damage you took on international postage.
  • All will love us and despair!!!! That's all very well - but then we'd discover that Squidron had secretly retained the Shirt of Power (One shirt to rule them all... you know), and we'd all end up riding dragons and talking like Darth Vader.
  • That's my powershirt, now, Plegmund. *adjusts orb and sceptre.*
  • Oy Vey. Such whining I have not seen since, since, well, since this afternoon. But really, I'm sure folks will post photos if they want to. And I'm sure Squid took on this endeavor only for the good feeling it gave him in his heart of hearts. If we want to get into post office stories, I can tell you tales of my time as a church photographer. (Someone remind me never to read a thread as long a sordid as this one in one sitting again.)
  • Got any pics of any hot vestry action you can post?
  • Yo, 'dranch- when a parcel arrives from Canada in a week or two, get it out of the sun fast! And fer gawrsh sakes don't cover the airholes.
  • Oki-doki Shtick. *ponders what might need airholes* Did you send me some killer BC marijuana plant? A live salmon? A pony? My very own Mountie?
  • Mwa-ha-ha-ha! The very last Atlantic Cod, via parcel post.
  • heh. You said "Mountie".
  • Wow, thanks for the gifty, shtick. I had a blech day at work and I come home to bilingual candies. Best Canadian foodstuff next to poutine. That was really very thoughtful of you.
  • Damn, this coffee crisp is good. Why don't they sell these things here?
  • Hope they weren't too melted!
  • Nah, they were fantastic. You gots major good karma for that sweet deed. Thanks again. You made my day. And remember, you got friends in LA whenever you wanna visit.
  • Oh, and pleggy and dxlifer. It turns out that the very last t shirt that I sold was "the one shirt who ruled them all", and bluehorse was the winner of that seemingly insignifigant eBay auction. She, and she alone owns the shirt to rule all the shirts. BTW, who else would you rather have rule the universe. George Bush, dumb a box of rox? Or grandma? I vote for grandma.
  • she'll make us all take up knitting!!!!
  • /knit one, purl two. Handiwork is very good for you. *waves crochet hook* You youngsters need to learn some fancy needle-work. Good discipline for you. /pops teeth back in.
  • *big toothy smile* My shirt arrived - just now. Pic will be forthcoming. /goes back to rubbing shirt bewitchingly.
  • hey, been away a while, but I got my shirt awhile ago, and it Rawks. My new WIFE (married 7/8) who is more fashionable than anyone I know, loves the thing. Perhaps I have a pic of me in it on our Jamaican honeymoon. we shall see. Posting a pic is on my ever-ignored GTD list. Thanks Squid!
  • dxlifer, that had the makings of a poem. Congrats on the nuptials, planetfour. :)
  • If I ever get the old guy away from building a new fence I'll be able to pose for a picture for squid. /goes to find fencing pliers.
  • The very last t shirt was mailed today. As I mentioned before, it contains special magical powers. I present to you, Bluehorse (its owner), who now has "the one shirt that rules al the others". Anyone who can remove a "bean" from a horse's schlong has my respect and should have yours too.
  • I'll be in Edinburgh most of next week, and I promise I will take a pic of myself in the shirt there! Please don't turn me into a Shirtwraith, GramMa! *cowers*
  • A picture for squid, as promised.
  • Thanks DxLifer. You made my day.
  • What a handsome broad!
  • *blinks* /leaves to consider implications of mixed messages.
  • Alnedra, sure hope you can fill out a shirt as well as dx does! otherwise, it's wraith-time Come my t-shirted good-hearted Monkey companions! We will bring truth to the dark lands of Poodor.
  • I meant it as a compliment! Sorry, my cat was yelling at me at the time.
  • Koko admit it - you're high on pie again.
  • Yes DxLifer, the lovely koko meant it as a complement. I too think that you are beautiful.
  • Do they have decent Mexican restaurants in Poodor? Because I need me some carnitas and a couple of margaritas if I am gonna bring truth.
  • koko is hotel / motel.
  • I'm who in the what now?
  • You know...nudge nudge, wink wink... Saaay no more!
  • Oh, look who's talking! You're caravans, tent fields, Tokyo business-traveller pods, whatever.
  • Says Mr Lay-Z-Boi luxury 3-piece suite there!
  • Motor Lodge! Um, youth hostel!! What?
  • I see you more as a Formule 1.
  • I have a donut.
  • I've just had a Cornish Pastie* *May not have actually come from Cornwall
  • Hey there! Lay-Z-boy! Sittin' on your ass so fancy free!
  • I fail to see what this has to do with the new Max Squidranch movie "The Askin' of the T-shirt" in which various worldly monkeys don festive garments and quaff large quantities of tequila before falling asleep in the leopard-skin-print lay-z-boy.
  • I'm eating bread pudding.
  • I've got a spotted dick.
  • Now I've moved on to an apple, cherry, and pecan breakfast parfait. I have a friend who's a chef. This makes me happy.
  • We've got fudge. It really is from Cornwall.
  • Creamy cuntcakes.
  • Delicious!
  • *smacks lips*
  • *swivells hips*
  • ahh . . . err
  • middleclasstool has a friend, let alone one with valuable real-life skills??? Lucky.
  • Real...or imaginary?
  • His name is Mervin. He is a lvl 36 Lawful Evil Saucier with a +12 Ladle of Vengeance. The gastrointestinal furies are at his command.
  • Mervin? What a beautiful name.
  • Yeah kinda like farting while trying to eject a jellybean from your nostril.
  • *peeks in* Creamy cuntcakes! Do they go well with Sticky schlongsticks? BTW, a google search for creamy and cuntcakes has a single result... if you dare...
  • I leave for a bit and now everyone's getting gunk on my t-shirt. *contemplates greasy smears and crumbs* /BTW, uhm, the earlier reference to mixed messages? Subtlety remains soooo far beyond the grasp of these young 'uns. If you wish to keep stroking my vanity, please feel free, though. /any & all puns intentional.
  • mmmm, blueberry!
  • Crap. Now I'm really h...ungry *cough*
  • Half mast, flagpole?
  • heh heh heh
  • dxlifer is teh HOT! Any good?
  • That's HOT flashes. Was it that obvious? /leaves to find hormone replacements.
  • The shirt next to a crater on Mount Etna... Alright, I know it looks like a foggy building site in Slough, and I know I've had one go already. Just wanted to use the image tag...
  • Phwoooarrr!!! *ahem, sorry...* There's an image tag!!??
  • Ahhhh!
  • I demand to know how to make an image tag!!! Please advise asap!!!
  • Thanks anyway I found it myself. ForumsPile.com - Get Owned
  • It works good, dunnit?
  • We really hate dial-uppers.
  • Think I can do without pictures quite happily.
  • ForumsPile.com - Get Owned I could do this all day long.
  • Me too
  • Dinsdale!!
  • Koko, you only need this part: <img src="mofi.com">
  • Love the photo Pleggy. Also love the "shut the fuck up" Chy.
  • So, for us clueless gits who ain't as technologically savvy as you all, how does one post an inline image?
  • It's magic, that's all... don't tell him, guys
  • Oh, ok...
  • Look here
  • Oh I see ... sort of ... mine are appearing as links. I don't really get this HTML crap, so I just cut & paste.
  • *makes Joey Deacon face / waggles hands at koko*
  • They'll only let me use the dull scissors, and now my monitor's all sticky.
  • ew.
  • it's the end of an era. Don't tell the n00bz.
  • I'm with bees here.
  • Ha ha ha! Good one, Chy. Hey, wait- isn't that Planet Koosbane?
  • Aha! I think it may well be. Well, it seems Plegmund has claimed it for Monkeys.
  • Imperialist Monkeys, colonizing far off sugar planets to harvest their delicious powdery substance! Can the Koosbane wars be far off?
  • God I love you people.
  • I'm kind of with bees and goetter. I'm praying that folks either tire of img tags quickly or confine their use to this thread and the "Images!" one.
  • I'm thinking the excitement will have worn off in a couple of days. I turned it on because of the t-shirt design compy, but deliberately didn't tell because I wanted to see when people would notice. But no one tried posting an image so no one found out. I was expecting this, and I know the monkeys are kind enough that they won't deliberately annoy the dialuppers.
  • Where are we supposed to post our pics? (too lazy to read entire thread)
  • I dunno. I think it was worth it just to see the monkeyfilter flag flying. Do you have a flag? /Eddie Izzard
  • I will never tire! Wait, what are we talking about again?
  • I'm regretting using drop shadow, now. Why do I always use drop shadow? I may touch that monkeylanding pic up.
  • I mean where are we supposed to post our T-shirt pics? (still too lazy to read entire thread)
  • I just want Pleggers to react in some way.
  • Pleggers is a stone cold killer. The only reaction you'll see from him is when he wakes you in the middle of the night with a hunting knife to your throat. He's like Leon, 'cept with more bananas...
  • But Leon is French ... I'd say he's more like Jack Carter. With bananas.
  • I think of Plegmund more as The Equalizer, who I believe was already fond of bananas.
  • Why do I always use drop shadow? 'Cause drop shadow rocks the foundations! Hellz yeah!
  • For some strange reason I feel as if I'm being covertly manipulated by alien intelligences.
  • I mean where are we supposed to post our T-shirt pics? Kamus, here on this thread, or at least that is what I was hoping for.
  • Har har Pleggers! :-)
  • I freakin love the Equalizer! I can imagine Pleggers banging some rapscallian against the wall repeating over and over "I...Don't...Forgive...!"
  • Yeah, I really miss that show. My mom used to damn near worship him. Loved his accent. Now I must go looking for a DVD.
  • 'parently 'tis not out on DVD - only shitty video... A crime worthy of McCall itself.
  • :(
  • "The name's Pleggy..."

  • "The moonwalk has a way to go yet."
  • Thish meansh WAR!
  • Pleggy has elephant knees.
  • And it's appropriate for just about any Ramones song . . .
  • ooh, The Equalizer!
  • He rocks.
  • Fish Tick? OH NO!
  • Haw! Brilliant, Plegmund! That certainly makes the ol' igloo feel less secure...
  • me no can see!
  • hit refresh button!
  • It needs a bit of tidying up for those who use a dark style sheet.
  • Yeah. Like me. My heart is broken. Why, Pleggy, WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!??????? *ahem*
  • Ah, there you go mate - just for you I've tidied up those nasty white dots: should look much better with a dark background now.
  • This is the most fun thread EVAR!

  • My T-shirt stinks.