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Mangesh & Jason
Vote for the next two mental_floss shirts!
by Mangesh & Jason - January 5, 2009 - 10:30 AM

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inconsistency.jpgThe reader-submitted t-shirt ideas have been pouring in, and our designer Terri Dann has made some pretty pictures to go along with some of our favorites. To help us decide which two shirts to send off to the printer, would you care to vote for the two you like best?

a) Friends Don’t Let Friends Derive Drunk

b) Sports Geek

c) You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato (Doesn’t Make Much Sense When You Read It)

d) Bald Is Beautiful

e) What Would Aslan Do?

f) Sucks to Your Ass-Mar

g) Inconsistency: It Has Its Ups and Downs

And if you’ve got a t-shirt idea, you can send it to flossytees@gmail.com. If we end up using it, you get $125 (and a good story to tell your neighbors). We’ll announce the winners later this week.

Comments (273)
  1. C

    and

    C

    but if you insist I’ll go with G

  2. E and F.
    I’ve been saying “Sucks to your assmar for years, and it would be wicked to have a shirt like that!

  3. I vote for C and F. (Love F especially, since my son just read “Lord of the Flies” for the first time!)

    They’re all great!

  4. A and G!

  5. A & G!

    G is superb.

  6. A and G

  7. G and C

  8. Definitely g!

  9. A and G!

  10. D & G

  11. Haha, they’re all great! But you gotta love C and G!

  12. A and C

  13. G is my favourite… :D lol

  14. What made me laugh? Well, only A and C! Hillarious!

  15. Definitely C

  16. C.

  17. A

    and

    C

  18. A and C, hands down.

    (recaptcha phrase: Jenks Miantonomoh. I want to name a character that in some sort of steampunk epic.)

  19. C and G

    Although, I’d love F too, but I couldnt wear it to work (boo to stodgy work environments that couldnt handle “ass”).

  20. a and g

  21. Don’t think I can choose two, but definitely A!

  22. C and G.

  23. G and C have me giggling!

  24. A and G!

  25. A and G

  26. C! I’ll buy it as soon as it’s for sale! And, if you need a second one, G isn’t too bad, but pales in comparison to C.

  27. b, d,

  28. A and F.

    I have asthma and quote that line all the time.

  29. A, Definetly have done that on more then one occasion. C maybe

  30. A is the only one I think worthy but in a pinch I may include C

  31. C and G

  32. Definitely C & G.

  33. C and F all the way. I’d buy F tomorrow if it were available.

  34. C is awesome! And… G

  35. a and c!!!!!

  36. C and G.

  37. C and D.

  38. A and C

  39. C and G.

  40. A and G!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. B and C please

  42. A, C, and G

    Because I’m too cool to just vote for two…

  43. A

    &

    D

  44. a and c

  45. I don’t get F.

    Plus, call me prudish, I don’t wear shirts with curse words. Shows lack of imagination.

  46. C and G

  47. C and G

  48. C & D

  49. C and G!! excellent!

  50. C and G FTW

    My recaptcha is “Ginger Romaine.” Anyone want to claim that as a drag queen name?

  51. A and C!

  52. C & G!

  53. A & G

  54. A and G!

  55. A and C.

  56. b and d

  57. A

    &

    G

    hilarious! I’d buy these.

  58. f and g

  59. e and c

  60. A and C

  61. A

    and

    F

    I’d LOVE to buy A

  62. A & C

  63. A & C

  64. E and G hands DOWN! They’re all good, but I’m a dork and don’t get F either….

    ~Bethy

  65. C & G definitely

  66. C and E

  67. C and C (sic)

  68. d & g

  69. A & G

    At the very least – for the love of Jebus, give me G!

    Captcha is Curtin Assured, not a drag queen but maybe a poor attempt at superhero. It could also be a name from a Scrubs fantasy sequence. :-)

  70. C & G! Terrific!

  71. I have to go with a and g

  72. c and g

  73. E. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make E. I will finally buy a shirt and stop making stupid excuses why I need the $$ for lunch or stamps.

    Oh, and F.

  74. C and G

  75. C and G

  76. A & G definitely.

  77. A and G… but I also looooove F!
    With all my friends, the remote control is called The Conch – whoever has it has control!

    For you unitiated, the quote’s from William Golding’s required high school reading novel Lord of the Flies, in which a more dominant boy (I forget whether it’s Ralph or Jack, it’s been 30 years!) responds to the health complaints of the ultimate victim boy, Piggy -
    “ass-mar” = asthma.

  78. A and G :)

  79. c and g

  80. c!

  81. C+G

  82. A and D!

  83. A and C

  84. F and G.

    F is not a curse word, people! It’s a divine literary in-joke.

  85. C & G

  86. a and c pleez.

  87. A & E

  88. A and G

    i know i don’t let my friends derive drunk. That’s just unsafe for everyone.

    repatcha: climax all

  89. C and G

  90. d and g for sure

  91. A and F

  92. D and G

  93. A and E

  94. A and C

  95. Gotta go with C and G

  96. C and G!

  97. tomato vs. tomato and “bald is beautiful”

  98. A and G.

    do not like e &f at all.

  99. A and E

  100. A and E.

  101. b & c!

  102. I love G!!

    G&C

  103. A & C

  104. c and e

  105. F pretty pretty please–i will finally be able to prove to my friends that “sucks to your ass-mar” is a legitimate literary reference and not some random gibberish i made up and forgot about. would definitely buy one, like, right away.

    and E!

  106. A and C

  107. D and G

  108. A & G

  109. C and G!

  110. C and G

  111. C and G

  112. C & G

  113. A & C.

  114. C

  115. A AND F PLEASE

  116. C & D

  117. c) You Say Tomato…

    and

    g) Inconsistency…

  118. A and C

  119. C and G!

  120. A and C!

  121. C and G.

  122. A
    &
    G

  123. Totally C and e

  124. F and A for the wheezy math geeks among us.

  125. C & G!

  126. E & F!!!! LOVE IT!

  127. c and g for sure

  128. I vote A and G

  129. B (sports geek) and D (Bald is Beautiful)

    By the way, my recaptcha: critical bases. (Coincidence?)

  130. A & G. Without a doubt!

  131. A and D

  132. C and G!

  133. C and G

    Recaptcha : Referee hyman? I guess for the Israeli basketball league?

  134. C & G…My bad. Disregard my A vote.

  135. C

    &

    D

  136. A and G

  137. A and G

  138. c & G

  139. F & only F.

    That is the greatest idea ever and I would buy it for all my friends.

    It would be for the wheezy Lit geeks amoung us…

  140. A & C

  141. C and F

  142. C & G

  143. c and g

    yall really need a more efficient form of voting.

  144. D
    and
    A

  145. C & G

  146. E and G

    Because C.S. Lewis is full of win.

    And G just makes me laugh.

  147. C and G

  148. A. and G.- No doubt.

  149. C and D

  150. A A.

  151. Oh man, I just got F.

    *facepalm*

    I wish I could change my vote for C.

  152. A and G

  153. c

  154. c&g

  155. G & C

  156. C & G

  157. a and g!

  158. A and E

  159. A and C

  160. A and C

  161. A and C!

  162. a and c

  163. C and F – Hooray for Lord of the Flies!

  164. A and G

  165. A all the way!

  166. C and G!

  167. a & C

  168. E an G.

    Did none of you read the Chronicles of Narnia, Aslan was a beast.

  169. A and C, in that order

  170. A and G.

  171. c

    then g

  172. C & G.

  173. C

    then

    A

  174. C & G

  175. e & c

    more e than c though

    narnia=my life

  176. B and E. Love ‘em!

  177. C and G

  178. E for sure. Can I only pick two? Then A I guess. But would probably buy any one of these.
    reCAPTCHA: Pelegrine Rubber (sounds like something more of my patients need)

  179. C & G!!

    fantastic :-D

  180. A. All good efforts but A without a doubt.

  181. e and g for sure!

  182. C & G

  183. E & G

  184. A and G

  185. c & g

  186. C & G – absolutely amazing!!!

  187. C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  188. G!

  189. E and G!

  190. C & G

  191. C and G!

  192. C & D please

  193. My vote’s for C and G!

  194. A & G

  195. F & G.

  196. A & C!

  197. a and c

  198. A and C are wonderful.

  199. C & G!!!!!

  200. F please

  201. C and D

  202. Gotta ago with A & C, but A is my particular fave! hehe, derive. That would make me a member of MADD, mothers against drunk deriving. :)

  203. e&g

  204. A & C

  205. A, C, and G. However, if I HAVE to pick just two…C and G

  206. g & d

  207. I vote for the tv network… A & E!

  208. C and F-definitely F

  209. C and E

  210. C & G

  211. A & F

  212. F and C, but mostly F. It’s my favorite quote from a book ever!

  213. A and D. :)

  214. A is cool and all, but wouldn’t it be better if the equation was more closely related to the derivative? Some dy/dx notation or something would be better than the Pythagorean theorem, in my opinion

  215. Oh wait, I suppose you mean deriving an equation. Sorry, my bad :)

  216. a!

  217. A and G

  218. C and G

  219. a & c

  220. C and F

  221. C&G

    Although F made this asthmatic smile :)

  222. C and G

  223. A & G

  224. A

  225. A and C

  226. A & C!

  227. A&G

    -Definitely mental floss quality.

  228. C and G

  229. C and E

  230. A & C crack me up!!!

  231. C and D.

    G is lame.

  232. c & g

  233. A and G

  234. A and C

  235. C and E

  236. C…and, I guess, G.

  237. a and c

  238. F and I don’t care what the second one is, because F is the best. I too have been saying it for years (since sophomore english actually).

  239. A and G, and what the heck does “sucks to your ass-mar” mean?

  240. A and G, please :D

  241. A & C

  242. c & g!!!

  243. G

  244. why not all of them?
    they are all great

  245. F and G.

    But mostly F.

  246. A & C

  247. c and g

  248. T-shirts are easy to make so just offer all of them. But if we must vote…

    C & G

  249. c and g

    The Aslan one is cool… but may lead to problems in the Christian sector…

  250. A, definitely A.

  251. Can I make a slightly colorful comment and choose CGA? (If not, I’ll just have to render an elaborate green-screens-and-wires fight scene and go with CG.)

  252. I vote for the Aslan and Inconsistency ones. Those are great.

  253. C and G

  254. E and G.

  255. E

  256. C & G

  257. E & G, please. Love them. Would love to get them, one for me and one for my husband. :)

  258. C and F please!!! I’ve been saying sucks to your assmar for years!

  259. Not fair! I want to buy four of these now. If I must choose, A and G

  260. C and G!!

  261. No question:
    F: Sucks to YOUR ass-mar.

  262. Without a doubt F & G! F is hilarious and G is just obnoxiously clever!

  263. A and C

  264. Ooh, there are several good ones, but the two I’d buy for myself are A & C.

  265. a) and c) please!

  266. G and F

  267. E and F

  268. C & F

  269. a and f. Yes.

  270. C and E Definitely.

    LMAO when I saw C…I am definitely going to Hell!

  271. I vote for A & G.

  272. A & G

  273. a and c

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