Oh, stewardess! I speak t-shirt."
- Stick figure of Al Jolson
- Three bean sprouts
- Birdman
- A Cinnabon
Well, crap.
The top right looks like onsen (hot water).
Since the only person who can give a factual answer to this is the designer, let’s move this to IMHO.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
Or anyone who knew if it was an existing design with a known meaning.
Honestly, I thought it was just a collection of emojis.
Close, but most (all?) onsen symbols have a semi-circle below and no knob at then end of the lines, like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=onsen+symbol&rlz=1C1MSIM_enUS785US785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil9p22vv_eAhULCTQIHRRiAA4Q_AUIDigB&biw=1280&bih=854
Just goes to show how we all interpret things differently!
3 wavy lines, no semicircle, would be “river”, kawa/sen, but it’s not that either because of the presence of the bulb/knob.
A /very/ close variation was sold (in the late 1980s) at head shops as a representation of the four elements.
Water : Fire
Air : Earth
YMMV.
Should have been clearer
Top left - Surfer = water
Top right - Flames = fire
Bottom Left - Flier (bird) = air
Bottom Right - Rock = earth
That was the way the shirt was sold. Bottom right doesn’t look like a rock, just sharing a bit of ancient knowledge
I think you’ve got it.
:smack: Ummm…I knew that’s what it was all the time. Just wanted to see if anyone else knew it! :rolleyes:
Thanks for solving the mystery!