I’ve so far only been lurking in this thread but sign me up for a t-shirt too…this is just too good to miss.
I’m just going to say…I want a Giraffe’s challenge t-shirt.
Now…we need a fancy slogan for the shirt. Something like…“Sticking your neck out for science”.
Or maybe just “Goin’ fishin’”. Any other suggestions?
As the originator of this thread, I am just pleased as punch at what a few people can accomplish when putting their heads together. Just imagine what we could accomplish by using our powers for the greater good of humanity.
Although, I am pretty sure this experiment will benefit humanity. I’m just not quite sure how.
Widespread faith in our nation’s sandwich bagging systems.
Aren’t you Glad?
“Dropping things in urine and then eating them since 2003. It took just about as long as we expected.”
“Every day, Giraffe eats a sandwich. Today, he’s gone too far.”
Ripped off from here, in keeping with the spirit of the thread.
[HomerSimpson]Will you take an out-of-state two-party bad check?[/HomerSimpson]
Hee hee hee. It should be illegal to have this much fun with one man’s urine.
OMG! You almost killed me!
Ok. I’m better.
Now, as for the shirt - what we need first off is is for Giraffe’s wife to take good photos. This will be important for the images to look good once they are blown up for printing. You have a digital camera, and that is good. Can you alter the resolution? The more megapixels the better. Once they are sent to me, I can edit them on the spot with Photoshop. Please note: I am a photographer, so I can pick the best ones and do the editing myself. Then, so I am not completely controlling the situation, I can send’em off to Mullinator and we can choose the best one and decide on any style changes.
Lastly, we need some concensus - or at least a decision by the judges - on what we shall use for the wording on the shirt. I’ve heard a couple suggestions, but we need something definate.
Also, don’t count on this being done quickly. While I can do all the photo stuff in a day, the guy who own’s the t-shirt company is in a different state, and I have no idea how long it might take to do the printing or if I would actually have to go to another party.
Quality is the goal here, not speed. I want something that I can pass down to my children and say “Look…there’s somebody dumber than me AND he let his wife take pictures.”
Ah, yes.
Unine sandwitches: For every generation.
Urine Nation, under Giraffe,
with liberal evacuating for all.
[g]Gorgon Heap**, we have a reasonably good digital camera (4 megapixel), so I don’t think quality will be an issue. However, the question remains as to what pictures themselves will best tell the story. Maybe we should storyboard this thing:
picture 1: picture of Giraffe thoroughly cleaning the toilet (duh)
picture 2: the making of the sandwiches
picture 3: the bagging of the sandwiches, with Glad and Ziploc boxes prominently displayed
picture 4: the dropping in the toilet (I’ll omit the peeing shot)
picture 5: close-up of sandwiches floating in urine-filled toilet
picture 6: removal/rinsing
picture 7: taking a bite out of each one – yum!
Is there a single image that will truly capture this whole thing, or should we do some sort of montage? There’s no way to put a star wipe on a t-shirt, is there?
That’s the question, Giraffe. I think we should pool our creative juices (oh, the sweet, sweet puns!) to figure out what would be best. While a storyboard is possible, it makes a lot of work for those gawking at you.
I suggest the best close-up of the baggied sammitches in the bowl. One pic is good to quickly see what awfulness is represented therein, and it pretty well encapsulates the grossitude of the whole event.
Oh my…
So, in searching for “giraffe” and “urine” on Google, I have discovered something which my be of considerable interest…It was to me, anyway.
From this page, in the “Fast facts” section:
This factoid was confirmed by britannica.com.
There has to be a joke in there somewhere.
As a shirt suggestion, how about a two-picture collage, the first being the bags in the bowl, and the second being the taste test?
Sandwiches floating in pre-coital urine?:eek: Come on, man, some of us are planning on wearing these t-shirts to work and/or church.
[Mondale]
Apparently giraffes want to get a nut in the worst way.
[/Mondale]
Now, i am mostly a spectator of this adventure which i call: “The Greatest Challenge Ever”… however let me just put a quick suggestion in:
If the T-shirt guy that Gorgon Heap has falls through, there is always Cafe Press (www.cafepress.com). You can open up a free account, upload any graphic you want to it, and then buy (and sell) a wide variety of t-shirts, etc… The shirts themselves are probably more expensive than your average t-shirt, but there is no cost to setup the graphic or anything of the sort.
Just a thought.
Do you think Chicago Reader would grant permission for us to use the SD logo?
No. ANd I knew somebody would bring it up. That is why I didn’t originally add in anything about the SDMB when I made the suggestion.
The Reader may night be the most reputable rag around, but I don’t know if they’d want one of their logos walking hand-in-hand with … whatever it is we’re doing here.
“may night”? WTF? “may not” dangit.