# My new button maker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030 "2003-08-22T22:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/1 "2003-08-22T22:09:11Z")
After months and months of purchasing expensive buttons to pin onto my backpack, I finally got a button maker. I’ve already made some pins featuring my favourite bands, but here’s where my fellow dopers come into play. What are some good sayings/words to put onto a button? Keep in mind they’re only one inch in diameter so it’s limited. Ready. Set. Suggest. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/2 "2003-08-22T22:28:41Z")
Do you mean ‘badge’? ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/3 "2003-08-22T22:38:59Z")
I guess… Here, we call them a variety of things. Buttons Pins Button Pins Punk Pins “You know, those round metal dealies” I tend to think of badges as those iron on things to put on plain t-shirts. But hey, if that’s what it’s called, then yes… I need some suggestions to make my “badges”. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/4 "2003-08-22T23:11:28Z")
I call those things buttons too, but when I read your thread title, I thought of little buttons on shirts. I’m just a little curious; how do you make the buttons? Do you just print out what you want on a piece of paper, cut it, then stamp it out to form the button? I can’t think of any sayings off the top of my head, but pictures of you and your friends would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/5 "2003-08-22T23:19:00Z")
Um… my dad has an old button that says “Drop your tether.” I have no idea what it means or what it’s about. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/6 "2003-08-22T23:35:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*Do you mean ‘badge’? \*\* We don’t need no stinking badges! _Somebody_ had to say it… ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/7 "2003-08-22T23:38:22Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m just a little curious; how do you make the buttons? Do you just print out what you want on a piece of paper, cut it, then stamp it out to form the button? Something like that. It’s really just a toy I picked up from Toys R Us yesterday. But despite the fact that it’s a toy, it produces great results. It looks something like this [http://ebay1.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/\_EBAY\_b72c3131702eb44d6101232dc2d33d71/i-1.JPG](http://ebay1.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_b72c3131702eb44d6101232dc2d33d71/i-1.JPG) After I cut out my design and what not, I place it in the slot and turn the knob and then place the back into the other slot and turn the knob again and unturn it and a nifty looking button pops out. Problem right now is that I have to do my designs by hand unless I want them to be in black and white. My brother has yet to install our colour printer. We bought it on boxing day, 2001 :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/8 "2003-08-22T23:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 7 up yours \* > \*\* My brother has yet to install our colour printer. We bought it on boxing day, 2001 :rolleyes: \*\* Bummer dude. It’s already obsolete…😉 ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/9 "2003-08-22T23:57:42Z")
My sister just got one of those today for her birthday (7th.) I am _so_ commandeering it. ---
**Author:** ![Beardedcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Beardedcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beardedcrow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/10 "2003-08-23T03:20:00Z")
One of my favorite buttons just says “cats bark”. Maybe some Dopers might let you use their sig lines on a button, if you ask nicely, hint, hint. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/11 "2003-08-23T03:32:28Z")
Most Doper sigs wouldn’t fit on a 1 inch button unless they were printed in 4 point font. But I’ve always thought that the best slogan for a button was something that created a thought which leads to a mental image, like the aforementioned tether and barking cat pins. So: - My head has a hinge. - Which way is up? - 2 Wrongs != Right. 2 Rights = U Turn - I see you 😃 (Yes, put in a big grin.) - Spork! ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/12 "2003-08-23T03:49:12Z")
I don’t mind if you smoke if you don’t mind if I shit in your shoe ---
**Author:** ![im2evil4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@im2evil4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im2evil4u)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/13 "2003-08-23T05:09:13Z")
Good God, that thing looks like my ex-mother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/14 "2003-08-24T05:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*Bummer dude. It’s already obsolete…😉 \*\* Well, depends on what you mean by obsolete. If you mean outdated, it was outdated when we bought it. But it works fines… if my brother would install it. All we have is the black and white laser printer right now _grumble grumble_ Btw, I’m dissapointed in the results. Of all the witty dopers on this MB, I only get a few witty responses? For shame. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/15 "2003-08-24T06:39:23Z")
Sorry, **7 up** , I wasn’t making fun. Just venting on my disdain for the short life-span of computer periphials. I wish I had some suggestions for buttons but I am completely blank in that respect… ---
**Author:** ![flickerwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flickerwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickerwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/16 "2003-08-24T07:12:10Z")
-RUN…demon babies! -Evil babies! (I think I got babies on the brain) -Sweet Buddah on a stick! -Conform!Consume!Obey! -Will sleep for $ -Love me Dammit -Twitchy freak Overused but still have SOME appeal: -Worship me -Clowns scare me …okay wow these suddenly look really lame. Oh well…_covers eyes and clicks “submit”_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/17 "2003-08-24T08:00:11Z")
How About some of my old favorites like … “You’re ugly and your mother dresses you funny.” “I’m not as think as you stoned I am.” “Don’t Panic” International symbol for NO (red circle with slash) over the letter “L” - Only good at Christmas time. “This space left unintentionally blank” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-button-maker/197030/18 "2003-08-24T08:26:29Z")
How about going for the Dick Tracy style and make one that simply says “Button”? My sister-in-law has a t-shirt with a saying I’ve always liked: “Take me drunk, I’m home.” Make some SMDB-centric buttons with classic lines from our beloved forums: “Hampster” “Invisible Pink Unicorn” “1920s-style Death Ray” “Gotcha Ya!” “I burning your dog” “Hi Opal” “Horrible Toilet Volcano” “Prehensile Rectum” “Monkey Butler” “Duck Lips” How about one with the All-Seeing Eye of Sauron? Or the White Hand of Saruman? I’d pay $0.50 for one of those if they’re well done.