# SDMB T-Shirt Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506 "2005-04-09T01:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/201 "2005-05-05T19:25:55Z")
I received today a shirt from **laina\_f** , and I had a nice laugh. In what I imagine is most likely a coincidence, our pal **twickster** lived up to our name by choosing me as the recipient of a shirt from Laina, since she went to the University of Texas and I went to Texas A&M (for the unenlightened, UT and A&M have one of the most heated, most famous rivalries in collegiate sports). Yes, that was amusing, but it gets better. The shirt I received features a picture of a UFO (which explains what I’m about to say), advertising BMC Software. It prominently declares, “Intelligent life has arrived.” Hilarious. Thanks for the shirt and the laughs, Laina. You made my day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/202 "2005-05-05T19:40:56Z")
Total coincidence! Honestly! I made an effort to get people swapping as far apart as possible – at the very least, not from the same state, and I think I managed to avoid neighboring states. (Of course, I did this without actually looking at a map, so I may have effed up on that inadvertantly – or unavoidably, for that matter, as in the “small” and “medium” swaps, which had five people each.) OTOH, I didn’t prepare dossiers on people, so the whole college rivalry thing wasn’t even a factor – 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/203 "2005-05-05T20:21:36Z")
I just hope my package to it’s new owner will get there. I haven’t seen a post from them yet. :::::worries::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/204 "2005-05-05T21:43:12Z")
I returned home today to find my T-shirt arrived - Thanks, **Aangelica**! And my contribution will go out in the mail tomorrow. I’m sorry for being so late, but I have an excuse - I was in Orlando tending to my baby after her surgery. But she’s fine, and my sweetie gave me a shirt of his that he doesn’t wear. It will arrive with apologies to my recipient! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/205 "2005-05-06T01:26:08Z")
I got two “bonus” T-shirts from **QueenTonya** today – she realized they were the wrong size for her swappee, but the right size for me. What a sweetie pie! ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/206 "2005-05-06T13:38:36Z")
I got mine the day before yesterday. It’s a cool DC comics design on the back that will scare my students. Thank you **winterhawk11**. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/207 "2005-05-06T14:10:39Z")
OK, I’ve got my package addressed and ready for the post office. As soon as I do some bill-paying, I’m going to head out to mail the bills and the T-shirt. With luck, my victim… er, recipient will get it Monday or Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/208 "2005-05-06T14:12:05Z")
**Two trouts** –I am glad you like coffee too. I just had a feeling. Let’s go fishing sometime. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/209 "2005-05-06T14:27:42Z")
**Rock n Roach** :eek: sorry I spelled your moniker wrong… :smack: Go Vikings! (girls JV soccer is undefeated so far! My daughter plays). ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/210 "2005-05-06T19:18:42Z")
The t-shirt I’m sending went out yesterday. I’ll keep the recipient a surprise. 🙂 So far, I haven’t received one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/211 "2005-05-06T19:36:01Z")
My parcel is in the hands of the USPS. With luck, it will be in the hands of a Doper early next week. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/212 "2005-05-06T19:37:28Z")
> [@mailman](#): > > **Two trouts** – Let’s go fishing sometime. Ha! Twist my arm, why dontcha! Anytime, anytime. I’ve yet to go fishing in Wisconsin, maybe a road trip is in order. ---
**Author:** ![bigdfrombigd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/213 "2005-05-06T20:04:00Z")
Hello **Congodwarf** I put yours in the post this afternoon. They said it should take around ten days. Sorry I’m so slow in getting it out. :smack: Hope you like it! Regards, **Bigdfrombigd** ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/214 "2005-05-06T22:34:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I got two “bonus” T-shirts from **QueenTonya** today – she realized they were the wrong size for her swappee, but the right size for me. What a sweetie pie! Glad you liked them! Will you now Grababootie & Pinch? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/215 "2005-05-07T03:54:44Z")
I received my shirt from\*\* Avarie537\*\* today. It’s a turquoise-ish blue and says _Johnny’s_ Gull Lake. Excellent! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/216 "2005-05-08T01:19:49Z")
> [@bigdfrombigd](#): > > Hello **Congodwarf** I put yours in the post this afternoon. They said it should take around ten days. Sorry I’m so slow in getting it out. :smack: Hope you like it! > Regards, > **Bigdfrombigd** I’m glad you were slow actually. Thanks to surgery and a death in the family, I haven’t sent yours out yet. The other problem was that once I went to look for a shirt, I realized that I had paint or caulk on all of mine - so I had to buy a new one. But, I have the shirt, the funeral is over with and I can drive again so it will probably go out on Tuesday. Hopefully, it wont take too long to get to you. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/217 "2005-05-08T17:23:01Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > Forgot to mention the chocolate. Yum-ola! I was a little concerned when I unwrapped the first one… looked for all the world like a beef boullion cube! They do look like boullion, don’t they? I haven’t gotten my shirt yet, but I figure it will get here eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/218 "2005-05-08T20:18:35Z")
> [@stretch](#): > > I received my shirt from\*\* Avarie537\*\* today. It’s a turquoise-ish blue and says _Johnny’s_ Gull Lake. Excellent! 🙂 A little background: My uncle John lived on Gull Lake and worked for the marina. When he passed away two Novembers ago, they re-named the … marina store (dunno what you call it) Johnny’s in his memory. He used to live in the apartment above the shop. It was either that or South Park. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/219 "2005-05-08T20:26:53Z")
☹ I’m beginning to be a little concerned. Since I haven’t heard anything from my sender or receiver, how do I know what to do next? Does the person who gave me mine know I’ve gotten it already? Is my secret someone who’s been waiting on theirs, had it delivered yet? Wondering where in the hell it’s at? Shoot, can someone out there in Doper land got a clue? Has the USPS screwed us over? Help! ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506/220 "2005-05-08T21:41:34Z")
**faithfool** , I saw your reply, I’ve just been mad busy with the end of school and graduating. I’m glad you like. I just got mine, as well. It’s cool. Sorry I’ve been a deadbeat, the end of the semester does it to me every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-t-shirt-exchange/298506.md?page=12)