# Straight Dope Gear **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 17, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433 "2016-04-17T02:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TerribleRedMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@TerribleRedMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TerribleRedMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/1 "2016-04-17T02:04:40Z")
Hello! I apologize profusely as I’m nearly certain that this isn’t the appropriate place to post this, but as I have only JUST (finally) joined the message boards after all these years I am apparently not allowed to post in the Marketplace forum yet - and I’m not even sure that the Marketplace forum would be the best place for this post! To my question: does The Straight Dope still offer the excellent swag for sale that used to be available when I first encountered the website (nearly twenty years ago)? I purchased an EXCELLENT t-shirt, which I loved dearly, from this website back in 1999. That shirt finally degraded to such a state that my significant other insisted that it was no longer appropriate for wear, even just to bed, a couple of years ago, so I surrendered it to the landfill. Earlier today I was reminded of that shirt and I decided that I wanted another one immediately. Unfortunately, on navigating to the site, I found that it appears that there is no longer a Straight Dope store. I am profoundly bummed by this, everybody. I really, REALLY want another Straight Dope T! I will give you money for it! Many dollars! 🙂 TRM ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/2 "2016-04-17T08:31:48Z")
I’d consider giving you mine, but my mother secretly incorporated it into a “this is your life” personalized quilted bedspread…so no can do. Also, you might want to request a forum change (send a personal message to a moderator)…probably to the “Mundane…” forum. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/3 "2016-04-17T11:10:25Z")
Since the OP concerns the Message Board, lets move from General Questions to ATMB. **samclem** , moderator, who has said t-shirt but only one and it is probably also ready for the trash. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/4 "2016-04-17T13:30:08Z")
You’ll get _my_ **Straight Dope** mug when you pry it from my cold dead hands. Or cough up $10K for it. Either way’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/5 "2016-04-17T14:51:02Z")
The absence of SD t-shirts is both a fundraising and promotional fail. As a wearer/collector of far too many t-shirts commemorating various places and causes, I bemoan the lack of Straight Dope tees (our members could surely design some beauts). If we had access to t-shirts, not only could we explain to random weirdos, junkies and political outcasts the benefits of posting here (and viewing pop-under ads), the Dope could raise enough money to host an annual Management/Moderator bash in Akron or other exotic locale. Ed, are you listening? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/6 "2016-04-17T15:31:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Ed, are you listening? And how much gear did you buy back in the years it was available? I recall it being said that it was being discontinued because hardly anyone wanted it, thus costing more to maintain the stock than they got in sales. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/7 "2016-04-17T15:44:58Z")
They could make one of those novelty pens that you turn upside down and it shows a different picture - it could reveal the identity of Cecil Adams (fully clothed, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/8 "2016-04-17T15:52:01Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how much gear did you buy back in the years it was available? PS. Didn’t mean for that to sound snarky. I am just curious. I never actually bought any, was gifted what I got. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/9 "2016-04-17T15:53:29Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how much gear did you buy back in the years it was available? I recall it being said that it was being discontinued because hardly anyone wanted it, thus costing more to maintain the stock than they got in sales. By the time I was aware there was any “gear”, I’m not sure there was anything more than a mug and maybe a bumper sticker available. And I’ve never been too keen on the work of the official SD cartoonist. Admit it, you’re worried that the reappearance of new stock would threaten your plan to retire on proceeds of selling your rare SD collector mug at a Christie’s auction. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/10 "2016-04-17T16:07:39Z")
Can’t they open a store on Cafe Press to make all the SDMB swag? That way, there is no inventory or shipping cost. Nothing but profit. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/11 "2016-04-17T16:37:28Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how much gear did you buy back in the years it was available? The times, they are a-changing. Dude. Heck, I bought a Straight Dope book back before the WWW existed. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/12 "2016-04-17T18:01:55Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Heck, I bought a Straight Dope book back before the WWW existed. Yep, got my first copy of “The Straight Dope” in the mid 1980’s. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/13 "2016-04-17T18:02:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Admit it, you’re worried that the reappearance of new stock would threaten your plan to retire on proceeds of selling your rare SD collector mug at a Christie’s auction. It’s true, I admit it. I poached an egg in my SD mug this morning. I figure that can only enhance the value. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/14 "2016-04-17T18:07:48Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > The times, they are a-changing. Dude. > > Heck, I bought a Straight Dope book back before the WWW existed. The WWW and mobile electronics have put quite a dent in physical book sales. But I don’t think they have diminished the need for t-shirts! I’d buy one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/15 "2016-04-17T18:09:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It’s true, I admit it. > > I poached an egg in my SD mug this morning. I figure that can only enhance the value. Of the egg, or the mug? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/16 "2016-04-17T18:41:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Of the egg, or the mug? Both. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/17 "2016-04-17T19:14:41Z")
> [@TerribleRedMonster](#): > > To my question: does The Straight Dope still offer the excellent swag for sale that used to be available when I first encountered the website (nearly twenty years ago)? If it’s for sale, it’s not swag. Swag is the free stuff they give away at trade shows and the like. Taken from the older meaning of swag referring to stolen goods. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/18 "2016-04-17T19:57:07Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > If it’s for sale, it’s not swag. Swag is the free stuff they give away at trade shows and the like. Taken from the older meaning of swag referring to stolen goods. Schwag is what they give away for free. Swag is stolen goods, or short for swagger. ETA: Just looked it up and see swag is also stuff given away for free. Never mind. Either way it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/19 "2016-04-18T00:08:17Z")
I have 2 (two) of the original Straight Dope t-shirts. Two tiny pieces of SD history. They are size M (Medium) and in new condition. Please contact me off the board if you would like to purchase. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433/20 "2016-04-18T00:12:09Z")
**Qadgop** , you think _your_ mug is collectable? Mine says “STAFF” on the other side of it-- Those are priceless! And I also have an autographed copy of one of the books. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433.md?page=2)