# Would you buy SDMB cra... errrr.... stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741 "2006-08-07T19:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/1 "2006-08-07T19:21:19Z")
Although I normally am not a big fan of marketing crap like T-shirts and whatnot, I could see myself buying a shirt or a coffee mug or something from the SDMB. I mean, if something decent were offered. …and, of course, I am ready from the get-go to propose my own version… I would start with a simple T-shirt; a small SDMB logo in the upper right, with **cite?** in big bold letters on the front, and in small font on the back (whoosh). Maybe a coffee mug that simply said “The Straight Dope: making mornings at work bearable since 1973” How about you? Would buy [del]this crap[/del] these signs of love and devotion for the SDMB? Got any good ideas for stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/2 "2006-08-07T21:45:17Z")
I already have [The Official Straight Dope T-shirt](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt), but if a cool SDMB design (_not_ on a white or heather gray shirt) were to be marketed I’d probably buy it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/3 "2006-08-07T21:56:34Z")
Only on a whim. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/4 "2006-08-07T21:56:57Z")
Nope. I don’t try to hide my identity, but I don’t really want to be stopped at the grocery store by a Doper who wants to know who I am. It’d just feel…awkward. Likewise, I don’t really want all my IRL friends coming here. It’s one thing if they’re here already and I don’t know it - I don’t post anything I would be sorry to see public. But I like not having to worry about it. Ignorance is occasionally bliss. But I really like the **cite?** and (whoosh) design. ok, I really, \*really \*like it. I \*might \*buy it, 'cause it’s a frakking awesome design. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/5 "2006-08-07T22:10:08Z")
I’d definitely buy the **cite?** shirt. The last thing in the Universe I need is another coffee mug, seeing as how I don’t drink the stuff and students give me a dozen of them every year anyway. Maybe a baseball cap that says “Uncle Rue’s Daycare Center” on it… ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/6 "2006-08-07T22:35:29Z")
I already have the shirt. I don’t usually wear it in public but I do sleep in it. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/7 "2006-08-07T22:43:51Z")
I’d definitely buy a “Cite?” shirt! ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/8 "2006-08-07T23:26:37Z")
Depends on what it is. I might buy a coffee mug with “cite?” on it; or maybe a mouse pad or something like that. I doubt I’d buy a shirt; I don’t wear shirts that have logos/writing/whatever on it. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/9 "2006-08-07T23:34:01Z")
I already have a Straight Dope coffee mug. I would definately buy a SDMB mug or mousepad. I wouldn’t buy a regular men’s style t-shirt, because I don’t wear those. I would buy a baby-tee, though, with a SDMB reference on it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/10 "2006-08-08T03:09:07Z")
No, but I’d wear it a lot if I got it for free. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/11 "2006-08-08T03:46:54Z")
I always thought they should make a Straight Dope calendar - if they did, I’d buy one. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/12 "2006-08-08T03:53:55Z")
There was an SDMB beefcake/cheesecake calendar in 2004. It was put together before I joined, but I remember hearing about it and have seen a few of the pictures… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/13 "2006-08-08T06:02:10Z")
[:o](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317477)\<– This didn’t work as well as I had hoped… the ‘embarrased’ smiley is a hyperlink to a thread I started because I had just purchased a Straight Dope shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/14 "2006-08-08T08:15:09Z")
I’d love to be able to pick out other Dopers by an SDMB shirt or hat. Maybe a ballcap that says “SDMB”, like “FDNY”, with no embellishment or additional explanation. > [@WhyNot](#): > > Likewise, I don’t really want all my IRL friends coming here. It’s one thing if they’re here already and I don’t know it - I don’t post anything I would be sorry to see public. But I like not having to worry about it. Ignorance is occasionally bliss. Yeah, I think it’d have to be something that’d be obvious to a Doper but wouldn’t give away what it was about and would seem like an otherwise fairly normal T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sdmb-cra-errrr-stuff/367741/15 "2006-08-08T10:22:45Z")
What about a really less than obvious presence, like a small brooch or an emblem somewhere. Something that another member could identify with? I know there could be a million designs, but a shirt or similar with a discreet emblem may work. Like a scorpion.