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Er...Mephistopholes (sp?)<P>-Shannon

I'm afraid I now have a duty to "share the love." The Cloven Viscount is a novella by Italo Calvino, and is commonly sold with The Nonexistent Knight. Both stories (as with all his other work) are highly amusing in an off-beat way. The viscount that gets...cleaved (?) is Viscount Medardo of Terralba. See, I have strange tastes, the least of which is Jackie's Fridge. : ) I will stop/continue boring/intriguing y'all with semi-obscure books upon the delivery of my very special Ada tee.

When I saw that JF merchandise is now available, I did a happy dance. However, I would be extra-extra-happy if a t-shirt was made of my favorite strip:<P>Some Guy: I had to tell you...you have gorgeous legs!
Ada: You like my legs, eh? You should see my *boobs*.
Some Guy: Really?
Ada: Yeah, but you never will.<P>Please?<P>-- M.<P>P.S. Twenty bonus points to the person who recognizes the connection between my login name and "M."

Aaaah, I see. See, I thought Mephistopholes (you think I would have checked the spelling of that in the meantime @_@) because a) I thought "cloven" referred to feet, as in cloven hooves, and b) because isn't ol' Meph a viscount of Hell or something? Anyway, only thing I could come up with.<P>As for the strip...buy a shirt, a mug, and a mousepad in the current design, provide notorized receipts proving purchase, and maybe we'll consider it.<P>No, I kid. Basically, it's up to BJ - I know the *AHEM!* COFFEE STRIPS are high on his priority list, as we can make mugs and shirts outta those, too, but unless he wants to rework the art for the boobs strip, I would think we could accomodate you. I'd just need him to scan in his original for me to get in to Cafe Press (Remember, BJ, 10 inches wide at 200dpi...).<P>In the meantime, <A href="http://www.jobeth.net/store.htm" target="New">BUY STUFF!</A><P>-Shannon, eagerly awaiting the arrival of his JF mousepad and T-shirt
"Teeeeeeed, oh Teeeeeeed, fighting off DAN-geeeeeeeeer..." (Guess who got a cable modem and Napster this week? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">)
<p>[This message has been edited by jackiesfridge (edited 03-13-2001).]

I'll need to save up some more money first...<P>The two $16 shirts I bought ended up being $24 and $25 after Cafe Press added shipping, and mysterious $3 charges to the bill.<P>I'll note that I take GOOD care of these shirts. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>I'll also note that I'd love to see the boobs strip on a shirt too. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>-Zodo
aka BUNNY!
Consummate Troublemaker<p>[This message has been edited by zodo (edited 03-13-2001).]

I'm eyeing a mousepad right now...<P>You know, however, what it'll take take to get me to buy a t-shirt.<P><A HREF="http://jackiesfridge.keenspace.com/d/20 ... l">Yeah</A> that's right. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P> JIM

Good guess, and I will try and get my act together and buy a mousepad. I spilled coffee on my current one. Ah, well. And, while I am not an "expert" on marketing, I predict that boobs strip tees, if made, would sell like hotcakes, yup.<P>The Mighty, Mighty M-Tone
(don't ask)

::looks in the store for a wind up Fridge toy::<P>oh... ... ...<P>::walks away dejectedly::<P>------------------
- Josh Nickerson
<A HREF="http://thenolans.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>The Nolans</A>

So I need to get higher-quality scans of the boobs strip and the lollipop strips?<P>I can do that. If for no other reason than to apologise for the simplistic lameness of the Rhebus design. I mean, I like the graphic, but a whole SHIRT devoted to it? Better a coffee mug or mousepad.<P>*erases the coffee strip from the bottom of the list*
*add the coffee strip a little higher up*<P>Do you know how hard it is to go back and re-tread the same material?<P>RE: Cafe Press--what the hell is up with the whacked out shipping?! Zodo lives in Indiana, not Australia!!<P>And Shannon.....you downloaded "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"? Shame on you. You could've borrowed my 45. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/eek.gif"><P>Josh: What would a wind-up Fridge toy DO?<P>------------------
I'm a slave to karma, I'll be coming back--yeah I'll be coming back--but <A HREF="http://www.jobeth.net" TARGET=_blank>for the last time</A>.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BJ:
<B>So I need to get higher-quality scans of the boobs strip and the lollipop strips?</B><P>If we want to make merchandise out of them, yes (remember, 10 inches wide, 200 DPI). Just a note (and I could be wrong, here) - I don't think JIM is so much interested in a lollipop shirt as he is in a shirt with a bigass Pig head and the word "EVIL!" on it. Could be wrong there, though. JIM, check me on that.<P><B>I can do that. If for no other reason than to apologise for the simplistic lameness of the Rhebus design. I mean, I like the graphic, but a whole SHIRT devoted to it? Better a coffee mug or mousepad.</B><P>Which is why I went ahead and made those up, too. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> My own personal copy of the mousepad should arrive shortly. Yay! As for the coffee mug...<P><B>*erases the coffee strip from the bottom of the list*</B><P>Um, yeah. THAT'S the coffee mug I want to order. I'll wait until it's available. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P><B>*add the coffee strip a little higher up*</B><P>*surreptitious glare* A LITTLE?<P><B>Do you know how hard it is to go back and re-tread the same material?</B><P>Yup, but it's either that, or use the art as stands. That's what you get for drawing such an inherently marketable series of strips. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P><B>RE: Cafe Press--what the hell is up with the whacked out shipping?! Zodo lives in Indiana, not Australia!!</B><P>It's not shipping charges. If I remember correctly, our friend Zodo is a plus-size guy ("cuddly", in my wife's parlance), and would have ordered shirts in a XX size or above (Check me on this, Bunny). Cafe Press, apparently to cover the materials cost for larger shirts, adds an extra $3.00 onto every XX, XXX, and XXXX shirt they sell. The extra charge is listed on their order page, but I'm not sure if it was so prominently displayed before March 1. Anyway, that's why your shirts cost more, Zodo.<P><B>And Shannon.....you downloaded "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"? Shame on you. You could've borrowed my 45. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/eek.gif"></B><P>Yeah, but that wouldn't have fit into my CD-ROM very well. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> Last night's conquests - The Buckaroo Banzai beginning and end themes, including a pretty schnazzy remix of the intro theme; the PPG beginning and end themes; and several techno mixes with various PPG samples in them. Woo!<P><B>Josh: What would a wind-up Fridge toy DO?</B><P>That was actually my question when I saw the post, too. The only thing I could come up with was: you wind it up, set it down, and a timer starts...when it reaches zero, the icemaker opens up and spews out a ton of little plastic cubes, and a voxchip inside the Fridge says, <a href="http://jackiesfridge.keenspace.com/d/20000712.html">"It was an emergency. I panicked."</A>
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href="http://www.jobeth.net/store.htm" target="new">BUY STUFF!</A><P>-Shannon<p>[This message has been edited by jackiesfridge (edited 03-14-2001).]

Want copy of the BB themes!! I've been looking for those for YEARS!!<P>And if you like the PPG end theme, a friend of mind bestowed upon me an entire CD of rare Bis b-sides and stuff, to which I've been listening non-stop for a week. You should probably borrow it.<P>Okay, all right....Boobs strip and Evil Pig Icon shirt. And coffee strips.<P>------------------
I'm a slave to karma, I'll be coming back--yeah I'll be coming back--but <A HREF="http://www.jobeth.net" TARGET=_blank>for the last time</A>.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jackiesfridge:
<B>
If we want to make merchandise out of them, yes (remember, 10 inches wide, 200 DPI). Just a note (and I could be wrong, here) - I don't think JIM is so much interested in a lollipop shirt as he is in a shirt with a bigass Pig head and the word "EVIL!" on it. Could be wrong there, though. JIM, check me on that.
</B>
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's right. I'll be reasonable, though, and allow the pig to be downgraded from "bigass" to "sizeable". <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>Although, the lollipop strip would be something that could go on the back.<P>More work for BJ! Stupid Pig.<P> JIM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JIM:
<B>Stupid Pig.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly.

Pig is not stupid!!! He is just a little "challenged"; after all he's only a fuzzy little cute-faced evil rodent with a tiny brain. Get busy BJ - I want an evil pig t-shirt too!(please)
I would prefer him singing with his carrot guitar (Feed my guinea pig ala Alice Cooper style) or yelling "I'll swallow your soul! I'll take him however I can get him though. Thanks!

Very nice coloring job on the shirt, btw.<P>
Sigh... I miss my shirts, I really shouldn't have got drunk and went and pissed off cafe press like that...<P>------------------
Poe
"Happiness exists only in love, sex, and death

Thanks, man! I'm never sure about my colouring jobs. John was being mean when he didn't discourage me from colouring the Sporky's Fridge strips. Bad John!<P>And I received a request for a Gin shirt, which I actually do have an idea for. Who knows?