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SuperPope aka David Rutledge is a 36.98 year old boy, has been a member since May 25, 2005, has scored 17,276 submissions, giving an average score of 1.70, helping 206 designs get printed.

Feb 26 '07 by SuperPope
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I love this shirt except...

about FrequenCity

...for the penguin on the doily. I'd buy it if that weren't there. It just somehow changes the tone of the whole design and is too distracting from the nifty glowing screens and such.

chelly on Feb 26 '07 at 1:14pm

it's so funny that i knew exactly what you were going to say

i don't quite understand the necessity of that part either, except maybe to break it up a little

shirtflirt on Feb 26 '07 at 1:15pm

hey man, where you been?

Azarael on Feb 26 '07 at 1:26pm

is it not maybe like that game....uh what was it called....where the wee penguin jumped about on the cubes?? Well it reminds me of that anyway....lol

precociouspunk on Feb 26 '07 at 1:29pm

it's a reference to a monty python sketch

castle on Feb 26 '07 at 1:29pm

it's from Monty Python

castle on Feb 26 '07 at 1:29pm

too slow :(

AsStarsGoOut on Feb 26 '07 at 1:30pm

i agree. . .the penguin makes it just seem like a silly shirt with tvs and a penguin on it. . .but without it you get the full tv city effect.

AsStarsGoOut on Feb 26 '07 at 1:30pm

oh. Ive never ever seen monty python. . .

mashattack on Feb 26 '07 at 2:09pm

the penguin is mostly WHY i'm buying the shirt. the design is great, but the penguin sold it.

SuperPope on Feb 26 '07 at 2:13pm

Oh, okay. So it's an inside joke.

I love The Holy Grail, but I haven't seen much other Monty Python stuff.

takoyaki on Feb 26 '07 at 2:19pm

I think it's cute. :)

slickhop on Feb 26 '07 at 6:47pm

how often does anyone get to say ' i like it except for the penguin on the doily' ?

Monkey III on Feb 26 '07 at 6:53pm

It wasn't a penguin jumping on cubes either -- That was Q-Bert!!! Atari 2600 woot woot...

J-Ray on Feb 26 '07 at 11:02pm

Yeah, I was looking at this in detail, as it seemed the best out of this week's batch. But then I saw the doily penguin and that ruined the whole thing for me. =(

danrule on Feb 26 '07 at 11:28pm

You're right it does change the tone, and not for the better.

In hindsight I should have taken it out, but I had just re-seen that episode of MP when I did this.

MoniqueH on Feb 27 '07 at 2:51am

Are you kidding? The Doily makes this shirt! And you can't just have a Doily sitting there, so you got to add a penguin.

Lena E. on Feb 27 '07 at 4:16am

I love the penguin - it's cute! :D

deboraborialis on Feb 27 '07 at 4:28am

I love the penguin. He made me laugh. Made me want to buy it.

captain_kaos on Feb 27 '07 at 4:43am

the whole idea is that the city lights produces global warming, thus runing the pengiuns habit.

SuperPope on Feb 27 '07 at 9:41am

That's a good story to tell people when you wear it, Captain Kaos, but danrule already said that it's a Monty Python joke.

I don't think the penguin is going to hurt this shirt's sales. Seems like for every person who says they're not buying it because of the penguin there's another person that's buying it specifically because of it.

Anyway, it's a great illustration. Congrats!

Nodus on Feb 27 '07 at 9:42am

Explain this joke!

MeLa de Gypsie on Feb 27 '07 at 9:43am

maybe someone can tell the Monty Python joke...

or at least post a youtube about it.

Crecia on Feb 27 '07 at 11:40am

Don't break the ice!! I loved that game with the penguins and the cubes...haha

morrowdays on Feb 27 '07 at 7:51pm

the penguin adds a hint of blingfulness to the whole design. and whats more awesome than a penguin on a doily? nothing.

SuperPope on Feb 27 '07 at 10:23pm

A quick Google search for "Monty Python exploding penguin" and here you are: The Mary Queen of Scots - Exploding Penguin on TV Set Sketch

dc dan on Feb 28 '07 at 4:16pm

check it out...hysterical. love the shirt.

27 days later

penkethman_sophie on Mar 28 '07 at 1:32am

i think u need to penguin to break up the design, other wise it's kinda a bit to flat and intence

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