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bennyd302
bennyd302 aka Ben Douglass is a 24.78 year old boy, has been a member since July 9, 2008, has scored 6170 submissions, giving an average score of 2.30.
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  Aug 31 '09 by bennyd302        36 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
I really cant believe something of mine has made it to threadless. It feels completely unreal. I have to thank everyone that helped out in the critique, and all the threadless community and staff that made it a print! You guys are the best. I really believe having your work printed at threadless is an amazing accomplishment for any artist.

alexmdc
   alexmdc on Aug 31 '09 at 11:14am
congrats, and well deserved, shield looks good by your name
jess4002
jess4002 on Aug 31 '09 at 11:15am
EricDiaz
EricDiaz on Aug 31 '09 at 11:18am
congrats man!! totally deserved!
ratkiss
ratkiss on Aug 31 '09 at 11:25am
congrats!!!!
bmnixon
bmnixon on Aug 31 '09 at 1:39pm
What no anchovy? Really cool design though.
Talking To The Ground
Talking To The Ground on Aug 31 '09 at 1:54pm
YOU FREAKIN ROCK!
trey is meticulous
trey is meticulous on Aug 31 '09 at 2:06pm
What a great T
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 31 '09 at 2:45pm
I can't believe you didn't let this cat outta the bag to me duder! Fantastic print for a fantastic artiste!
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 2:52pm
haha evan I tried to hint at it in one of our last emails, I think I was a little too subtle.

thanks so much everyone!
Actress M.
Actress M. on Aug 31 '09 at 3:14pm
J'aimerai beaucoup connaitre le sens caché de cette phrase...
I would really like to know what this sentence means...
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 3:22pm
What does "et tu crouton" mean?

Its a parody off of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in which Caesar's last words before being killed are, "Et tu Brute?" which means, "and you Brutus?"
jeffreyg
jeffreyg on Aug 31 '09 at 3:24pm
now for oldest crayon to print!
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 3:26pm
haha well that would be swell.
Eonistar
Eonistar on Aug 31 '09 at 3:29pm
Stop using automatic translator, and you'll avoid such stupid mistakes.
Brutus is a NAME, so you don't translate it.
Ceasar was NOT french!!!
And even in french, "et tu crouton?" doesn't mean anything.
"Même toi Brutus?" would be correct... Or in this case, "Même toi crouton?"
Threadless could do their homeworks before printing something meaningless.
nilsr
nilsr on Aug 31 '09 at 4:48pm
Hi Eonistar, this isn't french, but latin: "Et tu Brute" is not a bad translation, "Brute" means Ceasar was directly speaking to him.

Sorry for the bad engrish, I'm swiss.
msfabian1
msfabian1 on Aug 31 '09 at 6:09pm
Eonistar, you are a moron. Caesar was a f'ing ROMAN. Which means he spoke Latin. And Et tu, Brute is latin for "And you, also, Brutus?"

Why don't you do YOUR homework before trying to sound intelligent on the interwebz?
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 31 '09 at 6:23pm
congrats benny!
igo2cairo
   igo2cairo on Aug 31 '09 at 6:25pm
Congrats on a fantastic first print! :)
SuperRyan
SuperRyan on Aug 31 '09 at 6:34pm
congratulations!
Horst Fantazzini
Horst Fantazzini on Aug 31 '09 at 6:37pm
Anyway, the original quotation was "Tu quoque [...]".

"Et tu [...]" has the same meaning, but it's like quoting the shakespearean "To be or not to be" as "to exist or not to exist".
You know, as this T-shirt is a bit "latin-nerd" oriented, at least it has to satisfy some philological criteria.
Horst Fantazzini
Horst Fantazzini on Aug 31 '09 at 6:46pm
Ah ok, I didn't know that Shakespeare actually used the "et tu..." version. Both versions are latin translations of the greek words that are reported in latin literature (Suetonius), so they are both correct.
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 6:58pm
haha I didnt realize there would be so much debate over that phrase. Thanks for all the love everyone!
dbrv11
dbrv11 on Aug 31 '09 at 7:07pm
Congrats, benny! Love this one!
NiNTH WHEEL
   NiNTH WHEEL on Aug 31 '09 at 8:21pm
Congrats!
BubuSam
   BubuSam on Aug 31 '09 at 8:44pm
Congrats! Awesome tee
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Aug 31 '09 at 8:52pm
congrats bennyd!
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 10:08pm
all you duders are alright in my book.
TangYauHoong
   TangYauHoong on Sep 01 '09 at 12:26am
Congrats benny, looks great!
jax_t
jax_t on Sep 01 '09 at 5:05am
oh man "et tu cruton"
for the lols
congrats man
badbasilisk
   badbasilisk on Sep 01 '09 at 5:21am
sweet dude! congrats :-)
Dexter Spandex
Dexter Spandex on Sep 01 '09 at 8:10am
oh my god this debate here is hysterical. ffs why do people get so worked up?
great work mate, congrats on the print!
3 days later
florever
   florever on Sep 04 '09 at 2:39pm
congrats!! i have taken a little bit of latin so i figured out what the phrase meant right away. awesome print, brilliantly done. and thanks for commenting on my design.
5 days later
Kaitman Returns
Kaitman Returns on Sep 09 '09 at 6:11pm
god, everyone tried to be so amazingly smart and politically correct in their comments on this... anyway, I just bought it.
alunajoy
alunajoy on Sep 10 '09 at 7:53pm
being someone who took latin for four years, i am buying this shirt right now. hands down.
bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Sep 11 '09 at 3:54pm
I got the shirt today, just have to say how amazing the print job came out. I am so impressed, thanks threadless team!
37 days later
ringoismestarr
ringoismestarr on Oct 18 '09 at 5:39pm
i just ordered it.
this might be the most amazing thing i've ever seen
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