Profile for bennyd302 - holy moley thanks everyone!

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.

URL: http://www.benjamindouglass.com
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Aug 31 '09 by bennyd302

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holy moley thanks everyone!

about Et Tu, Crouton? (The Assassination of Caesar Dressing)

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 on Aug 31 '09 at 11:14am

congrats, and well deserved, shield looks good by your name

jess4002 on Aug 31 '09 at 11:15am

EricDiaz on Aug 31 '09 at 11:18am

congrats man!! totally deserved!

ratkiss on Aug 31 '09 at 11:25am

congrats!!!!

bmnixon on Aug 31 '09 at 1:39pm

What no anchovy? Really cool design though.

Talking To The Ground on Aug 31 '09 at 1:54pm

YOU FREAKIN ROCK!

trey is meticulous on Aug 31 '09 at 2:06pm

What a great T

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 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. 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 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 on Aug 31 '09 at 3:24pm

now for oldest crayon to print!

bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 3:26pm

haha well that would be swell.

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 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 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 on Aug 31 '09 at 6:23pm

congrats benny!

igo2cairo on Aug 31 '09 at 6:25pm

Congrats on a fantastic first print! :)

SuperRyan on Aug 31 '09 at 6:34pm

congratulations!

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 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 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 on Aug 31 '09 at 7:07pm

Congrats, benny! Love this one!

NiNTH WHEEL on Aug 31 '09 at 8:21pm

Congrats!

BubuSam on Aug 31 '09 at 8:44pm

Congrats! Awesome tee

Maltzmania on Aug 31 '09 at 8:52pm

congrats bennyd!

bennyd302 on Aug 31 '09 at 10:08pm

all you duders are alright in my book.

TangYauHoong on Sep 01 '09 at 12:26am

Congrats benny, looks great!

jax_t on Sep 01 '09 at 5:05am

oh man "et tu cruton"
for the lols
congrats man

badbasilisk on Sep 01 '09 at 5:21am

sweet dude! congrats :-)

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!

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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.

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