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JoelRHale aka Joel Hale is a 20.95 year old boy, has been a member since January 8, 2009, has scored 1881 submissions, giving an average score of 2.98.

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Jan 21 '09 by JoelRHale

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What not to write a slogan about.

I thought this would be a good idea to help with new comers and seasoned professionals alike. I'm not saying I know what I'm doing, but I will share with you subject matter that really bombed, and please submit things that you know of and help everyone stay away from duds.

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JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 2:17pm

Here are mine so far: polar bears and playing off of the phrase "when nature calls" or "going out on a limb" haha.

rossmat8 on Jan 21 '09 at 2:18pm

MOVIE QUOTES

againstbound on Jan 21 '09 at 2:18pm

Do not write slogans about your junk, or anyone's junk.

littlem on Jan 21 '09 at 2:19pm

"i see you forgot when your period started again"

Sarcasticatbest on Jan 21 '09 at 2:20pm

Well, maybe Hector's junk.

Hitler is still a bit of a sore spot as well.

bryn.rhys on Jan 21 '09 at 2:20pm

Do not use write slogans about anyone's mum.

JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 3:14pm

Haha, comedian quotes or inside jokes.

HorsefaceDee on Jan 21 '09 at 3:15pm

no boobs please

rossmat8 on Jan 21 '09 at 3:16pm

Products that Billy Mays would gladly endorse

juliejeremiah on Jan 21 '09 at 3:18pm

poop

Steve The Great on Jan 21 '09 at 3:20pm

more boobs please

toopersent on Jan 21 '09 at 3:57pm

dont write slogans about slogans...

do write slogans about hogans heroes.

rossmat8 on Jan 21 '09 at 3:58pm

or shoguns or hero sandwiches. Speaking of Hogans Heroes how is it we still don't have a sandwich store named that?

toopersent on Jan 21 '09 at 3:59pm

'Clubbing seals are usually the best dancers'...

fail!

toopersent on Jan 21 '09 at 3:59pm

copywrite infringement ross...

rossmat8 on Jan 21 '09 at 4:01pm

yeah but I think they could make it a point to get the rights to it and even have sandwiches named after the characters.

JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 5:56pm

don't use a slogan that anywhere has "ilf" in it. okay okay, g-pilf is a funny word, but please, have some limits. i think the worst one to right about is a ratio or percentage, even if it's good it just gets lost in the same "insert random number"% of all stats are made up right on the spot or # out of # blah blah blah. I've seen good ones, but there's just too much.

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 21 '09 at 6:07pm

DA BAWLZ
of 9 votes, 0% like it

JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 6:08pm

Haha, I think caps lock hinders slogans as well.

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 21 '09 at 6:14pm

also, slogans that only make sense if someone asks you a very specific question, or in very specific circumstances.

or this:

if your wenis is on your elbow, where is your pagina?
of 15 votes, 13% like it

Chipmnk on Jan 21 '09 at 6:16pm

Anything related to Xzibit.

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 21 '09 at 6:16pm

also, people who take out their typetee frustrations by submitting "if you click OMG NO, your gay". Ouch!

Steve The Great on Jan 21 '09 at 6:17pm

self reference = lose

JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 6:28pm

This goes along with my earlier post, don't just take a slogan from another sloganeer and reword it to get it past the filter.

toopersent on Jan 21 '09 at 6:42pm

anything having to do with the following people are not okay

you
me
God
Dick Tracey
Energizer Bunny
Rick Ross
Mr. Sprocket
or Mork (mindy is okay)

JoelRHale on Jan 21 '09 at 7:00pm

Don't take an idea that has already been printed and submit basically the same thing. NOTE my sci fi movies slogan was before I saw the movies shirt, and I haven't got rid of it because it has a good percentage.

rossmat8 on Jan 21 '09 at 10:19pm

life doesn't hand people lemons and numbers aren't cannibals so don't submit slogans suggesting either.

JoelRHale on Jan 22 '09 at 1:55pm

masturbation jokes never do well.

Noh_Body on Jan 22 '09 at 6:04pm

Don't submit slogans like "BEER" or "BOOBS" because im not sure the nascar fan percentage is very high here on Threadless.

ShawnLogan on Jan 22 '09 at 8:28pm

Apparently anything about X-Ray vision.. none of mine have done well at all.

:( sadfaces ):

toopersent on Jan 22 '09 at 8:33pm

Don't use humor...

supertrooper74 on Jan 22 '09 at 8:37pm

Juvenile Diabetes

ShawnLogan on Jan 22 '09 at 8:49pm

scientific or medical terms... unles they've been used extensively on Gray's Anatomy or CSI.

Those, and it seems like anything too technical or requires much thought to figure out; if they don't get it in 2 seconds, it gets a 'NO' or is skipped.

Malcolm Man on Jan 22 '09 at 8:51pm

Child rape.

toopersent on Jan 22 '09 at 8:53pm

lets just say rape in general....

brentendo on Jan 22 '09 at 8:54pm

zombies. ninjas. pirates.

they're all too overused

toopersent on Jan 22 '09 at 8:55pm

unicorns.... just please stop.

shit, I forgot I did a unicorn one too....

ShawnLogan on Jan 22 '09 at 8:55pm

I also just realized;

- backwards written text; not unless there's a really good reason AND actually makes sense.
- mixing capital and lowercase letters; See backwards written text.

ShawnLogan on Jan 22 '09 at 10:19pm

Blog Killer Strikes Again!!

JoelRHale on Jan 22 '09 at 10:26pm

You shouldn't use profanity, I mean I could see Threadless printing ass or damn, but not the big three haha.

JoelRHale on Jan 23 '09 at 4:34pm

Apparently groucho disguise glasses aren't as funny to people as I thought.

JoelRHale on Jan 23 '09 at 4:43pm

Something I've noticed... If you have more slogans people care to look at, and not one of then has broken 20% after 30 votes, I'm not saying you should stop, but you should reevaluate your approach to slogan writing. I am all about encouraging people to do write slogans, once you write your first one you will have the hang of it.

JoelRHale on Jan 24 '09 at 10:56am

Water slides and the idea of dry runs are apparently a no go as well haha

toopersent on Jan 24 '09 at 11:00am

apparently nothing to do with alcohol either....

JoelRHale on Jan 24 '09 at 1:51pm

I'm about to just say anything you find the most funny 40% of the time tanks.

JoelRHale on Jan 24 '09 at 5:24pm

I was looking at slogans and I have some more to add. Add vampires, racist slurs, any inference of your dick as something else and then implying that you and the reader of the shirt do the normal act of that "something else" and making it sound like you are wanting to have sex... 50% of the population isn't your target audience... ugh people these days. Haha.

V1ctorya on Jan 24 '09 at 5:29pm

Don't make slogans about potentially lethal/internetly known sexual acts. Donkey Punch may be a movie (getting fair reviews) and threadless may have printed a shirt about the goatse, but. . .

6 days later

JoelRHale on Jan 30 '09 at 6:59pm

I've mentioned this before, but it is imperative that people understand this: caps lock = bad, nothing is more depressing than seeing an entire page of not very funny completely capitalized slogans.

JoelRHale on Feb 01 '09 at 12:27pm

don't write about condiments haha

47 days later

robot activist on Mar 21 '09 at 6:13am

I find 'inspirational' quotes annoying.

PS Hamsters: the unexplored answer to our energy crisis. = awesomeness

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