I've Got a Puzzle for You...
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Mar 13 '07
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Ooh!! I know the answer!
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a chicken probably can decimate a bag of grain, yes, seeing as to decimate means to reduce by a tenth
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ahhh! new word! that's so exciting!
on the shirt: i like the idea, but not so much the execution. something about it ... i dunno. i knew the answer once, and then i forgot, and it has plagued me ever since. |
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I love this more for the concept than the art but I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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Amazing concept.
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bsweber on Mar 13 '07 ha. i was just thinking about this puzzle last night, for real.
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chicken first, then fox, then bring chicken back, then grain leaving chicken behind, then take nothing , then bring chicken.
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cute illustration and i like the puzzle. I think it's better centered higher up on the shirt (the one in green), but maybe a little smaller
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cool figures.
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I like tees that have a story to tell and not just show a pretty picture, so thank you! If it's a riddle even better, although I can imagine it might get on your nerves after a while that people want to tell you the answer or want you to tell them the answer to the riddle...
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I love the chicken!
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what?!? i don't even understand the question!
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I love the chicken too.
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I love those riddles!! And I totally understood the shirt the second I saw it!! $5 from me (which, believe me, is rare)
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I never can remember this puzzle,but the illustrations are great ! (as usual) Love the combover.
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it's cute. good job, and this would be good for kids.
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Flying Mouse on Mar 13 '07 Cute! I agreed with the chicken :D
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i always thought decimate meant to reduce to 1/10 of the original not to reduce by one tenth
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well done sonjordan
( the fox's nose could go up a tad so it doesn't look like a drip ) |
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Oh man I adore this. $5
This story eluded me for ages when I was in 4th grade. Still does. The design being farthest up looks best. |
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reminds me of s01e04 of the UK office (the best show in the universe)
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LOVE it across the bottom.. chicken to chicken, I gotta go $5 :D
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on teal is the best!
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i'll second teal!
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Bisparulz on Mar 14 '07 very cool 5$
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I love the bottom placement on the blue.
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The word decimate comes from the Roman army. As punishment, or just to keep fear of disobeying in the ranks, a general could order the legion "decimated" - meaning every tenth soldier would be ordered to be beat to death by the other soliders. It's evolved to mean destroying a large part of something, without annihilating it (total destruction).
as for the sub, love the figures, probably wouldn't wear it because i'd get tired of having to explain the riddle to people. (for those of you who don't know the riddle, the answer is in one of comments!) |
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$5
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i like the expression on the fox
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near the bottom
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make the design smaller and center it on the chest (wow, I think I just said the opposite to someone else) and I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
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and your commentary cracked me the hell up.
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Love it! Khaki or green.
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Thanks for the comments all!
Yeah...while reflecting on the placement I would have to agree on making it a tad smaller on the shirt probably, I dunno. I don't have to do a resub for that do I? |
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$5
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This is wicked awesome! I want one.
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i know this with the wolf, the goat and the cabbage!
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great characters. the farmer in particular is well done. 4
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I'm slightly bothered by the "xxx" grain. Is it poison, is it meant for "mature" bread... Otherwise fan-freakin-tastic!
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if this doesn't get printed, i think i'll cry.
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love it!!
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Yeah, I think the art needs a little touching up (lek the fox's nose, etc.) But I like the concept and think it's a great idea. I like the positioning of the graphic on the white shirt, but honestly, the background color you have for the large image should be the shirt color - those other ones are meh at best.
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niiiiiiiiiiiiice
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$5
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Hey, both chickens and foxes love to eat pitchforks, so no matter what, he's losing it.
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I'd never heard of this puzzle before. Very interesting and as strange as it is for a farmer to have any interest in a fox, it's at least more viable than the missing dollar mystery, if anyone's familiar with that one.
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5$! great design, tricky puzzle, awesome shirt
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maybe he can get the chicken to make some bread out of the grain, have the bread for lunch, turn the fox into a nice hat and bring the chicken home for dinner?
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oh boy hahaha, this is an awesome shirt. such an obscure joke too!
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Ha ha. Took me a moment (because I'm dumb) but I get it. Very nice.
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thanks for the kind words and constructive comments....
hmmm...the fox's droopy nose doesn't seem too popular, I still like it, but would people prefer it being rounded coming straight out of the tip or pointed like the rest of his muzzle, but make the end black? Not that I would necessarily change it for a resub, merely curious. |
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I loved that puzzle! and I totally solved it to...after a long time XD $5
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freakin' awesome.
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ohhhh this is good. i like!!!!!
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and the nose? have it rounded still, but anchored from the top rather than the bottom, so it sticks up. i think that'd do it.
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Placement of the white shirt on blue and I would buy it in a second!
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Yeah, I kinda like the placement on the white shirt myself, do you all think it should be smaller?
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love the colors! $5
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I can't remember the answer to the riddle now....
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The placement should definately be near the bottom of the tshirt! I think that the nose on the fox at the end rather than droppy is a good idea. Nice illustrations.
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the old man rocks my world, I want the green one!
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YYEEAHHHHHHHH!
Dude, I love this shirt, I love that riddle, and I love you. |
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I love the design but i dont know if id wear it.
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"YYEEAHHHHHHHH!
"Dude, I love this shirt, I love that riddle, and I love you." - sheastar I feel the love - let us frolic and skip through the valleys. Joyous! "I love the design but i dont know if id wear it." - hunkydooky Oh, you's wear it. I'd make sure of it. |
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Holy crap! Time's running out VOTE! COMMENT! STUFF!
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LOVE IT. =)
let me guess--you watch the office. |
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I feel dumb for not having heard of this riddle before... Great shirt
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I guarantee all my friends would get high and try to figure this one out!
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Please not the white shirt placement! The old guy's head will disappear under boobs...
I vote for: green shirt, top centre placement, slightly smaller design. |
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(Actually, no, not his head... probably the river though!)
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Haha, this reminds me of my favourite the Office episode with the teambuilding and they get this task. If this became a t-shirt and I got it, which I probably would, then I'd look at it and laugh because I'd think of that episode. xD
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Yes, I had heard it before the Office, but Tim and Gareth made it just come alive for me!
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i like this shirt\
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About my design
Why is a farmer travelling with a fox?
Can a chicken really decimate an entire bag of grain?
How small is this boat that he can only bring one at a time?
We may never know......
In the meantime: DO AS THE CHICKEN SAYS.....THE POWER OF POULTRY COMPELS YOU....
Many colors and placements to choose from.