Not since Who Gives a F*CK? have i seen such a misuse of the word … this is “master” from the new bar near my joint.
The underlying message i understand ….. i’m just not sure of the use of the power word.
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lol hilarious, but kinda cool…lol
My Engrish translation is broken. I still can’t interpret the underlying message
If it’s in the shade, then there’s no sun to cast the shadow ….. and hence the time can’t be established.
Thanks. It was actually the first part XD Luckily, my English hasn’t degraded to the point of not knowing what a sundial is.
Is that suppose to be interpreted as “WTF A Sundial in the Shade?”
Seems more like the designer just used “f*ck” instead of “point” lol
Just checking Steve
…. i think you’re probably right on the interpretation too.
And here I used to think “Fuck” was always appropriate.
How many fucks would a sundial fuck if a sundial could fuck shade? Gah.
Big fan of the word myself Liv …. just couldn’t understand it’s placement, not suggesting it shouldn’t be used … and you’re right, they probably could have thrown a few extras in.
I’m happy to see there are still genuine engrish t-shirts out there. I’m sure I’ve seen a lot of deliberately garbled english on t-shirts just because it’s cool.
I’m convinced its some kind of code.. there is some kind of doomsday fuck going on in Japan…If you decipher the message it really means “Fuck a sundial in the shade” hence we have fucking going on.. i’m missing out on all of this fucking.. i’m jealous of Neil seeing all of this fucking going on…
It’s meant to convey a sense of frustration with the human condition.
Like when you walk in to your house and find the cat has shat on the floor. So you yell, in a frustrated manner, “What is…? Fuck! A cat shit on the floor!” You have no control over the cat, much less anything else in your life.
So you see that the shirt isn’t actually about a sundial or shade. It’s about being frustrated with a lack of control or meaning in one’s life. What is the fuck of a sundial, indeed. Let’s just get drunk instead.
Maybe just lacking some punctuation then … ??!!
One of my 6th grader girls had a shirt that said “Wanna kiss my cute beaver”??
Don’t remember what I said?? Maybe I was speechless?? I’m sure I tried explaining that it was..um…odd?….or…..seriously can’t remember
that’s one you just need to walk away from..
Hahahahaha, that`s hilarious … i bet it gave you quite a WTF & a laugh at the same time.
I think if you change the ‘what’ to ‘why’, cut ‘is’ and paste it over ‘of’, it makes sense and might be what the shirt is trying to convey.
I suppose they havent seen the following video:
But i love the misuse of the word either way
I LOVE that clip Mike …. thanks.
Heheh no probs
Hope you’re enjoying your break with the folks anyway
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