"Dsokdpach" is, I believe, borrowed from a webcomic. So it really shouldn't be used.



The good news is I may find myself in a position to buy something of some sort after all. :)

"Dsokdpach" is a non-word invented by Zeke for a VVS9 episode.

You could say "Because life is short and sci-fi is long" to avoid copyright issues.

I'm not sure what the legal issues would be surrounding a book of some sort. When it's a parody, you might be able to get away with more, although you'd probably still have to avoid using the images.

Especially the ones of Zeke wearingnothing but Burmuda shorts and a fake beard.

Oh wait, you're not supposed to know about those....

Forget I said anything.

FWIW, I have seen a Homestar bumper sticker or two around... ;)

Homestar Runner is in a whole other league from 5MV. They were referenced in the Buffy finale, for Pete's sake. I'm not entertaining any hopes that -- oh, wait. You were just suggesting bumper stickers as a possible item, weren't you?

I have an idea! What was Latin phrase i heard Zeke mention once, Vidi Vidi Contraxi or something like that, it meant "I came, I saw, I reduced to a consiterbly shorter length" or something. That would be cool on a t-shirt. :D

mhmhmh
that is also a nice idea

Well, yes. ;) Not that I would buy them, but they're a nice generic item along with T-shirts and the like that a lot of people could conceivably use :).



I dashed off something this morning (in MS Word and Paint, for the record). Originally I was going to suggest that something like it might be put on a coffee mug, but then I had a vision of bleary-eyed people staring at it as they prepared for the Real-Life commute that would take them to their Real-Life job and it seems to me that that would just be cruel and thoughtless. :cry: However, if this were on a T-shirt, the person could wear it and then other people would have to look at it all day! :twisted:

Hah, nice idea.

@NAHTMMM
you forgot the pie :wink:

I considered that, but decided to go with the argument that surely pie is worth taking the time to make the right way 8).

truer words were never spoken :!:

(edith: I just realised that this also would give a great motto for a shirt)

5MV: Take 5 minutes to have some pie

Here is a good example of how to get around copyright and still be hilarious. Of course, Glarkware's TWoP shirts have made an art form out of copyright evasion. <g>

Ahh, Glarkware, home of some of the funniest shirts around (and some kinda lame ones, for variety). I've been planning to write them on the outside chance they'd be interested in working with 5MV the way they work with TWoP. I'll be shocked if they say yes, but there's no harm in trying. Sometimes a mistake to climb, always a mistake never to make the attempt, right, Neil?

Until recently, visiting Glarkware has been bittersweet for me, because by the time I finally had a credit card and could order stuff online, they had discontinued my desperately-longed-for "Kill All Humans" shirt. But lo and behold, it's still out there! This soothes my soul, and one day, when I have money again and beggars ride, I will finally fill that evil-robot-shaped hole in my life and wardrobe.

^ever thought about ZeStuff?

Anywho, I had another idea;

The 5MV clock, and under it it says 5MV (because we can't use voyager)

And then, on the back, it says; "What? Were you expecting somting stupid like 6MV?

Hmm. I'd never been there until you mentioned it, but it looks like a decent setup. I'll inquire about the details -- how big a cut they take and such. I don't know if they'll be interested in working with 5MV, though. Compared to clients like 8-Bit Theatre and Ctrl+Alt+Del, we're small potatoes, and there is the whole Trek thing. The days when geeks (ZeStuff's target audience) could be assumed to like Trek are far behind us.

Your clock comment reminds me of my favourite product idea: a 5MV wall clock. If there's one object our logo ought to be stuck on, it's that. And as a matter of fact, custom wall clocks can be purchased in bulk just like T-shirts, with the added bonus that there's no sizing issue. Hmmm... that might be the perfect product to start us off.

5MV watches would seriously rock. I'm sure it's a heck of a lot easier to get custom clocks made than watches though.

I want a t-shirt with this on it :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/avvy/5mv.jpg

hey what is wrong here...I cannot see any picture

photobucket does not seem to like me...

edith: okay now I can see :wink:

Bumper sticker ;)

NICE!

Heh. Like that one -- the killer in-joke.

That thing's awesome, Nah! Did you actually make it as a sticker, or just make the image?

Thanks, all! :D :oops:

Sorry, it's just an image. Took me maybe twenty minutes in MS Paint. If I tried to make a real bumper sticker--I don't even know what I'd use for adhesive--I'd surely make a horrible mess of it ;) But then that's what bumper-sticker-making companies are for :)

The nice thing about the above slogan and this one is that they don't reference Trek or even science fiction in general.

Plus they work on anything from bumper stickers to T-shirts to paperweights to...well, this second one does anyway. ;)


"Berman is a loser", on the other hand, would only work properly on a baseball cap. ;)

You'd just have to figure out a way to print it on contact paper -- that's all the bumper-sticker people use -- comes with adhesive and backing already.

How about 5MV pens?

Back again--not with a product this time... ;)



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...vies/5mGAv.gif

neat! I'd actually WATCH that commercial