zenlike koans I have seen emblazoned on t-shirts worn by hong kong people

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HYPER KISS
XXX

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:55 (fourteen years ago) link

WHAT HE NEEDS
IS NOT ONLY
THE BANANA
BUT LOVE

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:55 (fourteen years ago) link

I'M
HUNGOVER
I WISH I
WAS DEAD

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link

DEVILOCKISM
RUNNING IN NEW YORK CITY

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link

DON'T LET
ANYONE STEAL
-OUR-
DREAMS

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link

$$UNDEFEATED$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
##############
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
##############

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

HAHAHAHAHAHA @ all of these

bear say hi to me (ENBB), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

YOU
BEST
LOOK

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link

TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH
YOU MUST
LOSE
EVERYTHING

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link

DO YOU
KNOW
THIS
MEANING?

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link

DEVILOCKISM
RUNNING IN NEW YORK CITY

otm.

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link

BOYS
NEED
YOGA
TOO

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link

YOU ARE
ALIVE BECAUSE
OF
SOMEONE

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link

ENJOY THE
BEAUTY
OF
CLASSICAL ART

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link

TECHNOLOGY
TURNS
ME ON

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link

Music,
Drama,
Poem, &
Dance.

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link

YOU KNOW
YOU'RE
NOT
RIGHT

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link

UNION
&
PROUD

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link

SWEARING OUT
LOUD IS NOT
COOL

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link

So what's the design of these shirts like? Are they all laid out the same or is there some variety? My interest is hella piqued right now.

I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link

WORDS THAT
DO NOT MATCH
DEEDS ARE
IMPORTANT

― 囧 (dyao), Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:17 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark

reminds me of a pic I took in HK

http://10.164.97.138/farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/1440133051_1e40f6f0ee.jpg

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link

xp it varies considerably - I wish I could covertly take pics but half the time they're gone by the time I can take my camera out

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link

round 3 will come after I get something to eat

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link

this would be that pic

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/1440133051_1e40f6f0ee.jpg

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link

a+ thread btw

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah, i want pretty much all these shirts

a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link

^
^^yep

Puddle of Thudd (acoleuthic), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link

okay round 3

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link

BETTER KNOWN
NOTHING
THAN
HALF KNOWN
MANY THINGS

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link

LESS
IS
ENOUGH

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link

THE BEACH
BOY PET
SOUND

(this one I remember was in the pet sounds font/color scheme plus the letters were embossed and fuzzy)

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link

SORRY
I'M RICH

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

THE DULL
FLAME
AND
DESIRE

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

OH, I get it.
Like humor,
But different..

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

SHOW ME
FANTASY

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

A MAGICAL
WORK

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

All things are difficult
Until they are easy

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link

Let's light a
Match to
These
Dynamic dreams

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link

I HAVE
NOTHING
TO WEAR

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link

MIND
PLAYS
HEART
MOVES

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link

MANY
LIVES
THESE

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link

RISKS
WILL
BE
TAKEN
RIGHT?

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link

ALL
COLOR
IS
NO COLOR

囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link

LESS
IS
ENOUGH

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:31 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

my mind actually just exploded, not joking

Puddle of Thudd (acoleuthic), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link

BETTER KNOWN
NOTHING
THAN
HALF KNOWN
MANY THINGS

If true, this negates my existence.

I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link

YOU KNOW
YOU'RE
NOT
RIGHT

plus

SWEARING OUT
LOUD IS NOT
COOL

^^^would wear

mascara and ties (Abbott), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link

By which I mean I wld wear either of those.

mascara and ties (Abbott), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah i love both of those!

crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link

feel like the first one would've saved me a lot time

crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link

spent a couple minutes trying to figure out how MALE KATE MOSS would've saved you a lot of time

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link

PECULIAR
FEATURES
OF THE EPOCH

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:35 (ten years ago) link

I
AM
OF THE
EIGHTIES

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

I LOVE
FAM
OUS
BOYS

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

STICK IN A PIN

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

ROCK
WILL TEAR
US
APART
AGAIN

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

ELEGY
TO
TRA
GEDY

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

I'M MAKING
ALL KINDS
OF GAINS

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

GIVE ME THE
SENSE TO
WONDER IF
I'M FREE

乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link

KISS ME
UNDER
MY
YOUS

if you tolerate this, your children will be sexting (seandalai), Friday, 26 July 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link

One of my all-time favorite threads. Keep up the splendid work.

Aimless, Friday, 26 July 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link

A bit disappointed by the sparsity of koans on this trip to China...maybe Shandong is too provincial for this cutting-edge trend? Best I've seen over the past couple of days:

POSSE
SHERIFFS
POSSE

ASK
YOUR
EARTH

if you tolerate this, your children will be sexting (seandalai), Sunday, 28 July 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link

Actually the single most common text I've seen on t-shirts, besides the usual Adidas/Nike/etc, is CLAMBAKE. Today I saw LOVE & CLAMBAKE. I know people here like their shellfish but ???

if you tolerate this, your children will be sexting (seandalai), Monday, 29 July 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link

tangentially related: in norway i recently saw a hollister style t-shirt that read "Once Upon in California"

chilli, Monday, 29 July 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link

in brunei, muslim sultanate:

NEVER SAY
FUCK'

(complete with apostrophe)

Autumn Almanac, Monday, 29 July 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link

couple of t-shirts we bought for our kids at Nishimatsuya in Japan:

ACTIVE
PLEASANTLY

I HAVE CHANGED
MY WAY
OF LIVING

Plasmon, Monday, 29 July 2013 05:39 (ten years ago) link

two weeks pass...

TUCK
THE
DRONER

dylannn, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link

YOU GUT
I GUT

[first O in YOU was a peach]

dylannn, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link

FIGHT & STRUGGLE
AGAINST
HOMOPHOBIA

乒乓, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link

GOODTIME
SPEEDLOVE

乒乓, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link

A DOOR
MUST EITHER BE
SHUT
OR
KEPT OPEN

乒乓, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link

five months pass...
one year passes...

NEO
PUNK
preppy version of punk style

gr8080, Friday, 25 September 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...

Per a comment, the word for steak can be translated as "dig up."

nickn, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 06:40 (eight years ago) link


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