COIN THAT PHRASE PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 8th as UNIVERSAL T-SHIRT DAY

Noel Burkman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COIN THAT PHRASE PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 17th as “UNIVERSAL T-SHIRT DAY.”

FREE TEE SHIRT TO FIRST 1000 PURCHASED COINED PHRASES THAT DAY.

$250. 00 PRIZE FOR THE BEST CANDID SHOT OF “LOVE SIGNALS” EXCHANGED BETWEEN PEOPLE SUBMITTED ON CTP’s FACEBOOK SITE.

CTP Wants to be Your Cup OF “T”…

WILMETTE, IL (August 25, 2009)–Coin That Phrase, the only website where you can officially coin a phrase (www.cointhatphrase.com) proclaims Thursday October 8, 2009 UNIVERSAL TEE SHIRT DAY. Everyone should wear a tee shirt on that day and give a “signal” of love to anyone who is also wearing a tee shirt….even under work attire. How you know if someone is wearing a tee shirt under their outfit is your business…wink, wink. Now to the “love signal”–

The signal should be the one used in the movie “The Sting”–two fingers against your nose and the person who responds to the is signal should give a wink.

To celebrate CTP will give a free tee shirt for first 1000 purchased coined phrase that day. The winners can design their shirt on the site. Regular $6.95 shipping and handling will apply.

We will also give $250 for the best candid shot of the love signals being exchange by tee-shirt bearing participants submitted on the CTP FACEBOOK SITE.

We’re celebrating the iconic symbol of self expression, the once utilitarian tee shirt. Say a silent thank you to James Dean for bringing the tee shirt out in the open and taking the plain white tee to the next level. So wear your heart on your sleeve, and front and back on Friday, October 9th and express camaraderie with your fellow James Deans….

Coin That Phrase…where words come to play. Come join in the fun.

Contact:
Brian Russell
224-628-4378

The Road To H.L. (Mencken)

PithArtist

As American phrase-coiners go, Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was one of the all-time greats.  Having lived before the era of the t-shirt, and never having seen a television while in his prime, H. L. had to make the funny happen with deep, forceful wit and a devastating touch for expression.  Writer and editor of the Baltimore Sun newspaper (remember newspapers?) , Mencken wrote about everything from politics to sports to classical music.  Have interests that broad, and you’re bound to get something right:

On idealism:

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

On boring people:

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

On putting up with dummies:

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

On “birthers”, “death panels” and other embarrassments:

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

(Admittedly, it’s a little long for a t-shirt, but could old H. L. hit the nail on the head.)

And on what Shakespeare was famous for:

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

Check out the great H. L. Mecnken at http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/H._L._Mencken

Round-Trip Ticket To Quoteland

PithArtist

“Who said that?”

- Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann, Full Metal Jacket

The portability of a classic quotation is one reason people like quotes.  They’re like little packages of cool, ready to be lifted out of one context and dropped into another.  Quotes move around.

Which is one reason why there seems to always be arguments about who actually said such-and-such quote.  It’s not clear: was it Shakespeare or was it Simon Cowell?  Gwendolyn Brooks or Flava Flav?  Teddy Roosevelt or Teddy Ruxpin?

A great site for such discussion is one of my favorites, Quoteland.com.  Subscribe to Quote Of The Week, jump into the active forum, browse their collection and revel in the bite-size cracking wise.