Mad Riddle

posted about 1 year ago by conor

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   conor said about 1 year ago

   

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   Kolby said about 1 year ago

   Looks great man!

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   collisiontheory said about 1 year ago

   wow great work connor!

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   conor said about 1 year ago

   gracias amigos

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   Kolby said about 1 year ago

   Carroll originally included this quote in the postscript text, but it was not understood by editors (as a typographical error) and was later rid of in the books. Nevar is raven backwards. :)

   Poe wrote on both.

   Both are a bird except the desk.

   conor will tell you there is no answer :)

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   conor said about 1 year ago

   Kolby, you can’t just copypasta the part of the text you like because it has the answer you want!

   "Enquiries have been so often addressed to me, as to whether any answer to the Hatter’s Riddle can be imagined, that I may as well put on record here what seems to me to be a fairly appropriate answer, viz: "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" This, however, is merely an afterthought; the Riddle, as originally invented, had no answer at all."

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   heavyprints said about 1 year ago

   I’m loving this because:
   a) It has very interesting comments.
   b) A deep and profound love for poe.

   I tip my hat to you, goodsir.

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   Ameeee said about 1 year ago

   This is the shiz-nit.

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   godmachine said about 1 year ago

   awesomesauce. I dont usually go for this stuff- but this is just beautiful design- whats no to love. loved.

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    eZ-kun said about 1 year ago

    Literature ftw! this is awesome, both the design and the concept!

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    suffoca said about 1 year ago

    O my this is awesome, love this dude, great work

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    Terror said about 1 year ago

    reminds me of that acacia strain song, that reminded me of poe.

    i really hope to see an amazing line from you, im sure i will =]

    edit: i’m an idiot

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    derekdeal said about 1 year ago

    heavyprints said: I’m loving this because: a) It has very interesting comments. b) A deep and profound love for poe. I tip my hat to you, goodsir.

    has nothing to do with poe, alice was written by lewis caroll,

    but its a sick shirt. i think the hatter’s original reply is something like 'i havent the slightest idea"

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    I want to print your shirts. said about 1 year ago

    This shirt is awesome!

    I think it would look pretty sweet on a purpleish tone too.

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    OhioLeslie said about 1 year ago

    love this movie.. love this shirt!

    have a cup of tea indeed!

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    Birdie3431 said about 1 year ago

    wow i love it.

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    conor said about 1 year ago

    jimmyheartcore said: This shirt is awesome! I think it would look pretty sweet on a purpleish tone too.

    I initially had it on a purple shirt, but it made the overall feel of it darker than what I had intended, so I threw it on a happier color.

    OhioLeslie said: love this movie.. love this shirt! have a cup of tea indeed!

    The book is even better than the movie! ;)

    Thanks for all the comments guys, it means a lot!

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    heavyprints said about 1 year ago

    derekdeal said:

    heavyprints said: I’m loving this because: a) It has very interesting comments. b) A deep and profound love for poe. I tip my hat to you, goodsir.

    has nothing to do with poe, alice was written by lewis caroll,

    but its a sick shirt. i think the hatter’s original reply is something like 'i havent the slightest idea"

    One of the alleged answers is 'Poe wrote on both'. Ravens and Desks.

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    Randi said about 1 year ago

    I want to rock this ASAP

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    conor said about 1 year ago

    heavyprints said:

    derekdeal said:

    heavyprints said: I’m loving this because: a) It has very interesting comments. b) A deep and profound love for poe. I tip my hat to you, goodsir.

    has nothing to do with poe, alice was written by lewis caroll,

    but its a sick shirt. i think the hatter’s original reply is something like 'i havent the slightest idea"

    One of the alleged answers is 'Poe wrote on both'. Ravens and Desks.

    One of many of the alleged answers to the riddle that Carroll initially had no answer to. The beauty of the riddle is that it’s open to interpretation. All answers to the riddle are exactly right and wrong. I believe he just used the phrase to emphasize the non linear thought that went on between the characters in the mad tea party, to show the reader that it was indeed "mad", and that all logical reasoning was non existent.

    `Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.

    `You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity; `it’s very rude.'

    The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

    `Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I’m glad they’ve begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added aloud.

    `Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said the March Hare.

    `Exactly so,' said Alice.

    `Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

    `I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what I say--that’s the same thing, you know.'

    `Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'

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    beth said about 1 year ago

    BRO THIS IS AWESOME!!!! When you print it ship one out to me!

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    keone said about 1 year ago

    nice.

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    godmachine said about 1 year ago

    one of the first postmodern books. Postmodernism is (amongst many things) questions without answers- we see it a lot in films lately - Cloverfield, lost, donnie darko etc...there was a time when any film with out a conclusion or a resolution was a sure fire failure. Personally- I love that 'wha?' feeling at the end of a film....

    lists are also postmordern- never in any time has an age of society held lists in such high regard...we love lists- now i have mentioned it...see how many you can spot..and make a list.

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    conor said about 1 year ago

    TOTD! Thanks guys!

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    heavyprints said about 1 year ago

    Congrats Conor!

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    Birdie3431 said about 1 year ago

    i knew it!

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    LaurieShipley said about 1 year ago

    Ah yes, my favorite of yours.

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    Enclothe said about 1 year ago

    It’s nice graphically on the shirt and I like the colors but I would’ve liked it more overall if you had used your own art instead of using the artwork out of the book.

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    warrenk said about 1 year ago

    Love the graphic. Just trying to picture how that colour shirt would look on a human...

    Much love.

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    conor said about 1 year ago

    Enclothe said: It’s nice graphically on the shirt and I like the colors but I would’ve liked it more overall if you had used your own art instead of using the artwork out of the book.

    I love the orginal illustrations and used them on purpose to achieve the same feel from the text and add my own interpretation to it, adding on to what was already there. Thankfully I’m able to do this because the illustrations, being over 100 years old, are in public domain.

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    collisiontheory said about 1 year ago

    conor said:

    Enclothe said: It’s nice graphically on the shirt and I like the colors but I would’ve liked it more overall if you had used your own art instead of using the artwork out of the book.

    I love the orginal illustrations and used them on purpose to achieve the same feel from the text and add my own interpretation to it, adding on to what was already there. Thankfully I’m able to do this because the illustrations, being over 100 years old, are in public domain.

    Public domain is my best friend!!

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    peeinratt said about 1 year ago

    i joined just to say I love this shirt. I need to be able to wear it!

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    kylap said 11 months ago

    make this buyable :(?

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    skullface said 11 months ago

    kylap said: make this buyable :(?

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    SoccerChick9A said 10 months ago

    Do you know the link for Of Literature’s myspace page? On the main website it says the ID is invalid or something. Btw, I’m buying this shirt asap!

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    conor said 10 months ago

    SoccerChick9A said: Do you know the link for Of Literature’s myspace page? On the main website it says the ID is invalid or something. Btw, I’m buying this shirt asap!

    Haven’t created the myspace page yet! The website is up but it’s still being worked on.

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