Showing posts with label Bumper sticker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bumper sticker. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2007

Extricatia clusterfuckum prontus

Extricatia clusterfuckum prontus is my favorite Latin for "Bring the troops home."

But there is also
  • Copiae subducentes sunt or perhaps Copiae subducendae sunt or maybe
  • Extricandae copiae.
At least, according to Mark Kleiman at his "The Reality-Based Community."

Mark's post explains the "whys" of each phrase (except my favorite, which has what a researcher might, by a stretch, call having face validity. Having never studied Latin myself, and having absolutely no interest in the study of the language, I will leave it to Mark and his cohorts.

But the idea of such a bumper sticker does intrigue me. A quick Google search of the Internet brought me to this site which claims it does small quantities. A single 3 X 10 bumper sticker, Black and White or Color, is $4.95 (and I assume postage plus handling.) There is a volume discount, but they specifically say that they specialize in small quantities and that for large volume there are probably less expensive sites.

DISCLAIMER


I have no connection to the makestickers site and do not offer any warranty of any kind. Any purchase anyone makes is on their own. I did no more due diligence than to merely read their website.

So - anyone with Photoshop or some graphics capability interested in designing the bumper sticker or stickers?


Addendum 9:28 AM CDT May 29, 2007
OK. From the comment, here is the suggested website CafePress.com. Again, I provide this link for anyone who wants to try it but I know nothing about CafePress.com. No warranty here.