No Thanks - Ive Already Got A Penguin (Need Help)
 

Well, I got a t-shirt for Christmas. It's a black shirt with white writing that says:

No Thanks - Ive Already Got A Penguin

I love penguins...but I really dont get this shirt. Maybe Im just slow, but none of my friends get it either. Im a little wary about wearing it without knowing the joke...anyone care to help me out?

could it be that they were leaning towards your avatar??
could they be nicknaming your personal part??
i give up :o

does it have any logos? can you show us a pic of it?

Take it back and get that killbill penguin shirt.

I have no idea of the origin of this phrase, but I've heard it a ton. It was a by-product of the late 80's and early 90's teen fad of "being random" - the teens term for non-sequiter (Latin for "does not follow").

I used to do this all the time. Some stranger asks you a question (directions, the time, etc) and you answer with something that makes no sense and is only funny to you and your friends.

One of the oft-used phrases was "No thanks, I already have a penguin" but I also remember "No one suspects the butterflies" and "Cheese is made from milk" and "did you even notice that grass is like...everywhere?"

Stupid, yes...but good for a chuckle or two - and great fun to make them up on the fly.

Yeah...I was a weird kid

When did you use this one? I ask because i can peg it directly to an episode of the Simpsons, where in the context, it actually makes some sense...

early 90's?

I'm sure most of these phrases came from the Simpsons - like "Can't sleep, clowns will eat me"

Ha ha! yeah.. i always loved that one...


Its from an episode where bart said he wanted to be reborn as a butterfly, because no one suspects the butterfly... And in his imagination, he is a butterfly holding a can of gas, and he framed Skinner for burning down the school.

I've seen it a lot of places but haven't been able to find out exactly when or where it was started.

http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planethal...690_medium.jpg

Thats kind of what I was thinking it meant...just wanted to be positive.

*Sigh*

i miss Halflife.

lets see what uncle google has to say about it then huh

http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...&btnG=Google+S

i don't understand this at all..but then again..its not idiot proof

The shirt means you have an erection. If there isn't an arrow pointing down, you oughta put it on.

Urban Dictionary :

I rather wear this...:p

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...enguinHB13.jpg

I dont get it. I miss halflife too.


Dont you hate having to explain a joke? completely ruins it.... :D

no joke involved...i just miss playing the ol' Halflife.

then play it. i fire it up every so often, but more than anything, I am jonesin' for Black-Mesa Source....