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Old 01-02-2007, 06:25 AM
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Question 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?
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:27 AM
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could it be that they were leaning towards your avatar??
could they be nicknaming your personal part??
i give up :o
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:27 AM
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does it have any logos? can you show us a pic of it?
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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?
Take it back and get that killbill penguin shirt.
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oh posher, I love you.

well as much as a girl can love a squirrely little girly man I suppose.

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Old 01-02-2007, 07:15 AM
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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
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:22 AM
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"No one suspects the butterflies"
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...
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:26 AM
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early 90's?

I'm sure most of these phrases came from the Simpsons - like "Can't sleep, clowns will eat me"
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:30 AM
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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.
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I've seen it a lot of places but haven't been able to find out exactly when or where it was started.

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