So we did this t-shirt post in July and got some major interest. There has actually been a call to get some Kensington t-shirts made and sell them locally. Here where the top five from when we ran the post. FRONT: Kensington (Brooklyn)
BACK: 1. The parents here are only just beginning to get annoying.
2. Peace in the Middle East ='s 11218
3. Where S.T.D. means booze
4. Just blocks from the Ocean... Parkway
Or all on the front
5. Kensington (Brooklyn), where there's a Mosque on Church (Avenue)
Let us know which one you like or if there are additions. Keep in mind we'd like this to be kid friendly (does that rule out #3?). Most importantly, if anyone out there is into design and wants to donate their talents please send us a graphic of how you'd put it together (we'd like to incorporate a photo or illustration if that'd work).
80 comments:
take out the 's from #2. It is redundant. The equal sign already reads as "equals."
i think the annoying parent thing is a bit stale, personally.
Kensington
We're not Park Slope (but secretly wish we were)
Dislike #3. Yuck.
http://www.neighborhoodies.com/
go crazy
personally id never where a shirt with these silly comments, but to each his own
how bout just :
Kensington
Backfat was here.
cant go wrong with a peace shirt.
Can # 5 be "where there's a mosque and a synagogue on Church"
Because there is!
I agree with 9:36, I think Kensignton alone or with at the most one saying is enough and possible a cool graphic of kensignton scenery.
Kensignton ,BK "It's another world", Brooklyns best kept secret, where hipsters go to hide, I heart Kensignton BK,
Jenn let me know if you need any resources for getting the shirts made, I have a wholesale account with American Apparel. But for this unless you get alot of pre-orders Cafe Press might be the way to go.
If no one volunteers to do the graphic or illustration, I can probably find someone to do it resonably.
The other option is to run a contest with a small prize from donations where people can submit different t-shirt ideas and we vote. I wll put up $10.
Jessica
i like Gina's idea very much! and i agree, theres no "'s" after an equal sign
Front:
Kensington, Brooklyn
Back:
././
Imagine all the people...
(those things at the end are s'posed to be musical notes)
Kensington: Just Beyond Post-Ironic Brooklyn
Kensington: our moustaches will crush your ironic infidel moustaches.
-JK
Um, the Jewish and Muslim populations around here do not come from the Middle East. Break out your map of the world and check it out. Most of the Muslims here come from Pakistan and Bangladesh (which is not the Middle East!), and most of the Jews come from the former USSR...and many are local New Yorkers already, whose ancestors came here a long time ago.
Kensington, Brooklyn
where Harrod's is a shopping bag!
Leela, what are you replying to?
i think the point is that jews muslims and christians (and everyone else) get along just fine here. and all are welcome.
Kensignton:
Mecca to them,
Home to us
I still love #3. Because STD is *the* place to buy wine here. (Jobby Wines and Liquors doesn't do it for me.)
I don't deserve to have input since the whole thing seems kinda geeky to me. But, IF you were gonna ask me...
Front: Kensington
Back: BROOKLYN
I always think keep it simple.
I'm down with "Kensington: Just Beyond Post-Ironic Brooklyn" by the The Hipster Menace
i have not been in STD liquors. do they have a better selection/are they friendlier (would not be that hard i suppose - recognizing there was a horrible killing at jobby many years ago ..) than jobby?
I appreciate all these comments. too many to respond to.
thanks.
On the "'s" issue:
Correct grammatical usage of the apostrophe includes contractions and the omission of letters (as in "that's"). Since "='s" technically does omit letters, the apostrophe is grammatically correct and can stand. It reads as redundant, but only because the most common extrapolation of the "=" sign is "equals." So, anyway, everyone is right.
Sorry. Not a fan of any of them. Just sounds like we're trying too hard.
agree with 7:15
i cant imagine anyone actually wearing one of these..sorry for being so harsh...but take it as constructive criticism
i like 4:17's idea...less is more
I vote for Just blocks from the Ocean...Parkway
noticable!
how bout... kensington it dont ryhm wid nuttin.
or... notginsnek, we all backards.
or... brooklyn, yeh go kensington.
or... kensington, its on fire, rad.
or... kennywennykensington, sweet!
or... lets get it on kensington.
or... kensington, my nab is better.
or... i like it kensington style.
COOL!
Kensington...there were a lot more parking spots 6 months ago!!!
maybe we could go around the dorms before Christmas break and sell them so everyone will have an easy present for mom and dad.
I like
Kensington
don't rhyme with nuttin'
Kensington,
I left Fort Greene for this?
Kensington,
See a naked goat on Church Avenue
Kensington,
Am I still dead?
Kensington,
If I'm not dead yet, just drag me to Greenwood, it's more exciting there with real dead people.
Kensington,
Thank God Manhattan is just 25 minutes away.
Kensington,
When the people in Windsor Terrace pee, does it end up in our water?
Kensington,
French kiss a Camel outside of Dennys.
Kensington,
Just dig up your backyard to find more people who lived here.
Kensington,
My next door neighboor put a plastic bag over his head because he lost his metrocard and could not get out.
Kensington,
The side streets are ok, but maybe Church avenue will go away if you wish hard enough.
Kensington,
My child is learning 13 different launguages, but can no longer speak English.
Kensington,
If you look through the window of the Kensington Post Office late at night you can still see the clerks sleeping at their desks with your package.
Kensington,
Where the people from Park Slope come to walk their dogs and don't pick up their crap. And they know what they are doing.
Kensington,
If you want to die, just stick you tounge on an electric car track at the Buzzarama while opening your mouth. This way if you do not die from the shock maybe a small car will become loged in your throat.
Kensington,
Where people have actually turned to stone while waiting on the line at Astoria FSB. But not to worry the Kensington Post office just hired them.
Kensington,
If I get pissed at my next door neighboor and paint my house orange and yellow, he may do the same because he thinks it looks good too.
Kensington,
On Halloween night the kids actually say "thank you" when you give them gravel. Because where they came from rocks are expensive.
I was promised a Klu Klux Kensington shirt... I am still waiting.
10:09 - that was a long way to go without a punchline.
we've reached a new low. yay.
KENSINGTON - WE WANT OUR STARBUCKS
KENSINGTON - WE COULD AFFORD ANWHERE ELSE
KENSINGTON - SURE AIN'T BROWNSTONE BROOKLYN
KENSINGTON - LOOKS AS GOOD AS BUSHWICK
KENSINGTON - WHERE WE WHINE ABOUT THE STORES
KENSINGTON LAND OF PAVED FRONT TARDS
FRONR:
2 bds KSNGTN, BK < 1 st. NY, NY
BACK:
Kensington: Enjoy the Elbow Room
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
We actually discussed this
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
This is the best we could come up with
10:09 - wow...i thought you'd have at least one winner in there.
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
One of the 9/11 hi-jackers lived here!!
This thread is juvenile, but freaking hilarious.
Kensington: NOT the OTHER Park Slope
Kensington: Brooklyn at its dullest.
My tee shirt.
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8290/kenpu9.jpg
how about-
long live kensington-
viva kensington
(in all the languages of the locals)
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
Sorry buddy, Park Slope is back there....now gimme your wallet!!
I personally love the parents one, but figure it's too insulting, so I'd go w/STD.
Of course a graphic/design type person could pickup something from Kensington UK and morph into a BK image. Now that would be cool.
G
Kensington,
You can all just go to Halal.
Kensington,
My mommy sleeps with day laborers.
Kensington,
Where yellow cabs look like cows sleeping.
Kensington,
All I can see from my front window
is the top of a construction van.
Kensington,
Because the Bishop Ford giant antenna
is our own “Christ the Redeemer”.
Kensington,
“I found my other
white trash match at Dennys”
Kensington,
Brooklyn the way it used to be 2000 BC.
LOL!! I love the "Kensington, You can all just go to Halal."
KENSINGTON - HOME TO THE WORLD'S BANGLADESHI CONTRACTORS.
KENSIGNTON - WHERE WE GROW CONCERETE IN OUR FRONT YARDS
KENSINGTON - LAND OF ILLEGAL CURB CUTS
KENSINGTON - WHERE THEY DON'T SCOOP THE POOP
KENSIGNTON - HOME OF THE 99 CENT STORES
THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE -
Kensington,
My mommy sleeps with day laborers.
Kensington - A halal chicken in every pot
mr or mrs blog person, this blog needs some html and the ability to post photos, can you work on that for us.
how about:
"Kensington - home to a bunch of racist bloggers with no sense of comedy!"
i vote for aaron s's suggestion "Kensington - home to a bunch of racist bloggers with no sense of comedy!"
this is clearly the best one. i'll take 2 tees myself. i'd like one to be a baby-tee so i can wear it when i go dancing at dennys.
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
سولانا متفائل بمحادثات روما مع مفاوضي نووي إيرا
Keeping it simple:
Front: Kensington
Back: Brooklyn
Back: It's in Brooklyn
Front: Kensington, Brooklyn
Back: We pay 99c for most things
Back: Where the dollar is 99 cents
FRONT:
Kensington
BACK:
Я xипстэр - где мой кофе?
here's another one
"Kensington - home to 50+ ethnicites and the people who hate them!"
I like
Kensington
don't rhyme with nuttin'
I like
Kensington
don't rhyme with nuttin'
Kensington:
Where we need more cowbell.
OMG - don't start blaming Blue Oyster Cult again! Geez, have ANY of you non-hipsters ever listened to Mountain for chrissakes???
Mountain was from Queens. What white guys came from here? Biohazard? Fuck Brooklyn.
OMG I can't tell you my favorite- you are all making me literally guffaw loudly alone in my living room. That is pathetic.
I'd wear the STD one. I'd wear something implying our diversity and snark. I'd wear one that dissed Park slope, for sure. I want them all, and I don't even wear t-shirts!
If you made a fat girl cap sleeve, I'd be the best supporter of this endeavor.
Kensington. Park Slope With Flavor.
you all are so full of yourselves
kensington is not cool. not even close. and if you all could afford park slope you'd be there in a hearbeat. dont lie.
you're on the comment page of a post on a blog about kensington, about 63 posts down. dontcha think you might be just a lil bit interested in kensington too?
Kensington,
Park Slope talks diversity.
We actually live it.
70Cuda
Kensington, where chalk on the sidewalk is not a federal offense.
Park Slope,
Their women all have fat calfs because they walk up hills all day.
Park Slope,
Are they still going to waste their votes on Ralph Nader?
Park Slope,
I don't care how nice their Brownstones are, they don't have driveways like we do.
Park Slope,
Don't bring your child rearing ideology here.
I let my kids fight their own fights!
Park Slope,
Our wildfires will reach you soon!
Park Slope,
Out of touch with the rest of Brooklyn
Park Slope,
Why did that Jet punish you in 1960?
Park Slope,
A muggers candy store.
Park Slope,
Where people leave cookies and milk for the
home invaders every night.
Park Slope,
Spineless Brooklyn
if i could afford park slope i'd definitely move there & start burning everything down. i would then collect insurance money & immediately open up a coffee shop. this way, if another fire starts, i can put it out with coffee. hot or iced, doesnt matter.
How about Kensington - Hipsters out!
KENSINGTON - Home to frumpy chicks since 1997!
KENSINGTON - What's a shower?
KENSINGTON - What's a shower?
Kensington - Joe Curragh for Mayor!
(The deranged homeless guy from PPSW)
Kensington - Where a Yummy Taco is not really so yummy.
See the world for 99¢
OR
Where 99¢ can buy you a dream
I vote for the
Front: Kensington
Back: It's in Brooklyn.
Simple, to the point. And darn funny.
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