Hm. I always felt an odd person out by being the sort of person who'd like T-shirt wit, but never actually doing so. I always liked the idea of a random sig, though never implemented it though funnily enough, now you say it, I feel less attracted to it.
I think I'm partly reluctant to pigeonhole myself by using a witty slogan which doesn't define all of me :) and possibly (though I'm not sure) now more confident that I'll come across in a good way by how I act, and don't especially need to make an effort to have specific slogan.
(On the other hand, my reluctance for T-shirts might have been purely practical: I was never enthusiastic enough to overlook the unfortunate fact that any slogan I liked enough to put on a T-shirt I'd be bored with a week later, and that I'd forget I was wearing it and say "what" a lot when people made references to it.)
any slogan I liked enough to put on a T-shirt I'd be bored with a week later
This is true, and one of the reasons why I've occasionally wished there was a means of changing the design on the same T-shirt regularly. (Yes, if verbal slogans are your thing you can get velcro setups, but that's not the same at all: a velcro T-shirt encourages people to play with your chest, which is one for parties rather than everyday life.) Ideally some sort of passive display technology, though of course also fully washable :-)
I'd forget I was wearing it and say "what" a lot when people made references to it
Ha, yes. I don't remember if I ever did that with T-shirts, but I've definitely done it from time to time in other similar circumstances.
And how much I like a quote isn't necessarily related to how soon I get bored of it. The quote I've liked for by far the longest amount of time has been "What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?", but I'm worried that it might be exponential decay, and if I cave and assume I'll go on liking it, I'll be wrong and then finally get bored of it :)
I've definitely done it from time to time in other similar circumstances.
I imagine my conversations like:
Q. Did you have a horrible accident? A. Well, uh, sort of, but what specific aspect of my appearence are you critiquing today? :)
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I think I'm partly reluctant to pigeonhole myself by using a witty slogan which doesn't define all of me :) and possibly (though I'm not sure) now more confident that I'll come across in a good way by how I act, and don't especially need to make an effort to have specific slogan.
(On the other hand, my reluctance for T-shirts might have been purely practical: I was never enthusiastic enough to overlook the unfortunate fact that any slogan I liked enough to put on a T-shirt I'd be bored with a week later, and that I'd forget I was wearing it and say "what" a lot when people made references to it.)
This is true, and one of the reasons why I've occasionally wished there was a means of changing the design on the same T-shirt regularly. (Yes, if verbal slogans are your thing you can get velcro setups, but that's not the same at all: a velcro T-shirt encourages people to play with your chest, which is one for parties rather than everyday life.) Ideally some sort of passive display technology, though of course also fully washable :-)
I'd forget I was wearing it and say "what" a lot when people made references to it
Ha, yes. I don't remember if I ever did that with T-shirts, but I've definitely done it from time to time in other similar circumstances.
And how much I like a quote isn't necessarily related to how soon I get bored of it. The quote I've liked for by far the longest amount of time has been "What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?", but I'm worried that it might be exponential decay, and if I cave and assume I'll go on liking it, I'll be wrong and then finally get bored of it :)
I've definitely done it from time to time in other similar circumstances.
I imagine my conversations like:
Q. Did you have a horrible accident?
A. Well, uh, sort of, but what specific aspect of my appearence are you critiquing today? :)