Forum: How About a Fluwiki Info T-shirt

My son is obsessed with the coelacanth (aka dino-fish). A group of folks made t-shirts to give to fisherman (who were inadvertenly catching them in deepsea nets) to instruct them on how to release these endagered fish if accidentaly caught. But the point is they have instructions printed on them. What if fluwiki made a t-shirt with some basic survival skills listed… The profit could go to support the site etc.

What to put on it?

From the Pandemic Prophecy thread: “Pandemics Happen”

followed, of course with the wiki website address. :)

On the back: Top 5 Reasons to Prepare For a Pandemic:

5. You want to breath free (get a box of N95 masks) 4. You want to eat (buy several months worth of non-perishable foods) 3. You want to drink (store 1 gallon of water per person per day) 2. You want to be merry (buy a case of toilet paper) 1. You want to be around afterwards (Fluwiki website address)

Or something like that.

Let’s try again:

On the back: Top 5 Reasons to Prepare For a Pandemic:

5. You want to breath free (get a box of N95 masks)
4. You want to eat (buy several months worth of non-perishable foods)
3. You want to drink (store 1 gallon of water per person per day)
2. You want to be merry (buy a case of toilet paper)
1. You want to be around afterwards (Fluwiki website address)

Or something like that.

Darn! And I did so well with color yesterday. All I really wanted to do was to change breath to breathe and see where it got me.

see also:

Flu Wiki slogan.

Many Cats is it possible to edit once something is posted—I am always mispelling words and leaving things out. The type seems smaller in the writing field— I am still holding out on admitting I need reading glasses!

What about Bird flu—not just for birds anymore. Or some sort of short catchy phrase and then some instructions. I do like the Top 5 format.

I think combo of something funny and serious would probably be best marketing ploy.

lottasox: So far I have only seen that the mods. have the power to edit. Believe me, if I knew how to do it, there would be a lot of stupid things I have said and grammatical errors I have committed that would no longer be on public record! If I’m wrong, someone please show me the light!

on the wiki, anyone can edit, except for protcted spaces liek the Main page.

on the Forum, only mods can edit. We at first opened the Forum to anyone, and there were complaints about comments disappearing. Stops a lot of wars, at a price of misspelling. Seems like a reasonable compromise, still.

btw, the mods are DemFromCT, Melanie and pogge. We may add more as the Forum grows.

DemFromCT—from your link you all had some great ideas—but you decided not to take it any farther?

For those interested in seeing an example of an “info” shirt here is the link for the dino fish website if you want to see what their rescue shirt looks like http://tinyurl.com/k897o. You may have to go to the “shop” section and scroll down the page to the bottom t-shirt.

As a combo. from some of the ideas on the slogan forum: Panflu World Tour: Coming Home.

DemFromCT-agreed that it is a reasonable compromise:o) But is there a way to add a spellcheck feature for the comment field—for those of us folks trying to write while multitasking(ie breaking up fighting children, feeding children etc) or are just too stubborn to get bifocals:o)I swear things look so much different once they post!!

“To be or not to be? That is the question?” fluwikie.com For the front and back. Maybe add “Ask me for my answer.”

My daughter is a graphic artist. I can’t speak for her time, but maybe I can interest her in doing up a design. Who will judge?

I’d be interested in helping with t-shirt brainstorming. I’m good at slogans, ideas…I could help judge. I think having a t-shirt with instructions is an excellent idea.

Could also put

• “Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Avian Flu” or
• “Avian Flu and You”

dude – at 13:4

the forum will judge… we can post finalists here.

lottasox – at 13:32

we are interested in eventually taking the flu wiki non-profit. We thought we might raise some money for the site after that’s done with tee shirts, and deferred the idea. But we also never reached any consensus the last round. maybe we’ll do better now.

Also

• “Top 10 Myths About Avian Flu”
• “The 10 Least-Known Facts About Avian Flu”
• “How to Protect Yourself From Avian Flu”
• “Top 10 Preps for Avian Flu”

ricewiki – at 13:48

you’d have to add each list… ;-)

• “Top 10 Myths About Pandemic Flu”
  • Panflu cares about your politics
  • Panflu cares where you live
  • The government will help you
  • we have a plan
  • it’s just the flu
  • I’ll just get the vaccine
  • I’ll just get a tamiflu rx from my doctor
  • it’s all fearmonmgering
  • it’s never happened before
  • there’s nothing I can do

Add, It’s all hype.

DemFromCT-I like it!

that’s the front… take Lily’s friendly amendment (it’s all hype instead of it’s fearmongering)

The back is

www.fluwikie.com

Like it. Maybe we could put them in decreasing order, with the biggest myth at the bottom?

• “Top 10 Myths About Pandemic Flu”
  • It’s all hype
  • We’ll be safe in _______ (country of your choice)”
  • We’ll be safe because we don’t live on a farm with chickens
  • I’ll just get the vaccine
  • I’ll just get Tamiflu from my doctor
  • There are plans in place
  • It’s just the flu, I’ll recover
  • It won’t be as bad as 1918
  • The government will help
  • There’s nothing I can do anyway so why bother?

Top 10 Least-Known Facts About Avian Flu:

• It’s already gone from human-to-human (Mar 2006)
• There are at least two different circulating strains of H5N1
• The H5N1 virus is constantly mutating
• H5N1 is most fatal in those with the strongest immune systems
• H5N1 is closer in type to the 1918 flu virus than any other flu virus
• Humans have been dying from H5N1 since 2003

….

?? Other facts??

add

• the 1918 Spanish Flu was a form of Avian Flu called H1N1.

DemFrom CT: I like your top 10 and I would also add some sort of catch phrase to “hook” folks. I did like your previous thread suggestion: Prepare now ,ask me how it could go on the opposite side with the www.fluwiki.com

Picking up from your previous thread—I do think buttons are a good idea too. The slogan would have to be short like:

Panflu prepare now, ask me how or visit www.fluwiki.com or

Panflu not just for birds anymore visit www.fluwiki.com

And I know flyers were discussed and could use some of riciwiki’s factoids…..

Oh,a button with a blinking chicken—you know how they sell those cheep holiday pins (we had blinking shamrocks recently)…getting a bit out of control now:o)

I like many Cats’ Pandemics Happen.

Leavitt and Osterholm have both said that one.

I like the main ‘slogan’ being the “pandemic flu world tour - coming to a place near you” or similar as suggested above. Have the fluwiki address underneath this.

I am looking at all the information that you want to include on the shirt and I am beginning to envisage an ankle length shirt will be needed to fit it all on!

We could use a very graphic graphic - pictures of dead birds, and then list the 5 things you can do to prepare.

I like the very simple “Panflu World Tour” idea! Combined with a striking graphic and the wiki address.

The t-shirts are a good idea, but I also like the idea of buttons…they are fairly cheap and can be passed on (like the WWJD bracelets). You could purchase them in bundles, then when someone expresses interest, give them the button…

I like the t-shirt and buttons - both could work.

For t-shirt, I like “PanFlu World Tour” and you could even list each country with human cases it has hit, and put it all in the rock-t-shirt style to make it “Cool” and “hip” (as opposed to the feeling of fearmongering):

Jan-Dec 2004 - Thailand, Vietnam Feb-June 2005 - Cambodia July-Nov 2005 - Indonesia Nov-Dec 2005 - China Jan 2006 - Turkey Feb 2006 - Iraq March 2006 - Azerbaijan

PanFlu World Tour

• Jan-Dec 2004 - Thailand, Vietnam
• Feb-June 2005 - Cambodia
• July-Nov 2005 - Indonesia
• Nov-Dec 2005 - China
• Jan 2006 - Turkey
• Feb 2006 - Iraq
• March 2006 - Azerbaijan

I think that’s powerful. At the bottom could be “www.fluwikie.com”

That could be the t-shirt back. The front could be a catchy hook or question, but very simple.

The t-shirt itself should be high quality, the graphic/colours highquality, so ppl will want to wear it.

DemFromCt: I think your top ten at 14:02 is the best, just as is. I wouldn’t change it. Anybody with half a mind can understand those, except maybe the Tamiflu one. I would have the top ten on the back of the shirt because strangers are a little wary about scrutinizing somebody straight on.

“Pandemics Happen” would be great for the front of the shirt with maybe a schematic of the globe underneath, one of those maps that shows the whole world in a global fashion.

Another slogan- “The Flu is not just for the birds”.

Sorry, guys, I love your lists, but would much prefer keeping a KISS (Keep It Short & Sweet) approach. Cool colors, one cool graphic, one message. The globe sounds good to me!

we can eliminate the tamiflu:

I’ll just get a rx from my doctor

Pandemics happen www.fluwikie.com on the front

the list on the back

DemFromCt: Sounds like a winner to me.

swann version:

Pandemics happen www.fluwikie.com on the front graphic on back.

Black t-shirts-Red lettering

I like the short and sweet “Pandemics Happen” or Protect yourself from Panflu, ask me how, or go to fluwiki.com, etc. I think anything with any humor or levity is a bad idea (such as the “World Tour” idea) because it makes it seem less serious.

I have a picture I created from a representation of a flu virus and the world globe - made to fit like right and left sides of an orange, sort of.

I can send that to Dem or others can re-create it.

Just to show how a small ball of apropriately interconnected atoms can shake lots of other atoms.

Or it’s probably a silly image.

I know this won’t fly but here’s my idea…

Front

Worst Case Scenarios Happen!

Back (cnetered on 3 lines)

Personal Preparation Insight…

and more !

[www.fluwikie.com]

lugon – at 18:20

send it

They’re all good ideas. We might have more than one.

anyone who actually wants to make this happen… write me at demfromct@earthlink.net.

lugon – at 18:20 --- You and I thik much alike! “Hey everybody! I’ve got a great idea. Or, well, maybe I don’t.” LOL!! Sorry, that just struck my funnybone…

I have a picture I created…Or it’s probably a silly image.

For a graphic: a 100,000X magnification of the virus

I think large graphics look better on t-shirt backs than fronts.

Maybe just have a small “fluwiki” logo and slogan in the left-upper-chest area on the front of the shirt, then a full graphic + message on back.

I like the idea of having two versions of the t-shirt.

What about a baseball cap with a full-life plastic dead chicken laying on top of it. It would catch people’s attention!

Yesterday, the “national funny factor” was released. Believe it or not, rubber chickens have taken a hit in sales, some say due to the growing fear of “Chicken Flu”.

That was an actual radio news report on Saturday morning here!!! LOL!!!

I think a slightly comedic, light approach would get more people to pay attention. Sometimes when things come off a bit heavy, it makes people uncomfortable and they immediately reject it.

I’m not saying that it is not something that should be taken seriously—just that sometimes the path to enlightenment is through humour. :-)

Doesnt matter what you put on the T-shirt - when TSHTF most people will remembe rit as saying…

“I have Tamiflu and supplies - follow me home and I will share!”

ANYONE HERE

I like Many Cats ideas for the back - funny but informative

Ok….how pathetic am I??? I’m laying in bed thinking about the t-shirt idea and this just popped in my head. Let me warn you, I need sleep so don’t laugh too hard. “Ahhhflu (Achoo)….Catch the knowledge” I warned you…..geesh, I need to get a life lol!

MamaBear — i like it, humor is one of, if not the, hardest thing to create.

back to a more seioous side

Front:

Join our Family

Back:

It just might save yours!

I would really like a black arm band too….they seen to get noticed.

I agree with KristyKalene that humour can be a subversive, effective way into enlightenment/education.

If we go the route of having two versions of the t-shirt, maybe one could be the “humorous” PanFlu World Tour and the other more ostensibly serious.

I also really like the black arm band idea. You know all those little plastic bracelets everyone has been wearing this past year (support cancer, the environment, etc. etc.) we could have one for Avian Flu Awareness. black connotes black plague etc.

Coming to a country near you…..

or

(front) Prepare for the Worst….Hope for the Best!

(back) www.fluwikie.com

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and if anyone hears/sees of any related t-shirts for sale online, let me know!

eg., shirts that say “I hope you washed your hands before handing back my ____”

or something like that. I’m starting to get nervous in public when I see customer service reps not using gloves, or handing back debit/credit cards after they’ve just washed their hands (?) but their hands are still wet, etc. etc.,

I really like many of your ideas, Pandemics Happen and the back with Prepare for the Worst…. Hope for the Best! with the fluwiki website . Picture of the world would be cool on the front

Maybe the World Tour shirt should be a light color so we can add more countries as needed (wince).

Or have a graphic that shows a pen ready to add more. “Coming to a city near you.”

DemfromCT’s Top 10 Myths is really good - It would be too crowded to have both lists on one shirt. Maybe just one of them, “Myth number 3: It won’t be as bad as 1918.”

Or “Pandemic flu myth number 6: The government has a plan.”

If you all really want to do this, I’ll find a way to make it possible. As a former marketer, I can tell you that the simpler the message, the better.

Also, a friend of the site is working on a new logo. I’ll tell you more when I have some demos.

There are several items already available for sale on www.cafepress.com Just put “flu” in the search box. I didn’t go far enough to see who has created these items, but apparently there are others with an interest in spreading the word.

If wikians want to do a T-shirt cafepress might be the way to go; many nonprofits utilize this site as a means of creating items to sell for income.

If Fluwiki makes shirts and they look good, I’ll buy one! or two, maybe three…:)

“Everything you wanted to know about Bird Flu but were afraid to ask”

— “Fluwiki”

Or just “Top 10 Bird Flu Myths” — see Fluwiki.com

“To the Bird Flu Virus, It’s a Small, Small, World.” Maybe this would fit with Lugon’s picture of the virus/world.

or

“Pandemic Flu: Don’t be Scared . . . Be Prepared.”

I’ve heard from friends who use it that Cafepress goods are pretty poor. If you all want this, I’ll go to a local shop and have them made up here. This will cost me up front so I’ll need commitments to buy from y’all. Tshirts will cost $12–15, depending on how many colors and weight of fabric, sweats will run $20–30. I’ll have to charge you a couple of bucks for shipping on top. Tote bags, visors and baseball caps are also possible, but I haven’t priced them lately. Coffee mugs for your morning Flu Wiki? Yeah, we can do that, too. Give me some rough numbers. I live in a small place and don’t want to have excess Flu Wiki merchandise taking over my prep space ;-)

Melanie, I’ll commit to at least one t-shirt, maybe two!

You know, now they’ve got sheep in fields that are wearing a cloth blanket, sort of like horses wear out in the field, and they sell advertising on the sides of the blanket and it’s going gang-busters & they want to do the same with other farm critters now! Maybe we could make up doggie t-shirts with Prep your Pet! Or maybe not….hehehehe

Let’s keep this fun. Good post, workin’.

Front: BRING OUT YER DEAD! Back: Smith Disposal Company, $50/body. Family Discounts available.

I saw a nice graphic image of a virus, colorful and scientific looking, against black. I think that image large, with “Pandemics Happen - Prepare” and smaller underneath-www.fluwiki.com, would be successful. It gets the word out and if someone wants to, they can ask questions. Maybe another prepper will announce themselves to you. I checked out the Cafepress link and there were 17 pages of bird flu t-shirts. I wasn’t able to copy the visual ones, but here are some for laughs:

“Bird Flu is Chicken Sh_t”

“Got Tamiflu?”

“Will work for a flu shot.”

And a straight forward one - “Ask me about Bird Flu.”

John Smith,

Just a touch too morbid ;-)

I’m working with a designer on a graphic. News when I have some.

Melanie — Perhaps, but I’m going to make a… killing!

It IS morbid but by golly it’s funny John! Unfortunately there will be SOMEone SOMEwhere who WILL follow that route. We’ll let him get his own t-shirt!

Can’t make up stories like the sheep…..truth is stranger than fiction.

“I’m not rude. I just practice social distancing.”

I…see…sick…people….who didn’t practice good handwashing.

That’s funny too, Grace!

Pandemic Influenza-like a Hurricane Katrina in your town.

                     R U READY?

Wanted:gravediggers. Why:next flu pandemic. When:sooner than you think

Do Burma-shave style signs-

   A flu pandemic-

   coming soon to your town-

   if you don’t get ready-

   you won’t be a-round.

   fluwiki.com

Along the lines of the sheep blankets, make tiny blankets to attach to the backs of roosters and include a short catch phrase on them.

As for a graphic, using a photo from 1918 of people on the streets wearing masks, or a photo of a hospital ward.

For the wording, I hope you will keep in mind that these shirts are meant to inform and words such as “preps” and “panflu” will not be easily understood by the general public. Does the general public even know what pandemic flu is? Will they relate that to bird flu? The point of the shirt should be to peak the public’s interest enough to get them to log onto this site for more info.

We might be better off to tape notices to electrical poles. I wouldn’t wear a shirt in the open for all and sundry strangers to read while looking at me - maybe they will remember and know where I live. Too paranoid? Maybe it’s being prudent?

We need a nice artsy jpeg file with an ad for this site we can paste at the bottom of all our e-mails

Melanie: I definitely want at least one tee shirt and I am still interested in the wrist bands. We can wear them almost anywhere and it would make Fluwikians instantly recognizable to each other. Is your tee shirt maker able to provide those, too?

Melanie,

maybe we should just start with t-shirts for now and see how demand looks. I wouldn’t want you breaking your back or the bank, either!

I know I like t-shirts with necks wide enough to properly get a head through (some generic white tees’ necks way too small!) and sleeves on the slightly bigger side too for those with bigger arms (I’m not an overweight person, but genetically my arms are big for my overall size and I usually have probs with shirts that otherwise fit great but the armpits are really small). Enough about my sizes!:)

Just some little details to think about….

I’ll ask around here to see how many t-shirts might be sold.

I might also be interested in the coffee mug idea, but being up here across the border I also have to pay extra even after I pay you just to get it across (errrgghH!!!) — and I think that goes by weight)

Melanie,

would we be able to vote here on the graphics your designer comes up with? Just a thought.

I’m wearing my t-shirt to the gym!

Another thought:

the t-shirts should probably emphasize H5N1 awareness in itself rather than just the FluWiki. The Fluwiki’s logo/info should be there, but smaller. At least, it seems so to me.

could also make them available for sale on the site… from the fluwiki.

ricewiki,

As soon as I learn how to display graphics. I’m sort of terminally stupid in that regard. My graphics guy is taking this all seriously now and has asked for a couple of days to think and putter.

I’ll buy some Tee’s…

As far as color goes, look to the left….that’s the color for me. Spicy brown mustard.

I’m in for a tee shirt or two…

Melanie, I’ll buy one too. Not that you already have enough ideas… Here is my 2 cents worth.

I’m prepared. Are you? www.fluwikie.com

Darn, I meant for it to be on three separate lines

I would like to add a suggestion or two: perhaps the t-shirt could be the color of the ocean and the continents would be on the front with one of the slogans mentioned above? It wouldn’t have to be round like the entire globe on the front, just the continents. That would leave more room for words/slogan, etc. I also liked the idea of the top ten on the back.

And, it might be wise to keep away from info. that would possibly need to be updated like listing countries that currently have BF.

So many people use the circle in red with a red line slashed across it to imply “NO” to whatever, like smoking. I don’t know what to put within the circle though?? I’m not so great with jokes but some of the ones above were pretty good. But, I do agree that if one portion is a joke, whether front or back, it should have a serious portion where fluwikie is printed. I would definitely buy a t-shirt, although I prefer muscle capped sleeves and a more fitted shirt, rather than a standard t-shirt :) I think a ribbon magnet for the car would be a good idea, it would be hard to read fluwikie.com on it though!

MoF and others,

The more colors and the more stuff you put on it, the more expensive it gets for an audience as small as this one. There might be a couple of dozen to a hundred or so tshirts sold here and I’m trying to keep them cheap so the upfront cost doesn’t ruin me.

I have some history with doing small runs of tasteful Tshirts so you’ll have to trust me, to some degree. Frankly, you don’t get to vote on what I have to pay for.

That makes SENSE Melanie!

Hey Melanie, we are all going to make you rich and you can quit your day job. Hope you have your trademarks/copyrights in order. :-)

There’s a severe thunderstorm pounding outside my window right now and my last post didn’t get thru…. I think whatever you come up with, Melanie, will be a ton of fun to wear and it will be interesting to read about all the various responses we all might get!

I will take one, maybe two, Melanie. Thanks for doing this for us!

Dude,

LOL.

My graphics guy has come up with some interesting designs. Let me see what I can do.

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Just a humorous suggestion:

Coming to a country near you

    BYE BYE BIRDIE FLU

(dead bird in an Edward Gorey fashion)

It’s not just for birdies anymore!

On Back Your top 10 list of things to do

 then web site

Who else wants a FluWiki T-shirt? Just to give Melanie a sense of how many can be sold directly to FluWikians?

I would most definitely want at least 2. One for working on preps, and one for formal go-to-meeting occasions.

Oh, and maybe a third, to leave pristine so I can donate it to the US Flu Memorial Museum.

I would probally take two.

I will take two.

I’ll order a few in different sizes. Get some for gifts, before social disruption makes shopping difficult.

The phrase I find (dont know where I saw it!!)that gets instant understanding is :-

BIRD FLU = GLOBAL KATRINA/NEW ORLEANS

For some reason everybody has an emotional reaction to it! Then I have their attention for the ‘personal preps’ lecture!!

anyone else for ordering tees?

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I’ll order one or two.

Six

Dude, six? really?

How about something simple.so when you are walking thru the mall people can see it,read it and write it down or remember it(H5N1 get the facts at fluwiki.com)and the top ten thing on the front.

Melanie - Just remember that many of us are “pleasingly plump” and include XL in the size mix when you order.

Who about:

AVIAN INFLUENZA IT IS A BF DEAL!

Count me in!

Sizes needed?

Count me for at least one, either M or L depending on how big/small the t-shirts run.

1 medium 1 large

I really like Many Cats ‘PANDEMICS HAPPEN’ suggestion, maybe with a graphic of the virus- both on the front. On the back, perhaps…

Get Informed

Stay Informed

www.fluwikie2.com

And if we’re considering two styles, how about for the front…

BIRD FLU World Tour

Coming to a town near you

and for the back maybe…

Help Your Community

Help Yourself

www.fluwikie2.com

Just a suggestion. Whatever consensus we come to I’ll take at least two or three of each print (large and X-lrg please)

Count me in for two t-shirts and two mugs if you have those made as well.

Count me in for a couple of shirts, and I’d love a coffee mug, too. One suggestion - not too much small lettering in the front please - I’d hate to have to slap someone while they were just reading my chest;-)

WIT: LOL!!!!!

MrWhite42 - LMAO!!!!

Where can we see some examples?!? I’d need some XL, maybe XXL (It’s never too early to buy for Christmas!)

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Re: malachi - 09:32 — (Another Q for Doctors and Nurses)

“all healthy people will be essential workers.”

now there’s a t-shirt slogan!

or, “If you’re healthy, you’re an ESSENTIAL WORKER!”

I’ll take at least 2. XXL for me, so there’s room to grow. I’ll be storing one so that if this DOESN’T happen, I’ll have a nice, soft cotton cloth to wash my car with!!!

I’ll take 2 size XL and 2 size XXL.

I’ll take 2. Please. Probably both L. Well, maybe one L and one XL. Or maybe one M and one L (to shrink into).

I personally would purchase polo type shirts, if available. Otherwise count my in for 2 XXL T-shirts.

big shirt = comfort

I want at least 2, maybe 3 in large!

I will want 2 , an XL and an XXL- also one mug if not too expensive. If first run works out, maybe two or three different sayings? Also if you’re counting votes, I prefer black to white.

On ebay right now for $9.95

Warning: Bird Flu Test Subject Keep Back 50 Feet

Description: Are you sick of people being all up in your personal space? Keep them back (and laughing) with this hilarious 99VOLTS original tee! Certain to draw a hacking/coughing laugh from the infected masses (or your knucklehead friends at work.) These are guaranteed to become highly collectable after we all die a slow painful death from this modern plague.

I swear it’s there!

Also on eBay:

BIOHAZARD: CONTAINS BIRD FLU T-Shirt

Anyone else? How many t-shirts and which sizes would you need?

OK Melanie, here’s the summary so far - estimated order capacity here on FluWiki — everyone, these aren’t final orders so you can still change your mind — just wanted to give Melanie some sense of how much business there is here. So far it looks as though we can sell at least 43 t-shirts from regular FluWiki members alone….

We may do mugs, wristbands, etc. other requests separately for now. _________________________________

Dude: 6 (?) NJPreppie: 3 GraceRN: 2–4 (XL, XXL) MaMa: 2–3 (L,XL) I’m-Working-On-It: 1–3 (L) Eccles: 2 (XL) BroncoBill: 2 (XXL) kc_quiet: 2 (XL,XXL) ScaredyCat: 2 (L,XL) tc_in_CT: 2 (XXL) Gladys: 2 (M,L) jonC: 2 WatchingInTexas: 2 HillbillyBill: 2 JV: 2 So Cal: 1–2 RuralMD: 1–2 KimT: 1–2 ricewiki: 1 (M-L) FLGardenmom: 1 Swann: 1 MotherOfFive: 1 Anon_279: (XL,XXL)

Anyone else want to buy a t-shirt? These aren’t final orders, but if you’re pretty sure you’ll end up buying one, say so… and if you haven’t given an estimate of the sizes you’ll need, maybe say so… (or wait until we actually order).

 update sizes : 1 X-large, 1 large. We will take them. thank you.

I’ll buy 2, size M and XL. Thanks - this will be a great way to get conversations started.

RE: my 2 shirts: 1 large and 1 XL please

Melanie-

I would love 1 or 2 mugs, depending on cost. I don’t wear tshirts in public (past my prime!), but i drink so much coffee i’m hoping that my blood will be an inhospitable host! Another thought: maybe a bag, like the ones at trader joes, for holding all the preps and advertising at the same time.

My favorite is the world tour, but i agree there is a probable with keeping it updated.

Dem,

To add to the myths: “i don’t have to prep, I’m coming to your house”

Thanks for all you do!

duh, (“problem”)

I’d buy a couple of shirts (size L).

How about on the front something simple like “Pandemic Flu - Are you prepared?” along with a good graphic, and on the back “I’m a prepper - www.fluwikie.com”?

I will buy a bracelet.

I don’t wear T shirts in public either. But I love the idea of a bracelet. I’ll be on the lookout for preppin’ people at the stores. Make the bracelets a distinctive color and fluwikie.com printed on it.

I’ll order an XL and a L - I’ve started spreading the word in my community and the shirt would be great to wear to meetings, etc.

hi - I am a long time lurker but new poster. I am in for 2 shirts , one L and one XL. Love the site and appreciate everyone in it.

I’d love to add one mug & one wristband to my order and it’s a definite on at least 2 t-shirts! I’m past my prime too, but I still wear ‘em!

WIT scratches her head slowly - past your prime to wear a t-shirt?? Uh oh….is this rule similar to the no white shoes after Labor Day or before Easter rule, cause I do that one, but I am in big doo-doo if there is a past my prime t-shirt rule…..excuse me whilst I consult my Emily Post book;-)

Put me in for 1 small T-shirt.

WIT- Not a rule, just consideration for others! A polo, would work, though.

Hmmm… Go away for a few days, and you’re already taking orders! :-)

  Here’s what I would order when you are ready…

2 Large T-shirts 2 Coffee Mugs

WIT,

My summer uniform is shorts and T’s, my winter uniform is sweatshirts (with witty sayings and graphics) and jeans. Would someone please tell me when I get too old for that?

who needs to spend money on slinky pj’s my man prefers a vikings t-shirt but this season he’ll get a BF shirt : ) Vikings have not been doing to hot.

After its over, how about a t-shirt that says, “I SURVIVED THE BIRD FLU AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT.”

jon c,

That’s a keeper.

Melanie-

(“”Would someone please tell me when I get too old for that?”“)

Not an age thing, a belly thing!

Melanie at 19:53 - we must be from the same school - I wear the same uniforms! My all time favorite sayings on tees and/or sweatshirts have been: drum roll please…..”Never eat anything larger than your head” and “Objects in this shirt may be smaller than they appear” - I had a friend who had a Keebler Goldfish tee that said “Eat more goldfish” and she got stopped by a man in a grocery store who lectured her rather loudly on various aspects of animal cruelty until she finally held up a package of Goldfish and shouted “Crackers, man, they’re crackers!” So…my point is (and I actually do have one) people do indeed read what is on other people’s t-shirts.

lol thats funny WIT!

sizes for my two shirts XL. I’m in that “pleasingly plump” group with Eccles.

Wristands would be great!

After the pandemic we will also need to do a run of the fluwiki post-pandemic party shirt.

We should have a big party using only canned goods and rice. Oh, and plenty of red wine flu killer.

mmmmmm BBQed SPAM.

I’ll buy 2 shirts 1 small,1 xl…2 mugs also…

here is an idea for a shirt. it just needs to be tweeked a little for the bird flu.

Maybe a bird hitting a fan?

at least 1 XL for me

one in medium

one in womans medium equivalent, one mens XL

Melanie, would these be unisex sizes (=men’s)? Non-shrink? Thanks.

After the pandemic we will also need to do a run of the fluwiki post-pandemic party shirt.

Can we also create an online market for the new style of writing paper and post it notes --- our crates full of extra toilet paper?

a mug for me..while I am sipping an adult beverage cruising (maybe) my favorite BF site….

I’ll take 3

a small a medium and a large

my family wants to be a walking billboard!

my family wants to be a walking billboard!

We could do something simple: a family of 8 (friends etc) each with a letter “F L U W I K I E”. They move around until they each find their place.

A memorable flash presentation, emailed to many like a chain letter.

A voice or a text: making sense of the challenge. Acting together. Join us. Bring your family (“family” with a link to AMM’s thread about “living-together units”).

Soundtrack is not birds, but people talking.

I have several “billboard” T-shirts; I think it is a great way to get people talking and asking questions. I have had some great conversations in line at the grocery store. Imagine now! I’ll take 2 L and 2 wristbands.

bump —

Like the “Shit hits the fan” but you need feathers floating around

Hi all I love the shirt to.But down here in some of the southern states the word shit might get you arrested.Some not all people will frown upon that word. So as cool as that shirt is. May I sugest changing that word to stuff.Then your kids could wear them too.(When the stuff hits the fan)or maybe(when the sh*t hits the fan)I hope this might be an idea that everyone could live with……OH! and you have to do the feathers nice touch……..Thanks for listening…….Y’all be good and stay safe

One thing to remember though, in small communities, if you walk around with a walking billboard on you, others may pay attention, knowing your name, where you live etc,, something to keep in mind.

GhostRN – at 19:39 Like the “Shit hits the fan” but you need feathers floating around

How about “When the Sparrow hits the fan” (or Swan, Sanderling, Swallow, Starling, Sandpiper )

I’m a prepper

is on the top of my current list.

Better suggestions, please form a list to the left.

1 XL for me.

Thanks!!

Melanie,

have you heard anything from the graphics guy? I imagine you are still at work on the paypal project, so not trying to rush this. Just curious… how would you like us to “make a list to the left?”

we could make a wiki page with everyone’s name and the size and amount they want. People can edit it on their own.

Rice,

We have a graphic, I’m working on the mechanics.

“Practice Safe Pandemic” www.fluwikie.com

Simple Black shirt with white writing

great… I’ve made the “order page” and will post separately. this will make things a bit more organized. should have thought of it before.

I agree with some others. I have two small children. I wouldn’t wear a shirt that said shit around my own kids and I don’t think it’s really appropriate to wear it around other people’s kids. I would probably only wear it to a bar.

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