FTshirt_joke

For those of you who missed last week’s opportunity, now’s your last chance! We need a one-liner to go under the FT logo on a t-shirt, and we’d love to hear your ideas. Winner of the best caption gets a free t-shirt!

Send us your suggestions, along with your name and address, to contest@firstthings.com.

Comments (24)

24 Comments

Nancy D.
July 30th, 2010 | 2:30 pm

From The Beginning

Adam Baker
July 30th, 2010 | 2:56 pm

Somehow First Things readers don’t seem like they would be t-shirt people. (I think the captions suggested in the other blog validate that.) I think Joe Carter has cautioned us against wearing ironic clothing….

GeronimoRumplestiltskin
July 30th, 2010 | 2:58 pm

Here’s a few:

“Printed On Trees Deader Than Liberal Catholicism”

“Being Seen Reading It Won’t Help You Score Hot Chicks, But At Least You’ll Have A Better Understanding Of Religion And Public Life”

“Want To Poke Fun At Liturgical Puppetry? Our Blog Has Videos!”

“Catholics And Protestants Getting Along With Jews And Not Asking Why No Jewish University Has A Decent Football Team”

“And You Thought You Were Well-Informed”

“Less Catholic Than The Pope, More So Than, Say, Gary Wills”

I’ve got a million of ‘em….

GeronimoRumplestiltskin
July 30th, 2010 | 3:02 pm

One more:

“Spare The Sarcasm And Spoil The Heterodox”

I’ll be waiting by the mailbox for my free t-shirt….

Craig Payne
July 30th, 2010 | 3:17 pm

Does this “second chance” thread mean the suggestions in the other thread weren’t good enough?

49erDweet
July 30th, 2010 | 4:57 pm

Adam Baker. Wasn’t that iconic clothing Joe was speaking of?

A take on Craig Payne’s: “Where Faith and Culture Collide”.

A take on Althea’s: “Somewhere between God and Gomorrah”.

“In the beginning…..”

“Fighting the Pharisee in each of us”

“And you thought He didn’t have a sense of humor”.

john di
July 30th, 2010 | 5:03 pm

You CAN Handle the Truth!

Tony S.
July 30th, 2010 | 7:00 pm

Bottum’s Up

John Hawkins
July 30th, 2010 | 7:23 pm

J’s Crew

“Religion to a Tee”

“Take this shirt…I’ll give you my coat!” (This one could be expensive…like being a Christian!)

“I’m naked in the public square under this shirt”

“I forget are we liberal or conservative”

By the way…this is just a but of fun, I do not suggest you use any of my captions. I am also a bit leery of a FT t-shirt all together.

John Hawkins
July 30th, 2010 | 7:28 pm

p.s. My last caption should read…

“I forget…are we liberal or conservative?”

Gerard
July 30th, 2010 | 8:22 pm

Even Extra-Terrestrials Enjoy Reading It

T.B.Root
July 31st, 2010 | 12:17 am

FIRST THINGS

read. think. pray.

Sally Thomas
July 31st, 2010 | 12:36 pm

Anti-Unread.

(okay, now I know I’ve overdosed on posts about Anne Rice . . . though I have been thinking that “Anti-Undead” might make a decent t-shirt slogan, too . . . )

John M. Breen
July 31st, 2010 | 8:06 pm

“Preparing you for the Last Things”

“G_d, Goy, and Mensch”

Miguel
July 31st, 2010 | 9:38 pm

How about:

FIRST THINGS
We question authority: it’s got the answers!

kate
August 1st, 2010 | 12:12 am

How about:

FIRST THINGS

…First

FIRST THINGS

Straightening out the last things

kate
August 1st, 2010 | 12:15 am

In addition..

First Things

This Old Neuhaus

(from the husband)

Diane
August 1st, 2010 | 3:36 am

Kate – you beat me to it!

I like:

FIRST THINGS
…first.

And I like the idea of using the artwork now appearing on the covers.

But, I’d prefer a book bag to a t-shirt!

PeterG
August 1st, 2010 | 4:52 pm

Prioritize!

Eileen
August 1st, 2010 | 11:35 pm

foxy moxie orthodoxy

Maya
August 1st, 2010 | 11:48 pm

Seriously, this is the best one:

gargoyles welcome

J.W. Cox
August 2nd, 2010 | 11:20 am

This one has actually been used on a t-shirt (I think by “National Review”), but it’s my fave of all time, based on a key point in Eric Voegelin’s political philosophy:

Don’t let THEM immanentize the eschaton.

Antoinette Serena
August 2nd, 2010 | 11:39 am

“Wise Up!”

Joseph C
August 3rd, 2010 | 2:22 pm

FIRST THINGS

and the last thing.

a priori.

open your eyes.