# Re: Shirt Reader (#140)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shirt-reader-140/115279>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 23, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shirt-reader-140/115279 "2007-09-23T01:41:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jameskelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@jameskelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jameskelly)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shirt-reader-140/115279/1 "2007-09-23T01:41:25Z")

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Do not for get the ultimate pictographic message (not sure what these  
are called, but they’re definitely not “T-shirt phrases.” - I’ve seen  
them before plenty of times, but never on T-shirts.)

[http://gabbyhooch.tripod.com/id6.html](http://gabbyhooch.tripod.com/id6.html)

(birdcage+(flame+m)+(heart-l)+the+spellman+(Fay Wray+me+Robert E.  
Lee)+snake+(b+trumpet)+whip+a+(twine-e) =  
(aviary+(m+ember)+(love-l)+the+spellman+(Fa+me+Lee)+hiss+(b+horn)+whip+a+(twine-e)  
= “Every member of the Spellman family is born with a twin.”

----- Original Message ----  
From: Raf C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:16:00 PM  
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Shirt Reader (#140)

2007/9/21, steve d [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> ```
> %w[fun duh mint all] => 'fundamental',
> 
> ```
> 
> - steve

Some more:

a brie vie a shun =\> abbreviation  
pheemeeneeneetee =\> femininity  
me c c p =\> Mississippi  
art fork =\> aardvark  
liberty giblet =\> flibbertigibbet  
zoo key knee =\> I would’ve expected “zucchini”, but my script  
says  
“sicken”…  
you’ll tight =\> yuletide  
Luke I like =\> lookalike  
mah deux mah zeal =\> mademoiselle  
may gel omen yak =\> megalomaniac  
half tell mall eau gist =\> ophthalmologist

Enjoy,  
R.

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**Author:** ![jameskelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@jameskelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jameskelly)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shirt-reader-140/115279/2 "2007-09-23T03:53:31Z")

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On 9/22/07, James K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Do not for get the ultimate pictographic message (not sure what these are called, but they’re  
> definitely not “T-shirt phrases.” - I’ve seen them before plenty of times, but never on T-shirts.)

Rebuses.

martin
