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These t-shirts should ‘go down well’ in Italy.

Published by chinesepod July 28th, 2006 in China and About ChinesePod.

On sale in the markets here in Shanghai, t-shirts depicting the notorious World Cup smackdown, when Zizou dropped the nut on Marco Matterazi.

Zidane headbutt

These shirts make it crystal clear what both the French Italian views of the incident are valid: Zidane committed a senseless, violent, and disgraceful act. But Materazzi fully deserved it! (Hey, it was the World Cup final.)

The price? To you, only US $6.

More photos on Flickr.

Hat tip: ChinesePod learner and friend Sebastien Dupuis who brought this to our attention.

Ken Carroll

9 Responses to “These t-shirts should 'go down well' in Italy. ”

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1 Bazza Jul 28th, 2006 at 1:13 pm

Ken, do you like my new sweatshirt? I got it printed at Cafepress.
http://www.chinesepod.com/foru.....rt_145.jpg

Can you read it?
2 Mike in Jubei Jul 28th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

Bazza

So now you want someone to take your hand and help you find your way back to your home planet? But it might come in handy if you wear it in Shanghai with Jenny’s address pinned to it as well.

Mike in Jubei
3 Bazza Jul 28th, 2006 at 4:33 pm

On the subject of Jenny, have you noticed she’s never posted in the weblog section?
4 Bazza Jul 28th, 2006 at 4:37 pm

Also on the subject of t-shirts, there should be a chinesepod one that says ‘Your Time, Your Place, Your Pace, Mandarin On Your Terms’ on front and the same on the back but written in Chinese. Was it Aric that came up with that slogan? I think it’s genius.
5 Michele Jul 28th, 2006 at 10:00 pm

I got a Chinesepod t-shirt, and I like the idea of adding the slogan. At least “Mandarin on Your Terms” would be good on the back maybe. It’s very comfortable and probably fairly intriguing to passersby. I figured that, if I was doing this kind of language study at a university, I’d wear a shirt with their logo around town, so this is the equivalent.
6 Bazza 吴白锐 Jul 29th, 2006 at 12:38 am

A few people at work have starting calling me ‘Pod’, I don’t think they understand what it means.
7 Aric Jul 29th, 2006 at 1:46 pm

Isn’t this brilliant? As soon as Sebastian took it out of his bag, we all went nuts.

Bazza (Pod) - I wish I could take credit for that slogan, but it was Steve. I just voiced it (but thanks, ha ha).

I also cross-posted this on Shanghaiist.com:

http://www.shanghaiist.com/arc.....p#comments

Aric
8 Bazza Jul 31st, 2006 at 2:12 pm

BazzaPod now there’s an idea.
9 Administrator Jul 31st, 2006 at 2:26 pm

Learn Bazza, on your terms, in your space, at your pace. Bazza in your pocket, etc, etc. I think there could be a market for this!!!!

Ken