zenlike koans I have seen emblazoned on t-shirts worn by hong kong people

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let's be clear this is not a 'lol engrish' or 'lol these EFL people can't use english correctly' thread but rather a log of sayings which I have found help me think ~deeper~ about life and which may be portals to planes of higher existence (still testing)

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:16 (sixteen years ago)

MALE
KATE
MOSS

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:16 (sixteen years ago)

I'M NOT
JOHNNY ROTTEN

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:16 (sixteen years ago)

PEANUT BUTTER
BANANA
AND WAFFLES

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:16 (sixteen years ago)

GOD GAVE US
FREE WILL.
LET'S USE IT
TO PARTY.

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:16 (sixteen years ago)

ANGELS
HAVE
WHITE
WINGS.

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

Microarray technology?
Piece of coke!

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

DON'T LET
GO THE
BOAT

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

WORDS THAT
DO NOT MATCH
DEEDS ARE
IMPORTANT

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

WHITE
SAY IT WITH COLOURS

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

YOUR CHOICE
DO OR
DON'T

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

FIGHT CLUB
MANAGER

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

NEVER THINK
ABOUT THE FUTURE
IT WILL COME
SOON ENOUGH

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:19 (sixteen years ago)

STOP
THE
GLOBAL
BULL
SHIT
TING

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:20 (sixteen years ago)

YOUR CHOICE
COOL
OR
FOOL

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:20 (sixteen years ago)

Please tell me you have approximately 200 more examples of this phenomenon.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:20 (sixteen years ago)

WHAT'S NEXT
LOS ANGELES

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:20 (sixteen years ago)

amezing
amezing
amezing
amezing
amezing
amezing

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:22 (sixteen years ago)

BRIGHTNESS
you are

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:22 (sixteen years ago)

LIFE
IS
FUCKIN'
EASY

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:24 (sixteen years ago)

A
Sweetheart
Is
A
Bottle
Of wine

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:26 (sixteen years ago)

SLOWEST SUN
IN
DETROIT

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:26 (sixteen years ago)

I AGREE
WITH THE
COSMETIC
SURGERY

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:27 (sixteen years ago)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

u rule

― crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:44 (sixteen years ago)

okay I'm ready to do round 2

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

HYPER KISS
XXX

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

WHAT HE NEEDS
IS NOT ONLY
THE BANANA
BUT LOVE

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

I'M
HUNGOVER
I WISH I
WAS DEAD

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

DEVILOCKISM
RUNNING IN NEW YORK CITY

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

DON'T LET
ANYONE STEAL
-OUR-
DREAMS

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

$$UNDEFEATED$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
##############
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
##############
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
##############

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:57 (sixteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHA @ all of these

― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:57 (sixteen years ago)

YOU
BEST
LOOK

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH
YOU MUST
LOSE
EVERYTHING

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

DO YOU
KNOW
THIS
MEANING?

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

DEVILOCKISM
RUNNING IN NEW YORK CITY

otm.

― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 November 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

BOYS
NEED
YOGA
TOO

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

YOU ARE
ALIVE BECAUSE
OF
SOMEONE

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

ENJOY THE
BEAUTY
OF
CLASSICAL ART

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (sixteen years ago)

TECHNOLOGY
TURNS
ME ON

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (sixteen years ago)

Music,
Drama,
Poem, &
Dance.

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:01 (sixteen years ago)

YOU KNOW
YOU'RE
NOT
RIGHT

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

UNION
&
PROUD

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

SWEARING OUT
LOUD IS NOT
COOL

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

So what's the design of these shirts like? Are they all laid out the same or is there some variety? My interest is hella piqued right now.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:15 (sixteen years ago)

WORDS THAT
DO NOT MATCH
DEEDS ARE
IMPORTANT

― 囧 (dyao), Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:17 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark

reminds me of a pic I took in HK

http://10.164.97.138/farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/1440133051_1e40f6f0ee.jpg

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

xp it varies considerably - I wish I could covertly take pics but half the time they're gone by the time I can take my camera out

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (sixteen years ago)

round 3 will come after I get something to eat

― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (sixteen years ago)

this would be that pic

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/1440133051_1e40f6f0ee.jpg

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:21 (sixteen years ago)

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cannot believe i only just found this thread

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

here is the text of some t shirts i bought in indonesia in 2011:

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

WHAT
DON'T
BREAK
RULE

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

LOW
ART
PIECES
LIFE

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983
DETECTIVE

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:11 (thirteen years ago)

ARE
YOU
OK
question mark

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:11 (thirteen years ago)

why don't you
create
39
in my real life?

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:13 (thirteen years ago)

LAST
STAND

THE ORIGINALLITY
ART COMES FROM
THE ORIGINALLITY
COMES FROM
HEART

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:13 (thirteen years ago)

fridge magnets that a friend brought back from HK

SMOKING MAKE YOU FEEL FINE
LIKE YOUR SOUL DANCING IN THE SKY
-
SORRY I'M BUSY, BEER MONSTER
INVITE ME TO PARTY EVERY NIGHT
-
AFTER DRINK YOU CAN TURN
THE WORLD UP SIDE DOWN

― ばかザッピ (zappi), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:45 (thirteen years ago)

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983

That's by the artist Jenny Holzer

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3691gjyt11qbo39mo1_1280.jpg

― elan, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:46 (thirteen years ago)

yes! cheers, ilx's own haitch pointed that out too.

fridge magnets that a friend brought back from HK

SMOKING MAKE YOU FEEL FINE
LIKE YOUR SOUL DANCING IN THE SKY

I have that one! I also bought two more, one of which was (iirc):

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:54 (thirteen years ago)

SORRY I'M BUSY, BEER MONSTER
INVITE ME TO PARTY EVERY NIGHT

lol

― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983
DETECTIVE
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:11 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

supporting this

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 5 January 2013 06:10 (thirteen years ago)

worst:

my karma
ran over
your dogma

so NOT zen. and, people that wear that shirt think that they're like, really clever or something. blerugh, trash.

― boy_slayer, Saturday, 5 January 2013 08:44 (thirteen years ago)

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

Haha I like this one!

― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Saturday, 5 January 2013 09:49 (thirteen years ago)

boyslayer: I dont think you'd see that one of yours on tshirts in HK/Japan tho. Its the kind of thing you'd see at the flea markets, along with "the liver is my enemy and must be destroyed" and "TITS OR GTFO"

― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Saturday, 5 January 2013 09:50 (thirteen years ago)

well yeah, that's why it is the worst. like, i just feel sorry for people with that t-shirt. i want to take them to my philosophy class or something.

― boy_slayer, Saturday, 5 January 2013 09:59 (thirteen years ago)

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

Rejected "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" couplet?

― nickn, Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:36 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Lwmff.jpg

― das ist not einer 不必 (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:18 (thirteen years ago)

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983

That's by the artist Jenny Holzer

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3691gjyt11qbo39mo1_1280.jpg

― elan, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 10:46 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i got this as a framed print from my brother last year for christmas :D

― vote! (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 6 January 2013 12:57 (thirteen years ago)

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/62821_560531334080_4783593_n.jpg

― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 6 January 2013 22:00 (thirteen years ago)

why don't you
create
39
in my real life?

fantastic

― regarding an eccentric and non-existent American Gladiator (crüt), Thursday, 10 January 2013 07:07 (thirteen years ago)

five months pass...

FORGET
THE
PAST
AND
JUST
HEAD OUT

― 乒乓, Monday, 1 July 2013 02:21 (twelve years ago)

otm

― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 1 July 2013 02:35 (twelve years ago)

THE DAY BEGINS

― 乒乓, Sunday, 7 July 2013 09:42 (twelve years ago)

two weeks pass...

Back in the zone!

MUSIC
MAKES ME
HIGH AND
INTERESTING

― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:34 (twelve years ago)

PECULIAR
FEATURES
OF THE EPOCH

― 乒乓, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 08:35 (twelve years ago)

I
AM
OF THE
EIGHTIES