Derby #84 CyberPub: We Can Make it Stronger

CYBER-LYRICS OF THE WEEK

he seaweed is always greener
In somebody else’s lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin’ for?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it’s better
Down where it’s wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin’
Full time to floatin’
Under the sea

Up next… Derby #84: The Sea

If we remember our grade-school geography lessons right, 143% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. And despite what you might think from looking at our past t-shirts, there’s more going on there than pirates, squids, and crashing waves. You can shoot one of those fish in that tired old barrel. Or you can take us on a journey of undersea exploration with a creative design that doesn’t feature the same subject matter as countless other t-shirts. Voters, are you listening?

No text this week.

Our moderators are going to be very strict about recycled ideas in this Derby. If, say, your pirate shirt uses a similar concept to one already seen here or elsewhere, it will probably be rejected. The safest course: originality.

Come back SuperSpryte! We miss you!!!

Hai CyberPub!

*It’s not far down to paradise
At least it’s not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It’s not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Sailing
Takes me away
To where I’ve always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free

Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I’m sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won’t you believe me

It’s not far back to sanity
At least it’s not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
*

*(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda)

There’s a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there’s a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin’ whiskey down
They say “Brandy, fetch another round”
She serves them whiskey and wine

The sailors say “Brandy, you’re a fine girl” (you’re a fine girl)
“What a good wife you would be” (such a fine girl)
“Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea”
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves

He came on a summer’s day
Bringin’ gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn’t stay
No harbor was his home

The sailor said " Brandy, you’re a fine girl" (you’re a fine girl)
“What a good wife you would be” (such a fine girl)
“But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea”
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean foam rise
She saw its ragin’ glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who’s not around
She still can hear him say

She hears him say " Brandy, you’re a fine girl" (you’re a fine girl)
“What a good wife you would be” (such a fine girl)
“But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea”
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

“Brandy, you’re a fine girl” (you’re a fine girl)
“What a good wife you would be” (such a fine girl)
“But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea”*

Captain: Are you ready kids?

Kids: Aye Aye Captain.

Captain: I can’t hear you.

Kids: Aye Aye Captain

Captain: OHHHHHHH

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Ready?

Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants,
SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: SpongeBob SquarePaaaaannttss!!!

Captain: HA HA HA HA !!!

Well, I think we did it. We killed the CyberPub. Someone call the coroner to determine TOD.

about six months ago, i’d say.

Hey kids. How can I do something with those angelfish I drew before valentines day? I think it sucks that I made a great undersea design, and can’t use it because they aren’t letting any resubmissions go through.

I have a couple of ideas, but they involve changing the fish to a different species, removing the hook, and adding something else.

any suggestions on what?

http://italianfood.about.com/od/freshfishrecipes/r/blr0221.htm

children?

I was thinking sea turtle being cleaned by the fishies. not sure I can do it in time, though.

Also thought I might do a mosaic of a big octopus vs. sperm whale pic.

Please tell me if this is a good idea or a not so good (ie- won’t win) idea… I don’t want to work hard on something that’ll get 20 votes…

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prof. tek, i like it, which means it’ll get about 20 votes.

in the current designing environment, perhaps something cuter…?

Yeah, maybe I should do a cute widdo bunny wearing scuba gear outside a carrot submarine…

penguins and baby seals.

I like it.
I don’t know if it do well or not.
Just do a good job and forget about the votes.

If you want to appeal to voters, make the other fish more adorably surprised. If you want to appeal to me, continue down the vein you are in.

ms. spryte posted a link to this cyberpub in the derby thread. she must still be out there… watching…

//ominous music

Well, I just can’t make it cute. Though it may be funnier if a cute fish pulls a gun on a big mean fish. But I need to make the big fish look more surprised, and the little one look more annoyed…

Here’s the bunny sub idea… just a sketched idea… I intend to make the green top of the carrot into a propeller instead of the one on the bottom, but I can’t think of some reason why the bunny is out there… ideas?

http://shirt.amakihi.org/graphics/bunny_sub.jpg

I’m thinking about making a nannerpus design. Oh how I love nannerpus.