Joke check

[nancylebov]

I'll probably get bumper stickers printed in red that say "If this is blue, you're driving too fast."

It's occurred to me that I could add another twist to the joke by having them printed in blue, but I'm not sure whether that version of the joke would be either comprehensible or funny. What do you think?

If you and a source of waves are moving toward each other, the waves seem closer together. Blue light has shorter waves than red, so if something red looks blue, you're closing on that bumper much too fast.

Comments

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Thanks, all. It looks as though I'm pretty much going to have to enjoy that joke by myself.

Two-color printing would cost something extra, most likely, but not a devastating amount. The problem is that I'm going for legibility, and red and blue diagonal stripes isn't going to help with that.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Just checked the catalog. It would be fine as a button, too. In fact, it might be devastatingly funny to a segment of the audience as a button.

(Please remember I've been fafiated for about two years. and so even if you've been producing them as customs, I wouldn't have seen them on folks.) But we might get to Philcon or Darkover this year, and I'm setting myself a reminder that if it's not in the catalog by then, I should have it made up. (No, thanks. Not mail order. You can't tempt ME to spend the money I don't have now on stuff I can't effectively use until then. As much as I'd love to. Really. Um, okay, maybe just ONE little taste... :-)

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to nag you to order buttons right away, though I don't mind if you do. It's a kindness if you pre-order custom buttons a week or so before the convention, though.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

*nod*

If / when I know that we actually are going to one of the cons, I'll make sure to do (custom) orders from the running "I want that one" file. It will be a welcome switch from the usual "gee, what were those slogans I wanted, again" moments in the Dealer's Room.

Hope to see you at a fall / winter con, then!

[mneme]

Oooh.

"If this is blue, you are moving too fast" would work nicely as a button.

See you at whatever con you next make (unless it's Darkover, which I'm very hit-or-miss on).