When I was around 20, two friends went on a trip to Asia.
Thailand, I think it was. I was the most skilled artist in the circle of friends so I was commisioned to do the farewell gift T-shirt. The payment was free beer at the farewell party, not bad at all.

The following idea had been settled upon: A cartoon character threesome with an Asian chick in the middle (at the time I knew little about anatomican drawings, so it was all very catoonish). Written above in large letters: "WE CAME HERE TO GET DISEASE!".

Oh, the good taste of it all. Puerile, sexist, probably even racist, the perfect gift in other words.

Before commencing with this tale, let it be noted that English is not my first language. Still, I felt that my command of the language was pretty good so I didn't use any dictionary or thesaurus. Let it also be noted that I'm a bit of a spelling Nazi. And now fast forward to the party.

There was a slight murmur when the T-shirts were revealed. I initially defended my position while several others in the group took the opposite stand. My spelling Nazi confidence quickly eroded and eventually I had to give in. I probably ruined the T-shirts by doing the spelling wrong. I doubt if they ever wore the garments.

It's a bit ironical how I still, 15 years later, take pride in all the tasteless qualities of the T-shirts but I cringe at my inability to get the text right. "WE CAME HERE TO GET DECEASE". Argh.
(spinoza, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 20:38, 3 replies)

Same difference, surely?

( SugarSpunSister Yeah, whatever, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 1:17, closed)

Yeah
With an extra D, that could work....
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 10:09, closed)

I misread this
as 'two friends went on a trip to Asda'. Disease/decease probably still applies, I suppose.
(Nunnerfly, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 14:11, closed)