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Fail Whale Ate My Balls, Celebrate Twitter Downtime With Style

posted by Scott Beale on Friday, June 27th, 2008

“Fail Whale Ate My Balls”, featuring the legendary Twitter Fail Whale, is the latest in the wonderful line of t-shirts available through Mule Design Studio’s Feed Store.

The Fail Whale shirts will ship mid-July.

Can’t get enough of the ubiquitous Fail Whale? Then join The Fail Whale Fan Club.

Speaking of epic fail, here’s the soon-to-be-deleted Fail Whale article on Wikipedia.

See Also: Twitter Fail Whale Makes Guest Appearance in Laugh-Out-Loud Cats

illustration by Mike Monteiro

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courtney 06/27/2008 08:29 PM 1 point
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the Twitter was full....
http://flickr.com/photos/evilsigntist/2613527050/

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http://lezbionicwoman.com/

Michael 06/28/2008 01:29 AM 1 point
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If the "ate my balls" part wasn't there I wouldn't even think twice about it, I would pull out my credit card and buy it right now, but because whoever thought this up didn't realize that a shirt that has a picture of the fail whale on it that underneath simply says "Fail Whale" is good enough, they have to put something on that offends people.

(It doesn't offend me, but I wouldn't be able to wear it in most situations and therefore, I can't buy it).

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http://cybersurge.org

Fred Clausen 06/28/2008 07:29 AM 1 point
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I'm not even sure I could wear the shirt you describe, my office is pretty strict. Can't they just make one without the whale or any words?

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thespy 06/30/2008 05:47 AM 1 point
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I'm agreeing with both michael and fred, why can't they make a tee without the semi-offensive tagline, i wouldn't hesitate to go right ahead and buy one if that was the case. not now.

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mikemonteiro 07/01/2008 01:41 AM 1 point
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Hi kids. I'm the guy who made the shirt. This is the shirt *I* wanted to make. So I made it. You're free to buy it, you're also free *not* to buy it.

More importantly; if somebody out there isn't making the thing *you* want, why not go ahead and just make it yourself, rather than yappin' that they made choices you wish they hadn't?

Apparently there's a need for a non-offensive Fail Whale t-shirt. I suggest you gentlemen seize that opportunity by the balls.

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2 /people/mikemonteiro/ /people/mikemonteiro/following/ http://mikemonteiro.com

Anil 07/01/2008 01:45 AM 1 point
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I can't believe people don't know their web history! Ate my balls is a venerable part of internet lore, just as Fail Whale will be someday, and they belong together.

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http://www.anildash.com/

Janelle 07/18/2008 04:21 AM 1 point
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Hey now, everyone's got their own way of expressing themselves with regards to the fail whale. And like Anil says, this is an Internet lore portmanteau.

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1 /people/Janelle/ /people/Janelle/following/ http://savethefailwhales.org/

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