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Man, I need to hire some illegal immigrants.

by David M Willis on October 23, 2010 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Blog
Jessica is very excited about the prototype hat
Jessica’s prototype along with some sort of written warning.

Sewing is women’s work! Why am I doing it??? I have a penis!
WHY WON’T THE MACHINE WORK???

STUPID BOBBIN YOU ARE SO DUMB I HATE YOU
Finished the first hat, trying it out. It works!

└ Tags: hat, merch

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 23, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    I love the third caption.

    And if you buy me a plane ticket I can be your illegal immigrant.

  2. Laurel
    Laurel
    October 23, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

    The warning sign says, “I will eat your FAAAACE! Your FAAAACE!”

  3. katamanda
    katamanda
    October 23, 2010 at 1:22 am | #

    Greatest hat ever.

  4. drivethruwhale
    drivethruwhale
    October 23, 2010 at 1:43 am | #

    I’ll take it! I’ll take 12!

  5. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    October 23, 2010 at 1:55 am | #

    I’m afraid you have failed badly at your goal of not looking adorable. How does Maggie get through the day without pinching your cheeks? Also I think Jessica broke the internet with cute there.

    It shouldn’t be too difficult to fold over a seam at the top of the eye, to make it look more like the “GRRR!” expression in the comichat; it’s almost there just from sewing the yellow on.

  6. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    October 23, 2010 at 3:35 am | #

    Cute hat. I sure like one. 🙂

  7. KehWin
    KehWin
    October 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm | #

    I think I need that hat.

  8. Kayyte
    Kayyte
    October 23, 2010 at 4:14 pm | #

    I… I want one ; =;
    if i had one id scare off all the polar bears here in Canada with my… fierceness(?) XD

  9. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 23, 2010 at 7:58 pm | #

    Yes, I too hateth the bobbins

  10. Naz
    Naz
    October 24, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

    Actually..a man invented the sewing machine..also. A woman invented the circular saw.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 24, 2010 at 6:28 pm | #

      so?

    • Naranthul
      Naranthul
      October 25, 2010 at 2:56 am | #

      and a woman invented the dishwasher. so were full circle now? 😛

  11. JDavis
    JDavis
    October 24, 2010 at 3:42 pm | #

    Leave the sewing to the women. You go get some trimmin’

  12. Onomatopoeia
    Onomatopoeia
    October 24, 2010 at 7:02 pm | #

    This is glorious.

    Ha.

  13. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    October 25, 2010 at 3:16 am | #

    In lieu of illegal immigrants– which are what in Ohio, starving Canadians who floated down Lake Erie on ice floes?– have you thought of contacting any of the kajillion or so hatmakers who haunt the artists’ alleys at anime and comic conventions? It would of course mean less in the way of profit for you, but would mean a lot more hats could get made than if y’all had to make them all yourselves, since I’m assuming you have about as much “free time” as most working artists.

  14. Malph
    Malph
    October 25, 2010 at 4:15 am | #

    I just noticed how similar you look to my cousin (as of the last time I saw him. Now he looks like me, except my beard is better than his).

  15. ibnat
    ibnat
    October 26, 2010 at 3:08 am | #

    I suppose it was the best you could do.

    ohgodpleasedon’tkillme

    • Sergei Andropov
      Sergei Andropov
      September 19, 2014 at 11:30 pm | #

      I’m amazed that four years have gone by and no one has called you out on this.

  16. j-rod5000
    j-rod5000
    November 2, 2015 at 3:54 pm | #

    Are you still making these hats? I also want to buy one.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      November 2, 2015 at 3:55 pm | #

      I am not. This post is from five years ago.

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