ShagTees: Ludicrous Speed

A bunch of my buddies are into cars - sports cars to be exact. Ferrari, Lotus, Triumph, Porsche, etc. They tinker in the garage. They watch Formula One. They Tivo "Top Gear" on BBC America. They even take their cars to a nearby road track to "race".

They also happen to love great movies. This shirt was designed with these gearhead guys in mind.

I proudly introduce "Eleventh Gear" and "Ludicrous Speed".

Eleventh Gear

Eleventh Gear is the motorsports enthusiast's homage to Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, who proudly told the world that his guitar amplifiers "go to eleven". Well our new gearshift goes to eleven as well. Most blokes will be driving as fast they can, gears all the way up - where can you go from there? Well when I want that extra push over the cliff, I can gear up to Eleven. It's One faster.

Ludicrous Speed

Ludicrous Speed takes the Eleventh Gear joke and adds a reference to another classic 80s comedy movie - Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. In this Star Wars parody,the inept villain Dark Helmet (played brilliantly by Rick Moranis - I See Your Schwartz is as Big as Mine) chases after the heroes but cannot catch up. With Light Speed not getting the job done, he cranks his spaceship's engines up to Ludicrous Speed. The result is a big ol plaid mess.