57
votes

Where can I go to purchase a mug or some other pretentious geeky SO swag to support/promote this fine, fine community?

If there is no SO shop can I get my own at CafePress?

Thanks

Note

This has now turned into an impromptu contest on an otherwise idle Thursday:

I have exactly 3 coffee cups that are just sort of hanging around and, err, cluttering up the place. If folks were to write a coffee haiku as answers to this question that somehow mentioned 'overflowing' - I might be inclined to send them out to the top three voted1 entries as of 16:00 UTC this Friday the 22nd. What the heck, it's close enough to December. One entry per person, void if management shuts this down.

1As determined by the net count of up-votes per post

The Prize (thanks to Andrew Barber)

enter image description here

The Winners!

Grand Prize Winners (4):

These poets will receive a Stack Overflow mug, Stack Overflow T-shirt, and a small collection of stickers

Runners-up (2):

These users will receive a small collection of stickers and a Stack Overflow T-shirt. They received the only two distinct scores after the third place tie.

Honorable Mention (1)

  • dshorter (who asked this question) will receive the mug that he asked for in the first place. Sorry about hijacking your question and turning it into a bizarre haiku contest. Well, no, I'm not really sorry.

Employees (1)

Because when you spill awesomesauce on a contest like this you deserve a mug and a title!

  • couchand Entry net up-vote count of 49 wins the same grand prize as the community winners, along with the official title of Haiku Boss for the highest score in the contest!

Thank you to everyone that participated and made this fun! I'll be in touch with you shortly to get the needed details, and will ship the prizes to the winners by the end of next week.

If you didn't win, don't despair - the holidays are coming quickly, and you might have a few more opportunities!


A note on scoring: The total amount of up-votes is what was considered. If you received 20 up votes and 10 down votes, you got a score of 20.

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  • If you really love this community, go and paint your cup saying I <3 Stack Overflow :P Nov 21, 2013 at 16:23
  • meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137579/… suggests that there is no store, and likely won't be one. There was a store once, and there is still swag, but you can only get it by being awesome - not just for cash.
    – Ben Barden
    Nov 21, 2013 at 16:23
  • I think there used to be a shop... But they closed it up
    – qwertynl
    Nov 21, 2013 at 16:24
  • It cost more to run the shop than the shop was generating. if( cost > revenue )close();
    – Travis J
    Nov 21, 2013 at 16:34
  • 27
    I have exactly 3 coffee cups that are just sort of hanging around and, err, cluttering up the place. If folks were to write a coffee haiku as answers to this question that somehow mentioned 'overflowing' - I might be inclined to send them out to the top three voted entries as of 16:00 UTC tomorrow. What the heck, it's close enough to December. One entry per person, void if management shuts this down.
    – user50049
    Nov 21, 2013 at 16:41
  • @TimPost Your cup is overflowing. You better get a bigger one and give the small one to me. ;P
    – animuson StaffMod
    Nov 21, 2013 at 16:44
  • @TimPost Does it have to be a coffee haiku? Or is a Stack haiku OK? Nov 21, 2013 at 17:10
  • 2
    @Manishearth Well my colleague has done a fine job of setting an example here so .. I'll leave that up to you I suppose :P
    – user50049
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:14
  • @TimPost hahaha OK then Nov 21, 2013 at 17:14
  • 1
    Is this the mug you're talking about? I'm never parting with mine. ;) Nov 21, 2013 at 17:18
  • Clarification request: What happens in case of a tie?
    – Geobits
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:19
  • 3
    @Geobits if you want the mugs // and your vote score is the same // you fight to the death Nov 21, 2013 at 17:21
  • 1
    Since I can't enter twice I'm just going to have to put this here: I love web design / My CSS is awesome / at overflowing
    – fredley
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:23
  • 1
    @TimPost How did you get your furby intoxicated? I've tried both liqour and drugs, but they just blink creepily at me.
    – Geobits
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:27
  • 3
    @Geobits That is them intoxicated. Nov 21, 2013 at 17:52

55 Answers 55

47
votes
int stack(int countTo) {
    return stack(countTo + 1);
}
stack(MAX_INT + 1);
10
  • 2
    Ouch, and I was hoping to win too! Oh well... this is really actually quite good.
    – JDB
    Nov 21, 2013 at 20:32
  • Hey it's #2 so far, you might still get a mug @couchand ! Nov 21, 2013 at 20:48
  • 13
    As couch is an employee, his entry won't affect which users receive mugs. That said, this is brilliant.
    – user50049
    Nov 21, 2013 at 21:26
  • 1
    @TimPost your contest rules don't say anything about employees being ineligible... :)
    – Laura
    Nov 21, 2013 at 23:17
  • @Laura I didn't say ineligible ;)
    – user50049
    Nov 22, 2013 at 1:33
  • I think the correct word when referring to minimal broken code is brillant
    – Sklivvz
    Nov 22, 2013 at 1:41
  • 7
    I think this needs to be made into a thing. I would buy it.
    – ahren
    Nov 22, 2013 at 3:25
  • Yeah, I want the mug, but with this on it instead!
    – SaintWacko
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:55
  • 2
    Meh. Not enough jQuery.
    – Oded
    Nov 22, 2013 at 15:43
  • It took me a moment to realise this is a haiku. Amazing. Nov 22, 2013 at 15:50
26
votes

My coffee is black
My mug is overflowing
Or is it my stack?

4
  • 4
    -1, haikus don't rhyme! Nov 21, 2013 at 17:26
  • 9
    @mikeTheLiar ahem
    – fredley
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:29
  • 8
    @fredley You did read his name right? ;)
    – Cruncher
    Nov 21, 2013 at 20:13
  • 4
    Lots of old Japanese haiku rhyme too, since there are only 6 possible end-sounds in the language (あ "ah" ・い "ee" as in "Eeeek!" ・う "oooooh" ・え "eh?" ・お "oh!"・ん "n")
    – jmac
    Nov 22, 2013 at 2:19
22
votes
"Give me coffee plz"
Question now flagged for closure
The queue overflows
18
votes
My backlog today it is growing.
The coffee I poured's overflowing.
My focus is blurred,
I can't find a word!
The truth is, I'd rather be bowling.

...what's a "haiku"?

8
  • 11
    the shog always cheats// flag this as not an answer// upvote overflow Nov 21, 2013 at 17:09
  • 21
    "Ku", while really written as "Koe" is the Dutch word for "Cow". And "hai", while often regarded as a salutation for the illiterate, is really a Dutch version of the English "Hi". So a Haiku is a Dutch greeting for our cows, which we hold in high regard.
    – Bart
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:09
  • 1
    Limericks are never a bad idea though Nov 21, 2013 at 17:13
  • I sense that the Stack Exchange team will be taking a field trip to the bowling alley soon...
    – animuson StaffMod
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:20
  • 2
    -1 for failing to incorporate "Nantucket". (I up voted anyway, but I'm not happy about it.)
    – Jaydles
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:20
  • 16
    We asked for a simple haiku, // a limerick's what we got from you. // Go on, post another, // for even your brother // would surely downvote that one, too.
    – Geobits
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:25
  • 2
    Staff members are not eligible. :)
    – user102937
    Nov 21, 2013 at 18:31
  • @RobertHarvey Oh, they're eligible, they're just tallied separately so that an employee doesn't get a mug that user would have gotten. That said, you kinda need to write, you know, a haiku in order to win.
    – user50049
    Nov 22, 2013 at 15:51
13
votes

Coffee, black and strong;
OK, very nearly black -
Like the new top bar

12
votes
Questions? Pour quickly,
The fastest cup in the west.
Oh no, overflow!
11
votes
Searching for answers
Pouring while mind is elsewere
mug overflowing
8
votes
Only three mugs left
When everybody wants one
Answers overflow
7
votes
 What am I doing?
 I already have a mug, 
 I just like Haikus.
7
votes

Once upon a 0:00 UTC dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of unhandled flags,
As I moused through, sometimes tapping, suddenly there came entrapping,
pain like tendons nearly snapping, and my wrist became quite sore.
This (here I winced quietly) I ignore.

Ah, distinctly I remember it was this week in November,
And questions on Backbone, Ember littered the Stack Over-floor.
Through my pain and wristly sorrows, I pondered leaving them for tomorrow
Rest, or – oh! Spam and/or offensive flags galore.

Having cleared these, unease growing, fear despite of knowing,
I clicked, saw Close Votes, overflowing, four point seven five thousand score!
My finger on the trackpad, defiant, surrender sure I was I’dn’t,
Then, despite overloading my HTTP client, the dent made was quite poor!

And that carpal tunnel still is entrapping, entrapping my sad nerves so sore,
And when I think back to that review queue, poor souls of which are wondering what to do,
I’ll be seen there – nevermore!

Oh, a haiku?

1
  • 2
    There is a place where the review cap ends and before the stress begins, and there my soul grows warm and light, and there my fingers fast and light. And there the closer rests from his fight to cool in the cold office wind.
    – Geobits
    Nov 21, 2013 at 19:15
7
votes

enter image description here

6
votes
I love to write code
With overflowing coffee
Please give me that mug
0
6
votes

Coffee overflow?

I'd rather have some tacos

Tacoverflowing

5
votes
Words in square brackets
Browser can't show the image
HOW EVERYTHING OUT

Inspiration

We then turned the obvious spam into an actual meta post, so why not a mug?

5
votes
Sorry I don't understand your issue, 
    I cannot reproduce your mug without an additional clue.
I tried mug.overflow() and it works great: 
    there is coffee all over my carpet.
You should improve your question, 
    otherwise it will be closed with the following reason:

Question concerning problems with coffee you have consumed or with mug, should describe the specific problem and include valid explanation of usual consumption, frequency. Please clarify your specific problem and add additional details to highlight exactly which mug you use.

Edit

You can try this C# snippet (works fine with StackOverflowMug 2.1.0.4)

public bool GetCoffee(programer user, SoMug mug)
{
    if (user.isThirsty == true || user.isTired == true) 
    {
        if (mug.Exists == false) 
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("thanks StackOverFlow to make us mouth water ;-)");
        } 
        else 
        {
            try 
            {
                mug.GetCoffee();
                //it works, Thanks StackOverFlow !
                return true;
            } 
            catch (MugOverflowingException ex) 
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Check the carpet...");
            }
        }
    }
    return false;
}
4
votes

O­ver­flow­ing ­joy:
The­ sound­ of­ brew­ing­ mo­kas.
Real­ cof­fee­ for­ me.

4
votes

For kicks and giggles:

Shock! Gasp! Tragedy!
Turn your eyes from the scene!
Steam wand is not clean!
2
  • 3
    This beautiful prose should be framed right next to the machine. Seriously, clean the wand, it's just gross otherwise.
    – user50049
    Nov 21, 2013 at 17:24
  • 1
    Uh... isn't Turn your eyes from the scene six syllables, not seven? Nov 21, 2013 at 22:36
4
votes
Roses are red
Coffee is black
Wait, how does haiku work again?

Robots are not good at poetry

2
  • 9
    roses are red // coffee is black // I don't like captchas // bugging me on stack Nov 21, 2013 at 17:37
  • @Manishearth That's too good to be a robot poem. Nov 21, 2013 at 17:37
4
votes

A coffee related haiku:

The Keurig is broke
Keeps overflowing my mug
Need a bigger one

Bonus haiku:

Cannot reproduce
Your "stack overflowing" bug
Works on my machine

4
votes

sleeping mind wake up
Though the precious brew of life
overflow mug holds

3
votes

Question asked, no vote
and no answer - tumbleweed
My tears overflow

3
votes

Until Stack Exchange
overflows with winter hats,
I need more coffee!

3
votes

i don't like haiku

funneh imaeg r teh win

here's a mug mid shake

enter image description here

1
  • 1
    Nonsensical posts / Will? Won't, D N G A F. / My favorite troll Nov 21, 2013 at 21:03
3
votes

底冷えに
一角獣も
お茶を飲む

In this penetrating cold
Even the unicorns
Drink hot tea

0
3
votes

Here in Germany, we count sillables for haikus. I'm not sure how it's done for the English language, I guess it's the same...

            li    $8, 0x42
overflow:   add   $8, $8, $8
            beqz  $0, overflow

Translated into words:

li eight for'ty-two
O'ver'flow add eight eight eight
beqz naught o'ver'flow

And yes, it's running! Try mars.

2
votes

A take on the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) in Haiku

WHEN RESTful days end 
Stacks Overflow, so I BREW
Mondays I conquer 
1
2
votes

Overflowing Jon

ST OP! Look and Listen.

AC cept or vote up Jon Skeet.

K [2] rep overflow.

1
vote

I am so down for this.

Fresh brewed coffee
My heart is overflowing
The Stack of caffeine.

1
vote
The night is longest
when coffee and good answers
do not overflow!
1
vote

Mind overflowing
With Thoughts Of Unicorns
I sip more coffee
(boss says "back to work")

4
  • 2
    With Thoughts of Unicorns seems like 6 syllables... Nov 21, 2013 at 22:33
  • @ShotgunNinja - huh... maybe I'm not sure how to count syllables. I counted "unicorns" as having 3: "un-i-corns". Is that wrong?
    – JDB
    Nov 21, 2013 at 22:38
  • @JDB Unicorns is three syllables, but so is "with thoughts of". Nov 21, 2013 at 23:32
  • @EsotericScreenName - I confirmed with my 3 year old that I indeed have trouble counting on my fingers. Bleh - I don't care. The top voted haiku is code and the third is a limerick.
    – JDB
    Nov 22, 2013 at 0:17

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