789/Slogan

789 Needs a good storyline, a sentence that grabs the attention, that is easy to remember and one that is great to use.

Check Wiktionary for some inspiration.


 * ok very good, we can put our name on that one who we prefer and tell why


 * Does it really need to rhyme?
 * 789 - it doesn't need to rhyme :)
 * - don't like it --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - haha,...no. --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

'''The ones in italics are vouched for removal. Remove the italics if you think it should stay. Put some italics on the ones that you believe we should remove. After we've wed out those, we'll vote.'''

Still in the race
''* 78-nine, I wanna hitch with Frankenstein! ''* 789 - hitch, don't whine ''* 789 - hitchers don't whine ''* 789 - the hitching paradigm ''* 789 - the new hitching paradigm ''* 789 - follow that line ''* 789 - we are hitching to palestine ''* 789 - the roads are for us to design ''* 789 - blabla reassign ''* 789 - cross the state line ''* 789 - rewrite the plot line ''* 789 - hold up your sign ''* 789 - keep on holding your sign * 789 - hold on to your sign ''* 789 - all roads intertwine ''** - Too techy Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC) ''* 789 - the global transmission line * 789 - electromagnetic delay line ''* 789 - hitching sublime ''* 789 - heard on the grape vine ''* 789- welcome to the hitchhikers storlyline
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - possible confusions: hitchhikers or people who pick up hitchhikers are ugly and scary // people could mistake it as a wrong allusion: Frankenstein => Transsylvania => Ukraine (which is wrong... Frankenstein was "built" in Ingolstadt and Transsylvania is in Romania) --Kb''
 * - frankenstein, no please...also drivers could get offended by that ;) --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 789 - The road is mine
 * + people who don't speak english can understand it, also the mine don't give a egoist sens directly, each person find his way alone or with a partner, do his owns decisions... "mine" isn't pejorative for us, I definitly prefer that one ! --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * + I like that. --MrTweek 18:05, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * - I don't like the "mine" Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * + We can make an anthem easily with the song "the boy is mine" from Brandy & Monica Sitarane 13:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - reminds me of an ebay ad --Kb
 * - Mh, no, too much mine --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * + I like it more than "frankenstein" and "combine" slogans. Most of the people in Ukraine can understand it. And i don't see any egoistic meaning in it.--lucysd 08:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * - Possibility of confusion Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - not terrible --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)''
 * - no. --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - Possibility of confusion Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)''
 * - I don't think there is confusion... spelling is actually different.
 * - well, what does it want to say? --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - Techy Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - too confused --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - I don't get that. --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - Techy Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - too confused --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - same as above. --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - I don't like the "follow" Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - folow like sheeps --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)''
 * - which line? --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - No politics, no problems Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - we aren't hitching to palestine --Kb
 * + the last italian girl who was hitching to palestine, never come back... --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)''
 * - Not straightforward enough. "The open road design"? Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)''
 * 789 - hitchhikers combine
 * + I'm not sure if it makes sense in English, but I like it --Kb
 * + It does, my favourite I think
 * + yeah, like that too. combine = unite = all together, let's hitch! :) --Platschi 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * +/- plus for how it sounds and what it means in English (for international newsletter etc), but minus for using it in Ukraine. Nobody knows the "unite" meaning here but everybody knows combine as a huge machine used in agriculture :) --lucysd 08:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * + nice sens for the visual ! --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Possible confusion "hold-up" Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - don't forget that english is not understand by all europeean --MiSha 12:05, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 789 - grap the road with a harpoon line
 * - Hey! We love the road! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * + funny and artistic version --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Too vague Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - too burocratic --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)''
 * 789 - repeat and refine
 * +/- Cute! ... wait, I don't like the "repeat" Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 789 - follow your (hitchhiking) sign
 * - Too lyrical Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)''
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)''
 * 789 - hitching is define
 * - Too long Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - too long --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)''

''* 789 - sunshine! ''* 789 - Of course I'm fine
 * + Cute! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 123456 - 789!
 * + Supercute Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * + really nice, simple and comprehensive for kids --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - suceptible... --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 789 - Take your time
 * - The rhyme is not consistent Sitarane 13:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - Who fucking cares? Sitarane 13:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - I was thinking that hippies didn't exist... --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * 789 - hitchhiking is not a crime

Disqualified
'''If you think that one of those shouldn't be disqualified, put it back up there. One limitation: Do not put it back if you are the one that invented it. Or else it will never end.'''

* 789 - don't drive with wine! * 789 - first one there gets a bottle of wine ''* 789 - the international date line * 789 - fuck sleeping, we're fine * 789 - hitchhing doesn't cost a dime * 789 - come to be mine * 789 - you forgot your concubine? * 789 - if I were a soldier I would resign * 789 - 321 was yesterday * 789 - walk the line (john!) * 789 - we don't decline * 789 - it is to combine * 789 - See you there ''* 789 - You're hitching? Fine!'' * 789 - Hit the road Jack! ''* 789 - is the new storyline ''* 789 - Hold the line! ''* 789 - let's hitch the line ''* 789 - let's hitch over the line ''* 789 - there is no line ''* 789 - above the line
 * - Unrelated somehow Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - Apology of drug usage Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - It's not a wine festival... --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - No insult may be better --MiSha 11:48, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * - Too USA Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - I don't think so --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - too long --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 789 - hitchhiking is divine
 * - Now come on! Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - What!? Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - confusing --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Too vague Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - confused sens --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Too vague Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - confused sens --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - It doesn't even rhyme! Sitarane 13:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - Who fucking cares? Sitarane 13:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * - not a good relation of words, it give a limited sens --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * - Too long Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)''


 * whao, a lot of good ones, but maybe too much, we have to erase some... --MiSha 12:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * We can select 5 or 10 different ones that we really like, and use them all randomly. Or we select 5 or 10 and do a little poll which one should be the 'official' one. Or we use them all randomly ;) --Robino 00:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * great ! I will choose them all ! --MiSha 14:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Please comment starting with + or - depending on if it is a positive or negative. Easier to sort out - Sitarane 13:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * too much now we have too erase some... --MiSha 11:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)