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Looking for image of MAMBO dog licking
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:08 am
by steptoe
his bits.
been looking all over the 'net for an image to show some OS members but all I can find is a reference to it.
According to SMH story Mambo suffered an image crisis by its consumers after designing the 2000 Olympics uniforms, company sold for about 25M , changed direction and sold again for about 8M and the dog is back but he's only lighting organic gasses so far.
Th new owners are about marketing further afield overseas so the US market and UK should be covered in good time. Maybe it is get new markets used to slightly unruly dog before he goes a bit more daring ?
Surely someone still got a licking dog T to post up ?
Ive still got the musical bottom dog
Even checked out ebay - some shirts fetching (joke) top dollar
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:08 am
by TOONGA
Ah yes the art work of
Reg Mombassa, formally of mental as anything. urban legend has Mr Mombassa as the owner of Mambo, but he was just one of the many humble artisans fleeced by the company.
I did a seach for the said dog, only to find the image has been carefully erased from public culture.
TOONGA
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:46 pm
by Silverbullet
Well you're in luck, I just washed it this morning

An old hand-me-down from dad, quite an old shirt looking a bit worse for wear these days after so many washes, and a decent spot of bleach dropped onto the shoulder some time in its life

Believe it or not this shirt has been worn out in public quite a few times, but relegated to a round the house shirt now.
Err, should I put a censor on this or anything? NSFW?
Back

Front, copyright 1989

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:27 pm
by steptoe
Way to go Sam ! Must be the only photo in the whole wide web !!
Can see the copyright date on yours 1989 , mine has no date ! Well it does butt for modesty it is side on
Here is a shot of mine
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There is a reason they last so well ...
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another reason is the transfer tends to make the shirt stick to a back that sweats in the heat, which is why you have a cotton shirt on ... a thought that enters head as I put it on expecting a hot day
Sam, guess you or mum read the do not bleach after the event ??
Check out the detail and quality of this label !!
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:44 pm
by Silverbullet
I like that label

Nah the bleaching was an accident; a capful or so carelessly spilled in the laundry leaving big white blotches over more than one garment

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:52 pm
by El_Freddo
Hehehe... I remember these! Never owned one though! I've got a couple of his later pieces, one's now a "shed shirt" with the markings of an engine/gearbox build on it
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:06 am
by Alex
Saw a windscreen sun shade with the mambo dog yesterday.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:39 am
by Gannon
Repairing fluro lights in a primary school last week and spotted this hanging on the bag rack

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:49 am
by steptoe

no lungs left but he can still blow a tune

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:43 am
by TOONGA
Gannon just a word of warning, don't get caught taking photos of anything in a primary school, unless you have permission of the principal in writing. Things are very different in the land of school children.
TOONGA
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:25 am
by Gannon
It crossed my mind, but there was nobody around when I did it. Point duly noted though.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:10 pm
by steptoe
That's the problem, you need a witness for what caught your attention .
Do tradies need police character checks done before entering schools to work ?