Let’s make up some good slogans. (From keepcalmandcarryon.com)

Keep Calm and Go Orange, read the T-shirt on the student walking up the aisle in the Carrier Dome.

Now, where have I seen that slogan before?

As it turns out, the Syracuse fan’s shirt is just the latest in a parade of variations that have grown from the British pre-World War II slogan Keep Calm and Carry On. I have to admit, that must have been a pretty fair reminder to buckle down and keep with the daily business as all hell breaks loose.

The phrase rebounded in popularity this century after a book store owner found an original, hung it on the wall of his shop, and decided to produce more because it was coveted by customers.

Now you can buy it online, on posters, shirts, mugs, aprons, what have you. Or you can bastardize it any way you want and buy that online on the merchandise of your liking.

Catchy, yes.

Plenty of people have gotten into the game. You can google it and find the good, bad and ugly for yourself.

Before the cottage industry disappears, I offer you my creations. There are no patents pending. Trademarks have not been registered. But if one of these takes off and makes a mint for you, please note that this blog is date-stamped and could make solid proof in any court in any nation. Any finder’s fee can be sent to me at … Heck, just email me and I’ll put my accountant in touch with your accountant.

Mark Bialczak’s Keep Calm and … line of slogans. Wear ’em to work, wear ’em to play!

For dentists: Keep Calm and Open a Little Wider

For driving instructors: Keep Calm and Parallel Park behind that Car

For teachers: Keep Calm and Your Eyes on Your Own Paper

For doctors: Keep Calm and Cough

For bartenders: Keep Calm and Give Me Your Car Keys

For bar drinkers: Keep Calm and Call Me a Cab

For lifeguards: Keep Calm and Swim Parallel to the Shore

For police officers: Keep Calm and Your Hands Where I Can See Them

For your anxious relative: Keep Calm and Enjoy My Nervous Breakdown

For your psychiatrist: Keep Calm and Enjoy Your Nervous Breakdown

For bloggers: Keep Calm and Click Comment to Tell Me What You Really Think

So, please, see above and take a stab at your best slogan.