Black and red text over yellow background. 

Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia, produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured  satire/parody for novelty and humor.

Man blows out candle above black text over blue background. 

Illustrator Harry C. "Bud" Fisher (1885-1954) created "Mutt and Jeff," America's first daily comic strip. Fisher was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Chicago. He moved to San Francisco in 1907 and took a job as a journalist with the San Francisco Chronicle.  It was while living in San Francisco that he developed the comic strip and illustrated a number of buttons for Hassan Cigarettes.

Blue cartoon squeezed between two orange rounds below black text over white background. 

A mischievous boy rides on the back of a peeved boy below red text on yellow background encircled by green outline. 

Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia, produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured  satire/parody for novelty and humor.

Man using a urinal below black text over blue background. 

“Get a grip on yourself” is an idiom typically said to someone in an effort to get them to control their emotions and behave in a more calmly manner. Earlier iterations, like “get a grip,” had different meanings. In the 1940s, it was military slang used to encourage someone to increase effort in what they were doing and transitioned some decades later into college slang meaning to pay attention.

Another meaning of the idiom is to get a good physical hold on something, as this humorous button seems to suggest. Someone standing at a urinal usually must properly hold themselves to correctly use it. If it were a matter of technique, it would probably be important to know that adjusting the angle and stance at a urinal can prevent “splash back” and wet spots on the clothes or floor.

White text over green background. 

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Opened in May 1978 in Newcastle, England, by musician John Woods, Flip is a vintage clothing store that is most well-known for its imports of American vintage clothing. Woods opened the store upon returning to Newcastle following a breakup with his band, Vinegar Joe. Due to its variety of vintage items, the store was a popular destination in the area. Eventually, Woods established a business relationship with Paul Wolf, who owned a store named Flip at King's Road, London. As part of their deal, Woods changed the name of his store to Flip of Hollywood on the condition that it remained independent. As business continued to grow, Flip began to expand, with stores opening in New York, California, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.

For a number of years, Flip remained a popular brand. Over time, however, business fell into decline until only the Flip in Newcastle remained open. Flip continues to serve the Newcastle area. John Woods's son was brought in to take over upon his father's retirement in 2011. He intends to continue running the store.

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"Fink University" pins were manufactured by Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia. Topps produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured  satire/parody for novelty and humor. "Fink" refers to an annoying, pesky male. The intention to convey the individual is a student at Fink University.  

Illustration of a skinny man in blue shorts with blue text on a white upper background and white text on red lower background. 

Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia, produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured  satire/parody for novelty and humor.