Ooo, I love a mystery! And I love anything that gives me an excuse to exercise my Google-fu! :)
First I looked at trying to determine if it was a foreign word. Tried Google Translate and several other translation pages that purport to be able to identify source language. One said Welsh, another said Danish, but when running the word through both a Welsh->English and a Danish->English translator, the word did not translate.
I Googled "fōfurs" and got nothing. I tried the singular "fōfer" and got one and only one hit: https://kidsmusicthatrocks.blogspot.com/2009/03/sh-berry.html It's a review of an album of kid's music that tells stories of the special secret island of fōf and the adventures of a curious fōfer named Otamo. "Like any normal kid, Otamo loves to talk about 'The Day I Learned to Ride My Bike.'" The musician is Shana Barry, and the album is A Pink Whale And A Very Tall Tree. Don't know if it's related to the shirt, but it sure does correlate nicely! Looks like Barry used to have a website at fofers.com, but the domain appears to have expired. Haven't been able to find any web presence later than about 2009, at least so far. She does not appear to be the same Shana Barry that works for Anheuser-Busch.
Pretty sure the comments nailed it already. Best I can do is Shana Berry's Pink Whale and a Very Tall Tree, the expired domain fofers.com, the reference in Whale about learning to ride a bike, the resemblance of Berry's Fofers in pictures to the furry weird thing on a bike on Dan's shirt, and a quote in a Maine Women October 2010 magazine with an article about Sherry and the Fofers: "The Fofers love to ride bikes and climb trees and lots of other outdoor activities."
So far - World of Warcraft )the love fool) character - but looks nothing like your fofer. It has something to do with a camera as well as a handwriting font. "Fofer is a musical artist with songs like "Lento y Seguro" and "Sin Pena". You can listen to Fofer's music on Apple Music, Boomplay, and SoundCloud." It is also something on a boat or a type of boat. I will keep searching - love it.
Ooo, I love a mystery! And I love anything that gives me an excuse to exercise my Google-fu! :)
First I looked at trying to determine if it was a foreign word. Tried Google Translate and several other translation pages that purport to be able to identify source language. One said Welsh, another said Danish, but when running the word through both a Welsh->English and a Danish->English translator, the word did not translate.
I Googled "fōfurs" and got nothing. I tried the singular "fōfer" and got one and only one hit: https://kidsmusicthatrocks.blogspot.com/2009/03/sh-berry.html It's a review of an album of kid's music that tells stories of the special secret island of fōf and the adventures of a curious fōfer named Otamo. "Like any normal kid, Otamo loves to talk about 'The Day I Learned to Ride My Bike.'" The musician is Shana Barry, and the album is A Pink Whale And A Very Tall Tree. Don't know if it's related to the shirt, but it sure does correlate nicely! Looks like Barry used to have a website at fofers.com, but the domain appears to have expired. Haven't been able to find any web presence later than about 2009, at least so far. She does not appear to be the same Shana Barry that works for Anheuser-Busch.
https://thefofers.wordpress.com
I showed my husband and here’s what he added:
Pretty sure the comments nailed it already. Best I can do is Shana Berry's Pink Whale and a Very Tall Tree, the expired domain fofers.com, the reference in Whale about learning to ride a bike, the resemblance of Berry's Fofers in pictures to the furry weird thing on a bike on Dan's shirt, and a quote in a Maine Women October 2010 magazine with an article about Sherry and the Fofers: "The Fofers love to ride bikes and climb trees and lots of other outdoor activities."
Have you ordered the CD yet? Lol. I think that’s where I’d start if I were in your shoes.
https://www.bullmoose.com/p/1665269?autoSort=False&viewType=Default
https://thefofers.wordpress.com This is it! Totally it!!!!
So far - World of Warcraft )the love fool) character - but looks nothing like your fofer. It has something to do with a camera as well as a handwriting font. "Fofer is a musical artist with songs like "Lento y Seguro" and "Sin Pena". You can listen to Fofer's music on Apple Music, Boomplay, and SoundCloud." It is also something on a boat or a type of boat. I will keep searching - love it.
OMG I love researching stuff. I googled, of course I googled, and all I came up with was this:
https://www.woodenboat.com/register-wooden-boats/fofer.
You probably found this too. It didn't really lead to any further information though.
I have no idea, but I hope you’ll let us know!