The Evolution of a Wardrobe

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So, I work from home.  That means I don’t have to get dressed too often.  Not walking around here in the b-day suit, but often just snatch up a t-shirt and shorts and get to work.
The problem is that I’ve got a documented penchant for inappropriate t-shirts.  I don’t find them to be inappropriate, but others do…which means they’re probably inappropriate.  Plus, I get a kick out of the occasional funny look.
But uhhhh, I think I’m getting old.  Went to the BBQ joint around the corner the other day wearing the shirt I’d been wearing that day around the house (and maybe the one before…and the day after).  The dude preparing my food was looking at me so crazy, and I couldn’t figure out why.
Well, I guess he’d never seen a shirt that said “I (heart) Vaginas,” something I picked up in support of the Vagina Monologues at Carolina a couple of years ago.  And also something I picked up in support of funny looks.
But, yanno, maybe it’s time to let that go.  However, I’ll never trash my red t-shirt with a picture of a monkey on the front that says “spank me.”  That there’s classic.

17 Comments

  • Posted September 24, 2007 7:53 pm 0Likes
    by Brew City Drew

    Sweet. I just thought the funny/inappropriate t-shirts was just a white folks thing.

  • Posted September 24, 2007 5:13 pm 0Likes
    by ladyb

    don’t trash your t-shirts – just wear them under button down shirts… then go for drinks at some point and unbutton your “proper” top.

  • Posted September 24, 2007 10:09 pm 0Likes
    by Kirk

    No one appreciates inappropriate humor more than I do, but the t-shirts have to go. I can’t explain it, but in my mind, the kids wearing those shirts are the same white kids wearing Che Guevara t-shirts with absolutely no clue who he was or what he was about (Hint – child molester).
    Besides, if the joke is good enough for a t-shirt, then it’s probably ten times better when you say it to someone’s face.

  • Posted September 24, 2007 10:25 pm 0Likes
    by Thaps

    I have a “Hopeless Romantic Seeks Filthy Whore” shirt.
    I also have this shirt from the Channel Islands with dolphins on it. That one generates plenty of buzz too.

  • Posted September 24, 2007 10:59 pm 0Likes
    by jaedalaurez

    Sometimes, you gotta just let go. Women go through the same thing- at some point, you are too damn old to get slogan T-shirts from Delia’s. “Bootylicious” or “I (Heart) Boys does not belong on anybody who can rent a car by themselves.

  • Posted September 25, 2007 10:02 am 0Likes
    by Brew City Drew

    Oh Kirk, those numbers would make your head explode. Either that, or you die asphyxiation from laughing so hard

  • Posted September 25, 2007 8:42 am 0Likes
    by Kirk

    On a barely related note, stuff like this could become a hobby. With the right amount of liquor, I bet it could be a lot of fun to sit outside of a Wal-Mart and see how many obese white trash baby factories show up with “Juicy” pants on.

  • Posted September 25, 2007 2:12 pm 0Likes
    by eauhellzgnaw

    I find the shirts amusing sometimes, but I’d never wear them. I associate the intentionally jokey ones with fratboys, the 80s-pop culture ones with people who think “Family Guy” is brilliant, and the ironic ones with hipsters.
    There’s a huge market for black funny/nostalgic shirts, though. Someone is about to clean up.

  • Posted September 25, 2007 9:11 pm 0Likes
    by Aden

    But you DO heart vaginas.
    rep yo set, fool

  • Posted September 26, 2007 9:35 am 0Likes
    by FredBatiste, A Weapon of Mass Destruction

    I’ll never get rid of my Crown Royal t-shirt…

  • Posted September 26, 2007 12:06 pm 0Likes
    by Dave

    Nor will I ever give up my shamrock shirt that says “Got Lucky.”

  • Posted September 26, 2007 10:34 pm 0Likes
    by Rex

    Hmmm… the “I

  • Posted September 26, 2007 10:35 pm 0Likes
    by Rex

    Dammit! I’m too lazy to retype. I guess your Blog software ignores everything after a (less than) sign since I used it with a three to make a heart symbol.

  • Posted September 26, 2007 10:39 pm 0Likes
    by Rex

    OK, here we go (again)…
    The “I heart vaginas” shit could make you look like someone “pleading their case” too much… Like it “needs” to be said or something.
    My favorite Ts include one with a slogan from a 3D CAD software I use that says “I get to work with models everyday!”
    The others have the logos of “SPAM” and of “Chick-o-Stick.” Not inappropriate, but people wonder why I would even wear it in the first place.
    Mmmm, Chick-o-Sticks!!!

  • Posted September 26, 2007 10:39 pm 0Likes
    by Rex

    Ummm, I meant “shirt” not “shit.”

  • Posted September 29, 2007 7:03 pm 0Likes
    by williethepimp

    Looks like you’re having a time with the compruda, there, Rex.

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