# Beckdawrek's bad, bad, bad wardrobe. (Or, oh shit, I need to go shopping)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300 "2019-05-21T17:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/21 "2019-05-22T15:54:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I just found a shirt that says “Ermigod, Bercky” [“Ermahgerd, Becky, lerk at her bert!”](http://www.quickmeme.com/img/5a/5abeddc288951281f2019e6c1c0660d7293a098732cada95b55c0882ac9bd286.jpg) Running around nekkid is a valid alternative, just make sure that your stalker state trooper isn’t lurking nearby. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/22 "2019-05-22T15:56:56Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > The post so nice it was posted twice! 😃 [www.thinkgeek.com](http://www.thinkgeek.com) and [www.designbyhumans.com/shop/unique-t-shirts/](http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/unique-t-shirts/) both have some cool designs and such. Another site I recommend for fun / quirky / unique (but not objectionable) t-shirts is [Threadless](https://www.threadless.com). ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/23 "2019-05-22T16:07:53Z")
As a tall woman with ridiculously long limbs, I can tell you that online shopping is the way to go, but you have to be really careful. Eddie Bauer Gap/Banana Republic ThredUp (used, and can be overpriced, but they list inseams and shirt lengths) Ann Taylor all have tall sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/24 "2019-05-22T16:25:45Z")
Not sure if this is related but… lets say you pull out a T-shirt you truly loved last summer… it fits… it has no holes… but there is an ugly-spot stain. You’ve tried that washing, pre-soaking dance until all of your fingers smell of bleach but it’s still there. It’s the Lindsey Graham of stains: obnoxious and had to get out. Is there some old school way to salvage the shirt? ( Lets assume you’ve already been to a dry cleaner who looked at it and laughed for 5 minutes straight and then said, “You going shopping, bruddah…”) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/25 "2019-05-22T16:37:57Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Not sure if this is related but… lets say you pull out a T-shirt you truly loved last summer… it fits… it has no holes… but there is an ugly-spot stain. You’ve tried that washing, pre-soaking dance until all of your fingers smell of bleach but it’s still there. > > It’s the Lindsey Graham of stains: obnoxious and had to get out. Is there some old school way to salvage the shirt? > ( Lets assume you’ve already been to a dry cleaner who looked at it and laughed for 5 minutes straight and then said, “You going shopping, bruddah…”) “Out damned Spot, out I say…” ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/26 "2019-05-22T19:41:18Z")
Artistically placed cooling vent? ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/27 "2019-05-22T21:40:59Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Not sure if this is related but… lets say you pull out a T-shirt you truly loved last summer… it fits… it has no holes… but there is an ugly-spot stain. You’ve tried that washing, pre-soaking dance until all of your fingers smell of bleach but it’s still there. > > It’s the Lindsey Graham of stains: obnoxious and had to get out. Is there some old school way to salvage the shirt? > ( Lets assume you’ve already been to a dry cleaner who looked at it and laughed for 5 minutes straight and then said, “You going shopping, bruddah…”) Yes, you make your own hand embroidered patch. > **[4 Ways to Make Your Own Hand Embroidered Patches](https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/diy-embroidered-felt-patches-4047059)** > > Learn how to make embroidered patches for your jackets, tote bags and more. There are 4 different ways to stitch patches, so start making them today. I have a shirt that is light-weight gauze with some larger embroidered flowers around the neck. Just noticed that there is a hole near the bottom. I’m going to make a patch of three flowers similar to those around the neck and cover that sucker up. My big find for last summer was the trapeze t-shirt dress with pockets. I found several vendors on Amazon, but Annabelle seemed to have the best ones. As in long enough that I don’t feel weird wearing one to work. I swim at the gym three days a week and getting dressed in pants afterwards is just too much trouble. I find these dresses can go office to after workout well. (granted, I have about the laxest office dress code on the planet). For at home, the $9 Walmart sundress WITH pockets has been a surprisingly good buy. A good weight knit. If your knit is too lightweight, you get lap wrinkles after wearing it half an hour and if you have to sit for any length of time at a game or park or outdoor watering hole, the super light knits tend to crawl into crevices and show sweat. Not a look I’m personally going for. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/28 "2019-05-23T00:33:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m just gonna stay home and run around nekkid. Why, yes. That is a spy-glass in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/29 "2019-05-23T02:18:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Why, yes. That is a spy-glass in my pocket. You are a bad, bad, bad man.😉 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/30 "2019-05-23T02:58:12Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Not sure if this is related but… lets say you pull out a T-shirt you truly loved last summer… it fits… it has no holes… but there is an ugly-spot stain. You’ve tried that washing, pre-soaking dance until all of your fingers smell of bleach but it’s still there. > > It’s the Lindsey Graham of stains: obnoxious and had to get out. Is there some old school way to salvage the shirt? > ( Lets assume you’ve already been to a dry cleaner who looked at it and laughed for 5 minutes straight and then said, “You going shopping, bruddah…”) Get a bottle of DAWN dish soap. Not the “original strength” but the muscular one. Get an old toothbrush. Squirt the dish soap on the stain, then scrub Hell out of it with the toothbrush. (Forget the SHOUT) Most annoying and persistent stains are grease-based. After letting the DAWN marinate, throw the t-shirt in with the whites and don’t forget the bleach. I’m working with the assumption this is your last ditch effort, before the shirt becomes a painting shirt or paint rag. When the load is done washing, take the t-shirt outside on a sunny day and look it over carefully. Grease stains like to hide in indoor lighting. If you still see the spot, even the outline of the spot, repeat the DAWN scrub. You can repeat the DAWN scrub until your hands get tired, LOL. Do NOT put the shirt in the dryer until you have taken it outside for inspection! I once made a paste of DAWN liquid and CASCADE powder, and scrubbed the dickens out of a pair of pants. I had a drafting ink stain on them! The keys are persistence and NOT using the dryer until you know the stain is gone. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/31 "2019-05-23T04:33:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You are a bad, bad, bad man.😉 Pay no attention to the drones above your property, Beck. Especially any with a Rebel Alliance logo on them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/32 "2019-05-23T04:55:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Pay no attention to the drones above your property, Beck. Especially any with a Rebel Alliance logo on them. 😉 Oh my god, Becky look at that drone!! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/33 "2019-05-23T05:24:30Z")
If I were you, I’d wear the OMG Becky shirt a LOT. It’s funny. You like it. I’d make certain to wear it when the Li’l Wrekker is around. If she rolls her eyes, get her [this](https://www.cafepress.com/mf/36693327/cute-nun_tshirt?productId=398612712) tee shirt. Actually, if I had your long waist, long legs, and long, long hair, I’d definitely run around naked. Or you might consider [painting on clothes](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/waitress-boldly-wears-body-paint-youtube-prank-173521072.html). Perfect fit every time! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/34 "2019-05-23T05:38:54Z")
Well, the shirt will soon be here. I will wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/35 "2019-05-23T07:20:12Z")
As long as the shirt doesn’t hit the fan, **Beck**. 😉 Long legs? My ex-wife had legs that started at her feet and appeared to end under her armpits. How tall are you, **Beck**? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/36 "2019-05-23T08:12:37Z")
6 ft., I’ve actually measured my legs but I forget how many inches they are. What kills me is my ridiculous arm length. These limbs are just allover the place, some days.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/37 "2019-05-23T13:13:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > 6 ft., I’ve actually measured my legs but I forget how many inches they are. What kills me is my ridiculous arm length. These limbs are just allover the place, some days.🙂 Is your other nicname Saru? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/38 "2019-05-23T15:39:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh my god, Becky look at that drone!! _dies of laughter_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/39 "2019-05-24T08:57:20Z")
[Woot](https://shirt.woot.com/catalog)’s been my favorite source of t-shirts for well over a decade. “Family Breakfast” in the second row at the link (or let’s try [a direct link to that tee](https://shirt.woot.com/offers/family-breakfast?ref=cnt_ctlg_dgn_6)) may be my all-time favorite, but I’ve got probably two dozen or so of their shirts altogether. And they hold up pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300/40 "2019-05-24T17:10:06Z")
Make sure you wash those shirts before wearing them, otherwise they tend to be itchy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300.md?page=3)