# Ever been distracted by what's on a t-shirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249 "2005-09-24T19:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/21 "2005-09-25T18:25:09Z")
> [@Hokkaido Brit](#): > > My friend bought a T-shirt here in Japan that simply said “We are all prostitutes.” It may be a coincidence, but that’s also the title of the best-known [single](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000024ZXT/103-8453874-3624605?v=glance) by the post-punk band The Pop Group. ---
**Author:** ![TygerDralion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TygerDralion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TygerDralion)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/22 "2005-09-25T18:40:48Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > I love t-shirt hell! Wow, they didn’t waste any time getting onto the Katrina situation, did they? I liked “I LOOTED NEW ORLEANS AND ALL I GOT WAS 30 OF THESE LOUSY T-SHIRTS.” > > My favorite ever, though, is “I TAUGHT YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT THING YOU LIKE.” And, for the ladies, there’s “I TAUGHT YOUR BOYFRIEND THAT THING YOU LIKE.” I really want that one. 🙂 TygerD ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/23 "2005-09-25T19:34:50Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > I lived in Japan during the mid-to-late 1980s. > > - And my favorite was a youngish woman in her 20s, wearing an extremely stylish and expensive-looking yellow jacket. On the back, in very large block type, it said: > > **EAT > SHIT > AND > DIE** Actually, that was pretty trendy in the U.S. in the mid- to late-1980s. My brother had one that each of us wore to various work-related (but _not_ work sponsored) events when we were both working for a company briefly owned by Exxon: [We don’t care. We don’t have to care. We’re EXXON. At Exxon We’re part of the problem.](http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/10832.html) (Of course, I have no idea how many of you youngsters remember the ad from which that derived.) ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/24 "2005-09-26T01:34:10Z")
A guy I knew in high school had [this one](http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=517). What made it funny is that he is, in fact, a parapalegic. It definitely got a few solid laughs the first time he wore it. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/25 "2005-09-26T02:29:54Z")
When I was first in Japan, in the early 80’s, there was a popular shirt that had “New York Chastity Club” in huge lettering. Tame, sure, but struck me as funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/26 "2005-09-26T02:44:01Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > Saw one in O’Hare that said **STOP STARING AT MY TITS!** I saw one last spring that looked like it said “TOP STARIN” and it took me a couple seconds to realize what it said… and no, I didn’t stop staring… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/27 "2005-09-26T07:30:53Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > A guy I knew in high school had [this one](http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=517). > > What made it funny is that he is, in fact, a parapalegic. It definitely got a few solid laughs the first time he wore it. I love [this one](http://www.tshirthell.com/images/contestpics/a144_008.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/28 "2005-09-26T10:45:33Z")
I had (still have but don’t use it anymore) a t-shirt that said Fuck me and Marry me young. It certainly got a lot of attention when I wore it when iw as out partying. It’s a Sisters of Mercy t-shirt and the line is from the song Driven Like the Snow. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/29 "2005-09-26T11:13:12Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > Saw one in O’Hare that said **STOP STARING AT MY TITS!** Or [this](http://www.tshirthell.com/images/contestpics/a51_003.jpg) reversal: “Look at my chest when I’m talking to you!” -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/30 "2005-09-26T12:14:44Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > It may be a coincidence, but that’s also the title of the best-known [single](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000024ZXT/103-8453874-3624605?v=glance) by the post-punk band The Pop Group. I’m sure it was, as it was surrounded by complete gibberish and cutesy patterns… But it was weird enough to make you stop and wonder, Is there a message in there, or is it just absolute random gabblings? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/31 "2005-09-26T12:29:58Z")
In college, I had a shirt that said “ **Beer drinkers get more head** ” It was pretty popular there, but it mysteriously vanished the first time I took it home and mom got it in the laundry. Couple weeks ago at a ballgame, I saw: I may have Alzheimer’s But at least I don’t have Alzheimer’s ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/32 "2005-09-26T12:49:55Z")
Seen in Vancouver a few years ago: 20something male, teensy glasses, long ratty hair, ditto beard, Birkenstocks, red T shirt with large black letters reading: KILL ALL HIPPIES ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/33 "2005-09-26T13:10:22Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > One prof saw a guy’s shirt that said, “MY MONKEY IS HUGE,” and had to tell herself repeatedly not to look again or she’d burst out laughing in the middle of class. Reminds me of one I saw that said, “I have an enormous Johnson”, with a picture of a motorboat. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/34 "2005-09-26T13:18:35Z")
> [@Speaker for the Dead](#): > > I loved this one on my friend’s chest, and for some reason I couldn’t help re-reading it. It said, simply (and tinily): > > Nosy little fucker, aren’t you? I’ve been on the lookout for this one forever… can’t seem to find it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/35 "2005-09-26T13:47:31Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Actually, that was pretty trendy in the U.S. in the mid- to late-1980s. > > My brother had one that each of us wore to various work-related (but _not_ work sponsored) events when we were both working for a company briefly owned by Exxon: > > [We don’t care. > We don’t have to care. > We’re EXXON. > At Exxon We’re part of the problem.](http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/10832.html) > > (Of course, I have no idea how many of you youngsters remember the ad from which that derived.) I actually had that, bought it right after the Valdez at the Clearwater Revival. (I thought it was based on the old Lily Tomlin, Ma Bell Parady of the AT&T commercial) I often wondered about Girls/Women who wear text across their Chest and then act offended if you stare. I mean Men are too likely to stare without and excuse, once you advertise, forget about it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/36 "2005-09-26T15:30:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’ve been on the lookout for this one forever… can’t seem to find it. The nice thing about it is that it’s so small that you could wear it out in public without too many people being offended. Especially if you live in a retirement area, like I do. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/37 "2005-09-26T16:00:18Z")
One I saw while walking past someone on a New York sidewalk: FUCK YOU! As I walk past him, I turned around naturally just to see if something was on the back of the shirt: YEAH YOU! And just the other day (in small writing): “As you squint to read this, I briefly control your mind.” ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/38 "2005-09-26T16:31:14Z")
> [@Carm6773](#): > > Funniest one I’ve seen (Middle School) is: **How many vegetables had to die for your stupid salad?** Mine says “How many tomatos died for your salad?” However the one that made the day for a lady at Bath & Body works yesterday was my shirt with 70’s like shooting star artwork that said: With a shirt like this, who needs pants? ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/39 "2005-09-26T16:32:48Z")
Twenty years ago I was working in a gas station and a girl walked in with a t-shirt that said “I blow bubbles”. A little suggestive, but too cute for my liking. Then a guy walked in with a t-shirt saying (ya I know you guessed it) “bubbles.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249/40 "2005-09-26T16:44:21Z")
My favorite that suprised me a couple years ago. A girl walking towards me has a shirt that says in big letters: **WWJD** and my first reaction was “oh, another bible thumper” but when I got closer I could read in smaller print under the big letters: “for a Klondike Bar” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-distracted-by-whats-on-a-t-shirt/323249.md?page=3)