# My shirt is one button askew

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 19, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505 "2012-11-19T14:20:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/21 "2012-11-20T20:52:13Z")

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> [@InsomniaMama](#):
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> I love the word “askew.” Askew askew askew.

I wrote a poem to my g/f once:

Thanks for the penny…  
It reminds me of you  
Not bent just slightly askew.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shirt-is-one-button-askew/641505/22 "2012-11-24T07:08:30Z")

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You know, that’s the most important button. It makes or breaks the shirt.

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