# straight dope t-shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 16, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624 "2003-08-16T18:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/1 "2003-08-16T18:23:13Z")
This probably isn’t the best place for this question, so I’ll apologize in advance. I couldn’t figure out where to ask it. The Straight Dope giftshop offers a t-shirt: [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt) Is the shirt white or grey? It really is an important question. Honest! Julie ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/2 "2003-08-16T18:39:21Z")
The only one I’ve seen in real life was white. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/3 "2003-08-17T14:14:55Z")
My girl friend ordered it, and it was white. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/4 "2003-08-17T15:31:24Z")
It’s a very cool shirt, and I think it only comes in white. I’m asking around to see if other colours might be available… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/5 "2003-08-17T17:40:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*It’s a very cool shirt, and I think it only comes in white. I’m asking around to see if other colours might be available… \*\* Excellent. You see, I am absolutely incapable of wearing a white t-shirt for more than three minutes without spilling something on it. I love the t-shirt, just not in white! Julie ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/6 "2003-08-17T18:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jsgoddess \* > \*\*I am absolutely incapable of wearing a white t-shirt for more than three minutes without spilling something on it. \*\* You talking about a drop of raspberry jam from your peanut-butter-n-jelly sammich, of a gallon pail of cold water? [sub]Why do you _think_ Cecil picked white, huh?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/7 "2003-08-18T03:57:29Z")
Ah yes, the Wet Straight Dope T-Shirt Contest. Apply in MPSIMS. Now this thread inspired me to try to order one today, and after filling out everything else on the order form I came to find that the Reader doesn’t take my plastic of choice (Amex). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/8 "2003-08-18T06:48:41Z")
I’VE COME UP WITH A BRILLIANT IDEA! The SDMB needs money, yes? So we have hot Doper women (which is to say, all of them, natch) send in digital pics to participate in a “Wet Straight Dope T-Shirt Contest” (tm Ringo) and, here’s the brilliant part, CHARGE MONEY to view the contestants and vote! Hell, the guys can join in too, for that matter! It’s only a little bit like porn! Come on, who’s with me?! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/9 "2003-08-18T13:10:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*You talking about a drop of raspberry jam from your peanut-butter-n-jelly sammich, of a gallon pail of cold water? > > [sub]Why do you _think_ Cecil picked white, huh?[/sub] \*\* I Like Ike! 🙂 Otta put that on a button… ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/10 "2003-08-18T18:39:02Z")
OK, the Official Word from the Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief at the READER is: > [@](#): > > The starting color is white. Personally, I have some grey ones, but they > didn’t begin life as that shade. Right now there are no plans for other > colors. We do, however, encourage creative alteration of our white shirts. In short, buy the white one and dye it any color you’d like that will cover the spaghetti stains. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-t-shirt/195624/11 "2003-08-20T06:56:00Z")
Wash it in the red load! Whoo, mama. Streaky pink. Strike-a-bell-ic. It takes no time at all to imagine such a thing. I imagined such a thing while speading a butter-like substance on my homemade rye toast. Just think what **you** can do ! ! Oh, man. I think I hyperextended my skull again. Too much knowledge. Oy. Uff da. Ay carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrramba.