# your most offensive or disarming t-shirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327 "2004-08-11T06:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/81 "2004-08-12T02:11:07Z")
I recently ordered a girly-tee with a lady disrobing that says “Porn is Feminism” on it, but I haven’t worn it, and this is the embarassing part for a cool liberated chick like myself - not because of what it says, of course, but because you can see her nipples. I think that means I’ve gotten old. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/82 "2004-08-12T02:16:50Z")
My hubby has an old shirt that says: I CAME I DRANK I OFFENDED It’s not _really_ offensive, just…tacky. I hate when he wears that thing. It’s a really strange color for a guy to wear to. I don’t know WHY he ever bought it. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/83 "2004-08-12T03:37:20Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > My hubby has an old shirt that says: > > I CAME > I DRANK > I OFFENDED > > It’s not _really_ offensive, just…tacky. I hate when he wears that thing. It’s a really strange color for a guy to wear to. I don’t know WHY he ever bought it. but but but but… WHAT color is it? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/84 "2004-08-12T03:56:22Z")
In 1977, I got a three-day suspension from high school for wearing a black T-shirt that read in big white letters “THIS PLACE SUCKS”. (I had it made at a local head shop that sold T-shirts.) I had a great bright red shirt with a huge picture of Charles Manson on the back, and on the front it said: Buy One Get One Free Charlie Manson I was doing my laundry at the laundromat one night and the guy using the dryer next to me offered me ten bucks for it. I had gotten it at the thrift store for 50 cents, so naturally I sold it. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/85 "2004-08-12T04:19:21Z")
A number of my friends were offended by my Harley-Davidson logo shirt, with “If I Have to Explain, You Wouldn’t Understand” on it. I have no idea what they were so upset about. It seemed like a good slogan to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/86 "2004-08-12T04:30:10Z")
My ex used to have one that advertised a bar (can’t remember the name though)…it had the name of the bar, and the slogan “Liquor in the front, poker in the rear” There is one I have seen here locally that I would love to find and buy of to give as gifts to some of my male friends. There is a town here called Eaton. One of the local radio stations here once made up a fictional baseball team, and called them The Beavers. So of course, they printed up t-shirts to promote the Eaton Beavers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/87 "2004-08-12T04:35:17Z")
> [@Cherry2000](#): > > There is one I have seen here locally that I would love to find and buy of to give as gifts to some of my male friends. There is a town here called Eaton. One of the local radio stations here once made up a fictional baseball team, and called them The Beavers. So of course, they printed up t-shirts to promote the Eaton Beavers. 😃 There are all sorts of t-shirts one could make to promote that well-known hamlet, Intercourse, PA. 😃 “Ask Me If I Know the Way…” “Turn Left For…” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/88 "2004-08-12T04:43:40Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > My g/f has that one, plus an- “I {heart} NERDS” Heh…very close to one [my wife](http://www.digitalspell.com/photo/view.php?album=Birthdays/Mom%202003&mode=view&pic=DSCN0459.JPG&picindex=28) owns. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/89 "2004-08-12T05:14:15Z")
I have one that says, “Information Gladly Given But Conversation Must Be Avoided For Safety’s Sake,” which is the sign that’s posted on San Francisco buses. Another says “Everyone Hates Me Because I’m Paranoid.” Both of these are funnier to people who know me. A friend of mine has one (I think it’s from The Onion) that says, “Your Favorite Band Sucks.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/90 "2004-08-12T05:56:35Z")
Being an ecologist, one of my favorites was the shirt that had the [US Forest Service](http://www.fs.fed.us/) symbol (look at the upper right corner) on it, except the tree in the middle was cut off at the base and lying down. See, it was a protest of managed clearcutting on Forest Service lands. Ha ha. Yes, I know. Oh so geeky, but a _different_ geeky. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/91 "2004-08-12T06:06:01Z")
> [@](#): > > I have one that says, “Information Gladly Given But Conversation Must Be Avoided For Safety’s Sake,” which is the sign that’s posted on San Francisco buses. Oooh, I love it! I hate to ask but where did you get it? I have many t-shirts with fun phrases on them, but the one that always seems to get the most attention is my black tee that says “WTF?” on it in white letters (some of you have probably seen it at [thinkgeek.com](http://thinkgeek.com)). Kids laugh but most adults are bewildered until they figure out what it means. It’s popular, though. A complete stranger came up and asked me where I got it once. That disarmed ME anyway. I also have a shirt that says “Feminist” on it but I haven’t gotten around to wearing it much yet. My roommate saw it and said: “Yeah, you’ll get a ton of dates with THAT on.” ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/92 "2004-08-12T06:48:41Z")
The worst one in the zoo household is “It’s not a potbelly - it’s a roof for my toolshed”. The guys take turns wearing it. :rolleyes: Mr zoogirl used to have a sweatshirt with big, suspicious looking splotches on it and the words "Damn Seagulls! Another fav was popular with the teens at church. It’s a picture of jeans with the knees worn out and the slogan “Tougher Than Hell”. At first I kind of went “Ooooh” but then I figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/93 "2004-08-12T13:35:46Z")
I used to have the old Inspiral Carpets **Cool As Fuck** cow t-shirt, but it got worn out ☹ Now, my most offfensive one is the _Couldn’t Care Bear_ , depicting a teddy bear with a pistol to his head. seems to tick a lot of people off for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/94 "2004-08-12T14:31:21Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > Another fav was popular with the teens at church. It’s a picture of jeans with the knees worn out and the slogan “Tougher Than Hell”. At first I kind of went “Ooooh” but then I figured it out. That could be taken two EXTREMELY different ways. ---
**Author:** ![Renob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@Renob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/95 "2004-08-12T14:46:16Z")
In college one of the guys in the weight room would always wear a shirt that said, “I may not go down in history but I will go down on your little sister.” I always thought that was the greatest shirt I had ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![curious\_kell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@curious\_kell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_kell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/96 "2004-08-12T17:31:51Z")
My husband once tried to buy a shirt off of some guy at a concert. It had a picture of Ed Gein’s face on the front, and surrounding it, said the words “Ed Gein Fan Club”. Brilliant. Haven’t found one since. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/97 "2004-08-12T17:52:29Z")
> [@curious\_kell](#): > > My husband once tried to buy a shirt off of some guy at a concert. It had a picture of Ed Gein’s face on the front, and surrounding it, said the words “Ed Gein Fan Club”. > Brilliant. Haven’t found one since. Who’s Ed Gein?? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/98 "2004-08-12T17:58:13Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > Who’s Ed Gein?? Pretty funny that a poster usernamed “ZombiesAteMyBrain” asks this - Ed Gein was a notorious serial killer from the '50’s or '60’s. I believe the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Silence of the Lambs and Slayer’s infamous song “Dead Skin Mask” all owe a debt of inspiration to the repugnant Ed Gein… ---
**Author:** ![a\_daft\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@a\_daft\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_daft_girl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/99 "2004-08-12T18:01:48Z")
> [@Rabid Child](#): > > I have a t-shirt that’s sort of like those MAD-magazine fold ins. It looks like this: > > - E I I G Y \* > - P O C R \* > OFF > > You pull the shirt up or down to connect the dots and it says “FUCK”. > > I had some cashier ask me about it when I was in Barnes and Noble once. > > “What does that shirt mean? Is it a different language?” > I almost said yes, but said, “It’s sort of like those MAD-magazine fold ins.” > He paused. “Oh.” He furrowed his brow. “Your mother lets you wear shirts like that?” > Pissed off I said, “Yes. She bought me this shirt!” (she didn’t really; it used to belong to my father) \*\*Oh. My. God! When i was a kid, i remember my mother having this shirt, it was greeeen - and i always asked her what it meant… she would never tell me! So here lately (20 some odd years later) i keep thinking about that shirt, wondering wtf it was all about… so i ask, and she “doesn’t remember the shirt” or what it means, so for the past few months ive been sulking, wondering if id EVER know what the HELL that stupid slogan burned in my brain since childhood, meant. THANK YOUUUUU Rabid Child 😃 You have filled one giant void in my inquisitive mind. _sends pez & vodka_ \*\* I also like the “what part of @#@# don’t you understand” shirt - I need to make my next shopping excursion in that guys closet - he has fun shirts! (Oh and if you do start making them domination/cake shirts - i’ll be the first to buy 10) ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327/100 "2004-08-12T18:11:51Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Pretty funny that a poster usernamed “ZombiesAteMyBrain” asks this - Ed Gein was a notorious serial killer from the '50’s or '60’s. I believe the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Silence of the Lambs and Slayer’s infamous song “Dead Skin Mask” all owe a debt of inspiration to the repugnant Ed Gein… It’s them pesky zombies! They ate my brain, you know - and all I have left are a few stray braincells that got stuck to the sides … still got more than GWB, though 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-offensive-or-disarming-t-shirt/259327.md?page=6)