My new "thing"
In my personal philosophy, I hate labels. They are so often not true, they uphold stereotypes, they put people unnecessarily into boxes, they hold down true personalities. But frequently they can be helpful in sorting people, creating groups, or making the world a more organized place. I've been contemplating a "label shirt" a lot lately. A shirt that just has a blunt statement of a label you have applied to yourself. For instance:
My sister Julie could get a shirt that says, "I'm scared of puppets." This one isn't all that funny on its own, yet imagine that one Julie. Funny.
Name shirts are good, especially when used in a theatrical setting. I'm in this new piece, it's kinda creepy and about some (perhaps drug-induced) dream with flying angels and angry mobs. At one point we are all standing in a line, and everyone but the back person suddenly falls down. In that moment, I would love to see him standing there confidently, doing nothing but proudly presenting his shirt that says simply, "Jake." His entire persona would be perfectly represented.
There are some other labels that can be amusing, like "nerd" (or "I have 3 majors") and the house favorite, "Curve-killer" (because we aren't especially buxom and tend to ruin the grading scale with high exam scores). A black shirt with black writing (it would have to be viewed in the right light) that said "Goth" would be amusing. Or a shirt with your nickname on it. That would be especially funny if you had an especially amusing nickname, like "Captian Viscosity" (I won't explain that one, but it's funny). I'm trying to get shirts made that say "I live at the Dow" for the athletes and dancers who spend all our time in the athletic building. Or a shirt that says "I survived Organic Chemistry" for the chem geeks, or "I had *insert name of infamously hard professor here*."
For some reason, these shirts are a very funny idea to me lately. Everything that happens I seem to find a funny label shirt to apply to it. Send in your ideas.


3 Comments:
At 8:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
Being in the t-shirt business myself, I totally feel the same t-shirt-idea bug that you seem to be dealing with. I've always wanted a shirt that said something like "I wish I'd been socks" or "Can you believe I'm made of a plant?!?" or "Call me Mr. T (shirt)" or anything else coming from the perspective of the t-shirt itself.
At 1:41 AM,
Patricia G said…
I think you should all definitely send ideas and they should immediately be turned into money-makers at squirtshirts.com Let's go--let's make money for each other with hysterical shirts like Goth and call me mr. t(shirt)
At 12:20 AM,
Haack said…
I have a shirt that just says:
dork.
My friend Justin made it for me, along with one that said Haack2k (that was funny in 2000), and Haack 'n' Cheese.
Other ideas I like:
I'm really funny.
So?
huh?
You're smart.
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