Funny T-Shirts - The Wackier The Better
The spectacular rise of t-shirt is now well acknowledged and this rapid growth was due the Navy which started the landslide by the issue of a 'T' shaped, short sleeved undergarment without collars for the use of its sailors. Subsequently when the icons of the film industry, icons like Marlon Brando and James Dean showed up on the silver screen clad in these shirts, the attractiveness of these shirts skyrocketed and just about every one wanted to be seen in them. In today's slang, they were considered to be cool! Its popularity soared in leaps and bounds aided by the progress in the quality of the fabric used in their manufacture and in the advances in the printing techniques involved.
Every piece of clothing says something about the wearer; this is a well known adage, but the funny t-shirt does it more expressively. Mildly to extremely funny, on the edge of absurdity, comically rude and outrageous and also disgusting without being blatantly so, these t-shirts appealed to every one, irrespective of gender or age. The sheer audacity of these t-shirts is so awesome that that it leaves people catching their breaths. The limits to what use it can be put to has no boundaries.
These t-shirts have been used extensively in the field of politics. It was during his 1948 Presidential crusade, that one such t-shirt with the message "Dew-IT with Dewey" printed on it was used by the then Governor of New Your, Thomas E. Dewey.
There isn't a subject on earth that has not appeared on the t-shirt in some funny form or another. Everyone and everything has been ridiculed. Americans, Britishers, Canadians, politicians, lawyers, girls, boys, dogs, cats, games and even human attitudes; just mention a subject and one is sure to find some funny t-shirt in some nook or corner sporting something hilarious on it. If it so happens that someone has a whacky phrase of his own and wants the society to know about, all that they have to do is to log on to the Internet, submit it to a website that specializes in making customized t-shirts, and Lo and Behold, it is delivered at their doorstep. It has become such a nationwide phenomenon that small children and senior citizens can be seen wearing them.
The myriad possible uses of explicit and implicit graphical pictures, different colors and psychedelic auras, bizarre fonts, whacky catchphrases and play on words make the funny t-shirt a versatile medium to expression. The use of these techniques could have one wracked with laughter or might leave one stupefied enough to stand and gape at what is emblazoned in the front. Not to be out done, the back of the t-shirt is also capable of riveting you down.
The stuff that appear on these funny t-shirts can double up a person with laughter or might leave one dazed enough to stand and gawk at what is inscribed in the front. The back of the t-shirt is also used to throw you off track.
Contrary to what the viewers of a funny t-shirt might think, the person who is wearing the particular t-shirt may be attempting to tell the world what THEY think. He or she may be using the apparel as a form of self propaganda. Parents may even be trying to say something indirectly through the t-shirt that their infants are adorned with. With the plethora of t-shirts available, it will not be a surprise if there is a funny t-shirt custom-made just for you.
Another possibility is that an offensively funny t-shirt might just be the intention of the wearer to communicate his or her displeasure against an individual or a concept; the degree of the offensiveness emphasizing the extent of his antagonism. In these days of double speak, care has to be taken on what one is sporting. Some simple phrase to one may be quite offensive to another. The best bet may be one with the words "I've Nothing To Say" on it.
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