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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Funny T-Shirts - The Wackier The Better

By Kathy Austin

The evolution of the t-shirt is now well known and its rise was rapid due the helping hand of the Navy which started the avalanche by the issue of a collarless, short sleeved 'T' shaped underwear for its sailors. When Hollywood stepped in, with its industry icons like Marlon Brando and James Dean sporting them, the popularity of these shirts shot up like skyscrapers and every one just had to wear them. They were considered cool! Technological advances in the dress material and in printing gave a fillip to the popularity of the t-shirt.

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.

In the political arena, these t-shirts are used to put across a political point or ridicule one, be supportive of a candidate or be mean to another. History tells us that during his 1948 Presidential crusade, the then Governor of New Your, Thomas E. Dewey used one such t-shirt with the message "Dew-IT with Dewey" printed on it.

People in every walk of life have been the subject of ridicule, and there isn't a topic on earth that has not been scoffed at on the t-shirt in some amusing form or another at one time or another. Lawyers, doctors, politicians, drinking, fishing, Americans, Canadians, games and even human feelings; just broach a subject and some funny t-shirt on the particular subject could definitely be found somewhere with something side-splitting on it. And if one has a funny catchphrase or anything funny that they would like to make a t-shirt out of, the Internet is there to do it for you. Customization is the latest in fashion.

It is not just the front of the t-shirt, the back can also be expressive. The use of graphical images, weird fonts and play on words further enhances their popularity. The range of colors and the psychedelic images that they come in are to be seen to be believed. The beauty of it is that the use of these shirts is not restricted to just teenagers; infants to senior citizens use them.

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.

A person who is wearing a particular t-shirt with a specific phrase on it may be taking a shot at telling the world their impressions and yours may not agree with it. He or she may be using the attire for self aggrandizement. When a father or a mother picks up a t-shirt with a funny message or picture on it, he or she may be subconsciously expressing a thought or opinion. If there isn't a funny t-shirt custom-made just for any one person, it must only be a strange coincidence.

Finally, if it so happens that you find yourself stumped when searching for a t-shirt with something really funny on it, you might come across one which has "I Haven't Anything To Say" blazoned on it.

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