Long live all those subversive T-shirt slogans (re: Voting Is For Old People)

Houston Chronicle ^ | April 25, 2004, 9:43PM | By J.D. MULLANE

[weegee]

BUMP so as my tagline I've been using for weeks appears.

[stainlessbanner]

Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult

[E Rocc]

Am I the only post-40-year-old who remembers the joy of ticking off old people by wearing a smart-aleck T-shirt?

I'm post 40 and still wear them sometimes....LOL.

-Eric

[Freedom4US]

Ah! The irony of Harvard political scientists lamenting a Tee-shirt from the 60's - episodes from the past they'd rather everyone forgot about and most certainly not remind anyone of what was really going on. Now that the aging hippies have their power consolidated they no longer want to "change the world" - a lot of them want to change it back. Nice try fella!

[DumpsterDiver]

In a few more years I'll be wearing this one: "Social Security: I Got Mine."

I also plan on getting a cane (whether I need one or not) and tripping people with it.

[armyboy]

I have a few good t-shirts myself
one says "celebrate diversity" and has pictues of different brands and styles of handguns.

another says Christian American Heterosexual Pro-gun Conservative any questions?

Another has a pic of Obi-wan and the quote "You will never find a more wreched hive of scum and villany" below the quote is a pic of the U.N. Building

another says Communism has only killed 100 million people lets give it another chance.
there are a few others.

[Graybeard58]

Now, folks, let me show you what I mean
You've got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table
Pockets that mark the difference between a gentleman and a bum
With a capital 'B' and that rhymes with 'P' and that stands for 'pool'

And all week long, your River City youth'll be fritterin' away
I say, your young men'll be fritterin'
Fritterin' away their noontime, suppertime, choretime, too
Hit the ball in the pocket
never mind gettin' dandelions pulled
or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded
Never mind pumpin' any water 'til your parents are caught
with a cistern empty on a Saturday night and that's trouble
Oh, ya got lots and lotsa trouble
I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers,
shirttailed young ones peekin' in the pool hall window after school
Ya got trouble, folks, right here in River City
with a capital 'T' and that rhymes with 'P'
and that stands for 'pool'

[Iowa Granny]

I well remember the days when T-shirts with questionable slogans on them were frowned on by the more mature set.

Perfect example: In the fall of 1963 a h.s. classmate was sent home to change his shirt when he arrived for the first day of school wearing a shirt emblazened with: Christine Keeler Fan Club.

A shirt like this wouldn't even cause a second glance today.

[weegee]

Celebrate diversity: Have sex with someone with DIFFERENT genitalia.

[E Rocc]

My 8 year old niece is a fart afficianado and got her friend's grandpa a button that says "old fart". I've encouraged her to find a similar button/t-shirt for her grandpa's birthday in September. [eg]

-Eric

[weegee]

Christine Keeler. Everything the Monica Fornigate scandal COULD have been.

[farfromhome]

My favorite shirt from High School:

Support your right to keep and arm bears. It had a picture of a grizzly bear with a rifle. Great, so not only is it a 9 foot tall bear, it's got a gun.

[Skooz]

[E Rocc]

I had a shirt for "Bear Whiz Beer", "From the land of golden waters". It showed (from behind) a bear filling a bottle. A shirt I liked but never had: "Nuke The Whales".

The only shirt I ever got in trouble for was my "Ball State" T-shirt I got from an aunt who was a professor there. One teacher didn't believe it was a real school....LOL.

-Eric

[Unam Sanctam]

I recently ordered two good ones (t-shirts that is):

John Derbyshire's quote "Pop Culture is Filth" from:

http://www.nationalreview.com

and the "Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club" with "Truth is not determined by majority vote" from:

http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com

[Crusher138]

I am over 40 and am SELLING them.

Actually we sell both left-wing and right-wing political t-shirts that tend to offend.

Funny thing, we get more visits to our left-wing side but more sales from out right-wing side.

Go figure...

[Chewbacca]

Probably because only the conservatives have jobs and money.

[weegee]

Better be careful. You may find some knock offs of your "left wing" shirts being sold elsewhere.

I like things that are confrontational without having a clear reason for offend. I can't think of any examples right now but there are some that baffle viewers who can't tell if it is for or against an issue. The "War never solved anything (except...)" is along these lines (although it gives it away in the end).