Home & Family Facts and Notes

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.

Funny t-shirts can poke fun at just about anything and anybody. They can be nonsensical, border on the ridiculous and even funnily offend.

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 invention of more robust and stretchable printing inks have made possible the countless uses of psychedelic graphics and colors of various hues. Computers have made possible the creation of intricate patterns and fantastic and convoluted fonts. Combined with word play, the funny t-shirt has become a resourceful means of expression. 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.

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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