Shirts that fail to be clean
Aug. 12th, 2006 10:20 amIf you've been around teenagers allowed to buy slightly crass T-shirts, you have probably seen the shirts that have a statement that would be considered crass or borderline "unprintable", with an image that takes it from off-color to the literal meaning of the words. For example, "Hey, nice melons!" illustrated with honeydew and cantaloupe.
I recently saw a shirt that utterly failed at this.
Caption: "Guard the family jewels!" Illustration: a squirrel with a pair of acorns.
It could have been a little cartoon king with a pair of gemstones. Or the caption could have been "Protect your nuts!" But the combination failed at plausible deniability. Back to English class. Don't mix your fucking metaphors.
I recently saw a shirt that utterly failed at this.
Caption: "Guard the family jewels!" Illustration: a squirrel with a pair of acorns.
It could have been a little cartoon king with a pair of gemstones. Or the caption could have been "Protect your nuts!" But the combination failed at plausible deniability. Back to English class. Don't mix your fucking metaphors.