The Importance Of T-Shirts
This week marked the beginning of Commute Options Week. I've been biking, like always, but the rest of my office is doing nothing. In fact, this year we didn't even register. A few years ago the Commute Options program decided to stop selling t-shirts and moved to baseball hats instead. Seriously, people in my office couldn't get into participating over the last few years, because there wasn't a t-shirt to wear. This got me thinking that perhaps t-shirts are a little more important that you would think. Send your kids to day camp and they get a t-shirt. Participate in the Pole Pedal Paddle and you get a t-shirt. However, did anyone offer t-shirts for the hunt for OJ's wife's killer? Did anyone offer t-shirts for the hunt for Osama Bin Ladin? See my point here? Never underestimate the power of t-shirts.
Rosy said:
Mrs. H said:
I agree about shirts though women prefer the fitted shirts over the unisex men looking shirts.
Have you seen the t-shirts at www.buzztouch.com or did you see the really cool green Bite of Bend Shirts that say
Feed Frequently.
Add Cold Drinks.
Repeat.
I was wearing one and people were asking us where to get them. I think our peds department should make them and sell them because I got stopped 20 times asking where to get them.
strauss said:
There IS power in t-shirts. I was SO excited to receive a t-shirt for participating in the Scotiabank 5km - who needs to purchase clothing again; just sign up for whatever weekly fun run half marathon is on offer for teh week and you are set for the year, with chirstmas gifts to spare ;) HA HA.
Actually there was an article in the Vancouver sun this week about the dwindling power of the chosen t-shirt image and the unconsciousness of motivation of the wearer. Now I have a neighbour who is a retired fire fighter. I have never NOT seem him without his fire department t-shirt on. He must have a pile of them in his closet. For him the t-shirt is worn like a badge of honour and why not, but the article was discussing the motivations of kids who went around wearing the image of Sadam and the like on their tees, the conclusion was that they were doing it for no other reason than to shock - and that is debateable. I saw some guy walking around with a t-shirt emblazoned on the front with "I'm fucking TERRIFIC" on the back it said "your fucking UGLY" - funny-ish...to the wearer, I guess. Some girl was walking around with EVIL written on it, just seems stupid to me.
Hey,
It was really a nice idea.
cheers,
Rosy.
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