Some T-shirts take rude cracks at the person reading the shirt. Some indulge in self-deprecation of the wearer. Well this morning, as I walked back from the printer after making emergency changes in the Hebrew spelling of humanitarian on our concert poster, I saw a shirt that did both:
Just because I'm nobody doesn't mean you're not irritating
Then I looked online (curse that Internet!) to see if I could find the shirt. I did:
What a great shirt. On the one hand, the guy is accepting his smallness, his uselessness in life. And yet, like the Mouse Man desperately bellowing from his little nest, demanding his voice be heard, he asserts the right to be substantial enough to critique the unsavory behavior of his fellow.
"Don't think," he squeaks, that just because I am hardly a speck in this cold universe, that I don't feel, that I don't react to your ill-informed overtures, flawed attempts at interaction and dreadful personal style. I may be nothing, but I'm something enough to see what YOU are."
"Don't think," he squeaks, that just because I am hardly a speck in this cold universe, that I don't feel, that I don't react to your ill-informed overtures, flawed attempts at interaction and dreadful personal style. I may be nothing, but I'm something enough to see what YOU are."
Then I looked online (curse that Internet!) to see if I could find the shirt. I did:
Just because I'm moody doesn't mean you're not irritating
Whoops. Not a bad shirt at all. Funny, cynical, and quite relevant in times of war, where a pointed finger is often used to deflect any calls for self-reflection or mutual admission of guilt. I may be a jerk, but you ain't so hot yourself. Also good for use against those folks who like to grab onto your moodiness and make a case out of it: Oh wow, you sure are in a mood, i'll stay out of your way, heh heh, who peed in your cornflakes, i'll keep my distance from you this morning, hey man, there's no need to get angry man, just let it flow..
But you know me, friends, it's the Dosoevskian battle of the one man with his place in society that captures my imagination. Not that Dostoevsky would be against pitting a righteous grouch against an annoying populace. In any event, maybe I'll get the "nobody" slogan on a T-shirt one day, all for me. Although, in the final analysis, moody might be a better description of me than nobody...
But you know me, friends, it's the Dosoevskian battle of the one man with his place in society that captures my imagination. Not that Dostoevsky would be against pitting a righteous grouch against an annoying populace. In any event, maybe I'll get the "nobody" slogan on a T-shirt one day, all for me. Although, in the final analysis, moody might be a better description of me than nobody...
3 comments:
I always like the "HAR HAR HAR! Gee why aren't you laughing! I'm just kidding.. Geez you're touchy!" types who don't realize that maybe they're just not funny.
Groo is no mendicant!!!
i saw a funny t-shirt riding the elevator yesterday:
"it's all fun and games until someone laughs their butt off." and it had a cast of cartoon figures and one of 'em lost his butt, which looked like this:
(_)_). very cute. check it out on the internet...
I hope this is acceptable for this family blog site.
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