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So I was thinking earlier about a set of tshirt types that I could blog about, and for some reason boobs came to mind. Well, I am a man after all.

Here are the 12 best I could find on the ‘net.

1) Nice Boobies - Threadless
The nicest Boobies I’ve seen in an age …

2) Staring at Boobies - Tshirt Humor
Another Boobies pun.

3) Hot ass - T-Shirt Hell
Are you an ass man?

4) I Love Bouncing - Bouncing for Boobies
Great charity t-shirt!

5) BOOBS Calculator - Let’s Be Awesome
‘Cause we’ve all done this at some point. I also used to like 55378008.

6) Tits - Vivienne Westwood
You’ll need some spare cash to afford this one - £75!

7) Nipples - Zazzle print
Small boob prejudice.

8 ) Boobies Make Me Smile - Chargrilled
Don’t they make every man?

9) Heavy Boobs - Tshirt Outlet
We should all do our bit to ’support’ heavy boobs

10) 6 Points - Primitive State
Get creative and make your own Scrabble tee.

You may have heard of or about T-Shirt Hell?  Probably for all of the wrong reasons.  Personally I think it has some good shirts, very funny and not too offensive.  But it also has some that go a little too far, even for me.

Well now you can enjoy the slightly twisted humour of T-Shirt Hell without being offended, with the launch of a new and toned down site, TorsoPants.

 The site design certainly stands out from the crowd, it’s wacky, quirky and very visual with lots of hidden surprises (like the moving eye near the bottom of the front page).  But I am sure the cost of the design will be worth it and in the long run, the site may even rival T-Shirt Hell for revenue.

Part of me immediately thought “man, this is selling out to the extreme”.  But then my partner very wisely pointed out that people who don’t ’sell out’ (whatever that really means), tend to be poor.  Good point well made.

So to the important part, the tees.  Well there are a lot to choose from at launch which is good to ensure momentum, and most of them are at least mildly humourous.  But for me, most were just “eh” rather than “hold crap I want that”. 

One that did make me chuckle was this one, given that it’s one of my pet peeves with bowling:

Prices are $18 per tee but you do get the huge choice of styles and colours.  And the site already appears to have a big following - as comments are allowed on the tees (great idea), it’s clear that many people are taking the effort to have their say and get involved.

Oh wait, I almost forgot the important bit!  If you sign up to the site this week, you’ll get 8 TorsoWashingtons (basically dollars that you can only spend on this site) in your account!  Which would make your first purchase just $10.  Click below to go to the special promo page:

So good luck to TorsoPants, may all your non-offensive dreams come true.

I think I have already mentioned that I am pretty anti-censorship.  Which is why I had to grab this shirt from t-shirt hell:

Now it’s not the type of tee I can wear every day (I don’t think my employer would approve!), but it does communicate well my views on censored words such as these.  I bet if I say “cunt”, someone will be offended.  But please, don’t be - did it really hurt you to read that?

On another note, one of my favourite all time Threadless tees was reprinted recently!  Stabby McKnife.  The first time it was printed I wasn’t a regular enough Threadless visitor to grab it before it sold out.  Then it was reprinted while I was on damn holiday a couple of years ago.  So this time I was quick off the mark (plus Threadless tees don’t sell out anywhere near as quickly as they used to when there were just a few released per week).  However, having shouted with joy, I am now a little, just a tad, gutted.  Why?  Because my damn fiancee pleaded with me to let her order it instead.  I’m a sucker for a cute girl, what can I say?  And somehow the prospect of having matching tshirts didn’t appeal …

I did however have to grab a few others while ordering, picking up Merge, also for the fiancee (though I kinda wanted it too), Birds of a Feather, and Mr Choppy (which I LOVE).

Final note is the lack of updates - not that anyone is reading this blog yet haha.  But even so, I planned on posting a few times a week at least - but work has been really hectic, not to mention spending a week in Budapest (work related conference).  But from now on I’ll try to stick to the regime.  Otherwise this blog will fall into the deadpool along with all of the other failed tshirt blogs.

New from t-shirt hell this week is this shirt:

Not being an American I have no idea why they would pick on Idaho in particular, but it’s a very funny shirt nonetheless.  It’d be great if you could pick your state - but I guess a goliath like t-shirt hell isn’t set up that way.

T-Shirt Hell is probably the most controversial clothing store online today.  It is a massive site and I am sure it takes a hell of a lot of money each day.  But visitors either love the shirts, or a repulsed by them.  The owner’s newletter each week takes great pride in displaying some of the ‘hate mail’ he recieves from people who take offense.  And some of the shirts are very offensive.

So where do I sit?  Well, the fact that I’ve linked to the site is a clue.  I am one of those people who see the shirts and find them extremely funny (on the whole), but would never wear one.  Some of them are just fantastic, harmless humour.  Some are borderline offensive but funny.  Some are just ’sick’, and some are just downright intentionally controversial.  I’d wear the first two categories, but not the third or fourth.

A shirt from the first category, harmless humour:

One from category two:

Category three:

And the fourth:

So there you have it, the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of T-Shirt Hell.  I can see the humour in all of these, even the third and fourth - but would I produce these tshirts?  No.  Would I wear them?  No.  However, I am quite anti-censorship and so if you are so inclined to buy and wear such shirts, please go right ahead.