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post #1 of 52
12/9/07 at 5:50pm
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I presume this is more of a guy quirk, but if any female Chewers share in it, by all means join in. I'm doing some laundry today, a substantial chunk of which is T-shirts. I don't mean the plain white ones you wear under a dress shirt with a suit, I mean like logo t's and such. I have a large number. they now occupy a drawer all their own in the dresser, which is stuffed to the gills, and parts of 2 others. And there's still barely room for them all. The more I get, the larger the rotation, and thus the less wear each individual shirt gets, I guess, so none look like they've quite had it yet. I keep telling myself that I'm gonna get rid of some of them, but for me, as I'm sure is true for some of you, a t-shirt is sort of a personal statement, and I have a hard time putting one on the chopping block. I also have a bunch that I would have never bought, but that my wife got for me, and which I can't get rid of for fear of hurting her feelings.

Do any of you succumb to this phenomenon?
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post #2 of 52
12/9/07 at 6:31pm
Yeah, I'll get behind this. I have a "Homicide: Life on the Street" shirt that I've been wearing since probably sophomore year in high school -- so at least seven years at this point. It helps that I stopped growing early, and I'm not yet fat enough to not fit into most of my old clothes.

I don't buy a lot of t-shirts for myself, but I tend to hold onto them, especially if they were given to me as gifts. (I actually just bought one -- a "Say Hi To Your Mom For Me" shirt)
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post #3 of 52
12/9/07 at 6:39pm
I still have a Terminator 2 shirt that my mom got me when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I'm 23 now. So yeah, I have trouble.
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post #4 of 52
12/9/07 at 6:44pm
I'm actually wearing my '95-'96 high school basketball Regional Champions T-shirt right now. STAGG CHARGERS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RULES!
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post #5 of 52
12/9/07 at 6:48pm
I've got some music shirts from my freshman year in high-school. I would never part with them unless they have somehow become involved in a horrible wood chipper accident.
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post #6 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:00pm
I dress almost exclusively in formal to "business casual" wear now but, for the life of me, I cannot bear to part with any of my Grateful Dead or Alice in Wonderland shirts. Sometimes, when i don't feel ironing, I'll wear the less worn ones to the bar but for the most part, they're night shirts. Basically, if you date me or are my roommate, you see me go from looking pretty sharp in the day to looking like a more extreme version of The Dude at night.
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post #7 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain
Alice in Wonderland shirts.
Because they get you so much pussy, right?
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post #8 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:05pm
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Originally Posted by Dross
Because they get you so much pussy, right?
No, it's more for the pleasure of having the Caterpillar on my chest when I'm hitting an actual hookah or bong. The pussy I get on my own.
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post #9 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:14pm
I've got a large drawer FILLED with concert/club t-shirts - damn near every Rush t-shirt since "Grace Under Pressure", some Siouxsie and the Banshees, Motorhead, REM, Springsteen, Cranberries, Garbage, Fuzzy, Aimee Mann, etc. to name a few. Haven't worn 'em in years, yet can't find it in me to part with 'em
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post #10 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:17pm
I'd have no problem parting with my Ts.

Problem is, all of the ones I'd ditch have SOME wear, but also have plenty of life in them - anyone have any idea what uses old t-shirts can be put to? I don't need that many paint/oil rags, so that is out.
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post #11 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:20pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez
I'd have no problem parting with my Ts.

Problem is, all of the ones I'd ditch have SOME wear, but also have plenty of life in them - anyone have any idea what uses old t-shirts can be put to? I don't need that many paint/oil rags, so that is out.
They can make pretty sweet pillow cases, if you know how to sew.
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post #12 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:21pm
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Originally Posted by Timothy225
I've got a large drawer FILLED with concert/club t-shirts - damn near every Rush t-shirt since "Grace Under Pressure", some Siouxsie and the Banshees, Motorhead, REM, Springsteen, Cranberries, Garbage, Fuzzy, Aimee Mann, etc. to name a few. Haven't worn 'em in years, yet can't find it in me to part with 'em
I'm wearing an old Garbage Version 2.0 t-shirt right now.
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post #13 of 52
12/9/07 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain
They can make pretty sweet pillow cases, if you know how to sew.
Saying I am "all thumbs" when it comes to sewing would be an insult to those poor freaks born with ten thumbs.
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post #14 of 52
12/9/07 at 8:03pm
I am a big time T-shirt hoarder. I was super pissed this year when I had to part with a jim lee Dr. Doom shirt that I got at universal studios like, 8 years ago
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post #15 of 52
12/9/07 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain
They can make pretty sweet pillow cases, if you know how to sew.
Or pillows. Sew up the sleeves, neck, and bottom, and you have a limbless torso you can squeeze as you sleep. Except no blood, or organs, or shit and stuff.

You could also frame them with a copy of the album and ticket stub from the show you saw. A friend of mine used to do that - he had about two walls covered with framed t-shirts. After he got married, the Mrs. made him take all that stuff down (sigh).
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post #16 of 52
12/9/07 at 9:56pm
I can only seem to part with them when they're completely tattered, and even then I keep them around as things to sleep in instead. I actually wish I still had all of my band shirts from high school. Man, now I really miss my awesome purple smashing pumpkins t-shirt. Sniff.
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post #17 of 52
12/9/07 at 10:04pm
Possible solution: My mom makes t-shirt quilts. Those are quilts that have squares of T-shirts as patches. They turn out pretty great.

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post #18 of 52
12/9/07 at 10:15pm
That's pretty cool Patrick. I wonder how possible it would be to just turn them into a blanket, without the quilting material, kinda like the t-shirt sheets they make (man those are the best).
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post #19 of 52
12/9/07 at 10:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
That's pretty cool Patrick. I wonder how possible it would be to just turn them into a blanket, without the quilting material, kinda like the t-shirt sheets they make (man those are the best).
Chris, do you find that the material of the sheets prove to be a tad bit hard to maintain? I have the tie-dye sheet set and I swear I always wake up with half of the sheet that cover the mattress rolled up.
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post #20 of 52
12/9/07 at 11:03pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain
Chris, do you find that the material of the sheets prove to be a tad bit hard to maintain? I have the tie-dye sheet set and I swear I always wake up with half of the sheet that cover the mattress rolled up.
Yes and no. I always wake up with the fitted sheet pulled off the mattress, but it's hard for me to compare, because that happens with any sheets we use. Still worth it though, it's the softest kind of sheets you can have without the really expensive high thread count things.
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post #21 of 52
12/9/07 at 11:31pm
I have a Bruce Lee iron on tee shirt that's so old, that it's simply just a grey tee shirt now. There is no trace of iron on left.

I still call it my Bruce Lee shirt.
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post #22 of 52
12/10/07 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by Timothy225
I've got a large drawer FILLED with concert/club t-shirts - , Motorhead. . . .
A-HAAAA! I KNEW There was a reason I liked you other than you being from Jersey, Ye Piney bastarrrrrd! I'd rep you if I didn't have to spread 1st.
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post #23 of 52
12/10/07 at 1:04am
I've got Re-Animator, Zombie, Evil Dead 2, and Dead/Alive shirts that are falling apart, but because work doesn't care I just keep wearing them. I tried making a pillow case out of my Misfits t-shirt, but I suck at making things so it looks like ass.

Now Patrick Ripoll reminds me that my step-mother has just taken up quilt making. I am greatly in your debt sir, thank you so very much.
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post #24 of 52
12/10/07 at 2:11am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
Yes and no. I always wake up with the fitted sheet pulled off the mattress, but it's hard for me to compare, because that happens with any sheets we use. Still worth it though, it's the softest kind of sheets you can have without the really expensive high thread count things.
You can buy elastic bands with clips on the end (like on women's garter belts) which clip across the fitted sheet's corners on the underside of your mattress, and help reduce this phenomenon. Also, you can buy sheets with deeper, fuller corner pockets so they fit better.
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post #25 of 52
12/10/07 at 3:15am
Hell yeah, I have a really hard time throwing my comfortable stuff away, even if it's destroyed.

I have this old Nintendo DS shirt that I've been meaning to get rid of forever but I just can't do it. It's always been 3 or 4 sizes too big for me, it's all soft and stretchy, and it says "Touching is Good" on it, how can I part with that? Of course, it does have a burn hole on the front from when an ember fell out of my bong, but meh. I only wear it around the house anyway.

I also have this Incubus hoodie that I bought when I was 13 or 14 that I just can't part with. I don't really even LIKE Incubus that much anymore (with the exception of their first album) so it kind of irks me when people comment on it, but still, it's quite simply the most comfortable piece of clothing I've ever found, and I'll probably keep wearing it until it falls off me completely. I'm wearing it right now!
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post #26 of 52
12/10/07 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by LisaNewYork
Patrick, that's really cool!
Yeah. Also, in case anyone is interested, my mom does sell these for 75 bucks a pop. She works 2 jobs, so it usually takes a while (about 2 months) but if you're interested, there it is.
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post #27 of 52
12/10/07 at 12:07pm
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Presumably, you gotta supply Mrs. Ripoli w/ the raw materials, right?
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post #28 of 52
12/10/07 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by harrybeanbag
No.

They're only shirts.

I hope everyone who has posted in this thread so far takes that lesson to heart.
We T-Shirt hoarders are a funny bunch. You, sir, are obviously not one of us.
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post #29 of 52
12/10/07 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by harrybeanbag
No.

They're only shirts.

I hope everyone who has posted in this thread so far takes that lesson to heart.
True, but it's also the memories that came with buying that t-shirt. For example, the night I got my Fuzzy t-shirt, I had a drink and a good conversation with the drummer about a show they played at the Stone Pony with Belly. He was pleased that I remembered the band from that show, etc. Good times. Holding on to the t-shirt is a souvenir from those days.
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post #30 of 52
12/10/07 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by Timothy225
True, but it's also the memories that came with buying that t-shirt. For example, the night I got my Fuzzy t-shirt, I had a drink and a good conversation with the drummer about a show they played at the Stone Pony with Belly. He was pleased that I remembered the band from that show, etc. Good times. Holding on to the t-shirt is a souvenir from those days.
Yep. When I went to college, I got rid of, I think, about 185 t-shirts. I have been slowly accumulating more. I have a t-shirt quilt a friend made of some of my sentimental college ones. Should probably do that with a bunch of vet school ones, too. I really virtually never wear them (I wear the occasional solid colored nice t, but no logo ones anymore).
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post #31 of 52
12/10/07 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg
Presumably, you gotta supply Mrs. Ripoli w/ the raw materials, right?
You supply the t-shirts, yes. That's what makes it yours.
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post #32 of 52
12/10/07 at 4:20pm
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Define "Suspicious".
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post #33 of 52
12/10/07 at 4:27pm
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I like to support microbrews w/ the advertising they get from my wearing their shirts. Reluctantly, I had to part today w/ one I got just this past summer on my Alaskan adventure. It was for a beer called "Polygamy Porter" (Why have just one? bring some home to the wives!) from a microbrewery in the Salt Lake City Airport, where my brother in law & I whiled away a layover w/ nachos & beer. The beer was mucgh better than the quality of the shirt, since I can't have worn it more than 3 times and it shrunk too small to wear. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
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post #34 of 52
12/10/07 at 8:15pm
I'll never get rid of my Slusho shirt. NEVER!
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post #35 of 52
12/10/07 at 8:39pm
i keep all my shirts from shitty jobs i've had over the years; i am currently wearing my forest green Pet Supplies Plus shirt. i think its funny. i also have kept a shitload of shirts from when i was a lot fatter that now fit like nightgowns that i dont even wear but goddammit if i get rid of them.
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post #36 of 52
12/10/07 at 10:58pm
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You keep them around for inspiration, just in case there but for the Grace go you again, or no partic'lar reason?
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post #37 of 52
12/10/07 at 11:39pm
i dont know, they seem like they were once such a part of me and it just doesnt seem right that they should belong to someone else or the garbage.
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post #38 of 52
12/11/07 at 10:12am
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I hear ya. I keep my painted denim jacket (remember those? With the heavy metal album covers on'em? I got Motorhead's "No Remorse" in black and silver) around, even though there's no way in hell I'll ever fit into it again. Just can't bear to throw it out (I'm sure even the Salvation Army or Goodwill wouldn't want it). had some good times in that jacket. . .
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post #39 of 52
12/11/07 at 4:58pm
Next thing you know we’re in the bedroom.
You’re wearin’ that same old ugly, baggy T-shirt with a stain on it that you got from that team-building exercise you did for your old work several years ago.
And it's never looked better...
“Team Building Exercise Ninety-Nine”!


I have too many drawer-fulls. Comic book characters, band concerts, free swag, etc. I use to work at video stores for years before settling down in the video game industry. T-Shirts are like a form of pay or job benefit in these occupations. I'm shocked my W-2s didn't have a T-Shirt entry.
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post #40 of 52
12/24/07 at 3:29am
Shouldn't this be in the Sex forum?
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post #41 of 52
12/24/07 at 3:54am
I have had a collection of "cool" t-shirts that I've been amassing and discarding since in high school. I even had a short phase where I would buy vintage iron-ons from eBay and make my own retro tees. Now that I'm an adult and in my 30s, I find that I simply have less and less occasion to wear them. On the plus side, at least the keepers will last a long time.

I have zero loyalty to free t-shirts. You can usually tell when someone's wearing a free shirt, unless they have zero style to begin with, or if the free shirt happens to be randomly cool. But how often does the latter happen?
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post #42 of 52
12/24/07 at 4:51am
Damn, I may have to hire Patrick's mom. For the quilt, I mean. Not anything dirty.

I was deeply saddened the day I had to throw out my "I Gregory" t-shirt. People at work still remember that shirt. I also miss the Rocketeer bondage shirt.

Of course, t-shirts with stuff on them have become less special since it's so easy to make them myself. You can buy blank transfers that can be printed on an inkjet printer now. I did a whole series of movie posters and first-issue comic book covers. People keep asking me where I bought them.
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post #43 of 52
12/24/07 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Back up.
Yeah, WTF?

Personally, I either sleep in a cowboy hat and a tutu or a fez and assless chaps, depending on the company.
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post #44 of 52
12/24/07 at 5:44pm
I sleep in a stunning Versace evening gown, usually teel, with a plunging neckline and pearls. Although I have had my eye on this Vera Wang number.
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post #45 of 52
12/24/07 at 6:39pm
I understand sleeping in a sarong. What I don't get is wearing a sarong and flip flops along with a sweatshirt and a coat when it's cold outside. Is there something about Samoans that make them magically 20 degrees warmer from the thigh down? Apparently not because they're always huddling like they're freezing, but they still don't put on pants. Or shoes.
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post #46 of 52
12/24/07 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David
I sleep in a stunning Versace evening gown, usually teel, with a plunging neckline and pearls. Although I have had my eye on this Vera Wang number.
Pictures, please or it never happened.
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post #47 of 52
12/24/07 at 10:39pm
I see him in this:
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post #48 of 52
12/25/07 at 1:27am
I'm a big science fiction and fantasy fan and go to 7 or 8 conventions a year. This has been going on for the past 26 years. Every convention I go to that has a t-shirt I buy. At this point I have lost count of how many shirts I have. Most of them no longer fit me but i hold out hope that one day they will again.
And since i work at a movie theatre i have tons of free movie promo shirts.
Most of the promo shirts I do give away. But the con t-shirts are very sentimental to me and I have a hard time giving them away. The last time I moved I actually cut up some old shirts and thought of making a t-shirt quilt. This has been on the back burner since i am a hideous sewer.
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post #49 of 52
12/25/07 at 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
I see him in this:
Thank you for seeing me in that. I can only dream of being in that.

The dress is okay too.
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post #50 of 52
12/26/07 at 4:46am
I have a Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets T-shirt I got a few years ago that is now absolutely skin-tight (you can see my nipples through it!), and with armpits that have been sweated on so many times that the white cloth has been replaced by a rock-solid yellow substance I refuse to identify.

Never getting rid of it.
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