Need fun ideas for t-shirts

[Metalcat]

So many t-shirts!

Another site for your consideration - https://retrokid.ca/. Generally not humourous but highly nostalgic for Gen X Canadians.

And a specific possibility from that site (though, of course, you'd have a better idea which CBC or TVO kids shows - if any - would resonate):
https://retrokid.ca/collections/cbc-retro/products/cbc-x-mr-dressup-icon-t-shirt-heather-blue

What a fun thread!

OMG, this is fantastic.

[deborah]

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/simplified-philosophy-by-WrongHands/50574850.WFLAH

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/I-do-not-think-therefore-I-do-not-am-cat-meme-portrait-by-snazzyseagull/150012210.9V5H1

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/But-I-Kant-stop-philosophizing-by-redshirtz/51493020.FB110

[Metalcat]

Love this site - and the prices are quite Mustachian! - https://6dollarshirts.com

I ended up finding this shirt that actually made both of us laugh out loud, so this one is a real winner!

https://6dollarshirts.com/dog-mocks-humans?search=Dog

[Dee]

Hahaha! That IS funny!

[Kl285528]

Love this site - and the prices are quite Mustachian! - https://6dollarshirts.com

I ended up finding this shirt that actually made both of us laugh out loud, so this one is a real winner!

https://6dollarshirts.com/dog-mocks-humans?search=Dog



Love it!

[Metalcat]

Only because I've seen a guy at my local coffee shop wearing one of these. I think it is a Bartleby The Scrivener literary reference, but it's also kind of Mustachian:

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts/i-would-prefer-not-to

That's fun. He wouldn't get the reference though. I think the last classic literature he read was in highschool and it was likely French.

[Josiecat22222]

I mean, goes without saying:

https://6dollarshirts.com/trophy-husband?search=don%27t%20hate%20me%20because%20I%27m%20a%20little%20cooler

[Metalcat]

I mean, goes without saying:

https://6dollarshirts.com/trophy-husband?search=don%27t%20hate%20me%20because%20I%27m%20a%20little%20cooler

I bought him that one!

[Catbert]

God, I'm old and an American.  The only t-shirt I understood was the Trophy Husband one. 

[Josiecat22222]

I mean, goes without saying:

https://6dollarshirts.com/trophy-husband?search=don%27t%20hate%20me%20because%20I%27m%20a%20little%20cooler

I bought him that one!

Lol...I had a feeling...

[nereo]

Well here’s the shirt I got for Christmas. Approved!

[Metalcat]

Well here’s the shirt I got for Christmas. Approved!

I used to be a children's science entertainer and my opening line was to ask what the difference was between magic and science, and I would explain that science is just magic with an explanation.

[nereo]

I used to be a children's science entertainer …

somebody seriously has to write a book about your life. Or at the very least generate a timeline.

[Metalcat]

I used to be a children's science entertainer …

somebody seriously has to write a book about your life. Or at the very least generate a timeline.

Oh, that was just a fun part time job during a sort of gap year between my undergrad and my doctorate. I had to go back and take first year physics, which was Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1pm, so that fucked me in terms of job options, so I picked up this whacky part time gig that ended up paying better than any research lab job I had ever had, lol.

I drove around the city doing school programs and private events for kids aged 3-13, groups ranging from 5 kids to 300 kids. I brought a Wistar research lab rat with me whom I had adopted (aka stole) from my lab. I had trained him to do quite a few tricks.

I've always loved working with kids. I just fucking hate a lot of parents, so I have avoided all careers that require working with kids.

[Dancin'Dog]

I was looking at MC Escher T-shirts just the other day.  I think I need to order one.  Hopefully, I can find them in colors besides just black or white. 


It seems that I've only received sport fish T-shirts in the past few years.  They're nice but I don't really need 5 of them...make that 6, I got another one for Xmas. 

[markum9]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

[Metalcat]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

[getsorted]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

[Metalcat]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

[reeshau]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

Or, live just to the north of them.

[Metalcat]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

Or, live just to the north of them.

But...I don't want to live in Minnesota...

[reeshau]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

Or, live just to the north of them.

But...I don't want to live in Minnesota...

To far South for you?

[Metalcat]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

Or, live just to the north of them.

But...I don't want to live in Minnesota...

To far South for you?

I'm actually almost as south as Iowa, I'm also about a 16 hour drive east, south of me is Syracuse.

[ender]

lolllll I've lived in Iowa/MN most of my life and dont get any of the bingo card

[getsorted]

I went to college in place where a lot of people from Iowa also went to college. Maybe it was just being in college in the 90s/00s and weird early-internet humor, but two things I always associate with the Iowa sense of humor are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYGbRO-jmE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWtnUZRT7BU

[merula]

I'll ignore the anti-Minnesotan sentiment and plug a local brand: Northern Sun. I swear more of their shirts used to be leftist jokes, now they seem to be more despairing, but there are still some gems.

https://www.northernsun.com/Marxist-Brothers-TShirt-%281030%29.html (I had this one in high school)
https://www.northernsun.com/Bike-Evolution-TShirt-%288195%29.html (for the cyclist)
https://www.northernsun.com/Chairman-Meow-Cat-TShirt-%288271%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/Black-Death-Tour-TShirt-%281618%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/I-Never-Said-Confucius-TShirt-%288624%29.html

[Metalcat]

I'll ignore the anti-Minnesotan sentiment and plug a local brand: Northern Sun. I swear more of their shirts used to be leftist jokes, now they seem to be more despairing, but there are still some gems.

https://www.northernsun.com/Marxist-Brothers-TShirt-%281030%29.html (I had this one in high school)
https://www.northernsun.com/Bike-Evolution-TShirt-%288195%29.html (for the cyclist)
https://www.northernsun.com/Chairman-Meow-Cat-TShirt-%288271%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/Black-Death-Tour-TShirt-%281618%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/I-Never-Said-Confucius-TShirt-%288624%29.html

Hey, no anti-Minnesota sentiment, someone said to live "just north of Iowa" if I wanted to enjoy the Iowa humour and I was like "why TF would I move to Minnesota if I'm trying to enjoy Iowa humour??"

I think the person thought that because I'm in Ontario that I live north of those states, when I'm faaaar more east than that.

Our provinces are BIG!

ETA: I love every single one of those shirts

[getsorted]

I'll ignore the anti-Minnesotan sentiment and plug a local brand: Northern Sun. I swear more of their shirts used to be leftist jokes, now they seem to be more despairing, but there are still some gems.

Flashbacks again. Northern Sun seemed to outfit every headshop, indie video store, or edgy health food co-op in the Midwest in the 90s. I remember paging through their catalogs standing up in so many grungy little hippie shops. PAPER catalogs! Imagine!

[reeshau]

I'll ignore the anti-Minnesotan sentiment and plug a local brand: Northern Sun. I swear more of their shirts used to be leftist jokes, now they seem to be more despairing, but there are still some gems.

https://www.northernsun.com/Marxist-Brothers-TShirt-%281030%29.html (I had this one in high school)
https://www.northernsun.com/Bike-Evolution-TShirt-%288195%29.html (for the cyclist)
https://www.northernsun.com/Chairman-Meow-Cat-TShirt-%288271%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/Black-Death-Tour-TShirt-%281618%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/I-Never-Said-Confucius-TShirt-%288624%29.html

Hey, no anti-Minnesota sentiment, someone said to live "just north of Iowa" if I wanted to enjoy the Iowa humour and I was like "why TF would I move to Minnesota if I'm trying to enjoy Iowa humour??"

I think the person thought that because I'm in Ontario that I live north of those states, when I'm faaaar more east than that.

Our provinces are BIG!

ETA: I love every single one of those shirts

You move to Minnesota to enjoy humor *about* Iowa.  Rivalry-like.  :)

[Metalcat]

I'll ignore the anti-Minnesotan sentiment and plug a local brand: Northern Sun. I swear more of their shirts used to be leftist jokes, now they seem to be more despairing, but there are still some gems.

https://www.northernsun.com/Marxist-Brothers-TShirt-%281030%29.html (I had this one in high school)
https://www.northernsun.com/Bike-Evolution-TShirt-%288195%29.html (for the cyclist)
https://www.northernsun.com/Chairman-Meow-Cat-TShirt-%288271%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/Black-Death-Tour-TShirt-%281618%29.html
https://www.northernsun.com/I-Never-Said-Confucius-TShirt-%288624%29.html

Hey, no anti-Minnesota sentiment, someone said to live "just north of Iowa" if I wanted to enjoy the Iowa humour and I was like "why TF would I move to Minnesota if I'm trying to enjoy Iowa humour??"

I think the person thought that because I'm in Ontario that I live north of those states, when I'm faaaar more east than that.

Our provinces are BIG!

ETA: I love every single one of those shirts

You move to Minnesota to enjoy humor *about* Iowa.  Rivalry-like.  :)

Oooooohhhh, I see.

To be fair, my entire conceptualization of Minnesota comes from the movies Fargo and Drop Dead Gorgeous, both of which actually make it seem like a place with a WICKED sense of humour.

[merula]

Oooooohhhh, I see.

To be fair, my entire conceptualization of Minnesota comes from the movies Fargo and Drop Dead Gorgeous, both of which actually make it seem like a place with a WICKED sense of humour.

This is true, and I should've put sarcasm brackets in my reference to anti-Minnesotan sentiment. I wasn't serious, and I didn't think anyone else was either.

Here's a joke about Iowa you can tell if you're Minnesotan OR Missourian: What's the best thing to come out of Iowa? I-35.

[getsorted]

Oooooohhhh, I see.

To be fair, my entire conceptualization of Minnesota comes from the movies Fargo and Drop Dead Gorgeous, both of which actually make it seem like a place with a WICKED sense of humour.

This is true, and I should've put sarcasm brackets in my reference to anti-Minnesotan sentiment. I wasn't serious, and I didn't think anyone else was either.

Here's a joke about Iowa you can tell if you're Minnesotan OR Missourian: What's the best thing to come out of Iowa? I-35.

No Missourian who has driven on I-35 is going to laugh at that joke!

Missourians don't really make fun of Iowa. Arkansas and Illinois are much easier targets.

[iris lily]

There was a newspaper cartoon in the ‘80s called “The Far Side”, and a quick Google search seems to indicate some of them are still being put to T-shirts.

And then while I was searching for those, one popped up with “Dark side of the loon” which seems apt for you.

Of course I remember The Far Side, that's not a bad idea.

Far Side and Dilbert, always good for graphic humor.

You can  always have something custom printed, you aren’t limited to the wares currently out there.

I had a t-shirt custom printed “Flower Show Husband” to reiterate what he was doing and why he was always around show sites, hauling stuff, setting up stuff, fixing stuff.

As Mr.Fixit for our old neighborhood, our friends got him T-shirts in that vein. One said “let me drop everything while I work on YOUR problem “.

Another one made some reference to him being a tool man.

He also has bulldog T-shirts, so a cat dad theme would be good for your husband.
”

[iris lily]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

You rang?
From Iowa here.

But currently living in, and preferring, Missouri. That is Miss-or-ee not Miss-or-ah. Big diff.

When in Iowa, you are moving up in the world when you move to Minnesota. You are moving down in the world, literally on the map, when you move to Missouri. Back in my day you were also  moving up in the world when you moved to Illinois but man I don’t think that’s true anymore, living right by Illinois as I do.

I once read there are always north south differences and cultural animus in most places. And then there’s the mountain people versus the plains/valley people.

In Iowa we wouldn’t even talk about Arkansas because it is so… not a place you would move to, unless you were broke in retirement.

[getsorted]

But currently living in, and preferring, Missouri. That is Miss-or-ee not Miss-or-ah. Big diff.

When in Iowa, you are moving up in the world when you move to Minnesota. You are moving down in the world, literally on the map, when you move to Missouri.

As a Missou-ruh Missourian, we would also think of it this way, haha.

[iris lily]

This Iowa focus is funny. It is not a state that gets a lot of attention. Living at the crossroads
of Interstate 80 and 35 as I did, .i recognize the highway humor.

The national politicians just slide in their slimy ways arou d the Highway 80 corridor.

Saturday Night Live had a funny skit years ago about presidential candidates visiting your house in Iowa and offering to do chores, like shoveling snow, walk the dog, that sort of thing. And it’s so truthful because anyone who wants to see the person who’s going to be president Can visit them along their highway 80 stops. Probably they will be in your town or in your neighborhood.

Just one more thing, then I’ll shut up about highways and Iowa: I have defined my cold weather tolerance as saying “I will never live north of interstate 80. “Most people around here understand what that means.

[tygertygertyger]

Just one more thing, then I’ll shut up about highways and Iowa: I have defined my cold weather tolerance as saying “I will never live north of interstate 80. “Most people around here understand what that means.

It's the same in Illinois... but for different reasons. Happily living north of I-80 here!

[Metalcat]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

[nereo]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

Literally the majority of Americans can’t name two Canadian provinces. If they’ve ever heard I’ of Saskatchewan they are more likely to think it’s an imaginary land like Narnia or Westerios.

Collectively, we are spectacularly bad at the geography of our biggest trading partner and the country on the other side of the worlds longest boarder.

[getsorted]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

I'm going to take a stab at this, based on what I know about Canada from the three Canadians I have been close with and my rudimentary knowledge of Canadian TV.

When we say Minnesota, think Diet Ontario. For Kansas, imagine a miniature Alberta with no mountains. Iowa is half Kansas, half Minnesota. Missouri is like half Kansas, half Arkansas-- I am thinking like New Brunswick except our weird Acadian French dialect went extinct?

I can't explain Arkansas. You could marry your cousin there until like 15 years ago.

[use2betrix]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

I’m from Iowa, BFF’s???

I bought this totally unmustschian priced shirt and wear it on some remote work days. So fitting for the construction industry (or anyone that’s ever hired contractors)

https://www.dudedad.com/products/couple-more-days-construction-black-pocket-tee?variant=40153701613667&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=CjwKCAiA-vOsBhAAEiwAIWR0Tbz6OoCtFX3xwFoXGKwO0OUEcWLNfdB9hW_BxrbObdwP5K8HIWI76xoCEXgQAvD_BwE

[Dancin'Dog]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

Literally the majority of Americans can’t name two Canadian provinces. If they’ve ever heard I’ of Saskatchewan they are more likely to think it’s an imaginary land like Narnia or Westerios.

Collectively, we are spectacularly bad at the geography of our biggest trading partner and the country on the other side of the worlds longest boarder.

That's a silly thing to say.  Every American knows that's where Big Foot is from.  I've gott'a T-shirt & a bumper sticker proving it!

[Metalcat]

A lot of Midwestern humor here, but have other topics as well that he may enjoy: https://www.raygunsite.com/

Lol, that was like being in the humour uncanny valley, like I get that it's funny but I don't know the references to actually get it??

Good god, I forgot how weird the Iowejan sense of humor is. That gave me flashbacks.

See, I feel like I would really enjoy the jokes if I could get them. I feel like that's my sense of humor.

I feel like I need to befriend people from Iowa now...

I’m from Iowa, BFF’s???

I bought this totally unmustschian priced shirt and wear it on some remote work days. So fitting for the construction industry (or anyone that’s ever hired contractors)

https://www.dudedad.com/products/couple-more-days-construction-black-pocket-tee?variant=40153701613667&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=CjwKCAiA-vOsBhAAEiwAIWR0Tbz6OoCtFX3xwFoXGKwO0OUEcWLNfdB9hW_BxrbObdwP5K8HIWI76xoCEXgQAvD_BwE

I do like you AND your sense of humor!

[Metalcat]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

I'm going to take a stab at this, based on what I know about Canada from the three Canadians I have been close with and my rudimentary knowledge of Canadian TV.

When we say Minnesota, think Diet Ontario. For Kansas, imagine a miniature Alberta with no mountains. Iowa is half Kansas, half Minnesota. Missouri is like half Kansas, half Arkansas-- I am thinking like New Brunswick except our weird Acadian French dialect went extinct?

I can't explain Arkansas. You could marry your cousin there until like 15 years ago.

The thing is, although I live in Ontario, I'm from Quebec, and I've only ever lived within a few km of the border of Quebec. I don't really *know* Ontario that well.

I know Toronto, which I fucking despise, but I've never actually been west of southwestern Ontario, so I have no clue what Ontario is like in the region north or Minnesota.

I don't know western Canada at all, never met her. But the east and I are VERY familiar. Lol.

For me, I pretty much like to be as easy as human possible and then every km I travel west comes with increasing regret. Even Ontario, I am willing to live here, but I at least have to be able to reach out my fingertips and touch QC where I am much more comfortable with the culture. I also live in a French area, so that helps.

I'm kind of allergic to Ontario culture as far as I understand it. The more time I spend in Atlantic Canada, the more severe that allergy becomes.

[GuitarStv]

I'm so lost in this conversation...y'all have so many states, they're all just a puzzle piece blur to me for the most part

Literally the majority of Americans can’t name two Canadian provinces. If they’ve ever heard I’ of Saskatchewan they are more likely to think it’s an imaginary land like Narnia or Westerios.

Collectively, we are spectacularly bad at the geography of our biggest trading partner and the country on the other side of the worlds longest boarder.

Legitimately . . . they're not far off about Saskatchewan.  A place bigger than Colorado and New Mexico put together that is so completely pan flat you can see from one end to the other?  :P