Someone Needs to Make T-ville T-shirts

[Granite26]

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[Elizabeth]

Smart woman I too have had experience on a lot of committees, sometimes the best way to get something done in a timely manner is to take on the responsibility myself and just do it.

[Solanum315]

I just made mine with a sharpie and an old wifebeater. j/k. LOL

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Solanum315

I just made mine with a sharpie and an old wifebeater. j/k. LOL

So you had an old wife beater help you or what I dont understand.
Does he still beat his wife or is he too old to now.
I cant imagine you would be friends with a wife beater old or not.

Worth

[ddsack]

Worth! I finally figured out a few years back what they meant by wifebeaters - the old skimpy men's underwear tops. I would have thought they'd be among your wardrobe somewhere.

[Solanum315]

Worth, this is what happened:

Douglas woke at exactly 5:55am. The old con had spent enough time in County that his body knew when it was time to get up for morning chow. He rolled out of the narrow bunk and stretched. His joints ached from a lifetime of hard labor and hard living. Although his hair had gone grey years ago, his body still carried the thick dense muscles of a bricklayer. His strong hands were criss-crossed with scars from a lifetime of fighting. His hard blue eyes burned with a cruel fire. In 65 years of life, no one had ever given him a break; everything he had, he took.
The three ex-wives and five children were simply another part of the past that he chose to forget. But Abigail was different. He still had a score to settle with her. A 45 year old single mother of two, Abigail waitressed at the Denny's in town where Doug took his lunch when he had time between jobs. Like all of the women in his life, they were attracted to his broad shouldered physique and his cocky attitude. Like all women in his life, she had come to regret the day she met him. But now he was in lockup once again and she was the one that put him here. She would pay for that.
After chow, Douglas was shackled and put in the transport van to City Court. He was scheduled for pretrial conference today. This was troublesome. His long rap sheet was filled with domestic violence, assaults and drunk driving convictions. He had only a week in County so far and it was likely that the young punk Assistant District Attorney would be looking to make a name for himself and give him a raw deal.
When they arrived at city court, Doug was led into lockup with the dozen other inmates scheduled for appearances but instead of being put into the cramped cell with the others, Doug was led into the small partitioned booth. Less than a minute later, Doug's lawyer walked into the other side of the booth and sat down on the small stool riveted to the floor. He was tall and carried the direct demeanor of someone who has spent time uniform.
"Good morning Douglas, the DA has an offer."
"He can stuff his offer, I ain't taking nothing," the old con growled.
"Well that's great but I do have an ethical obligation to communicate all offers to you so I am just gonna tell you what it is and then you can reject it and we can start prepping for trial."
"OK, what is it?"
"Well it appears that the complaining witness has left the state; she is blowing in the wind so the offer is a plea to disorderly conduct with 20 hours of community service."
"Fine, I'll take it."
Copping to pleas always infuriated Doug. If there was one thing he hated, it was humbling himself in a room full of pencil necked white collar geeks and cops. But in this case, he had to take it. He knew that Abigail had a family health emergency that took her out of the state and she had probably only run out of minutes on her cell phone. She would be back and if he lost at trial it would probably be a full county year.
"What do I gotta do?"
Scott passed a Sharpie underneath the partition and then started pulling white T-shirts out of his briefcase followed by a printout of a grinning tomato-man dressed in overalls.
"I understand last time you were doing a bid at Attica, you became quite the artist..."

[salix]

Scott, WONDERFUL story and well written.

Dee, thanks for posting that pic!

Worth, were you having us on? Great run of posts.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Smart woman I too have had experience on a lot of committees, sometimes the best way to get something done in a timely manner is to take on the responsibility myself and just do it.

Me too Elizabeth since I spent my professional life in academia and oh how faculty members/Deans, you name, it can argue/discuss. But in such settings no one could take charge and do something all by themselves, trust me on that.

I made the comment I did only b'c I couldn't remember if we as Tvillains had input to shirt design last time around, and message sites are quite different from faculty committees.

You'll note that at the end of my post I clearly said " Go for it" so didn't expect any followups to my post as has occurred.

My major message site experience with this issue was at another message site where I was the coordinator of getting some new FAQ's done, which I may have mentioned above, or not, and input from all registered members at the site was encouraged. First listing the FAQ's that certain folks wanted done, then prioritizing them, then taking them one by one.

It was a tortuous experience, but I did want input from anyone who wanted to do so. Finally there appeared a post from someone I know well, saying forget it, write your own FAQ's Carolyn, it's easier and quicker.

I refused to do so even after getting , shall we say, an intersing e-mail from said person. And at the end of each FAQ the major folks who made the most input and edited each FAQ, several times, had their names listed.

I'll say it again as I said above, Go for it Jen.

[Solanum315]

Originally Posted by salix

Scott, WONDERFUL story and well written.

Dee, thanks for posting that pic!

Worth, were you having us on? Great run of posts.

I figured a story would be a "Worthy" response. LOL.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by salix

Scott, WONDERFUL story and well written.

Dee, thanks for posting that pic!

Worth, were you having us on? Great run of posts.

Yes I am, I didn't know what a Wife Beater was till about 12 years ago.
I had to ask a younger guy what one was about the same time I had to ask what a Mullet was.
I have never had a Mullet and the last Wife Beater I owned was in the 60's when I was a little kid.
This is how the Wife Beater was described.
"A wife Beater is the sleeveless tee shirt (Most of the time dirty) you see uneducated male trailer trash wear and drinks cheap beer.
These men are known to have beer cans in the yard with old junk cars who get drunk and beat their wives".

I replied, "Oh I get it now, that explains everything".

This is a poor stereotype and there are many forms of wife beating that come from many walks of life.
From poverty to the highest class of richness in the best neighborhoods.
The symptoms come from desperation and poverty to drunkenness and cowardice.

It seems odd to me that one would name a piece of clothing after such an act of stupidity.

Loved your story Scot.
You a lawyer?

As for shirts, I simply dont wear clothes or display anything I own with advertisements or affiliations on them.

Worth

[Sherry_AK]

Originally Posted by Worth1

I simply dont wear clothes

Worth

I just knew it!

[Solanum315]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Loved your story Scot.
You a lawyer?

Worth

Yes, I am, and yes, I wish I got my advanced degree in something else.

[ddsack]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Worth1
I simply dont wear clothes

Worth

I just knew it!

ROTFLMAO - good catch, Sherry!