I love T-shirt irony

A few weeks ago when my mother and brother were visiting, we walked out of my apartment and saw a drunk guy stumbling down the sidewalk. He had sunglasses on, a nappy beard, and was clinging to the wall of my building to stand upright as he slowly made progress down the sidewalk. I believe he was also mumbling incoherently – obviously drunk out of his mind. He was wearing a t-shirt that read “Smooth Operator.”

Today my friend John pointed out this gem. There is a fairly hilarious t-shirt on bustedtees.com which shows a bride and a groom cutting a wedding cake, with the caption “big mistake.” You’d think it would be a big seller with men, theoretically men who are enjoying the freedom of the single life. The availability chart suggests a slightly different demographic:

T-shirt Irony

It’s either fat married men, or fat single men, in either case one would think they’re better off being married than taking their chances on the dating scene.

It got me thinking more about t-shirts that might make for great ironic images. For example, I’d really love to see a guy with a “#1 dad” shirt beating his kid publicly.

Colbert Report vs. Daily Show

I don’t watch either The Colbert Report or The Daily Show religiously, but I catch them from time to time. Last night they both happened to be on while I was in the gym, although I was only half paying attention (I was watching an episode of Lost on the ipod). The bits I did catch confirmed this sneaking feeling I’ve had in what I’d seen of each show recently. I think The Colbert Report is funnier. I did a quick search to see if people are actually comparing these shows head to head, and it looks like others agree with me. At the very least, it seems like it’s become popular to compare the two shows.

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Jim Norton's DVD reviews on Amazon

One Night Stand: Jim NortonJim Norton (my buddy) put out a DVD that’s getting some very funny reviews on Amazon… full of inside jokes if you’re an O&A fan.

Among my favorites:
This review from “Rusty Yates“:

Me and my wife Andrea got an advance copy of this awhile back and boy did we have a chuckle. […] if she weren’t currently bathing our five children she’d say hi. I even hear my youngest, Paul screaming something from the bathroom so Mommy must be sending her best.

This incoherent, babbling review from “DLR” (David Lee Roth):

When the goat comes down to the road, you gotta go to the mountain…this DVD is bozy, bozy, bop, zitty bop good

And, of course:

If you liked him in American History X, you’ll love Ed Norton in this.

The Alphabet of Manliness

Maddox, creator of The Best Page In The Universe, is releasing his first book – The Alphabet of Manliness. In case you’ve never seen his site, you may have seen a forward that went around with pictures of kids’ drawings and someone making fun of them. He created that.

I am really tempted to pick up this book. How can you go wrong with a review like this:

“So manly that even its sentences don’t have periods.”
-Dan Berman