After a short hiatus, the shirt has returned. With today’s shirt I am starting to realize a pattern to Paul’s shirts. The fairly normal shirts are typically green plaid or stripes. Now to be clear, they are far beyond your typical green plaid. This shirt actually looks like a microscopic view of artificial turf. Don’t mind the prism effect caused because once again the camera was unable or unwilling to actually focus on the shirt’s pattern.
This was turning out to be a fairly dull return of the shirt, but then we had a surprise visitor. She heard the talk about green plaid and felt she had something to add. When Dolly arrived however, the toy protectors of Paul’s cube thought her to be an intruder. They warned her and asked her to identify herself, but the only sound they heard was ‘ooooooh’ (not surprising with the shape of her mouth). We tried to intervene, but one protector grabbed her by the hair and the other ripped her arm from her single handed grasp. When last seen the protectors were giggling and heading towards the guys restroom. The protectors have been back for a little over an hour now, but there is no sign of little Dolly. Maybe it is time to alert Nancy Grace.
Today's shirt and its wearing is concerning on many levels. My concern started because Paul saw the picture of Lee Majors in yesterday's post and said 'Hey, I have that shirt!'. Now I am not sure what is more sad, the fact that Paul has the shirt, the fact that Paul knows he has the shirt, or the fact that Paul wore the shirt today to make a point. To further clarify the subtlety of what was just said: the point that Paul is trying to make is 'I really do own that horrible looking shirt that Lee Majors is wearing in that picture taken in 1976'. My next level of concern is that this blog has been going on for two weeks and we have yet to see a duplicate. Now this is good for the blog, but it makes me wonder what Paul's closet looks like. Maybe when can prompt him into a picture of that. It could be scary, but it would be like watching a train wreck.
I am poking fun at this shirt for being from the 1970's, but I must be honest, this was not my first thought. If you throw in an over-sized belt, some torn jeans, a black t-shirt, and messy hair (ok Paul already has this one) then this is pure GRUNGE!
I was conflicted about Friday’s shirt and what it meant to this blog. Somewhere in the deepest recesses of the normal mind, Friday’s shirt provided a dim light of hope. That light was faintly flickering with the thought that maybe Paul was capable and willing to return to a normal sense of attire that he had not experienced since the 1970’s. As the flame of hope slowly highlighted the face of my despair and concern for the future of this blog, it erupted into an inferno consuming all thoughts of normality with today’s fashion statement of a shirt. So with my concerns forever charred, I am gleefully looking forward to tomorrow’s ensemble.Jason hit this shirt on the head with his thoughts of engineering paper. I really wish I had thought of that! My first thought, however, was of Colonel Steve Austin. I do not even know where the thought came from, but I found myself thinking, “We can rebuild it. We have the technology” You almost need to have some sound effect in your head when you look at Paul’s shirt or I am convinced that you will sacrifice at least a few brain cells. My new sound effect is the “tw tw tw” sound from The Six Million Dollar Man. Notice I said new sound effect (yes I have be thwarting the degenerative nature of Paul’s shirt for awhile). My old sound effect was Bill Cosby’s sound effect for his go-cart: “nah nah nah nah …nah!” I just realized how poorly sound carries through the digital medium, so go listen…..it is much better. But I diverge, back to rebuilding of the shirt. After thinking that thought through to its ultimate death spiral, I realized just how futile that prospect is. These shirts have very little upside in their future. Maybe a Halloween custom here, a rag there, or even a kid’s club house flag to warn the girls away, but they have ceased being productive ingredients in today’s society….except to fuel this blog!
Pauls Post:
I walked into work this morning and half a dozen people went from smiles to frowns as I took off my coat. I think it was Jack who said “At least he has some brand loyalty.” As a side note, Jack’s peach colored shirt or Jeremy’s cacophony of green and white horizontal stripes could be used as substitute entries for today's blog.
So, anyway, it’s time for someone to tell the tale of how this blog started. It happened at LinkUp, and it’s obvious there was beer involved.
Bruce's Post:
Hang on skippy, that's a story for another bad shirt day, but a good story it is nonetheless. Paul is right he let all of us Shirt Followers down by donning the official garb of a Link Computer employee. And as much as I appreciate the ‘brand loyalty’, it was a letdown for any day, but for a Friday, it was almost unforgiveable … almost.
First let me start by saying that the peach shirt and striped shirt referenced by Paul were borderline material or to put it another way: they are no Paul’s Shirt! But the blog must go on and it was easy to find the fuel to do so once I realized that the t-shirt being worn under the Link Computer garb, was no less than a Krispy Kream shirt.
We seem to have gotten some support for the blog in the way of an official Paul’s Shirt. There is some question as to the official nature of this shirt, considering the shirt is way too quiet to have anything to do with Paul, but I believe it was meant to be worn by the normal population in support of the abnormal Paul’s Shirt.
We also seem to have some copy cats out there, most notably is the guy wearing post-it notes on his shirt to simulate a Paul’s Shirt. Now, while this represents a valiant attempt, it falls far short of the Paul mark. Paul's shirt are typically 100% polyester or some other synthentic material from the 1970's, but never are there accessories added to the shirts.
On a final note (from the depths of my disappointment) I realized that things could be a lot worse. Imagine Paul showing up for work like John Daly to play golf below.
So, anyway, it’s time for someone to tell the tale of how this blog started. It happened at LinkUp, and it’s obvious there was beer involved.
Bruce's Post:
Hang on skippy, that's a story for another bad shirt day, but a good story it is nonetheless. Paul is right he let all of us Shirt Followers down by donning the official garb of a Link Computer employee. And as much as I appreciate the ‘brand loyalty’, it was a letdown for any day, but for a Friday, it was almost unforgiveable … almost.
First let me start by saying that the peach shirt and striped shirt referenced by Paul were borderline material or to put it another way: they are no Paul’s Shirt! But the blog must go on and it was easy to find the fuel to do so once I realized that the t-shirt being worn under the Link Computer garb, was no less than a Krispy Kream shirt.
We seem to have gotten some support for the blog in the way of an official Paul’s Shirt. There is some question as to the official nature of this shirt, considering the shirt is way too quiet to have anything to do with Paul, but I believe it was meant to be worn by the normal population in support of the abnormal Paul’s Shirt.
We also seem to have some copy cats out there, most notably is the guy wearing post-it notes on his shirt to simulate a Paul’s Shirt. Now, while this represents a valiant attempt, it falls far short of the Paul mark. Paul's shirt are typically 100% polyester or some other synthentic material from the 1970's, but never are there accessories added to the shirts.
On a final note (from the depths of my disappointment) I realized that things could be a lot worse. Imagine Paul showing up for work like John Daly to play golf below.
Notice also that you can actually tell what time of the day the photo was taken....the wrinkles in the arm are a clear give away. We have to shoot for the morning; I like pristine shirts.
Ok, I'll play along...
Today we have a meeting at a client site, so I decided to tone things down a little. Here we have a yellow shirt w/yellow tie.
