FlockOfSillies Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) I wanted to get this shirt for my dd's 10th birthday, but dh is concerned it might have certain negative (i.e., s*xual) connotations. I've never heard of any, but he wants to make sure we're not inadvertently advertising her as being, ahem, available. KWIM? Has anyone ever heard anything bad about shirts like this one? ETA: This one is much more specific, and this one includes the dryer, at least. Maybe I could get her a mug for her pens and pencils. Edited August 4, 2009 by FlockOfSillies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think it's just a joke on signs. I've seen shirts and things that make fun of symbol signs like that before and they're pretty much about what they say they're about. In my experience, which is to say, I could be wrong (but I doubt it ;) ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think it's fine. I've seen several girls at church wearing this and I don't *think* their mothers would let them wear something with a double meaning. A little goofy, but fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Looks ok to me. Now I'll never look at a hand dryer the same again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in FL Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I wouldn't buy it. After a quick google, I think it might refer to the book sex and bacon I think it's a cute shirt, but I wouldn't buy it, just in case! Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My 11 year old daughter and I prefer pretty t shirts without logos. Janell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The only thing I think is wrong with it is ...i don't find it very funny. but i didn't like Napoleon Dynamite either, so ymmv :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I wouldn't buy it. After a quick google, I think it might refer to the book sex and bacon I think it's a cute shirt, but I wouldn't buy it, just in case!Melissa Eww. They don't appear to have anything to do with each other (the book and the t-shirt, that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojomojo Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't think there is a double meaning to that shirt. I think its cute :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't see a double meaning. Bacon is hugely popular in the geek world right now and perfectly innocent. I'm totally going to buy that shirt for my husband! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Hmmm. Well, the book came out last year, and I've seen these shirts for much longer than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy2be Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't think there is a double meaning - I think it's pretty funny!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I prefer shirts with no logos, too, but I wouldn't buy this for my 10yodd because of 10yo boys. It wouldn't be beyond one to go up and push the button on the shirt as a joke. I'm not saying all boys would, but I can imagine a small group of boys getting silly and one of them "following directions".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Umm, I wouldn't let my kid wear it. Where is the button located on her chest? And, do you want people to think they can "push her button?" Also, the whole bacon thing... :rolleyes: sheesh, I thought those jokes went out with the 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 LOL. I did like ND. The scene where the uncle grabs the steak off the plate and throws it like a football cracks me up. But then again, I find lots of weird things are funny. I explained the hand dryer joke once to my dd when we were in a public bathroom once, and she's found it hilariously funny ever since. It's become our special inside joke. So far I'm relieved that I'm not hearing, "But haven't you heard -- that means _____________. It's a well-known expression among teenagers these days." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessa516 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Well, since no one else has mentioned it - makin' bacon is an euphemism for s*x. The t-shirt is a play on this. Push my button and you'll get bacon (i.e., now how to please me and I'll give you s*x). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 LOL. I did like ND. The scene where the uncle grabs the steak off the plate and throws it like a football cracks me up. But then again, I find lots of weird things are funny. I explained the hand dryer joke once to my dd when we were in a public bathroom once, and she's found it hilariously funny ever since. It's become our special inside joke. So far I'm relieved that I'm not hearing, "But haven't you heard -- that means _____________. It's a well-known expression among teenagers these days." I searched "bacon" on Urban Dictionary. :001_huh: (NOTE: not for viewing with children in the room!! The language is so bad, that I will not link the website.) I found three entries which referred to female genitalia and/or sex. Entries 12, 16 & 19 if anyone wants to go look them up. I would NOT purchase the shirt. MOST references are to food and slang for a police officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I wanted to get this shirt for my dd's 10th birthday, but dh is concerned it might have certain negative (i.e., s*xual) connotations. I've never heard of any, but he wants to make sure we're not inadvertently advertising her as being, ahem, available. KWIM? Has anyone ever heard anything bad about shirts like this one? That shirt is hilarious. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I prefer shirts with no logos, too, but I wouldn't buy this for my 10yodd because of 10yo boys. It wouldn't be beyond one to go up and push the button on the shirt as a joke. I'm not saying all boys would, but I can imagine a small group of boys getting silly and one of them "following directions".... :iagree: This is what I was thinking also. Just not a good place to have a button. Remember most of us aren't guys here, they do think differently than us girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Oy, there is that. I guess I should have posted this with a special note: "Dads, please chime in." Blech. Why does there have to be a smutty undertone to everything we read or see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't see a double meaning. Bacon is hugely popular in the geek world right now and perfectly innocent. I'm totally going to buy that shirt for my husband! :smilielol5:I don't know why, but this just struck me as hilarious! I guess I'm not in the "geek world". Just a funny sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I understand the issue with the button, but otherwise I think it's just a joke about the symbols on hand dryers in bathrooms, and how they look sort of weird...like bacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 :smilielol5:I don't know why, but this just struck me as hilarious! I guess I'm not in the "geek world". Just a funny sentence! Yeah, it does sound funny, and I definitely AM in the geek world. Dh is an engineer, and all his friends are single engineers in their mid to late twenties. They regularly have D&D parties, watch anime, etc. Right now three of them are making insane detailed Ghostbusters costumes & trying to find a fourth guy to join them. Since they are electrical, computer, and mechanical engineers the effects are going to be pretty cool. They are also into Bacon Salt, the product whose slogan is "Everything should taste like bacon." This company even has a blog, whose tagline is "The never-ending quest to make everything taste like bacon." http://www.baconsaltblog.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Have you looked here. Some of these are funny. http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Sometimes bacon is just bacon. I love this shirt. I was planning on getting it for dh. We're into modnar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherclassicmom Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think it's funny, however we are out of the loop on what means what. I do remember in high school everything was Spam. I assumed Bacon was the new spam. I guess I don't really have any advice. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence1978 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I understand the issue with the button, but otherwise I think it's just a joke about the symbols on hand dryers in bathrooms, and how they look sort of weird...like bacon. :iagree: I'll bet just about ANY word or phrase could be made into something "dirty" these days. That doesn't mean that it always is. I think the shirt is pretty funny and totally just mocking the pictures on the sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Sometimes bacon is just bacon. :iagree: And tea is just tea, and bookshelves are just bookshelves. It only takes one person to get a trend started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 At least it's not about sausage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I posted about "low gas mileage from having too much junk in my trunk", and someone said that means "I walk slowly because I have a big butt". :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherclassicmom Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I posted about "low gas mileage from having too much junk in my trunk", and someone said that means "I walk slowly because I have a big butt". :confused: :lol::lol::lol: That made me laugh! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) Defer to your husband, for a variety of reasons: #1) ...to respect his request. If your spouse is like mine, he probably gives you tons of deference in decision making. The less often he actually has an opinion should make his opinion carry more weight. Whether or not you agree with him (or other posters) is beside the point, he has stated his moral conscience. Would you be offended if the tables were turned?...if he ignored your moral sensibilities concerning your daughter? #2) He's a guy. He knows how they think. Even if the intent of the message is innocent...it doesn't stop a perverse mind from "going there." Many dads are very careful about protecting their daughters from being targets of this kind of thing. Erring on the side of safety won't damage anyone. #3) The t-shirt isn't cute enough OR funny enough to risk #1 or #2. Geo Edited August 3, 2009 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I posted about "low gas mileage from having too much junk in my trunk", and someone said that means "I walk slowly because I have a big butt". :confused: :lol::lol::lol::lol: Thank you, I really needed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Defer to your husband, for a variety of reasons: #1) ...to respect his request. If your spouse is like mine, he probably gives you tons of deference in decision making. The less often he actually has an opinion should make his opinion carry more weight. Whether or not you agree with him (or other posters) is beside the point, he has stated his moral conscience. Would you be offended if the tables were turned?...if he ignored your moral sensibilities concerning your daughter? #2) He's a guy. He knows how they think. Even if the intent of the message is innocent...it doesn't stop a perverse mind from "going there." Many dads are very careful about protecting their daughters from being targets of this kind of thing. Erring on the side of safety won't damage anyone. #3) The t-shirt isn't cute enough OR funny enough to risk #1 or #2. Geo Great post. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I posted about "low gas mileage from having too much junk in my trunk", and someone said that means "I walk slowly because I have a big butt". :confused: I wasn't going to post it but I thought the same thing when I read that statement of yours. :blushing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 I thought about it a little more this afternoon and I was reminded of Titus 1:15, which says, "To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) Yeah, I guess it is a geek humor thing. Dh is a software engineer, but we're on the mainstream edge of the geek world. Sci-fi TV series, mostly. But a high proportion of our friends are serious geeks. And the Bacon Salt thing is a running theme on Instapundit.com. Glenn Reynolds regularly posts wacky links to various websites about improving the world through bacon. Edited August 4, 2009 by FlockOfSillies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Oh, I love this! I don't understand half of the references on the ladies' t-shirts, but I just love the Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock. And the maternity t-shirt that says, "Loading... Please wait" is totally something I would have worn in my baby-making days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Defer to your husband, for a variety of reasons: #1) ...to respect his request. If your spouse is like mine, he probably gives you tons of deference in decision making. The less often he actually has an opinion should make his opinion carry more weight. Whether or not you agree with him (or other posters) is beside the point, he has stated his moral conscience. Would you be offended if the tables were turned?...if he ignored your moral sensibilities concerning your daughter? I'm sorry if I gave the impression that I was trying to discount or contradict my dh's opinion. On the contrary, the reason I'm asking on the boards is because he asked me to check around and see if there's anything that could be problematic. He and I are both in agreement that we don't want any of our kids walking around with suggestive messages on their clothing or personal items. If it's something that's a common euphemism or double entendre, we'd skip it. But if it's something that only the most depraved mind would consider suggestive, then that's another matter entirely. I just wanted to determine which category this particular item falls into. Based on the responses I've seen here, I think we'll skip it. #3) The t-shirt isn't cute enough OR funny enough to risk #1 or #2. I agree. NO t-shirt is worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) Brenda, Well, since you've clarified that, I'll just go ahead and answer your op. Personally, I see no inuendo in it....neither did I think it cute or funny, more like,"what? huh?... Oh." I appreciate your gracious response and am glad to hear you and your husband are in unity over the matter....'twas my only concern. :o God bless, Geo, who quite often steps on innocent toes...but always means well. Edited August 4, 2009 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I am not sure her peers would find it all that funny (or even "get it") - I am 30 and had to read the little blurb on the side that explained what it meant. That said, no, I don't think it has any sexual connotations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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