free t-shirts
so I was just downstairs putting some laundry in the wash when a brilliant buisness venture occured to me. I have acquired approx. several dozen tee-shirts since coming to MSU. most of them have been free. some have been acquired at bars either by doing somethign stupid or purchasing a certain type of drink. the rest are from band. the band ones aside, the main purpose of these free/ semi-free t-shirts is to advertise their product, right? well, I have a lot of tee-shirts, and I did before I got this cornucopia of upper-body garments when I came to college. Many of my most beloved shirts from high school have been tossed or retired to the bottom of the drawer in order to make room for more recent arrivals. I havent bought new underwear in years. I have approx. 18 pairs of boxers with 13 holes in the crotch and 10 working elastic bands. If these companies really want to imprint themselves in my mind and indebt me to them, they ought to start giving out underwear. It doesnt have the broad audience that a tee-shirt does, but instead a private and, I'm sure, very appreciative audience. I wake up every morning, and the first thing I do is put on underwear. Many people just throw on a tee-shirt in the morning and dont pay attention to what's written on it. Whereas, at least if you're trying to make 18 pairs last you a solid two months, underwear must be carefully scrutinized after you pick it up off the floor from wherever you left it last night. I know I have stared at many a tee-shirt on a girl's chest while she walks by on the sidewalk without reading any of the words on it, but if you get into a situation where you are looking at someone's underwear, you tend to pay a little more attention to the details. Underwear use less fabric and would be easier to transport both for the distributer and the recipient (especially for the ladies). The best part? When you go to the bar and there are those two skanky girls handing out tee-shirts to guys who buy certain drinks, the girls can't wear the tee-shirt because it would cover up her carefully skankified outfit. But if she pulls off a pair of used Dos Equis panties, you've got to bet that some guy is going to buy the whole bar a round just to get ahold of them.