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Each of us who participated in the Servathon last weekend got a commemorative T-shirt. The backside was sponsor logo soup; the front side had the event logo and — for teams of sufficient membership — their team’s name. To date, this is the only DCist shirt I own.

As we awaited our assignment, a brief discussion of T-shirt purchasing sprang up. Specifically, we wondered aloud who actually buys T-shirts anymore; a valid question if there ever was one. Personally, my closet is overflowing with T-shirts I’ve acquired over the last 15 years, all of them at little to no financial cost to me. The tees all fall into one of two categories — tees from specific events I participated in (eg.: AIDS Walk, Marine Corps Marathon, community theatre productions), or tees from work (the Fruit Stand™ in particular — I estimate that I’ve amassed some 40+ T-shirts since starting there in November 2006).

Despite my ridiculous collection of tees, I still find myself occasionally purchasing a T-shirt free of corporate logos or other obvious branding. After all, I have enough T-shirts that turn me into a walking advertisement; I shouldn’t have to pay for the privilege. (I’m befuddled by people who do.)

I have to say though that this shirt is making it to my “T-Shirts/Hoodies I Want” list. Yes, it sort of shows a logo, but it also pokes fun at it. I therefore deem it brilliant.