This is in poor taste, right?

[SAHDad]

I think instead of that shirt you need something with flashing lights and a horn I'm glad you are okay after being run over so many times

Okay is a relative term. My right leg from ankle to knee is basically scar tissue, and I have failed skin grafts on both thighs. (Yes, failed skin grafts - electrical surge fried the machine on one attempt, and something went haywire on the other attempt, and it sliced down almost to the bone.) So one leg has almost no pain sensation, and they don't sweat. On the other hand, I was supposed to lose the leg . . . then they upgraded it to "would always need a cane" . . . then to "can walk, but will never run" to "oh, let him play soccer if he can, what do we know?"

A couple of the accidents have been my fault, but the vast majority have been caused by drivers who either are not looking for a walker/runner/cyclist, or drivers who do not want to share the road with anything that is not another car.

Aside from the major one above, the others as a pedestrian have been along the "clipped by a mirror" or "slammed into a panel/climbed onto the hood to avoid injury" variety. I have also avoided serious injury as a cyclist, though I have lost one bike, and dinged up several others in accidents.

My current philosophy (which has served me well for close to a decade now) is to forget the whole "assume the drivers cannot see you" philosophy. Instead, I pretend that I am wearing a bright orange jumpsuit, with flashers, reflective strips, and a horn. And that there is a $1,000,000 bounty on my head for the first motorist to hit me.

 

[cheermom1]

I think it is funny and would let my kid wear it. That said I agree there will always be someone that will get offend by something no matter what. And I agree with the pp that said can't something just be funny anymore?

 

[luvmy3]

Okay is a relative term. My right leg from ankle to knee is basically scar tissue, and I have failed skin grafts on both thighs. (Yes, failed skin grafts - electrical surge fried the machine on one attempt, and something went haywire on the other attempt, and it sliced down almost to the bone.) So one leg has almost no pain sensation, and they don't sweat. On the other hand, I was supposed to lose the leg . . . then they upgraded it to "would always need a cane" . . . then to "can walk, but will never run" to "oh, let him play soccer if he can, what do we know?"

A couple of the accidents have been my fault, but the vast majority have been caused by drivers who either are not looking for a walker/runner/cyclist, or drivers who do not want to share the road with anything that is not another car.

Aside from the major one above, the others as a pedestrian have been along the "clipped by a mirror" or "slammed into a panel/climbed onto the hood to avoid injury" variety. I have also avoided serious injury as a cyclist, though I have lost one bike, and dinged up several others in accidents.

My current philosophy (which has served me well for close to a decade now) is to forget the whole "assume the drivers cannot see you" philosophy. Instead, I pretend that I am wearing a bright orange jumpsuit, with flashers, reflective strips, and a horn. And that there is a $1,000,000 bounty on my head for the first motorist to hit me.

By okay I meant alive

 

[FireDancer]

Okay is a relative term. My right leg from ankle to knee is basically scar tissue, and I have failed skin grafts on both thighs. (Yes, failed skin grafts - electrical surge fried the machine on one attempt, and something went haywire on the other attempt, and it sliced down almost to the bone.) So one leg has almost no pain sensation, and they don't sweat. On the other hand, I was supposed to lose the leg . . . then they upgraded it to "would always need a cane" . . . then to "can walk, but will never run" to "oh, let him play soccer if he can, what do we know?"

A couple of the accidents have been my fault, but the vast majority have been caused by drivers who either are not looking for a walker/runner/cyclist, or drivers who do not want to share the road with anything that is not another car.

Aside from the major one above, the others as a pedestrian have been along the "clipped by a mirror" or "slammed into a panel/climbed onto the hood to avoid injury" variety. I have also avoided serious injury as a cyclist, though I have lost one bike, and dinged up several others in accidents.

My current philosophy (which has served me well for close to a decade now) is to forget the whole "assume the drivers cannot see you" philosophy. Instead, I pretend that I am wearing a bright orange jumpsuit, with flashers, reflective strips, and a horn. And that there is a $1,000,000 bounty on my head for the first motorist to hit me.

I spend a lot of time running and cycling the streets and those are the things I have in the back of my mind. I am a bit picky which streets I cycle on around here because while I would like to cycle more I know too many people that are treated like traffic furniture. Luckily we have a really good parkways system and since so many people bike there the drivers are a little better at dealing with us.

Have you ever cycled in Europe? I biked Tuscany in 2008 and it is so different how drivers interact with cyclists over there. They always gave us room and never pinched us off the road to pass when there wasn't room.

Sorry for sending this OT, lest get back to laughing at inappropriate hilarity.

 

[locolala]

I am the least PC person you will ever met, and I LOVE that shirt. Course, I have a onsie for my daughter that says (without censorship) Yes I know I'm $%&(($ cute!!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I don't know. I don't find it funny. I would not buy that for my kids and if they received it as a gift I would not let them wear it. It has nothing to do with being PC or anything. I just don't think it is funny. I actually find it tacky.

 

[hereyago]

I don't think I can post the site because the title has what might be a banned word in it and there are also some more offensive (if you are offended by such things) shirts there. If you Google "they shake me baby shirt" it will be the first link.

Ok, I googled it, those are hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind of funny thing:Almost 7 years ago, Hurricane Isabel visited our state and I was stupid enough to stay in the house with a lot of trees. a tree that was my neighbor's came on and in my bedroom with me in it. I honestly shouldnt be alive, but a higher power apparently spared me. So my DF comes and gets me and takes me to where he, DM and myDD were. the next day my neighbors-who are the best in the word-chain sawed parts of the tree to get it off the roof so we could put up a tarp.
I was just horribly upset as in naseaus after realizing how serious it was. My neighbor looked at me and said" well if you wanted a sky light , that was a heck of way to do it". He was the one who came and got me out of the house when the tree hit. I looked at him and I just started out busting out laughing. He called me skylight girl for awhile.

 

[AshleyW]

I think it's pretty funny.

I saw a couple at the mall a few months ago pushing their little baby in a stroller, and I had to do a double take at the baby's onesie. It was plain white with big black words on it: "DINGO BAIT".

 

[MM27]

I love that...do you remember where you got it???

tshirthell . com sells them. They have the best shirts I wouldn't worry about offending people. Some people have no sense of humor whatsoever. They get offended by everything. If you approve, I say buy it for the kid.

 

[a1tinkfans]

My son (first grade) saw a t-shirt online that he wants. On the front it says, "Honk if you're about to run me over." He thinks it's hilarious (I kinda do, too), but since he's so young it's kind of morbid or in poor taste, don't you think?

I just wanted to make sure I'm not being too p.c. or something. What do you think?

I do not see or think there is anything funny about it...

That could be because an 11 year old in my town was run over and killed recently.
It has been devastating for her family, all the children that she went to school with and her poor dear mom and older brother that witnessed it A horrifying example of another bad driver that fled the scene...was ultimately caught, a woman who had just bought Heroin and they have now upgraded her charges.

 

[HOGFAN]

What about you? Your first thought wasn't "It's not very funny if it happens to you" or something similar?

nah, Id rather see that than something with filthy language or behavior on it.

 

[beautybelle]

I also dont think its at all funny or cute and I wouldnt let my child wear it either.
First reason is because of the recent accident with the little girl AND Ive always thought shirts like that were a little, um, whats the word I want to use here, tacky, maybe.
I just dont like shirts that say anything really. Most of the time if my kids have a shirt on that has writing on it, its usually one word like "Butterfly, or cute" or something along those lines.

 

[Vixen]

tshirthell . com sells them. They have the best shirts I wouldn't worry about offending people. Some people have no sense of humor whatsoever. They get offended by everything. If you approve, I say buy it for the kid.

hahahah i love all the baby shirts the have!!!

 

[Liberty Belle]

I also dont think its at all funny or cute and I wouldnt let my child wear it either.
First reason is because of the recent accident with the little girl AND Ive always thought shirts like that were a little, um, whats the word I want to use here, tacky, maybe.
I just dont like shirts that say anything really. Most of the time if my kids have a shirt on that has writing on it, its usually one word like "Butterfly, or cute" or something along those lines.

See, that seems kind of tacky, to me. The funny ones at least have a purpose. That's, of course, just my opinion.

 

[brittsmum1998]

My dd has a shirt that says,

"I was watching that frisbee get bigger and bigger

AND THEN IT HIT ME "

 

[mom2boys77]

I have a 2nd grader and I'd let him him wear it.

I think it is funny but I also bought my nephew a shirt when he was a new born that said "They shake me". If someone is offended by it they can get over themselves because I really don't care who is offended by what.

My youngest brother was run over by a car (he lived) and he used to have a shirt that said "speed bump".

 

[Vixen]

My dd has a shirt that says,

"I was watching that frisbee get bigger and bigger

AND THEN IT HIT ME "

love that one!

 

[Robinrs]

I won't have TIME to honk.... I'll be BACKING OUT of a parking space!!

 

[locolala]

Honestly, if you want to avoid offending everybody... you might as well just stay home. Though that might offend someone, I'm sure. The point here is there are no clothes out there that won't offend SOMEONE, yknow?

 

[DisneyKT]

It's not so much that I care about what people think, but, like I said in a response to Fire Dancer, I'd just hate to add to anyone's pain.

I understand what you are saying. Two weeks ago a boy was hit by a car and then when he fell onto the the road a school bus ran over his legs. One was tore off at the scene. And he still might lose the other. It was a accident no one was charged.

But I bet the people who hit the poor kid are still upset about it.