To make a long story short, I got myself one of these “Who Killed Bruce Lee” shirts and have been wearing it out, feeling silly and happy about it. Often I say out loud something like “Today we’ll ask the ultimate question,” and I smile happily when I notice people reading my shirt.
Yesterday I strolled into my local cafe and smiled at the handsome fellow behind the counter. I like him a lot and we enjoy a smile, or a kind thought between us fairly often in the afternoons. He peered at my T-Shirt and looked at me strangely. I cocked my head. He said “Who killed Brue Lee?” I obliged and opened my jacket to reveal the whole of my wonderful t-shirt, grinning.
“It says who killed Brue Lee.” He said coldly. “That sounds like how they say it in Vietnam. That’s not funny.”
I inspected my shirt. Yes. Indeed the scripted letters said “Who Killed Brue Lee?” plain as day.
“Oh my god dude.” I was red-faced and totally stunned. “I guess it does.”
“That’s not funny.”
Nope, not funny at all. So today I went to spreadshirt an corrected my spelling error, and deleted the old design. All is well in the world of T-shirt sabotage, but for the shirt once worn with pride and mischief now crumpled at the bottom of my laundry basket, perhaps never to be worn again.
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Cute story. At least it wasn’t a tattoo.
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that’s probably the grinniest story yet.
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very Funny story reminds me of my own spelling booboo when a had a mispelling on my banner I made for AFL final that mocked the other team. Lucky it was a footy crowd and only 1 person pointed it out but I chose to wave the other side of my banner after that as you cant be a cocky bad speller
cafe boy should chiil out though, it is funny.
you could so easily have bought the tshirt in Vietnam
perusing a english menu in Cambodia brings a smile to my face as a notice the funny typos especially if its a fancy pants place
& please dont throw it out i’ll wear it
Got some Bruce Lee shout outs at Phnom Penh’s central market wearing my Disco Kung Fu tee