Review: Fishnet Shirts

Down in Tennessee, in the summer, if one goes out into public, one runs the risk of seeing a man wearing a fishnet shirt. True, when I lived in Michigan I saw it once or twice, but that's out of all the years I spent there. Down in the south though...

I don't mean to give the impression that everyone down here wears one or that you can expect to see it everyday. I'd say I see an average of about 5 or 6 each summer. Which is roughly about 5 or 6 more than a person need ever see in a summer, or for that matter, in any period of their life. Occasionally you see one in the winter, but that's another scary issue altogether.

One thing I've never understood about the fishnet shirt is how anyone could think it's a good idea. First of all it's always some overweight, balding though otherwise hairy man. He's usually in his mid forties to early fifties. Almost assuredly he's on a cigarette or beer run (though one time I saw fishnet walking a five year old into a convenience store for milk and eggs). He'll most of the time be found wearing flip flops and shorts or some equally repulsive combination, like leather pants and tennis shoes.

But seriously, how exactly does a man wake up in the morning, look into his closet, pass up the suit and tie; pass up the t-shirt with a picture of his favorite sports team; pass up any semblance of sanity, look directly at the fishnet shirt and say to himself, "I think I'll wear that today."

Oh and oddly enough, I've never seen one driving before. I assume they must have cars, but I've only ever seen them out walking. For all I know it's their walking clothes. Regardless, it's a trend that needs to be shot in the leg and left in the wilderness to bleed out under a desert sun.

Fishnet Shirts:
137 I think I'm going to be sick's out of 19 My eyes, my eyes!