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Batman t-shirt

Pants Payroll

16:27 / 20.02.06

The other day my girlfriend and I were looking around in this clothing store (excuse me, "boutique") and we came across a Batman t-shirt, which we thought was odd, considering it was a pretty upscale place. Plain grey t-shirt with a small image of Bats circa 1977. I grabbed the tag and we saw it was a Dolce & Gabbana item. For fun, I enclosed it in my hand, covering the price. "How much do you think?" I ask. "Mmm, $60" replies my better half. "I'll say $80", quoth I. The tag was then revealed...

$235.00

Our shocked snickering did not impress the snotty shopgirl.
Now, thats Canadian. Which, a trip to an online currency converter tells me, is about $205 U.S, 117 pounds or 117 Euro.

Is it just me or is that a lot for a fucking article of clothing that should cost about $200 less? When we were guessing we were even trying to take into account an increase due simply to the brand name. Help me maintain my tenuous grip on reality.

Pants Payroll

16:30 / 20.02.06

That's 'im!

Biggest pic i could find.

Mistoffelees

16:34 / 20.02.06

I once walked down the noble clothes shop street and saw an ugly shirt in the versace shop window. It was incredibly blue with yellow and red ornaments and looked grating. I looked at the price and laughed, Ha, who´d pay 135,00 DM (=40 pounds) for that? I looked again, it was 1.350,00 DM. Something is very wrong with the world, if people pay that much for such an ugly shirt, only ´cause it´s versace.

sleazenation

17:06 / 20.02.06

It really should come as no surprise that therre are many people in the world with more money than sense...

pointless & uncalled for

18:08 / 20.02.06

What you should have done is asked if the store would have given you a $200 credit if you gave the label back.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:43 / 20.02.06

I was on vacation years ago and walked passed an Armani store, and I thought "hmm, perhaps I'll by something small, just so I can say I own Armani" The least expensive thing I could find was a knit scarf, not even 3 feet long, and it was $290. I thought that was bad, but when I realized it WAS cheaper then a pair of Armani socks I ran screaming to the nearest second hand store.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:45 / 20.02.06

Also from D&B, the Bat-Banana Hammock

Char Aina

19:47 / 20.02.06

its awfully easy to convince yourself that 'shockingly ugly' is only 'shocking', and that '-ly ugly' is something other people add becasue 'they arent iconoclasts like me'.

how much do you reckon goes where from the batman shirt?

pointless & uncalled for

20:00 / 20.02.06

The money is converted into one dollar bills, from there it is rolled into a stick and coated in resin before being used to beat little children in sweatshops who don't work hard enough.

The reason for the high price is that little children in sweatshops rarely work hard enough. Little fuckers, next time I buy a batman T-shirt I'm paying bricks.

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