The Dirt Shirt

The other day Jason told me he had been shopping on the internet.  At first this was a little alarming, since one, Jason rarely gets on the computer at home, and two, when he does decide to go shopping online, what he buys is never anything that I expect. 

So I ask, a little tenatively, "What did you buy?" 

His reply, "A Dirt Shirt."

Blank stare from me.  Then he explained what a Dirt Shirt was, and all was well.

Anyone curious yet?

OK well, Jason is a big fan of Mike Rowe; the Dirty Jobs, Ford Spokesperson, voice of Deadliest Catch guy.  Mike Rowe has a website, called Mike Rowe Works; it's kind of a PR site for hard working Americans, a discussion board for making things better here in the US.  (One motto is "Work is Not the Enemy," and another is "Brown before Green," as in if we are going to live a greener life, we're going to have to get dirty.)  Anyway, while Jason was on the site, he bought a Dirt Shirt.

The story behind the Dirt Shirt is pretty cool.  Here's the tag off the shirt.  After you read the story, make sure you read the washing instructions.  Also, let me tell you, when the shirt came in the mail the plastic bag it was in was coated with dirt on the inside.  Yeah, that was one dirty shirt!


Mike Rowe's Dirt Shirt.  Wash twice, ha ha, yeah right.


Dirt Shirt, Wash One.  Oh, my poor washer.


Dirt Shirt, Wash Two.  That's still one dirty shirt!


Dirt Shirt, Wash Three.  Oh dear.


Dirt Shirt, Wash Four.  Enough is enough already!!


And finally Jason modeling his new Dirt Shirt. 

All I can say is please pray that shirt never gets in with my lights or whites. : )