Nothing To Declare... - 2020/01/28 - Matteo's T-shirt A Day
“It’s not the years honey,it’s the mileage.” Henry Jones, 1936.
This t-shirt is now 20 years old. I am sure of this because it is my birthday today and this was a gift from my parents on my 18th birthday. It’s safe to say that this t-shirt has not only seen many years, but quite a lot of use and mileage.
The quote on the front is one attributed to Oscar Wilde at New York Customs when he visited the United States in January 1882.
“I have nothing to declare except my genius.” Oscar Wilde, New York Customs, January 1882.
“I have nothing to declare except my genius.” Oscar Wilde, New York Customs, January 1882. Interestingly, I was born 100 years later in January 1982.
This t-shirt was from a chain of UK stores called Past Times (which has since gone into administration and disappeared).
As is clear in the photograph of me wearing the t-shirt, there in’t much of it left due to wear and tear. I still do wear it from time to time under a shirt, but it has past the point of being worn out in the open.
When I do the holographic version of t-shirt a day in 2040, this t-shirt is likely to be featured on January 28th again.
