August 24, 2004

Not All Geeks Are Fat

My EuroFoo t-shirt ("one size fits all") is an XL, and comes down to not far above my knees. Could I issue a plea to organisers of conferences and other t-shirt give-aways - can we either:

  1. get only small ones half the time, and tell everyone else to diet; or
  2. have at least two possible sizes?

I know multiple sizes is a little more expensive, but otherwise short, (fairly) thin geeks like me get ill-fitting clothes every time, because organisers always err on the side of "tent-like".

Thanks :-)

Posted by gerv at August 24, 2004 8:38 AM
Comments

Picture please!!

Posted by: Rob... at August 24, 2004 9:52 AM

Geeks always wear XXXXL :D

Posted by: Bibbl at August 24, 2004 1:06 PM

they err to the tent-linke side because slim people can get into wide t-shirts - wide people on the other hand CAN't get into slim t-shirts.

Posted by: cs at August 24, 2004 4:44 PM

I've noticed that t-shirt sizes have gotten larger in the past few years.

I used to buy XL because L was too tight around the shoulders and not long enough (I'm 6' and ~155 lbs). Now the XL has expanded to be swimmingly big, and the L fits almost perfectly universally.

Posted by: Eric Hodel at August 24, 2004 5:37 PM

After seeing "Super Size Me", options 1 sounds more and more like a good idea :-)

Posted by: Henrik Lynggaard at August 24, 2004 10:52 PM

Yes please I wear a small. I can wear a meduim as well; but why do they always have to be at least XL up to XXXL?

Posted by: Seamus at August 25, 2004 11:10 PM