It’s gotta be tough for the blackbird. There he is, at a cocktail party or someplace, and some cute lady bird comes up and introduces herself by her scientific name. What’s he supposed to say? “Hi, my name’s Turdus merula?” No wonder he just goes with the simplest possible common name. Never mind that other birds are black, or that the color of his feathers tells you nothing about who he is – at least “blackbird” won’t make people laugh. If your name was Turdus, you’d do the same.

This shirt was designed by: Felipe Gaona, who calls himself Dr. Stein and hails from Chile. They don’t even have blackbirds in Chile, so maybe Felipe had some other species in mind here. But like a U.S. TV network adapting a British show, we had to dumb it down for the Stateside audience.

Wear this shirt: the regular way. Don’t let the unusual placement disorient you.

Don’t wear this shirt: if you’re uncomfortable having those claws and beak so close to your soft underbelly.

This shirt tells the world: “You still wear t-shirts with a design centered on the chest? That is so twentieth century.”

We call this color: Take This Broken Creme And Learn To Fly.

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