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T-Shirt Tuesday: Let's Go Watch Some Birds!

(Posted 3 days ago)
This week's highlighted shirt is a best-seller (the cheeky ones usually are!). Let's Go Watch Some Birds features an old advertising illustration of a well-dressed woman holding a pair of small opera glasses. The caption, done in old-style movie poster style, reads "Let's Go Watch Some Birds, Bitches!" ...
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