Seriously.. that bear will mess you up. Smokey the Bear (apparently, he’s officially “Smokey Bear”, but that’s news to me) has always been at the forefront of the fight on forest fires. Yes, I enjoyed getting to write that. Anyway, I grew up with the image of him telling me that only I could prevent forest fires – which at the time I didn’t entirely understand. I realised that I was a child, and I wasn’t really sure why they would give me – a child who rarely ventured into the forest – all of this fire fighting power. At some point I suppose I came to the conclusion that Smokey was speaking to all children individually, but regardless of how he went about it, he did reinforce some bits of fire safety. Well, other than the phase most boys go through where they enjoy lighting things on fire. Fire is pretty cool. Oh, the shirt! Right. This violent and aggressive side of Smokey isn’t one I really remember, but if the man (or, I should say, the bear) wants to really hammer his point home to children who won’t listen, sometimes a wallop with a shovel is the only answer. Most bears would use their claws, but not Smokey – this shirt shows how civilized he truly is. (Available at Threadless)
Oh, how I love robots on t-shirts. I’m not sure how this one fits into the standard robot shirt fare, since said robot is torching this picturesque cottage scene (with a fantastic painted country scene look to it!), but I still love it. I particularly enjoy how much the robot seems to love his torch job, and how the subtle flames in the back imply that this is not the first cute little cottage he has visited this day. (Available at Threadless)
Another pretty self-explanatory one here, but I suppose I’ll say something, since that’s my role in this here t-shirt blog. If there were a fire, your initial goal would probably be to put it out. Dousing the flames via some sort of extinguishing device makes sense. But suppose that were impossible, or you were otherwise no longer worried about safety and destruction. Your next thought – roasting marshmallows? Then this shirt is for you. In case of emergency, if the emergency is a fire, and you’re not concerned about you know.. burning.., break glass. Also, Firefox tells me it is called a marshmallow and not a marshmellow. CRAZY! (Available at Threadless)
