There are a handful of sweet new tees at Threadless, so I wanted to mention a couple that caught my eye. We know from Track and Field in school that you need to lean as you cross the finish line. The lean can make the difference between winning by a head or losing.

You don’t have to worry so much when you’re a giraffe, however. An Outstanding Win pits one rider on a giraffe against a handful of others on horses to cleverly show that it isn’t always the fastest one that wins.

An Outstanding Win is $20 at Threadless.

Every animal has its Achilles’ Heel, and that apparently includes balloon and origami creatures. In battle it is certainly wise to consider your opponent’s weaknesses, and this tee demonstrates that. So is this baby blue tee a lesson in warfare techniques or just a funny shirt with a couple crafty dogs?

You can pick up Dog Fight from Threadless for $17.

This is a reprint that’s back in stock this week. While metaphor tees are always fun, what really attracted me to this shirt was the level of detail. Your glass is always half full or half empty, but before you decide how you feel today, you might want to see what’s awaiting you on each side on the coin. The details are awesome, and it was done with very few colors. Really sweet.

Pessimistic or Optimistic? is $15 at Threadless.

 Here’s another from the funny file. The retro style really stands out to me, and makes it feel like the image came from an old campers guidebook or something. If you pride yourself on being captain obvious, you’re sure to feel at home wearing this. I liked the description as well: “Do not feed the bears. Unless you are a mother bear. In which case, please feed and nurture them.”

Consider yourself proud to be doing your fellow humans a favor, delivering this public service announcement.

Bears Are Dangerous is $20 and is available from Busted Tees.

 This shirt made me laugh. I’ve seen shirts that show a muscular torso before (using the wearer’s head) but never anything like this. It’s like you’re a mascot, but for who? For those red Commie bastards? Mother nature? How about the San Diego Zoo? No matter which angle you hit it from, it’s sure to get a laugh, or at least an amused smirk, which isn’t all that bad anyways.

Be A Panda is available from Threadless from $15.

Neighborhoodies has a really unique idea for semi-custom shirts. They call them concept tees, which is pretty fitting actually (no pun intended). There’s essentially a series of dropdown menus, where you can choose from dozens of styles, animals, and colors. You can also choose something for your animal to say, but again, it’s all pre-defined in a dropdown menu.

It’s possible to come up with some pretty absurd combinations (like a chicken saying “moo”) even though it’s possible to choose the “correct” combination (like a cow saying “moo”). That aspect reminds me a little bit of mad libs. You all DO remember mad libs, right?

There are literally millions of combinations, and it’s actually fairly difficult to describe. You’d be best off to check it out. I think this is pretty neat because you still get a unique shirt without having to doctor something up yourself through CafePress or CustomInk or something.

Animal Farm shirts are $24.99 at Neighborhoodies.

This is the other Design by Humans shirt that I mentioned yesterday when writing about Revelations. If you don’t mind the hint of scatology, I find it funny. The first thing I notice is the inverted sizes with the dinosaur (?) and the man. It reminded me a lot of something Storm Thorgerson would do.  Words aren’t necessary either, the stance of the master is enough to tell you he’s pissed off and scolding Clifford’s bluish cousin. Oh yeah, and by the way, there’s another man who dropped his briefcase because he was crapped on.

Bad Pet is available from Design by Humans for $19. I promise the next shirt won’t be from them