10 button-down shirts for your dad this Father's Day that look just like the one he already has
Your father hasn’t changed his look since the day you were born. For Father’s Day, you suggest that you’d like to buy him a new shirt, and he knows just the one he wants.
“A button down,” he says, adding, “blue and white stripes.” You say, “I’d be happy to get that for you, Father.”
But as you start shopping, you realize that your father already has a shirt with that description. You ask him if he’s sure.
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“Of course!” he cheers. You ask your siblings if they’ve seen him in the shirt, and they think they have, but they agree that you should just get it for him anyway.
Here are 10 possible versions of this shirt that you can give your father. He’s going to love all of them, because they’re basically the same, and he already has it anyway.
1. Polo Ralph Lauren
Dad will like this one since it’s nearly identical to the one he wore to the barbeque at Uncle Joe’s last summer.
2. Red Kap
This one has short sleeves, which is just like the one Dad wears to go golfing sometimes.
3. L.L. Bean
A shirt this crisp will look great on your father! It will also look exactly the same as what he’s wearing in that family photo sitting on the mantle.
4. Brooks Brothers
You know Dad likes this shirt, since he pointed it out to you in the Brooks Brothers catalog, while he was already wearing this shirt.
5. Uniqlo
This one’s at least a little different from the one he already has, right? Dad probably doesn’t know what Uniqlo is.
6. J. Crew
Why did Dad ask for a shirt he already has? We don’t know, but we know he’ll like this one.
7. Tommy Hilfiger
Our best theory is that something changes within a person’s psyche when they reach a certain age, causing them to only want the same shirt.
8. Tommy Bahama
High power executives eat the same thing for lunch everyday in order to eliminate choices from their already stressful lives. Maybe the shirt thing is like that? Whatever. Just get him this shirt so you can leave the mall.
9. Dickies
Dad can wear this to “drinks with his college buds.” All five buds will be wearing this shirt, too. Collectively, they own 23 versions of this shirt. They love it.
10. Ssense
This one looks a little different, but on Dad it will look the same as all the others. Perfect! Just what he wanted.
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Jessye McGarry is an acquaintance, middle child and former Humor Intern at Mashable.
