{"id":490,"date":"2009-07-20T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T20:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defunkd.com\/staging\/?p=490"},"modified":"2009-07-20T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T16:18:27","slug":"swatch-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunkd.com\/teetilldeath\/swatch-guards\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Rated &#038; Swatch Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you bought a fancy x-rated swatch a few weeks back, and you are afraid to wear it outside your foam padded bedroom.  Your afraid it&#8217;ll get all scratched up while stage diving to The Mongoloids.  That may be the case, but you could always slap one of these over it to give you a minor sense of protection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vintage X-Rated &#038; Swatch Guards tee\" title=\"Vintage X-Rated &#038; Swatch Guards tee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teetilldeath.com\/shirt-images\/2009.07\/2009.07.20.swatch.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, a man I consider wise in all things edge once said to me, &#8220;would you put training wheels on a porsche or laminate your Bold Join The Fight tee? No!  Then why would you put one of these disgusting looking pieces of plastic on your x-rated swatch?&#8221; Much of that is obviously paraphrased, but I think you get the picture.  And I tend to agree.  While your swatch purchase may not have been inexpensive, sporting it sans guard is the only way to go.  Those scratches on the crystal are a badge of pride, in my book.  I&#8217;ve been wearing my watch every day for the last 10 years, and it has never let me down.<\/p>\n<p>Just check this pic:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vintage X-Rated &#038; Swatch Guards tee\" title=\"Vintage X-Rated &#038; Swatch Guards tee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teetilldeath.com\/shirt-images\/2009.07\/2009.07.20.swatchX.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Could you see Drew Bold rocking that look in the Bold Rev poster?  No way.  That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you bought a fancy x-rated swatch a few weeks back, and you are afraid to wear it outside your foam padded bedroom. Your afraid it&#8217;ll get all scratched up while stage diving to The Mongoloids. 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