All dressed up and nowhere to go. Happy Furlough Day!

It’s better than layoffs. It’s better than layoffs.

When you know you’re going to work tomorrow, perhaps you like to put out your clothes the night before. You’ll take the time to pick out something sharp. Or at least something that comes close to matching and isn’t all that wrinkled.

But what do you do when the sucky economy… or other factors… means that tomorrow you aren’t going to work because you have a furlough day? What the hell are you going to wear then?

For those who don’t work for the government or the private sector, a furlough day is a day you don’t have to go to work (whooo), but you aren’t getting paid (boooo).

So, it’s not like an earned vacation day, where you have the money to go out and have some real fun. Sure, it ain’t unemployment – but it ain’t fun. It’s kind of like Temporary Purgatory.

Let’s return to the original question. It’s your furlough day – what are you going to wear?

Whiggy Tease feels your pain. We hear your question, and here is our answer…

Yes. It’s the official Whiggy Tease Furlough Day line. Buy it now in our Misc. Nonsense store, and wear it every time you have a furlough day.

Say you’re home on a Monday. The Nosy Retired Neighbor Next Door will wonder why you’re home on a Monday, doing something peculiar like cutting the lawn at 7 AM. The shirt gives him the answer – you’re not unemployed, you’re not on vacation, you have a furlough day.

The red type warns him to stay away. The cartoony bad word replacement makes it crystal clear that you don’t think a furlough day is a good thing. Despite the word “happy” on the shirt.

Now, we suggested there is a “line” of furlough wear. That’s an exaggeration. This item only comes in one color – bright yellow. The color of caution. After you wear it a few times, folks will recognize it just from the bright yellow color.

Wear it while you’re cutting your lawn. Wear it when you’re grocery shopping at 10 AM, or seeing a weekday matinee of “Jennifer’s Body.”

Or wear it to your favorite watering hole. Your beloved bar probably opens earlier than you think. You wouldn’t know, of course, because you’re usually at work.

It’s better than layoffs. It’s better than layoffs.

There’s no place like home.