The Clever Live Off the Fool — Tee

Description

El vivo vive del bobo. “The clever one lives off the fool.” It is not advice and it is not a complaint — it is a description, delivered with a shrug, of how a lot of things actually get done.

Colombians use it to explain queues that move strangely, prices that change by accent, and the friend who always ends up not paying. Underneath the humour is a permanent private question: which of the two am I being today?

Clean vector work, split above and below the waterline: one figure comfortable on the raft, one doing the pulling. Flat colour, short palette, nothing decorative.

For anyone who has worked in sales, politics, freelancing or a family business — and knows exactly who this is about.

Two versions, one page

Choose Artwork only for the illustration on its own, or With saying to get “El vivo vive del bobo” drawn into the composition in its original language. Same garment either way — pick your version above.

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 · 100% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton · 4.2 oz/yd² (heather shades include a small amount of polyester)
• Unisex retail fit · side-seamed · pre-shrunk · tear-away label
• Sizes S–3XL · choose your colourway above

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your design is printed in the fulfilment centre closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

More from the same place: browse the collection by country, or read 12 Colombian sayings and what they actually mean.