‘World’s Best Farter’ shirt stinks up Texas courtroom

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A Texas judge blasted a man who wore a ridiculous graphic T-shirt in her courtroom.

Jefferson County Judge Raquel West was presiding last week when defendant Sammy Morris appeared, according to footage posted to 252nd District Court’s YouTube page.

The no-nonsense judge immediately caught wind of his attire and was not having it.

“What made you think that was a good shirt to wear to court this morning?,” West questioned.

Morris appeared to mumble that it was all he could find, to which the judge asked, “That was the only shirt you had to wear in your closet? ‘World’s Best Farter?’ That’s great.”

He attempted to argue that the shirt — which has “Farter” crossed out with “I mean, Father” scrawled underneath — says “Father” but the judge was not buying it.

“No, it says … I can read it. I see what it says at the bottom,” West said, before reprimanding the man for not dressing properly for his hearing.

“You’re in felony court. You need to dress appropriately for felony court, and that’s not appropriate,” she scolded him.

West heaved a loud sigh and continued with the proceedings.

Courtroom participants in Texas are expected to abide by a dress code, specifically “appropriate business attire in the courtroom” and “exercise common sense.”

A business suit or sport coat with dress slacks, a collared dress shirt, and a tie are suggested, while those not dressed appropriately “may be excluded from participating in courtroom proceedings.”

While it is unclear what felony charge Morris was facing, the judge went on to reprimand him for not having hired an attorney to represent him.

Morris told her that he had called three lawyers before appearing in court, but he hadn’t heard back from any of them in time.

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“You need to get someone hired, or you need to actually talk to three lawyers,” she said. “You can’t actually hire someone unless you really try.”

West then reset his case for 30 days and told him to get a lawyer in the meantime.

“If you have to call 20 [lawyers] to get that done, then call 20,” she continued.

“These are just normal, common sense things, right?”

West then warned him that if he appeared in court again without a lawyer, his bond would be “revoked” and he would be sent back to jail.

She did not issue a second warning about his choice of attire.