Dude
what are you saying about your fashion sense on vacation?
The only way that shirt wouldn't have been a big deal would be if he was caught washing his car with it. Or putting it in his dog's basket. Hey, wait - no self-respecting dog is going to be caught dead sleeping on that...
OK, using it to suffocate a burglar. No, that's not going to work either, people will want to know how it was to hand in his house. At least if he's not weaing it, it's only circumstancial...