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James Lileks: Some Tattoos Shout About You
The Minneapolis/St Paul Star Tribune ^
| September 9, 2004
| James Lileks
Posted on 09/09/2004 12:10:53 PM PDT by quidnunc
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:10:53 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
ames Lileks: Some Tattoos Shout About YouJust great, now you're excerpting people's very names.
Here's a "J" for you.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:14:27 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Burger-Eating War Monkey)
To: aculeus; bad company; Constitutionalist Conservative; dighton; eddiespaghetti; gargoyle; JenB; ...
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:18:33 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Burger-Eating War Monkey)
To: quidnunc
Yes. Tattoos, purple Mohawks and chunks of metal stuck through the face DO shout something about people. And I am glad they have them. It makes it easier to figure out who to avoid when competence, trust and stability matter.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:19:06 PM PDT
by
broadsword
(Let's respect "holy" Muslim sites like they respected those giant Buddhist statues in Afghanistan!)
To: quidnunc; Xenalyte
Bush voter, you sing in the church choir, you have a master's degree in pre-Renaissance art, and you have a gigantic flaming skull tattoo on your neck. Sounds like my kinda person....
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:19:35 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: broadsword
Agreed. I especially like this line:
All it says to me is "I'm really not thinking ahead."
When I was young, I had long hair, and I thought it was just terrible that so many people formed a bad opinion of me at first sight. Well, looking back on it, I was no angel. I was not reliable. I broke laws. My long hair told the story more accurately than I thought.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:21:48 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I have two words for John Kerry: "YYYEEEEAAARRGGGHHHH!!!!")
To: quidnunc
I think a lot of today's tattoos are just garish. Way too overstated. And I don't get the tattoos that girls have on the small of their back. I don't complain about it since they at least didn't mar the beauty of their breasts with those gawdawful designs.
Me, I've got three tattoos...but nobody knows 'cause I don't go out of my way to show 'em off. (One of 'em did make for prime time television coverage following Defcon VII though.)
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(The Log Cabin Republicans AREN'T.)
To: quidnunc
Some people are stuck on the second note on the scale all their lives.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:23:32 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The enemy is among us; he is us; we know it, we dare not say it - someone will be offended.)
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:24:33 PM PDT
by
Redcoat LI
("I am the great and powerful Kerry! Look at my medals!")
To: Redcoat LI
I just had to ping y'all before the moderator fixed it.
To: xsmommy; CholeraJoe; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; hobbes1; dubyaismypresident
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:27:25 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: broadsword
It makes it easier to figure out who to avoid when competence, trust and stability matter. How about hidden tattoos?
I've a reputation at work for competence, trustworthiness and stability, yet I have big ol' tattoos hidden under my shirt.
Would you have periodic strip inspections of employees to determine if they are still competent at their jobs?
What if I'm competent, trustworthy and stable and get a tattoo, do I become incompetent, untrustworthy and unstable?
If so, does that change occur immediately when the tattoo needle punctures the skin? Or after the tattoo heals?
Furthermore, Is a person who gets a good tattoo, and likes it, more stable than one who changes her mind and gets it removed?
I await your fascinating insights with breath abated....
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:27:40 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: Cogadh na Sith
Hidden tattoos?
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:30:06 PM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: Cogadh na Sith
I await your fascinating insights with breath abated....
Go ahead and start breathing. It will oxygenate your brain. It's good for you.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:30:43 PM PDT
by
broadsword
(Let's respect "holy" Muslim sites like they respected those giant Buddhist statues in Afghanistan!)
To: Cogadh na Sith
"How about hidden tattoos?"
This isn't my debate, but if I may...
I don't think that hidden tattoos are what they are talking about. If you have the foresight to either hide them, or get them in a socially accepted fashion, then you are showing some degree of stability. Now if you get the Mike Tyson face tattoo, that says something completely different.
And you might be just a wee bit senstive on this one.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:31:09 PM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Moderate Muslim: They will offer to let you convert before they kill you.)
To: Constitution Day
Here's a "J" for you.The J fell off when his beeber got stuned.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:31:32 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(If "W" stands for wrong, what does the "F" in John F Kerry stand for?)
To: Constitution Day
Just great, now you're excerpting people's very names. We need to declare a War Against Unnecessary Excerpting and start shaming the people who violate the posting guidelines. It's just laziness on the part of the poster.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:32:19 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: secret garden; xsmommy
Strange. The chicks always seem to go for the guys with neck tattoos.
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:32:44 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Pull for Lucky Jack! Pull for Lucky Jack!")
To: quidnunc
While on vacation this summer I saw more tattoos than I imagined existed. Tattoos on pasty, fat middle aged men. On little old ladies. On 13 year olds.
And not tattoos of ship anchors or that old favorite, 'Mom'. I'm talking barbed wire, extravegantly colored pheonix birds, scorpions, etc. Some looked like Japanese woodblock prints. Many had three or more colors and completely covered one or both arms.
I concluded that many must've been temporary. Can anyone confirm if temporary tattoos are some sort of new craze?
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:33:28 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: broadsword
What a fascinating insight!
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posted on
09/09/2004 12:33:32 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
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