James Lileks: Some Tattoos Shout About You

The Minneapolis/St Paul Star Tribune ^ | September 9, 2004 | James Lileks

[t_skoz]

if you've got a tattood FReeper list, by golly, add me!

[biblewonk]

OK, I'm a bible thumping fundamentalist Christian homeschooling father of 8, but I have a pretty cool pic of one of my tattoos on my homepage.

[t_skoz]

Hey I'm curious what you think of Leviticus law about tattooing? A lot of people give me grief about having of all things, a Bible tattooed on my arm as part of a sleeve, but I tell them that Jesus died so we didn't have to follow these laws.

I don't really know what to think. What are your thoughts?

[tx_eggman]

Yikes. Anyone taking bets on whether or not he's running around half-cocked?

I'll let you do the checking

[Prime Choice]

I'll let you do the checking

I'm not gonna do it. *pause* Let's get Kerry! Yeah! We know he'll do it! He's looking for the gay vote!

Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk.

[Xenalyte]

Correction. The SKANKS always seem to go for the guys with neck tattoos.

[Xenalyte]

This is the one I'm gonna get.

[null and void]

This thread would be incomplete without:

TIGERMAN!

[Cogadh na Sith]

That's one of the coolest tattoos I've ever seen!

[Xenalyte]

EEEEEEW! He always freaks me out.

[null and void]

sorry...

[R. Scott]

I know you're trying to tell us something, but it's really not coming across too clearly. Perhaps if you wrote it down on a piece of paper and handed it out, we'd get it.

I have numerous tattoos. All it says is that I have decorations on my skin. There is no political or social statement.
A large peacock might symbolize my admiration for beautiful birds.
A large dragon might symbolize my admiration for the beauty of the Orient.
A large Eagle might symbolize my admiration for the United States of America.
An Army Eagle with banner (US Army) might symbolize my admiration for the United States Army.
Two Harley Davidson logos might symbolize my admiration Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Then again, they all might be just something to collect that I ain’t about to misplace.

[feelgoodfox]

"I told my kids to never get a tattoo as I would not look fondly upon it. One day my daughter came home with her tongue pierced."

My boyfriend told his daughters that they'd better never bring home guys with tattoos and piercings.

It should be interesting to hear what he has to say when they finally meet me and see the serpent rune tattoo I have around my wrist (in memory of my ultra-conservative father, who has passed on).

And the swan on the back of my neck.

BTW, I didn't get these tattoos until I was 45. I will always keep them.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I dare you!

Trogdor!
He was a man!
He was a Dragon!
And then I guess he was a Dragon-Man!
But he was still Trogdooooooooor!!!!!

[Xenalyte]

Burninating the countryside . . . burninating the peasants . . .

[TC Rider]

LOL, that's a "Shoot Me" tattoo.

[CholeraJoe]

In Helena, MT most of the single women ARE skanks. Slim pickings up here in Big Sky country. Have you any idea how scarce single, college-educated, forty-something, mentally stable women are up here? Hen's teeth.

[Lester Moore]

You could get an 'M' tattoed on each buttcheek to spell 'MoM'.... Or alternatively: "WoW"

I think it'd be M*M or W*W

[Mr. K]

I agree- I am all for tattoos, piercings, etc.

We probably couldn't get the stupid people to put a giant red S on their forehead, but they do this WILLINGLY~~!!

[Constitution Day]

I would be remiss if I didn't ping my tattoo'd Yankee friend.

Fine for you, but I prefer to remain unadorned.