Comments on: Father and son sport forehead tattoos http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 05:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-246531 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-246531 @#5: A possible life option for the kid is to get the forehead tat obscured with curlycues, add a few wavery lines and dots on his cheeks, change his name to Queequeg, claim to have been adopted by remote Polynisian islanders, and make the academic cocktail circuit as an anthro Ph.D candidate. He might even get a permit to carry a harpoon. @#5:

A possible life option for the kid is to get the forehead tat obscured with curlycues, add a few wavery lines and dots on his cheeks, change his name to Queequeg, claim to have been adopted by remote Polynisian islanders, and make the academic cocktail circuit as an anthro Ph.D candidate.

He might even get a permit to carry a harpoon.

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146438 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146438 Of course people this dumb would be fans of Larry The Cable Guy. Of course people this dumb would be fans of Larry The Cable Guy.

]]> By: paulm http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146441 paulm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146441 Uh, Mark, that would be "Git R Dun." The other phrase would be severely illiterate. Uh, Mark, that would be “Git R Dun.”
The other phrase would be severely
illiterate.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146442 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146442 The young man looks like the kind of person who Neal Stephenson described in the Diamond Age--the one that had a gun implanted in his forhead with a warning similar to "PSYCHO." What an attractive family. The young man looks like the kind of person who Neal Stephenson described in the Diamond Age–the one that had a gun implanted in his forhead with a warning similar to “PSYCHO.” What an attractive family.

]]> By: paulm http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146444 paulm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146444 Got it. Duh. Nevermind. Got it. Duh. Nevermind.

]]> By: sswaan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-147213 sswaan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-147213 #68 XOPHER: Thanks! I was feeling supremely clueless. I'm sure there are further depths of meaning to mine, but I'm just going to stop there and get back to work. 'Cause those guys scare the crap out of me. #68 XOPHER: Thanks! I was feeling supremely clueless. I’m sure there are further depths of meaning to mine, but I’m just going to stop there and get back to work. ‘Cause those guys scare the crap out of me.

]]> By: deliciousidiot http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146446 deliciousidiot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146446 I would love to see these two face off in a brutal game of chess. I would love to see these two face off in a brutal game of chess.

]]> By: Micah http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146447 Micah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146447 Paul, I think Git R Dun is the front and Got R Did is the back (which we can't see). Paul, I think Git R Dun is the front and Got R Did is the back (which we can’t see).

]]> By: Kibble http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-147215 Kibble Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-147215 A guy in my little burg is in his late 30's, and physically fit...in fact, buff. He favors tight jeans, tight muscle shirts, a large pirate-style earring and dark sunglasses (even inside a dimly-lit night club) to complement the giant spider tattoos on both forearms, the "biker gang" tattoos (complete with skulls and daggers!) on the upper arms, and the spiderweb tattoo that covers one entire side of his shaved head. This "gang" is composed, other than this guy, of the most risible bunch of potbellied, walrush-mustachio'ed, red-nosed, sad-clown-eyed fiftyish drunks you've ever seen. In fact, "Git R Dun" above would fit right in. Imagine if there were a Mayberry in hell, and it had a biker gang. Ernest T. Bass and Otis are founding members of course, but this tattoo-guy would be the city slicker who rolls into town to stir up the locals and tempt Barney to join the dark side. (I suppose I'm Floyd the barber.) A guy in my little burg is in his late 30′s, and physically fit…in fact, buff. He favors tight jeans, tight muscle shirts, a large pirate-style earring and dark sunglasses (even inside a dimly-lit night club) to complement the giant spider tattoos on both forearms, the “biker gang” tattoos (complete with skulls and daggers!) on the upper arms, and the spiderweb tattoo that covers one entire side of his shaved head.

This “gang” is composed, other than this guy, of the most risible bunch of potbellied, walrush-mustachio’ed, red-nosed, sad-clown-eyed fiftyish drunks you’ve ever seen. In fact, “Git R Dun” above would fit right in.

Imagine if there were a Mayberry in hell, and it had a biker gang. Ernest T. Bass and Otis are founding members of course, but this tattoo-guy would be the city slicker who rolls into town to stir up the locals and tempt Barney to join the dark side.

(I suppose I’m Floyd the barber.)

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146448 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146448 Hi Paulm: First, I did not write the excerpt. Second, if you read the excerpt, you'll learn that "Got R Did" is tattooed on the *back* of his head. Hi Paulm: First, I did not write the excerpt. Second, if you read the excerpt, you’ll learn that “Got R Did” is tattooed on the *back* of his head.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146704 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146704 Robert 46-7: <i>Except the geek version is less permanent.</i> Exactly why I decided long ago to avoid tattooing. "Think of t-shirts you wore ten years ago," went the argument. "Would you wear them today?" Now that I'm an adult, there are certain things I'm unlikely to change my mind about, and I've thought of getting a tattoo. I had one rule: no text, in any language. My current thinking is that I'll get a small recycle symbol, just over my heart. This is not so much to promote recycling of paper and plastic and such as to proclaim two things: one, that I know my body is reusable by a proper ecosystem, and two, that I'm an organ donor. Just curious:   <body>  ==  <body> OK, it works, but you have to Back-button from the preview to post, because your HTML gets processed in your editing window on the preview, and that messes it up when you post (or preview again, which you can do to see what I mean). Strikes me as a bug, but there's a workaround. Also it doesn't like spaces next to HTML-inserted characters for some reason. Antinous 48: Wow. No, I did not know that. Or maybe I did, but if so I forgot. Thanks for that information. Of course, there's nothing to stop someone who wants people to THINK he's a murderer from getting one, but I think such a person is also best avoided. Robert 46-7: Except the geek version is less permanent.

Exactly why I decided long ago to avoid tattooing. “Think of t-shirts you wore ten years ago,” went the argument. “Would you wear them today?”

Now that I’m an adult, there are certain things I’m unlikely to change my mind about, and I’ve thought of getting a tattoo. I had one rule: no text, in any language. My current thinking is that I’ll get a small recycle symbol, just over my heart. This is not so much to promote recycling of paper and plastic and such as to proclaim two things: one, that I know my body is reusable by a proper ecosystem, and two, that I’m an organ donor.

Just curious:   &lt;body&gt;  ==  <body>

OK, it works, but you have to Back-button from the preview to post, because your HTML gets processed in your editing window on the preview, and that messes it up when you post (or preview again, which you can do to see what I mean). Strikes me as a bug, but there’s a workaround. Also it doesn’t like spaces next to HTML-inserted characters for some reason.

Antinous 48: Wow. No, I did not know that. Or maybe I did, but if so I forgot. Thanks for that information.

Of course, there’s nothing to stop someone who wants people to THINK he’s a murderer from getting one, but I think such a person is also best avoided.

]]> By: styrofoam http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146450 styrofoam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146450 Poor impulse control. Poor impulse control.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146708 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146708 <i>there's nothing to stop someone who wants people to THINK he's a murderer from getting one</i> If you fake your teardrop and end up in prison, I'm pretty sure that the real murderers sniff you out and make you pay. there’s nothing to stop someone who wants people to THINK he’s a murderer from getting one

If you fake your teardrop and end up in prison, I’m pretty sure that the real murderers sniff you out and make you pay.

]]> By: minamisan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146964 minamisan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146964 i met this guy once who had a swastika tattooed on one cheek and a star of david on the other. he had a few tears as well, smelled of urine and would have been completely insane even if he'd ever been sober, so to be honest i never asked him the reason. clearly a guy with some conflicts. i met this guy once who had a swastika tattooed on one cheek and a star of david on the other. he had a few tears as well, smelled of urine and would have been completely insane even if he’d ever been sober, so to be honest i never asked him the reason. clearly a guy with some conflicts.

]]> By: trikitixa http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146453 trikitixa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146453 There was a guy in Seattle that had "punk" tattooed on his forehead, then changed it to "drunk" because that would be more acceptable for a job search. No joke. There was a guy in Seattle that had “punk” tattooed on his forehead, then changed it to “drunk” because that would be more acceptable for a job search. No joke.

]]> By: Uncle_Max http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146709 Uncle_Max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146709 @48: It can also mean a brother or a loved one has died. Larry Hughes has one in memory of his (younger?) brother, and I'm pretty sure he never killed anyone. @48: It can also mean a brother or a loved one has died. Larry Hughes has one in memory of his (younger?) brother, and I’m pretty sure he never killed anyone.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-147221 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-147221 Kibble 70: And Opie stays a whiny kid forever, and never grows up to be a fine movie director. Kibble 70: And Opie stays a whiny kid forever, and never grows up to be a fine movie director.

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146454 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146454 A much as I don't admire these people, I have to have some admiration for a person who could tolerate having a tattoo put on their eyelid. EEWW! A much as I don’t admire these people, I have to have some admiration for a person who could tolerate having a tattoo put on their eyelid. EEWW!

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146712 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146712 <i>It can also mean a brother or a loved one has died.</i> The underworld is not a good place to make semantic mistakes. It can also mean a brother or a loved one has died.

The underworld is not a good place to make semantic mistakes.

]]> By: grimshaw http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146459 grimshaw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146459 This reminds of the story of the british Skinhead who went to get his movement's moniker, <i>Oi!</i>, tattoed on his forehead, but was sadly misunderstood by the tattoo artist who proceeded to fill in the word <i>Oil</i>. Possibly an urban myth. This reminds of the story of the british Skinhead who went to get his movement’s moniker, Oi!, tattoed on his forehead, but was sadly misunderstood by the tattoo artist who proceeded to fill in the word Oil. Possibly an urban myth.

]]> By: Craigers! http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146460 Craigers! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146460 I think the Got R Did refers to his successful procreation. Hopefully the son will not be able to get a "Got R Did" tattoo. I think the Got R Did refers to his successful procreation. Hopefully the son will not be able to get a “Got R Did” tattoo.

]]> By: Chelvis http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-163357 Chelvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163357 Face tattoos seem to be on the rise. In the past month, I've seen three different people riding the subway, during MORNING RUSH HOUR, in Midtown Manhattan. One, a female of about 30, seemed to a some type of enthusiast of esoteric spirituality, the other two were thuggish males. All three - fully tatted up faces - non-chalantly using public transport to get wherever they were going. Face tattoos seem to be on the rise. In the past month, I’ve seen three different people riding the subway, during MORNING RUSH HOUR, in Midtown Manhattan. One, a female of about 30, seemed to a some type of enthusiast of esoteric spirituality, the other two were thuggish males. All three – fully tatted up faces – non-chalantly using public transport to get wherever they were going.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146462 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146462 Styrofoam, that's it! And the kid in the book was executed in a most wonderful way--the Cookie Cutters! Ahhh! Styrofoam, that’s it! And the kid in the book was executed in a most wonderful way–the Cookie Cutters! Ahhh!

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146976 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146976 #54 CUNNING I stared and stared, but all I got was <a href="http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/48505/2005746248355364461_rs.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a>.. Psych-R-Dun F T W ! (..and as a 'cross eyed' magic-eye, it's pretty bloody freaky..) #54 CUNNING

I stared and stared, but all I got was this..

Psych-R-Dun F T W !

(..and as a ‘cross eyed’ magic-eye, it’s pretty bloody freaky..)

]]> By: JamesMason http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146469 JamesMason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146469 The tattoos actually serve as a really good warning to other people about the likelihood that the person possesses adequate judgment, rationality, etc. When I was younger, it seemed to me like tattoos were a signal that the person had really poor judgment. Now that they are so much more popular, my opinion has changed a little. I still think they are a bad idea. Given the studies about people not possessing their full capacities until their early 20's, perhaps we should change the age when people can permanently alter their appearance from 18 to 21? I think it's a reasonable question. The tattoos actually serve as a really good warning to other people about the likelihood that the person possesses adequate judgment, rationality, etc.

When I was younger, it seemed to me like tattoos were a signal that the person had really poor judgment.

Now that they are so much more popular, my opinion has changed a little. I still think they are a bad idea. Given the studies about people not possessing their full capacities until their early 20′s, perhaps we should change the age when people can permanently alter their appearance from 18 to 21?

I think it’s a reasonable question.

]]> By: Shasta McNasty http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146473 Shasta McNasty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146473 The Neal Stephenson character with "poor impulse control" tattooed on his forehead was Raven in Snow Crash. The guy with the gun, executed with Cookie Cutters, was (er, hold on a sec...) Bud (thanks, Wikipedia) in Diamond Age. The Neal Stephenson character with “poor impulse control” tattooed on his forehead was Raven in Snow Crash.

The guy with the gun, executed with Cookie Cutters, was (er, hold on a sec…) Bud (thanks, Wikipedia) in Diamond Age.

]]> By: rushkoff http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146480 rushkoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146480 I'd be afraid to hang out with someone who had the word 'psycho' tattooed on his forehead. I mean, if he cut my hand off or something, everyone would just tell me I should have known better. And I couldn't argue, as I like to, that "well, he didn't have the word 'psycho' tattooed on his forehead." I’d be afraid to hang out with someone who had the word ‘psycho’ tattooed on his forehead.

I mean, if he cut my hand off or something, everyone would just tell me I should have known better. And I couldn’t argue, as I like to, that “well, he didn’t have the word ‘psycho’ tattooed on his forehead.”

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-269362 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269362 <b>CaptainKarl</b>, I don't understand. I wasn't aware that sperm contained any alcohol at all. Why would adding more...oh I get it. Never mind. CaptainKarl, I don’t understand. I wasn’t aware that sperm contained any alcohol at all. Why would adding more…oh I get it. Never mind.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146483 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146483 The kid did that as a public service, so after he punches you in the face he can say "Hey-- you wuz warned. . . or cain't you read?" The kid did that as a public service, so after he punches you in the face he can say “Hey– you wuz warned. . . or cain’t you read?”

]]> By: Jack W http://boingboing.net/2008/03/19/father-and-son-sport.html#comment-146485 Jack W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-146485 From the article....."Bebee, who does odd jobs like home remodeling and demolition,".....Is "Demolition" code for Breaking and Entering? I want them for neighbors! From the article…..”Bebee, who does odd jobs like home remodeling and demolition,”…..Is “Demolition” code for Breaking and Entering? I want them for neighbors!

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