Knuckles that promote literacy

Spotted today at a Toronto restaurant: a great, pro-literacy set of knuckle-tatts.

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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nixiebunny

That’s a nice typewriter typeface he used on that tattoo.
http://twitter.com/drewweing drew weing

I know a guy who has “JUST READ” tattooed on his knuckles. And when crosses his arms…
- EH
  
  …”RE-ADJUST?”
  - Ben Atkin
    
    Thank you, Captain Obvious.
    - EH
      
      Actually, Cpt. Obvs would say
      
      R J
      E U
      A S
      D T
Jonathan Roberts

It would be interesting to use letters that could form other words when you interlocked your hands or crossed your fingers . With this one you could get ‘emo darer’ as an anagram, but I’m thinking words/phrases that make sense and are actually possible to form without breaking your own fingers.
jkonrath

That dude better be careful he never loses his left index finger in a table saw accident, or his hands will tell people to read unwrought metal.
- http://twitter.com/trempls tré
  
  That dude should probably be careful not to lose his left index finger in general, with or without that tattoo.
wirrbeltier

Gotta love the bandshirt as well… I don’t know the band, but anything with this font screams “some kind of extreme metal”. Also, the word “mammoth grinder” might be considered a hint.
Warren_Terra

All respect to the gentleman.

Regarding the blog post, though, the nitpicker in me cries out that those aren’t knuckles.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Would you prefer Proximal phalanges that support literacy?
spencerbutt

Hey! That’s me! Glad everybody likes my hands! The really funny thing is that a couple of weeks ago i bought Cory Doctorow’s “Rapture of the Nerds” because the title caught my eye, and then two weeks later, and unbeknownst to me, he comes into the restaurant i work at and takes a picture of my knuckles!

Anyway, thanks for the love. Also, i’m a performance poet with a bunch of videos out there and you should all check them out! Maybe you’ll like them as much as my knuckles!

http://www.youtube.com/cryptozoology4life
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Nice to meet you, Spencer!
http://codeflow.org/ Florian Bösch

Various funny changes by way of loosing one or more fingers:

Red More (communist?)
Read Ore (who reads minerals?)
Read Moe (Simpsons? I donno.)
Rad More (a politely formed request for more radioactivity)
Rad Ore (radioactive ore)
Ed More (nice to meet you Ed)
…
- Warren_Terra
  
  What is this with the suggestions in the comment thread that Mr. spencerbutt should lose fingers? Why not suggest he wear some big rings?
  
  Bloodthirsty lot, you are.
  - nixiebunny
    
    Or some Hello Kitty band-aids.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Read Mor (Great Redhead)
sparkdale

So weird that 1) This a guy I know, and 2) This is the second time he’s had one of his tattoos posted on Boing Boing.

Here’s the first: http://boingboing.net/2007/08/21/proud-nerd-tattoo-of.html

And I can attest: his spoken word is some of the best in Canada. Here’s one of my favourites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_K0exL00ls
- spencerbutt
  
  thanks a lot!
brian corcoran

Spencer Butt!
Nicest guy in Toronto and HUGE cryptozoology nerd!
In fact, this is the second time one of his tattoos has been on boingboing, here’s the first – http://boingboing.net/2007/08/21/proud-nerd-tattoo-of.html

He also kills the role of a preacher in this music video by Modern Superstitions – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi6inBAsD4I