Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspaper

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Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspaper

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There' s a Tour Guide where I work who has a Bernie Sanders tattoo. Now I'm pretty political, but I would be very wary about that. I suppose if you got a Harold Stassen tattoo in 1942, you would have gotten a lifetime's worth of use out of it, I would have been pissed if I got a McGovern/Eagleton tattoo - or a Nixon/Agnew tattoo...uh I guess '72 wasn't a great year for Presidential Ticket Tattoos.

Imagine my surprise this morning, when reading The Guardian from Great Britain, I come across a picture of the guy's tattoo:

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He had taken part in a demonstration against a big bucks Hillary fundraiser here in San Francisco.
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Re: Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspape

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I know that tattoos are very popular at the moment, but I still don't understand the attraction. I had a conversation with a nephew the other day and told him that I thought it would be like buying a paisley shirt in the sixties and never being able to take it off. You are stuck with a fleeting fashion that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.

If I was forced to get one, it would be something generic. Maybe just the word TATTOO. :wink:
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Quasimodo wrote:I know that tattoos are very popular at the moment, but I still don't understand the attraction. I had a conversation with a nephew the other day and told him that I thought it would be like buying a paisley shirt in the sixties and never being able to take it off. You are stuck with a fleeting fashion that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.

If I was forced to get one, it would be something generic. Maybe just the word TATTOO. :wink:


I'm with you. People are so cavalier about putting statements on their bodies for the rest of their lives.

I'd get a mustache finger tattoo:

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During the 60's and 70's, ways to get out of the draft circulated in the anti-war movement. It's probably apocryphal, but there was a story about a guy who got out of the Army by getting F*Celestial Kingdom THE ARMY on the outside of his right (saluting) hand. I dunno...maybe they just had the guy wear uniform dress gloves in boot camp...

Just found these Buddha Tattoos. I really think the two on the right are extraordinarily beautiful.

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I never have and likely never will understand self mutilation. My aging body is already losing its charm without me helping it along.
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Re: Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspape

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Some Schmo wrote:I never have and likely never will understand self mutilation. My aging body is already losing its charm without me helping it along.


So, you are not going with a Homer tat on your back?
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My wife has "Your Name" tattooed on her butt. Used to win a lot of bar bets.

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Re: Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspape

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There was a woman on Full Frontal last night with a Bernie tat.

http://www.hitfix.com/news/samantha-bee ... supporters

Both those tats are smarter than this guy!

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Quasimodo wrote:So, you are not going with a Homer tat on your back?

My butt already looks alarmingly like my avatar.
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Re: Upon seeing a San Francisco Tattoo in a British Newspape

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Some Schmo wrote:
Quasimodo wrote:So, you are not going with a Homer tat on your back?

My butt already looks alarmingly like my avatar.

Less information is needed ;-)
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