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By funnebone

I don't have a tattoo

And to be honest, I don't care for tattoos. The only interest I have in tattoos is why exactly did someone pick that particular tattoo design. I am often amused by the silly meaning or way too deep interpretation attributed to some of these tattoos. Below I will assign my own meaning to each tattoo design.


The Atomic Asshole?

This tattoo looks like some sort of gang sign for the physics club at MIT. Perhaps this jackass worships the gateway arch in St Louis as a modern day Stonehenge. See my other hub about tattoos 

Does he use Arrid Extra Dry or FDS?

The symbolism behind this tatoo is quite obvious: this guy is gay and associates a womans vagina with his armpit. What is a bit more disturbing is that he actually has a shirt that has no sides to it and is orange. Talk about adding insult to injury.  How drunk do you have to be to pick this tatoo over the one that makes your belly button look like a lunar eclipse?



Death with dignity

Wife on deathbed: Honey ( cough cough) please promise me...(trails off)...promise me

Husband : yes...yes what is it

Wife: Promise me that you will go on...to love again and live out your life...

Husband: I don't know if I can...I don't know how...

Wife: You must..you ( cough, cough, fart) you have to move on...

Husband: I will try...I will try

Wife: and one more thing....I want you to get a tattoo of me on you arm...the one of me when I won the 2004 Ms. Haybail crown.....

Husband: I will..I promise I will.

Wife: ( gasping) and ...and...

Husband: Yes...what is it

Wife: Don't let that retard of a cousin do the tattoo..her is drunk and crosseyed, I don't want to look..( cough and last gasp) like a Puerto Rican drag queen. 


Tattoos by Walmart

When this woman dies her " Old Man" is going to skin her and make seat covers for his bass boat 


But Dad I wanted a Wii

What child wouldn't be proud that their name has been etched into their fathers arm along with their siblings, step brother, half sister and family dog. Something tells me these kids are the most loved children at the homeless shelter. 

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jim10 profile image

jim10  says:
10 months ago

I like to think that when people have really bad tattoos it is one of two reasons or possibly both.

1. The person receiving the tattoo was drunk.

2. The person making the tattoo was drunk.

pylos26 profile image

pylos26  says:
10 months ago

The person receiving "any" tatoo is drunk...few things are more disgusting...tatoos enhance ignorance...good work funnebone...

funnynotslutty  says:
10 months ago

Miss Haybail. That is the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

The armpit tattoo is hilarious. I gotta give the guy one thing; it's unique.

I have one tattoo (and I wasn't drunk when I got it, and neither am I disgusting or ignorant - psst! tattoo has two "t"s). I waited til I was in my thirties before getting it because I knew it would be permanent and it had to be something I would always like. It's a family crest (designed by yours truly) which depicts the three branches of my lineage (Iroquois/German/Scottish) and my immediate family are represented by four roses which flank it. It's beautiful, it was ridiculously expensive, and it was done by three of the best (and oldest) tattoo artists in Oregon.

It's on the outside of my right calf.

I've gotten compliments on from a wide variety of people; from "Sick ink, dude" to "My, isn't that pretty!"

funnebone profile image

funnebone  says:
10 months ago

Which branch do you swing from constant?

Mighty Mom profile image

Mighty Mom  says:
10 months ago

So I take it this crowd is not big fans of LA Ink (I think that Kat chick is a snotty skank).

CW -- Your tattoo sounds neat. Please post a picture. Why did it take 3 old tattoo artists to make it? One for each branch of your lineage, or what?

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

It's a toss-up between Iroquois and Scot...

Jim, I don't know about all states, but in Oregon you won't get a tattoo if the astist even suspects you've been drinking.

Cris A profile image

Cris A  says:
10 months ago

i'm contemplating on having one but can't decide on the design...oh well maybe i'll just know it when i see it

funnebone profile image

funnebone  says:
10 months ago

Constant got his tat at the Merry Acres body art studio/ bingo hall. He is an avid supporter of senior citizen empowerment program. Cris feel free to have my likeness tattooed on your forearm.

Cris A profile image

Cris A  says:
10 months ago

i would if i were you. but it's my tattoo LOL thanks for the offer though :D

ajcor profile image

ajcor  says:
10 months ago

I think that the armpit number is basically orf - but to each their own - I know a young man who, if his grandmother finds out he has a tattoo will be disowned - that shows a fairly serious dislike for tatoos does it not? cheers

JamHan profile image

JamHan  says:
10 months ago

I like tattoo's that have meaningful stories behind them, but a tattoo just to say "I have a tattoo," I don't like.

I have been wanting to get a tattoo for YEARS now! At first, I didn't know what I wanted. "Pretty" wasn't good enough for me - there had to be purpose/reason behind it. When DH and I got married, I knew what I wanted - my wedding bouquet.

Then, I still haven't received the tattoo because, until very recently (when he found one that he would actually like to have), dh has disliked the idea of tattoo's; it was a fight I didn't care to have!

Now, we have more important things to spend our money on! But hopefully we'll each be getting a tattoo that is meaningful to us, soon.

jim10 profile image

jim10  says:
10 months ago

Pylos26 I am little offended. I don't have any tattoos but lots of them look great. Their is nothing wrong with someone expressing him or herself with a tattoo.

Constant, I know if you go to a tattoo parlor you should be safe. A couple of my friends however have gone to tattoo parties and I don't recommend it. I believe the tattoo artist got non stop free drinks and that is never a good idea for someone with a needle. Then she gave a few people tattoos. Some of the results were not pretty.

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

-MM, I'll work on getting a picture... don't know which hub I'll add it to yet, though.

RE: 3 tattoo artists; The first artist helped me diesign the crest and did the basic tattooing (a planet in Star Wars!) and minimal corlors, the second artist did the finishing colors and fill-ins, and the third artist did the flanking roses. All was done over a period of about 5 years. I went to the older, more seasoned, artists because I wanted it done well.

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

-Thanks Jim. It took me about 20 years to decide on the one I have - and then I had to design myself. Do you really see me going to a tattoo party (???) and letting some drunken chick get near with ink and a needle?

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

-Funne, you'll never get this right, will you?  As I said before - the Merry Acres is where I pick-up easy cougars!

SweetiePie profile image

SweetiePie  says:
10 months ago

Very nice artistry for the tattoos, but I am still not interested in getting one.

pylos26 profile image

pylos26  says:
10 months ago

Jim10...Offended?...Those damn things are forever...trying to undo one with lazer just makes a mess...so be offended...thats OK...impregnating one's skin with ink that last forever is dumb...people's minds change, and that schit becomes excess permanant embarassing baggage forever...but what the hell do I know? Go for it...

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
10 months ago

-Mighty Mom, as per your request, I got a digital image of my tat and put it on "I, Drummer" after the comments. Enjoy!

http://hubpages.com/hub/I--Drummer

1lessthantonorrow  says:
10 months ago

I used to draw on myself, when I was 8. Then I grew up. Tattoos are for the inarticulate.

Tater2tot profile image

Tater2tot  says:
10 months ago

OMGoodness. You are too funny funnebone. I do not really care for tattoos myself. I really don't see the point of going through all that pain just so you could have a cool piece of art for a while and then have it looking old and saggy... Do not understand it at all.

That vagina/armpit tattoo is rude, crude and absolutely not funny.

I am more distracted by how tight that lady's shirt is than by the cars on her back... It probably hurt more to squeeze into that disgusting pink halter than it did to get all those tattoos.

Over all good hub. It is pretty interesting to see what is important to people by a picture on their skin. :)

funnebone profile image

funnebone  says:
10 months ago

Tater I have missed you my friend.

Tater2tot profile image

Tater2tot  says:
10 months ago

Haha thanks, I've missed you too!

menormeh  says:
8 months ago

I have always found myself somewhat puzzled about a person getting a tatoo. Why on earth would you want to place something on your body that you wouldn't think of putting on your wall? I was a member of a motorcycle club when I was younger and there was a great deal of pressure to get a tatoo. I always resised because first, they were ugly. Second, with some of the things that we are doing do we really need another identifying mark? And third, I need the money for my bike and not advertising that I have a bike.

Another thing that puzzles me about tatoo's is why is it now associated with being youthful? I recently saw a 62 year old woman with a "tramp stamp" at the base of her back. How did I see that you might ask? Well, she was wearing an outfit that most 16 year old females couldn't or shouldn't be allowed to wear. Halter tops and spandex shorts were never intended for Grannie I'm afraid and this woman proved it, unless of course your are into flab and cellulite. It put me right off my dinner.

Years ago tatoo's were associated with those who had resided in federal institutions or sailed the seven seas and they weren't considered cool or in then. Now it's every second dingbat on the face of the planet. What's next? Tongue splitting? Poking out your eyewith a sharp stick? And all in the name of fashion.

eyewearspy profile image

eyewearspy  says:
8 months ago

When I was a kid I really wish to get a tribal tattoo or a yakuza tattoo because it looks awesome but since I discovered I could be a universal blood donor I decided not to put a stain on my blood because I might be of good help to my family during critical cases.

Jimmy Fuentes profile image

Jimmy Fuentes  says:
5 months ago

Tattoos with interesting (and that is not code for "drunk") stories behind them are fun to hear about. I still wouldn't get one but some of the pictures are pretty funny. I wonder, as a percentage, how many tattoos are received while drunk? It would be funny to get that number and then compare it to how many people get married while drunk.... Then figure out if more people get divorced or the tattoo removed ;) Kinda random I know. Just a thought :)

dennisematt  says:
5 months ago

are you SURE that walmart one is a woman?

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