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SL Letters of the Day: Other Possible Explanations

Dan Savage
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"Gotta go write a sex column"

Now see, I would have gone with "copy and paste," but that's just me...
Canuck on December 9, 2010 at 4:29 PM Report this
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rule number one: always assume the worst.
taint on December 9, 2010 at 4:31 PM Report this
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I could totally see the Earnhardt thing or the Jarret thing. Auto racing fans can be fanatical in their devotion. The Lindros thing is a stretch, unless maybe they're from Philly.
Hernandez on December 9, 2010 at 4:33 PM Report this
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And for the follow up: the other tattoo is a Sanskrit good luck charm.
tiktok on December 9, 2010 at 4:36 PM Report this
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Who gives a fuck about this Oldsmobile tattoo compared to the letter in that same column from the SKIN-PICKING FETISHIST.
gloomy gus on December 9, 2010 at 4:37 PM Report this
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Where did all the actual letters of the day go? They seem so sporadic this week:(
lilmonster206 on December 9, 2010 at 4:44 PM Report this
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could be a piano player too.
diminished on December 9, 2010 at 4:48 PM Report this
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@6: Oh, I'm sure Dan's just too busy hanging out with the likes of Colbert and Behar and Olbermann and trying to cut some multi-million-dollar deal in Hollywood. He'll be back, don't worry.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on December 9, 2010 at 4:49 PM Report this
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@1: This wasn't the column I was working on, for fuck's sake.
Dan Savage on December 9, 2010 at 4:55 PM Stranger Staff
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@5 Seriously - I really was eating lunch and now I'm scarred for life.
lepetitchat on December 9, 2010 at 5:00 PM Report this
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Why are the commenters on slog always so mean and bitter?
on December 9, 2010 at 5:02 PM Report this
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@11: You think this is mean and bitter? Shit, come back when we're really pissed-off. This is just good-natured fucking around.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on December 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM Report this
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Lynn Swann.
DOUG. on December 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM Report this
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@10, on the bright side, if those scars create skin flakes, by golly you know there's a hungry man who wants to meet you.
gloomy gus on December 9, 2010 at 5:08 PM Report this
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It could also be his MOC or he likes the Crazy 88's.

@12 for the insightful win.
Will in Seattle on December 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM Report this
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@9 Och, dinna get yer knickers in a knot, laddie...

@14 Cracking me up, again.

Canuck on December 9, 2010 at 5:15 PM Report this
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Canuck, you inspired an f-bomb! Well done.

I note Dan's cat lady Colleen K. is now waaaay ahead in Tidy-Cat votes.
gloomy gus on December 9, 2010 at 5:19 PM Report this
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Hah! gloomy gus @5.

Thanks for the flashback. I was once the proud owner of a 1968 Olds Delta 88. A mammoth beast of a car with a truly gigantic engine (for towing trailers!).

Still... I can't see anyone being enough of a fan of that old thing to tattoo it on their arm. :-/
Reverse Polarity on December 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM Report this
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I aspire to be both catty *and* well-shod, gus...it's a trial.
Canuck on December 9, 2010 at 5:31 PM Report this
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@11 you should have seen us during the 08 primaries, and when ECB was still around, its positively mellow nowadays.
vooodooo84 on December 9, 2010 at 5:38 PM Report this
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The Crazy 88s from Kill Bill vol. 2?

You know there weren't 88 of them; they just called themselves that because it "sounds cool."
Fox in Socks on December 9, 2010 at 5:42 PM Report this
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You've got that right, Vooodooo. Ah, those were the days. . . .
Fifty-Two-Eighty on December 9, 2010 at 5:49 PM Report this
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Maybe he's really into "88," by the Cool Kids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmsZAzfDG…
niamhe on December 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM Report this
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@20 ain't that the truth.
gnossos on December 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM Report this
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Well silly me, I thought maybe they were Chinese, or an amateur radio operator, or born in '88.
despicable me on December 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM Report this
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@4, or just the first corner of an awesome maze tattoo...
fletch on December 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM Report this
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Will, would you please stop typing the words "...for the insightful win"? Thanks, I appreciate it.
emor on December 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM Report this
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God, lets hope he is a White Supremacist instead of something really awful, like a gay Nascar fan!

Schmapdi on December 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM Report this
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"Will, would you please stop..."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Will? Stop?

Ha! Ha! Ha ha ha ha!
Fox in Socks on December 9, 2010 at 8:29 PM Report this
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In amateur radio shorthand (from the days of Morse code), 88 meant "love and kisses"
mr pinky on December 9, 2010 at 8:39 PM Report this
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The moral of the story is: Don't get tattoos.
Urgutha Forka on December 9, 2010 at 9:28 PM Report this
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@4-- I see what you did there.
MythicFox on December 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM Report this
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If he was a real supremacist, it'd be a nazi tattoo. Haven't you people seen American History X? god!
Rach3l on December 10, 2010 at 6:11 AM Report this
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@7, piano player was my thought as well. 88 keys on a piano.
drivel on December 10, 2010 at 6:26 AM Report this
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@ 10 Likewise. That was the first time I've EVER had to stop reading something because I was eating. Scat, MTF surgery, Congress, those horrors I can handle, but brrrr.
ScrawnyKayaker on December 10, 2010 at 8:31 AM Report this
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This dude probably got his tattoo and his love of man-mouth from prison. I know a couple people with actual swastika tatoos and they claim they HAD to get them while they were in prison, so as to affiliate themselves with white gang members for protection. Why they don't get the damn things covered up now I don't know. My guess would be they are not sure that they can stay out of prison so they might as well keep the swastikas they already have.
Sat'n on December 10, 2010 at 10:51 AM Report this
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I will say if I were a secret nuclear scientist (and into tattoos), I'd probably have the radioactive symbol tattooed on me somewhere, or Ra, or something clever/cute in atomic symbols from radioactive substances (ThinkGeek tends to do funny ones).
on December 10, 2010 at 2:32 PM Report this
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the dude's a racist. Or at least, was a racist at some point. The only other realistically plausible scenario is the NASCAR thing, and any self-respecting redneck race fan's gonna get his tattoo done in a distinctive and recognizable script depicting the team he races for. Though I would have to applaud the dude for being quite open minded as far as racists go.
mikethehammer on December 12, 2010 at 10:54 PM Report this

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