Slog Aug 27, 2013 3:01 PM

Ugliest Tattoo Contest! Win a Free Tattoo Removal!

by Kelly O

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Oh this dude got a horrendous Clint Dempsey tattoo a while back.

http://thebiglead.com/2013/08/11/clint-d…

It's like Qbert and a frumpy, aging soccer player had a baby.
nullbull on August 27, 2013 at 3:21 PM · Report this
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That's the worst tattoo in the Stranger's office? You guys are doing it right.
ScrawnyKayaker on August 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM · Report this
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Tattoos less than 6-weeks old may need time to heal prior to treatment
Jesus, people.
Urgutha Forka on August 27, 2013 at 3:46 PM · Report this
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I like it. Underneath, it should say " I tawt I taw a puddy twat"
Pope Peabrain on August 27, 2013 at 3:47 PM · Report this
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Is the photo fuzzy, or the tattoo, or both?
Jude Fawley on August 27, 2013 at 3:49 PM · Report this
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Both
Kelly O on August 27, 2013 at 4:21 PM · Report this
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There are some doozies out there. Sometimes it's not the style but the questionable taste and placement.

The bike messenger girl who had a Charlie Chapin tattoo on the back of her neck... Chaplin from the Great Dictator. So Hitler basically.

There is a server on the Hill here who has a huuuge atrocious (and I think un-ironic) Nicholas Cage tattoo. And not the cool Nicholas Cage.

And I just saw a guy with an REO Speedwagon Tat on his chest. No. Not the logo of the band. THE BAND photo from the Lost in a Dream album cover. He couldn't have been older than thirty.

Too each their own, I suppose.
tkc on August 27, 2013 at 4:22 PM · Report this
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My sister has a tattoo that just says "Dignity" in curly cursive. She's dead serious about it.
Amanda on August 27, 2013 at 4:30 PM · Report this
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@8 When I was in high school and worked at a chinese restaurant there was a prep cook - a wiry grizzled old former merchant marine - who had a tattoo of chicken on his ankle.

Why? For the sole reason that, when one of the waitresses came back, he could reach down and rub it and declare with a cackle "I'm a scratch'n mah cock," and then lift up his pant leg to show them the tattoo.

He found this endlessly hilarious. I was a 16 year old stoner - and it was tedious to me the second time he did it. And he do it EVERY DAY. I'd throw a cleaver at him by the end of my first month.

tkc on August 27, 2013 at 4:47 PM · Report this
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Tattoos ugly?! C'mon, no way!
I know someone who has a tattoo that says "BREATHE" on it. She smokes cigarettes...I love it.
snacktruck on August 27, 2013 at 5:00 PM · Report this
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What I hate is when someone has a jumble of oddly spaced unrelated tattoos. Kind of like the tattoo version of a word salad. Please, think overall design people!
Senor Guy on August 27, 2013 at 5:29 PM · Report this
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"NO REGERTS" is still the best ever, especially when huge and on the neck. I've seen several versions. I think there might even be ironic ones.
Fnarf on August 27, 2013 at 5:57 PM · Report this
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I knew a ship's engineer who was covered in cartoon character tattoos like Tweety Bird and Mickey Mouse, but only so far as the sleeves of his t-shirt. I had no idea until he wore flip-flops and I saw the large paws tattooed on the tops of his feet.
raawr on August 27, 2013 at 6:02 PM · Report this
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@9: pigs and chickens were/are traditional tattoos on sailors' feet. The superstition goes: a pig and chicken on each foot protects against drowning - most likely because the creatures were kept in wooden crates and would often survive shipwrecks.

So harassing waitresses probably wasn't the tattoo's only purpose - just a convenient bonus.
zivilisierter Wurm on August 27, 2013 at 6:52 PM · Report this
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I'm not anti-tattoo at all. In fact, I have a tattoo myself. But good christ, people, give some thought before you tattoo yourself. There are SO many bad tattoos out there. Amazingly bad.

Think long term. @1, if you think that tattoo looks ridiculous now, just think how stupid it will look 20 years from now. The horror.
Reverse Polarity on August 27, 2013 at 7:01 PM · Report this
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Now you call it regrettable!!! What'd I tell you 23 years ago??? Should have got the Tasmanian Devil (complete with whirlwind).
Momma on August 28, 2013 at 4:38 AM · Report this
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One of the more unusual tattoos I've seen: very attractive young woman, pulled down her underpants, there on her butt cheek "Exit Only"
Lee_T on August 29, 2013 at 11:14 AM · Report this
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I have a HUGE naked pin up girl on my left shoulder that I adore. However, I cannot have it showing because I am a teacher! When my girls were little, we went swimming at the public pool a lot. One of the mothers inside the dressing room saw it and seemed to be so offended and said to me, "Why don't you get at least a swimsuit tattooed on that thing". I've lived the majority of my life fending off people who seemed to be "put out" by my pin up girl. Another time, I was in a grocery store wearing a tank top and the lady behind me in line said, "What in thee WORLD would possess you to get a tattoo like that?" I - being so damn sick of nasty comments about my tat - said, "I'm a lesbian" and walked out with my groceries ;) I'm actually not a lesbian, but I was really proud of that response anyway. the look on her face was priceless! lol!
on September 3, 2013 at 8:03 PM · Report this