Tag: tattoos

Cutting to the Quick

5/10/14

In some African cultures, scarification is a means of beautifying the body, kind of like tattoos.  There are other theories about the reasons it is done.  As a tribal custom, a young individual of either sex cuts themselves or someone cuts them to cause a scar after healing.  The cuts are small in length, but are deep enough to cause a scar.  To the layman, that means that they are deep enough to be felt as a stab wound.  They are laid in a pattern that may be simple or elaborate.  Tonight’s patient had about 500 scars over the face to resemble a classical drama/comedy mask, if it were solid.

In the American culture, cutting oneself might get you 96 hours on a lock down psychiatric ward.

More urgent news from your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.

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Drug Deal Gone Good

2/4/2018

A guy was on a motorcycle, evading capture by the county sheriff’s deputies for suspected drug offenses.  In his hasty, not-so-reckless and excessively speedy operation of the vehicle, he wrecked the motorcycle which he had stolen and ran on foot to evade capture.  He jumped a fence, lost his footing, slid and rolled down a hill to the edge of the interstate highway.  He jumped up and tried to run across the freeway.

Yup, tried.

A car, traveling at about 70 mph and he collided.  Not a full impact.  The passenger mirror hit his elbow and left torso in a glancing blow.

As the deputy inventoried his possessions, they found brass knuckles, a loaded gun, methamphetamine and wads of cash.

This was a drug deal that didn’t go well for the guy but did go well for everyone else.

But, he does get the opportunity to add to his collection of big house tats.

From your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.

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The Family Tree

7/2017

At least in Christian culture, families would historically keep the family information in the family Bible.  Information such as dates of births, marriages, deaths and other significant family events.  Those that weren’t Christian would use other methods, such as word of mouth, journals and other filing systems.

Today, one has the option to use the Roy and Ginger Rogers system.

When the wife dies, you skin her and have her stuffed so the tattoos on her back, neck, legs, torso and breasts can be preserved for the names and dates of birth of all her children and husbands, memorials to the loss of significant family members and other information.  This system also allows families to keep life sized replicas of their loved ones close, for the comfort they offer.

Like Roy Rogers and Trigger.

It does get crowded over time though.  Like Qin Shi Huang’s terra cotta warriors.

Well hell, at least the staff thought it was funny.  And most of them have
tattoos.

From your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.

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