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Monday  Sep 12, 2005

Every BODY Has A Story - Matthew Walton

Why MUSTACHE?

“It was my first tattoo. I wrote it on my finger with a ball point pen the night before on my birthday, so I could hold it up under my nose and it would say ‘mustache’. I was drunk, maybe you had to have been there. I just happened to be dating a tattoo artist, and she made me promise to get it tattooed on there. A promise is a promise. It actually fell out a little in the ‘U’, and now looks more like ‘mistake.’”

What’s the worst tattoo you’ve ever seen?

“Can I nominate Cameron Springer for the worst tattoos? The Virgin Mary on his arm, and the Misfits skull with 20 eyes around it. That dumb pinup where the lines don’t even meet. Sheesh, pay for a tattoo every once in a while, buddy.”

How do you think you'll feel in 30 years, when you wake up and see your tattoo in the morning?

“I have been through every emotion there is that you can relate to a tattoo. I’ve loved it, hated it, and everything else in between, and now, its just there. I’m sure my grandkids will remind me that its there when I do the "mustache" for their friends.”

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