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Monday Oct 24, 2005
Justin Pelegano's Tattoo Stories - "The Private Stash"
Lest we think the inked among us come armed with the juiciest tat tales, it may turn out that the artists have us beat. Take for instance these two gems courtesy of tat artist Donnie S. and his private story collection. While working at Crimson Dragon Tattoo in Austin, TX from 1992 -2005, he ran in to some quirky customers. Or was that creepy customers. You be the judge:
"An attractive, professional-looking woman came into our shop, and after looking around a few minutes and engaging in intelligent and witty banter with me, she asked if I would tattoo a name 'KEITH' on her wrist. I drew the design, put the stencil on her wrist, and began to set up for the tattoo. While I'm setting up, I'm engaging in small talk -- 'Where're you from?" That kind of thing. 'So, how long have you and Keith been together,' I asked. And she says, 'Oh, we aren't together at all, he doesnt know me yet.' I stopped dead in my tracks...and she proceeded to tell me a story of obsession and fixation that was so intense and so deep (what she told me made 'Fatal Attraction' look like a fairy tale) it made my jaw drop and ended with me being so creeped out that I refused to do the tattoo. Somewhere out there, Keith should be thankful!!!
And this next guy should be plain embarrassed...
"A guy walks in and says 'You got any Marine Corps tattoos?' I show him the traditional bulldog, the anchor and the earth -- some old stuff out of a book -- [and] he says, 'I want [the word] SIMPLIFY, you know, the Marine thing.' 'Do you mean SEMPER FI (short for SEMPER FIDELIS -- Always Faithful -- the Marine credo),' I asked. He [insists] it's Simplify. I said to him, "Man, if you're really a Marine and you go back with SIMPLIFY tattooed on you, they're gonna laugh you out of the Corps. Go ask any other Marine what the slogan is, and if he says Simplify I'll give you SIMPLIFY.' The guy left. Never saw him again. If he was pulling my leg, he did a hell of a job.
these stories from Donny S.
Crimson Dragon Tattoo Austin TX 1992 -2005
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