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To mention a mistake on friend's tattoo?

82 replies

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 21:22

I've toyed with posting this in Pedants' Corner.

DD's best friend has just had a HUGE tattoo on her side and over her hip... I won't post the whole verse, but it starts with 'Lifes too short'. She has posted it on FB and made it her profile pic.

Should I tell her that there is a missing apostrophe?

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AgentZigzag · 13/01/2012 21:46

I'm not a tight arsed pedant in the slightest, but I was just laughing about your friend with my DH I just read your OP to DH and he said he said Waterstone's's'' is dropping their apostrophe Shock

'Ows about that then??!

ClothesOfSand · 13/01/2012 21:47

I saw a man at the swimming pool with 'it is better to die on your feet than live on your knee's' tattooed on his back.

mumatron · 13/01/2012 21:47

tomarrow never dies Genius!

MardyBra · 13/01/2012 21:48

Didn't David Beckham get Victoria's name wrong in Sanscrit or something.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 21:48

OK... what I can see on her FB pic

Lifes too short
it is not about waiting
(then 2 lines I cannot make out on the FB pic)
Dance In The Rain

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mumatron · 13/01/2012 21:49

or 'tomarrow never knows' even. Blush

there's some corkers on there fruitshoots

SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 21:49

Grin Clothes. Which is silly for a number of reasons. For one, it must have hurt. Two - it's not exactly profound, is it?. Three - he clearly missed the apostrophe song clip on Words and Pictures.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 21:51

I'm going to retrain as a tattoo removal person. I will make soooo much money Grin

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SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 21:51

Bloody hell. She has bigger problems than one missing postrof.

Is it just me that wants to slap silly those people who have 'dance like nobody's watching' plaques (or indeed tats)? There is a very annoying song in the charts at the moment along those lines too, makes no sense but does make me stabby.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 21:54

sue... oh yes, me too.

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FromGirders · 13/01/2012 21:54

It's not about waiting for the sun to shine, it's about learning to dance in the rain"
Or words to that effect.

NB - I am not the tattooee

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 21:54

Was tempted to post...

'what is it going to look like when you are 8 months pg?'

Think of the stretch.

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SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 21:55

But I do like the fact that when she is dancing naked in the rain, she is encouraging others to join in through the power of the written word. On her arse.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 22:00

Erm... she hasn't said anything about being naked.

Tat is on her side and hip, not her arse.

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SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 22:01

No, I am merging my songs. I was thinking of that join me dancing naked in the rain one.

ginmakesitallok · 13/01/2012 22:04

sorry, but this has to be the best/worst tattoo fail ever!

mumatron · 13/01/2012 22:07

Gin NO WAY! how the hell can anyone make that mistake. Shock

JustHecate · 13/01/2012 22:12

Shock oh gin, that's

I want to say awful. But I'd be lying. It's bloody hillarious! Blush

How the holy HELL?...

SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 22:16

. Foxeeeeeeee

bronze · 13/01/2012 22:16

Sue- blue pearl, take me dancing naked in the rain?

SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 22:18

summit like that. 90s. Terrible.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 22:26

Take Me Dancing Naked In The Rain reminds me of Jilly Cooper for some reason Hmm

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SuePurblybilt · 13/01/2012 22:27

Oh me too, she misquoted it all the time in one of them. Either TMWMHJ or the murdery one, I rather think the former.

She also managed to misquote Lady in Red. Never quite sure how.

thenightsky · 13/01/2012 22:36

it was the hunt ball.... end of the drought.. it rained. One of the female characters danced naked and one of the male characters sang.... Lady In Buff'

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Pixel · 14/01/2012 00:20

Didn't David Beckham get Victoria's name wrong in Sanscrit or something.

Don't know, but I did enjoy this Mac cartoon Grin

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