Comments on: Tramp Stamp

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:31:50 +0000

Schmuck, Crappy, Sleazy, Slimy, Creepy, A**hole and Horny.

By: Vernie

Vernie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:57:23 +0000

Doc and the 8th dwarf, Letchey.
Somehow, he didn’t make it into the Disney cut.

By: Cedar

Cedar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:29 +0000

Johnny B–Believe me, I know what “target” refers to; I graduated from college within the past ten years and I watch movies.

An Austrailian friend of mine calls them “Arse Antlers,” which I find much funnier.

By: Johnny B.

Johnny B. — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:19:21 +0000

Hey Cedar - how about using the term “target” vs. “tramp stamp”?

(ask your boyfriend what that means…)

By: Johnny B.

Johnny B. — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:16:14 +0000

What’s not to get here?

The hottie Snow White, 7 lonely men, a inviting “tramp stamp”, a belly shirt/low dress, and she’s making (or possibly re-making?) the bed.

The one dwarf finally see’s the green light to pursue…

By: Judge Mental

Judge Mental — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:48:23 +0000

IMHO, I think some of you are taking the term “tramp stamp” a little too literally (and too seriously). I don’t infer that a woman with a “tramp stamp” is a woman of loose morals any more than I assume a man wearing a “wife beater” is a spouse abuser, even though I might use the respective colloquial expressions. I have even heard rather conservative women use “tramp stamp” in regards to their own tattoos, even though they would bristle at the notion of actually being called a tramp.

By: Cedar

Cedar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:35:09 +0000

How can you, an observer, tell if a tattoo is meaningful, or just a random symbol?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:14:01 +0000

Ray — my father’s tattoos were of black panthers scratching the skin leaving blood trails.

But you bring up a good point about belonging. Getting a tattoo regardless of gender of the tattoo wearer or what or where the tattoo is, marks you as part of a tribe. Even if that tribe is just “those who get tattoos”.

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:42:12 +0000

I think a back tattoo like that is less trampy than the current practice of wearing thong underwear with a special design on it so that the underwear rises up and out of the jeans on purpose.

Although, at least the panties thing is not permanent.

By: Ray Brady

Ray Brady — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:44 +0000

Nicole, you didn’t specify what kind of tattoos your father got, but the fact that he got them without question indicates that there is something he valued beyond his own body. A man that gets “USMC” tattooed on his arm is showing a desire to be part of something greater than himself. A man that gets a random graphic design is showing a desire to be trendy and fashionable.