Category Archives: disgraceful

Screen Crush Writer Nick Romano hates your Superman Tattoo

Posted on January 19, 2013 by thehopeblog

ScreenCrush.com is a website dedicated to TV and Movies, so you’d think they would be a little open minded when it came to personal expression in media, well think again. Saturday the website posted an “Original Feature” by writer Nick … Continue reading →

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Free the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum

Posted on November 24, 2012 by thehopeblog

The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is the first museum that is totally dedicated to tattooing. It shows the world’s largest Tattoo collection, collected by Henk ‘Hanky Panky’ Schiffmacher. Right in the heart of the Red Light District Hanky Panky has been … Continue reading →

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Lead Opera Singer drops out after it is revealed he has a Swastika Tattoo

Posted on July 23, 2012 by thehopeblog

Be careful of those tattoos you get when you are young that you could regret later! Yevgeny Nikitin, a well-known bass-baritone opera singer, announced this weekend that he is dropping out of the German Bayreuth Festival. Organizers confronted the singer … Continue reading →

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Man gets jail time and 200 lashes for tattooing women in Saudi Arabia

Posted on July 17, 2012 by thehopeblog

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — A Lebanese man nicknamed the “tattoo king” has been sentenced to one year in prison and 200 lashes in the conservative Muslim kingdom, a Saudi newspaper reported on Tuesday. “Investigations revealed the Lebanese had been practicing … Continue reading →

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Tattooer ordered to pay $9,000 for misspelled tattoo

Posted on July 5, 2012 by thehopeblog

We posted a few classic misspelled tattoos a while ago, and now we have news of a court ruling in favor of the client and the tattooer having to pay for damages! A Canadian tattoo artist who dropped an ‘R’ … Continue reading →

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World’s Worst Rock Tattoos

Posted on May 19, 2012 by thehopeblog

I know the motto is “Go Big or Go Home”, but I guess that’s hard when you are getting tattooed in your own kitchen. Loudwire just unleashed their 3rd installment of “World’s Worst Rock Tattoos” and we though we’d share some … Continue reading →

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Osaka Mayor tells employees to remove tattoos or find another job

Posted on May 17, 2012 by thehopeblog

We reported earlier on how a Japanese government surveyed employees about their tattoos, and now we are sad to say that those surveys and now being used to give employees the pink slip. The Guardian is reporting that the Mayor of Osaka is … Continue reading →

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Grammar and Spelling – it’s in the details…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by thehopeblog

The website HappyPlace.com has compiled a great group of photos that reminds you to make sure your tattoo doesn’t need one extra letter, one less letter, an apostrophe, or a comma. Whenever it’s time for you to get words permanently etched … Continue reading →

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Mother and son get kicked out of Legoland because of “Offensive Tattoo”

Posted on April 28, 2012 by thehopeblog

Lana Massey and her son were asked to leave the Texas Legoland due to Massey’s “offensive body art”. Massey took to posting the details of the incident on the Church of Body Modification forum and has since gone viral. “My … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Town Passes Law for 14-year olds get Tattooed?!?!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by thehopeblog

Shame on the community leaders in Webster, Mass who passed a law allowing children as young as 14-years old the opportunity to get tattooed. And get this – their reasoning is to ensure public health?! The Webster Board of Health … Continue reading →

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