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05.18.2003 :: Ode to the freaks of the world
I had a wonderful quiet evening last night. I settled in and watched the season finale night. Friends, Will and Grace and ER. Knitting? Oh, yes, I knit 2 rows on Inishmaan. Yup, that's right! TWO WHOLE ROWS! I am now accepting pats on the back for being such a fast and prolific knitter! (snort!)
In lieu of any interesting knitting content, I give you this....Forehead advertising. Yup, that's right. In London, a person can make up to 88.20 GBP a week (that's $143 American dollars according to the trusty currency coverter) for getting a vegetable dye tattoo on their forehead and make it visible in the city for 3 hours a day! Seems to me if you get a vegetable tattoo, which is henna, if I'm not mistaken, you will be wearing it 24 hours a day for about a week straight. I guess the other 21 hours a day that you are seen is a freebie! I'm sure this is amusing. Anybody in London seen this? this is so cool. What would you put on your forehead? Oh, the possibilities! Now, if I were a person really good at computer "schtuff" I could probably make up a couple of these. But, nope. You'll just have to use your imaginations.
And in the "This is way too weird" category. Or maybe, "What were they thinking, they must have been drunk!" category. A couple in China named their baby Saddam Deng Sars! As if it's not bad enough that the poor child was named after Saddam, but named after the SARS epidemic? Oh, poor boy! I guess "Jack Daniels Hangover" might be the next name for some poor unsuspecting child! Or maybe "Lo mein food poisoning!"
Happy Friday. Or as Kerstin would say, Happy "Freaky Friday!"
Posted by Sandy on 05.18.2003 AT 12:30 PM
Comments
Sandy ~ I swear you're trying *so* hard to be me. Flat chest but no flat belly even at age 10. Does it get any more cosmic than this? Dandy Mandy
Posted by: A visitor on 05.17.2003 AT 12:54 PM
Yes, Sandy, a flat belly even after having two babies AND gaining 50 pounds with each one. The problem is I have the butt and thighs to prove I really did have babies. Oh well. I suppose I can't have everything. And, I thank all you bloggin ladies for making my days see so much brighter. It truly is a fun thing. And, to meet so many awesome people.... Doesn't get much better than this.Rene [RandR704@chartermi.net]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.17.2003 AT 02:10 AM
Hey now!! Leave us tattooed freaks alone!! I have a salamander with an ever growing tail..LOL. :)
Congrats on the Suki bag, Sandy..guess you were really cookin' on that one! I started Na Craga, got past the ribbing and started the cabling last night..yay!! It's looking pretty..but not coming out well in photos. :( Can't wait to see Inishmaan. :)
Now, about flat chests and bellies? HA..neither one on this end. In fact, I don't think anything on me is flat..except maybe my hair this morning..oh well. :)Daphne [rhapsody@madflower.com]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.17.2003 AT 01:59 AM
OMG! You guys aren't going to believe this. I just downloaded a picture of one of these forehead ads:
http://www.garywill.com/cottons/foreheadad.jpgPioneer Melissa [pioneermelissa@sympatico.ca]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 12:56 PM
The tattoo thing is a mystery to me, too. Seems to me that all those women who are getting a rose tattooed on their breast are someday going to have a withered long-stemmed rose. Ewwwwww.
Happy Friday, Sandy---you could get a handheld computer that you can keep in your pocket, then whip out & occasionally check the blogs! ;)Kim [gibknits@earthlink.net]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 12:28 PM
KERSTIN, I can't believe you! Tell the world about the tattoo. You really must see it to appreciate it. Sandy, you see the think about the tattoo is that it is on my FLAT belly!!! Gee, K, do you have that... Oh no, wait, you DON'T... Well yes, I still do. And, it's not a blue butterfly. It's a real pretty purple and pink butterfly!! It's a "turning 40" thing (actually I've been wanting one since I was 35, but chickened out the first time). I think the double-shot of vodka pulled me through getting it... ha-ha It IS pretty and if I had a picture I'd send it. The number one question I get when people ask about it? "Did it hurt?" Well girl bloggers, NO, it didn't hurt (but what did I expect when childbirth didn't hurt either). It was quite a rush though. It is addicting though. I'd like another one. What you say? A toe ring!!! Happy Freaky Friday everyone.... This work thing really gets in the way of blogging and this one message is sending me over the edge in the hands dept... Too funny. I still have to work all day.Rene
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 12:26 PM
I am honored that I would be your laugh o'the morning! Maybe I'll tatoo that on my head! RENE! A tatoo on your belly??? Oh, my. If I had done that when I was younger and thinner, it would be a GIANT butterfly by now! EEKK!! The mental image is enough to , well, tatoo something on my forehead!Visit me @ http://sandysknitting.blog-city.com
Posted by: Sandy Hurley on 05.16.2003 AT 12:11 PM
Here I am for the laugh of the morning and I am not disappointed! You are so right ~ the possibilities are endless on the forehead advertising. I've just made an appt to have At My Knits End tattooed across mine. I'm also contemplating At My Butts End across my derriere. Personally, I don't *get* the whole tattoo thing. ANYONE who gets one is LOCO SMOKO in my book. Don't come crying to me, Rene, when the blue butterfly on your belly decays into a black cocoon. Let's hope laser removal is less painful in a few more years. Oh, and less expensive, too. ;) Sandy, I think we should name your next child No Handle Suki. Or General Gau's Blockin' Artery Chicken. You are a blast, my fellow Princetonian!
Kerstin
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 12:01 PM
Heh, the sad thing is -- I'm wishing they'd do that here -- I could use some cash!Jahara [jahara@drizzle.com]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 11:54 AM
Kim, nice forehead tattoo! Does the Mr. have one too? Rene, you are my flat bellied hero, especially if you have kids. Anyone who has a flat stomach is is 40 deserves a forehead tattoo. A nice one! I don't even think my stomach was flat when I was 10 years old. My chest was, though.
You bloggin ladies make my day. Put that on your forehead and read it! sandy [ashurley@attbi.com]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 09:08 AM
I debated 'Mrs.' vs. 'Ms.' but I thought it's the end product that would be right, so I went for 'Mrs.'.
Perhaps I do have too much time on my hands....Pioneer Melissa
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 07:56 AM
Oh, I am impressed PM! You are gettin' better everyday! Ms. Gibson, I dare say, you are the BRAVE one. Go for it, Mrs. Right. Wait. MS. Right. You are so darn attractive with that purple tattoo on your forehead that all sorts of gimps, wimps and freaks will be knockin' on your door!Candy Mandy
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 07:26 AM
With me, the tattoo thing was personal. I put is somewhere on my body that I've always loved, and I put it somewhere that I would see every day. Hence, the belly... I can't imagine a tattoo on the sagging breasts nor on the fat, dimply butt, but the flat belly? Why yes, of course. I liked my friend Laura's comment about putting her sunshine on her ankle because that is a place that will NEVER sag!!! Oh please don't go to work Sandy. This is much more fun don't ya think.... Rene
Posted by: A visitor on 05.16.2003 AT 01:42 AM
OMG, a gimp, wimp and freak just knocked on my door!! It must be that damned forehead tattoo...Mrs. Right [gibknits@earthlink.net]
Posted by: A visitor on 05.18.2003 AT 12:30 PM