I Think That Eel On The Right Symbolizes Something, But Can’t Quite Put My Finger On It
June 1st, 2009
Image Credit: Bean Bucket
Earthquakes occur when enough pressure builds up underneath the Earth’s surface to cause a sudden release of energy through the crust. The vast majority of earthquakes are small enough as to be imperceptible. If, however, the pressure is allowed to build for a long period of time without release, an earthquake, when it finally occurs, can be large enough to cause severe damage and devastation.
Sexual repression works in much the same way.
Try explaining THAT to your parents..
I wonder how many tattoo artist this guy had to go to to find one that could do this with a straight face? I can imagine that the most common response by a wide margin was, “…Seriously?” or some variant thereof.
ok,i don’t wanna know why the second mermen has not his penis visible >__<
You people are all obsessing over how gay it is and how he is sexually orientated,but what I want to know is “Seriously….?What the fuck…?Mermen?”
And you’re all finished up. Yep… It says I love you Mom. That’ll be $400
Quite possibly THE gayest thing in the history of all things gay. Perhaps he didn’t know what was going on back there when he got the tatoo. Maybe he really super pissed the artist off sometime before he got it. Probably just the gayest thing ever though.
@NoldorFingolfin
The word is either “himself,” “herself,” or “themselves.” There is no such word as “theirself,” “themself,” or “theirselves.”
“Thierself” is just plain sad.
Tom Cruise IS still gayer. And, this is, at least, two apparently consenting members of the same species. I have seen more anatomically graphic tattoos, involving animal sex. Ew. I didn’t eat for a week.
I’m gay, and I think this is awful. This may be the worst tattoo in the history of tattoos.
@Grammar Queen Calling yourself “Grammar Queen” and then spelling it “thierself” is even sadder though. There’s definitely no such word as that
@Vic Torey-Paughn And thank you for making me laugh. You obviously read only what you wanted to.
I kind of surprised the tips of the trident aren’t penis heads.
Read the posting by “ashamed” on the prior page and you’ll see why “thierself” is mentioned.
@NoldorFingolfin
No “Themselves” is a perfectly accurate word – look it up in the dictionary.
Shame… the guy in the shot looks to have a great physique and he went and defiled it with XXX mermen and a double heap of sploogtastic action. I had to laugh, but, jeez, poor guy… he can never again take his shirt off in a public place without risking children seeing that.
Am I the only one who is worried this might be a screencap from an upcoming Wii version of the “Chō Aniki” games?
Themself, themselves, theirselves all legit words. On another note, @ken needs spelling lessons
@Grammar Queen
your mom ate me out for a week.
Bridget, some how I just don’t think this person isn’t really concerned about who might see that.
Meant, is really concerned. : )
We’re not here to argue about grammar, guys and gals, we’re here to look at penis-orientated tattoos. Or is that just me…
@Grammar Queen
Also, there is no such word as “gayer”.
@Vic Torey-Paughn
There is a difference between Grammar and Spelling.
@Grammar Queen
Pretty fucking sexy if you ask me.
*lol*
Now I wonder how straight THIS guy is…!
In regard of how “complex” the motive is, it’s still nicely done.
I just wonder – is there any state in the US, where he could walk topless unarrested?
All of them, I believe. I used to wear a Lords of Acid shirt that had this for the cover: http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog/L/Lords%20Of%20Acid%20-%20Voodoo-U/Lords%20Of%20Acid%20-%20Voodoo-U.jpg and the same kind of lady with a large yellow strap-on on the back — and there wasn’t a damned thing anyone could do about it. Free speech rocks.
@Grammar Queen
@ Grammar Queen -
You are apparently rather ignorant of some of the more nuanced aspects of the English language. While I will readily admit that the “correctness” of “singular they” is a contested point in English linguistics, it is, I assure you, a part of standard spoken English. Its use is even implied to be “reasonable” by the Chicago Manual of Style. Here’s a wiki link for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
This sentence is particularly noteworthy:
“Some grammar and usage guides have accepted singular uses of they, in cases limited to references to an indeterminate person. For example, A person might find themself in a fix is considered standard English…”
So, dear grammar queen, please make sure you know what you’re talking about before being a cunt. Better yet, stop being a grammatical prescriptivist.
Hey, can we stop talking about grammar for a bit and get back to the fact that these are some fucked up looking penises? Why is it that whenever I see penises depicted in tattoos they always look weird? You’ll have to take my word on it that I’m really quite experienced at examining male genitalia, and these do not resemble “normal” and “healthy” penises. Nor does cum look like that. I would imagine that anyone getting this tattoo (or any of the other ones, like cock suckajer) would have an inkling of what a penis looks like. So why, then, do they look so wrong?? Not to mention that the merman’s penis is all bad and awkward angles…
Is this pedants corner? I’ve arrived.
Cool, what do you think? Don’t those penises look awful?
lol he must be gay
@jake
Nah He’s straight as; I know him well. He just likes penises.
wow. he paid A LOT of money for that.
@Grammar Queen
actually there IS a such word “Themself” LOOK IT UP SMARTY TARTY
@Vic Torey-Paughn
‘Calling yourself “Grammar Queen” and then spelling it “thierself” is even sadder though.’ So is calling someone out on their grammar when the error is actually a spelling error, and then in the same sentence using incorrect grammar yourself. Try, “…even more sad though.”
epic gayness.
“merman!”
Lol stoopid peepul arrgyooing abowt gram-er an’ spelign.
Is the merman at the back squeezing the merman in the fronts nipple? Also, why is there a pitch fork in the background and a snake on the side?
@What the…
To answer your questions, in order:
Yes. It’s a “Trident” (a symbol used in conjunction with King Triton). It’s an eel, I suspect. The why would have to be explained by the wearer of said tattoo.
@RPGod lol. your comment just saved me a buck on psychiatrists today.
Use themselves as the reflexive/intensive pronoun to refer to an indefinite gender-neutral noun or pronoun that is the subject of the sentence and avoid themself.
2. If a singular indefinite gender-neutral noun is the subject of a sentence, use the “singular they” elsewhere in the sentence, especially as the subject of any subordinate clause, to refer to it rather than repeat the noun; this will improve readability. In the following provision, for example, the use of “they” as the subject of the subordinate clause, along with a plural verb, instead of “the person” and a singular verb, makes themselves sound more natural.
A claim for refugee protection shall be rejected, and a person is not a Convention refugee if they have voluntarily reavailed themselves of the protection of their country of nationality.
3. If themselves sounds awkward, redraft the sentence without using the reflexive/intensive pronoun.
Grammars
According to the rules of grammar, reflexive/intensive pronouns are formed by adding the singular self or the plural selves to the possessive form of the first- and second-person personal pronouns (myself, yourself, ourselves, yourselves), to the objective form of third-person personal pronouns (herself, himself, itself, themselves), and to the impersonal pronoun “one” (oneself). Self is chosen if the pronoun to which it is being added is singular, while selves is chosen if the pronoun is plural.
Dictionaries and usage manuals
The current Oxford English Dictionary Online does not have an entry for themself; however, under the entry for themselves it states that “themself” was the normal form of the third person plural reflexive pronoun until about 1540 and that this form had completely disappeared by about 1570, when it was superseded by themselfs and then themselves, which became the standard form. Although some current dictionaries, for example, The New Oxford Dictionary of English, state that themself has re-emerged in recent years when used to refer to a singular gender-neutral noun or pronoun (”themselves” remains the normal third person plural reflexive form), they label it as “rare” or “disputed” or “not widely accepted in standard English”. Other dictionaries such as Webster’s Third New International Dictionary do not mention it at all. In short, although there is some acknowledgement that this form is occasionally used today, informally, and that it may perhaps be a trend to watch, its use does not seem widespread enough to justify advocating it in legislative texts for the time being.
Sources
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary
The Canadian Writer’s Handbook
The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage
The New Oxford Dictionary of English
The Oxford English Dictionary, on-line edition
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
http://www.canada-justice.net/fra/min-dept/pub/legis/n39.html
@Vic Torey-Paughn she called herself grammar queen.
she didn’t say shit about her spelling abilities.
@What the…
Yeah it is he’s also the one jacking the one on top off
Ummm, did you all look at the photo? Or did you just decide to talk about grammar and miss how absolutely, roll-on-the-floor, funny this damned tattoo is?
and this is why you don’t get a tattoo done by your girlfriend’s ex boyfriend
@Sarah
Merman? More like sperman.
It’s like Tom of Finland and Lisa Frank’s horrible, horrible, love-child.
Er, those aren’t mermen… They are Sea Men. See men: Sea Men.
Sadly, it is wittingly a slick visual joke.
What the hell is the point of the 2 dicks on the side spouting out a shower of gizz all over them? Like a “celebration” of mermen or something. Ah… That’s IT!!! It’s and analogy for a celebration of semen. I almost missed that. Very deep. (no pun intended).