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Shaved Chest, Tattooed Back

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Shannon Larratt

I think the real reason that Marisa over at Needled doesn’t post many pictures of her brilliant husband is not because of wanting to avoid nepotism, but because she doesn’t want readers all over the world ogling her guy. So, until she manages to get him in front of a camera sans clothing, here’s some tribal work by Randy Adams Tattoos in Dallas on someone with a very similar body type:

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2 responses to “Shaved Chest, Tattooed Back”

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    Shannon Larratt

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 02-09-2006 23:34:21 by Kendra
    Beautiful!

    Posted on 02-09-2006 23:47:16 by outmywindow
    Thanks Shannon! 😉

    Mmmm, broad shoulders! (Chest shaving, meh…)

    Posted on 02-10-2006 02:40:32 by sandra
    yummy ^_^

    Posted on 02-10-2006 02:59:38 by BadlyDrawnGirl
    oh my god, what a lucky lucky woman!!

    Posted on 02-10-2006 05:10:05 by Eternal_Ice
    *whistles* that’s a nice… tattoo.

    Posted on 02-10-2006 08:07:24 by FREE
    you’re right. no ogling of my man!!! but this is a nice substitute.

    you’re too funny, shannon!

    Posted on 02-10-2006 10:16:46 by verucassault
    mmmm. lovely 🙂

    Posted on 02-10-2006 16:13:26 by tafi
    Smooth-bodied, muscular, and tattooed? Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm.

    Posted on 02-12-2006 15:29:05 by Jets
    Wow, I don’t usually like tribal tattoos, but he REALLY pulls that off.

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 02-09-2006 23:34:21 by Kendra
    Beautiful!

    Posted on 02-09-2006 23:47:16 by outmywindow
    Thanks Shannon! 😉

    Mmmm, broad shoulders! (Chest shaving, meh…)

    Posted on 02-10-2006 02:40:32 by sandra
    yummy ^_^

    Posted on 02-10-2006 02:59:38 by BadlyDrawnGirl
    oh my god, what a lucky lucky woman!!

    Posted on 02-10-2006 05:10:05 by Eternal_Ice
    *whistles* that’s a nice… tattoo.

    Posted on 02-10-2006 08:07:24 by FREE
    you’re right. no ogling of my man!!! but this is a nice substitute.

    you’re too funny, shannon!

    Posted on 02-10-2006 10:16:46 by verucassault
    mmmm. lovely 🙂

    Posted on 02-10-2006 16:13:26 by tafi
    Smooth-bodied, muscular, and tattooed? Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm.

    Posted on 02-12-2006 15:29:05 by Jets
    Wow, I don’t usually like tribal tattoos, but he REALLY pulls that off.

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