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Team America

Written by

Shannon Larratt

Who says September 11th and the ongoing wars around the world aren’t linked? Dare you disagree with a tattoo? Those things are permanent you know.

The tattoo above is by Tank’s Tattoos in Detroit Lakes, MN, and the tattoo below is by Lord Dunce in Norwood, Mass.

As a point of trivia, I wanted to name Rachel and my daughter America, but she didn’t think it was quite as cool a name as Abbie Hoffman and I did apparently….

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18 responses to “Team America”

  1. VeganZombie Avatar
    VeganZombie

    Heh, I can’t look at the bottom one without singing “Fuck yeah!!”. I blame your title, there.

  2. VeganZombie Avatar
    VeganZombie

    Heh, I can’t look at the bottom one without singing “Fuck yeah!!”. I blame your title, there.

  3. modifiedcanadian Avatar
    modifiedcanadian

    I think you may have misworded your last sentence, Shannon. Well, or I simply misread it.

    I think America sounds cooler, though I’d rather be named Abbie Hoffman. 🙂

  4. modifiedcanadian Avatar
    modifiedcanadian

    I think you may have misworded your last sentence, Shannon. Well, or I simply misread it.

    I think America sounds cooler, though I’d rather be named Abbie Hoffman. 🙂

  5. Jezibelle Avatar
    Jezibelle

    He didn’t word the sentence wrong. Abbie Hoffman was an anti-war protestor/orgainzer, and he named his son America.

  6. Jezibelle Avatar
    Jezibelle

    He didn’t word the sentence wrong. Abbie Hoffman was an anti-war protestor/orgainzer, and he named his son America.

  7. 11. Avatar
    11.

    yikes..

  8. 11. Avatar
    11.

    yikes..

  9. -d Avatar
    -d

    So what you’re saying is the [1st] tattoo “makes it official”

    (‘Cos I’ve been wondering about that for the longest time.)

    PS Who stole the other 35 stars offa[sic] dude’s flag? Iraqi insurgents? It couldn’t be the fireman, he’s in another photograph/dimension alltogether, ja?

  10. -d Avatar
    -d

    So what you’re saying is the [1st] tattoo “makes it official”

    (‘Cos I’ve been wondering about that for the longest time.)

    PS Who stole the other 35 stars offa[sic] dude’s flag? Iraqi insurgents? It couldn’t be the fireman, he’s in another photograph/dimension alltogether, ja?

  11. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    The first one is an easy pick,
    but what “country” is the knuckle-tattooed person from?

  12. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    The first one is an easy pick,
    but what “country” is the knuckle-tattooed person from?

  13. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    You’re right, he could just as easily be South American… Outside of the USA and large parts of Canada, “American” just means “from the Americas”, or at least it did in the past…

  14. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    You’re right, he could just as easily be South American… Outside of the USA and large parts of Canada, “American” just means “from the Americas”, or at least it did in the past…

  15. Tunisia Avatar
    Tunisia

    loving your country is something, attacking others is another thing

  16. Tunisia Avatar
    Tunisia

    loving your country is something, attacking others is another thing

  17. Al Avatar
    Al

    Wow, those tattoos suck for so many reasons

  18. Al Avatar
    Al

    Wow, those tattoos suck for so many reasons

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