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No, it has nothing to do with the movie!

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Shannon Larratt

I always like unexpected reasons for tattoos. The wearer of this “DUDE” tattoo (by Kim Dark at Immortal Images in Melbourne, FL) says, “Believe it or not, this has nothing to do with Dude Where’s My Car. I had a shirt with that on it that, and I had the best times of my life wearing it.”

I have the same explanation for my “SWEET” tattoo by the way.

Comments

22 responses to “No, it has nothing to do with the movie!”

  1. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Niceeee 🙂

  2. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Niceeee 🙂

  3. moddoctor Avatar
    moddoctor

    Dude.

  4. moddoctor Avatar
    moddoctor

    Dude.

  5. haha Avatar
    haha

    i said dude SO much. to the point where i say it unknowingly. and its awesome.

  6. haha Avatar
    haha

    i said dude SO much. to the point where i say it unknowingly. and its awesome.

  7. mark! Avatar
    mark!

    hmmmm right arm is obviously batman, but the left: watchmen, transmet or nirvana?

  8. mark! Avatar
    mark!

    hmmmm right arm is obviously batman, but the left: watchmen, transmet or nirvana?

  9. Bejron Avatar
    Bejron

    “Dude, Where is my car ?” ?????
    Come ON !! The only dude is THE Dude in “The Big Lebowski”..

  10. Bejron Avatar
    Bejron

    “Dude, Where is my car ?” ?????
    Come ON !! The only dude is THE Dude in “The Big Lebowski”..

  11. Leroy Avatar
    Leroy

    Well the guy looks pretty happy with it.

    And i just noticed his Batman logo and Nirvana (maybe?) smiley face tattoo.

    haha. 🙂

  12. Leroy Avatar
    Leroy

    Well the guy looks pretty happy with it.

    And i just noticed his Batman logo and Nirvana (maybe?) smiley face tattoo.

    haha. 🙂

  13. Sassie_L Avatar
    Sassie_L

    Yeah, Dude always reminds me of The Big Lebowski too. I want to get a texta and write “the” above his tattoo in a nice cursive font lol

  14. Sassie_L Avatar
    Sassie_L

    Yeah, Dude always reminds me of The Big Lebowski too. I want to get a texta and write “the” above his tattoo in a nice cursive font lol

  15. severed Avatar
    severed

    el duderino if you’re not a fan of brevity

  16. severed Avatar
    severed

    el duderino if you’re not a fan of brevity

  17. adam Avatar
    adam

    argh. typography can be so beautiful on its own, regardless of the word/phrase. it just pains me to see all of these typographic tattoos on this site done so carelessly. but i do love when i see time and care put into the shaping of the letterforms. sorry, this was a bit of a more technical comment, im a bit of a type-nerd.

  18. adam Avatar
    adam

    argh. typography can be so beautiful on its own, regardless of the word/phrase. it just pains me to see all of these typographic tattoos on this site done so carelessly. but i do love when i see time and care put into the shaping of the letterforms. sorry, this was a bit of a more technical comment, im a bit of a type-nerd.

  19. Jennica Avatar
    Jennica

    You’re Mr. Lebowski I’M THE DUDE. The dude is not in.

  20. Jennica Avatar
    Jennica

    You’re Mr. Lebowski I’M THE DUDE. The dude is not in.

  21. amandagee Avatar
    amandagee

    sweet.

  22. amandagee Avatar
    amandagee

    sweet.

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