Can you figure out the common theme in Rivers‘s finger tattoos by Dave Kruseman at Memorial Tattoo in Cabbagetown, GA?
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64 responses to “Find the meme”
Zapf Dingbats?
This one’s got me stumped. I was going to say that they might be ‘good luck’ charms, but I’m not so sure that a cup of coffee and a pretzel symbolize good luck.
Hmmmm
They look really cool though, and I love his mutton chops.
I too m drawing a complete blank…. I can see Lucky Stars, Jewish Pretzel, maybe even Sea of Diamonds? And then… Death by coffee? But I can’t see a theme just yet. Maybe they are songs?
i cant figure out what the one of his left pinky is…
the one on his left pinky is a sideways skull, I think.
Can’t figure out the meme either
@ no.3
Jewish Pretzel? Star of David, and a pretzel.
How about different trends or fads that most people seem to go through at some stage in their life?
hearts, stars, horseshoes, cloves, and blue moons, pots of golds, and rainbows, and me red balloons???
clovers****
Whenever I see a pretzel I think of Bush and how we were almost saved by a pretzel…
Coffee, Star of David, Omega, Diamond, Anchor, Star, Pretzel, Skull….
*stumped*
I’m guessing that those are the symbols you get whenever you hit a key on the home row for whatever font that is.
Charms? But, this guy is wicked hot. Muttonchops!
TRUE LOVE
😀
At #7.
I didn’t know that Judaism was a fad or trend.
I guess you learn something new everyday.
food,god,luck and wealth?
i have no idea
Rosie- that little incident would definitely designate pretzels as good luck then, wouldn’t it? hehehe
Ayway, I think that they are very neat tattoos, but I can’t guess any better than anyone else as to what they mean.
my best guess is that they somehow all represent different religons
I was really hoping someone figured it out in here… haha crap. I guess I’ll check back later, since I have NO CLUE.
p.s. nice chops!
Since when did Wolverine have Tattoos ?
surely wolverines healing powers would reject the tattoo?
note to self: “get a life!”
Wolverine was discussed earlier; yes, in one comic book he tells another X-man that he would get tattoos to impress chicks and they’d be gone in a couple hours.
It looks like that wingdings (sp? haha) font found on some computers. Don’t know what it would translate as, if it was said font tho…?
Could be his stages of life past present and future(including places he could of worked at….sounds silly but just taking a stab at it:
Coffee mug- cofee shop
Star of David- started bcoming faithful
Anchor- joined the navy
Skull- obviously when he dies…
doubt thats it
I am stumped…
is it… true love?
I’m thinking about the alethiometer in His Dark Materials, but that ain’t right.
If it was “true love” it would have the two ‘e’s as the same symbol, so it can’t be that unless they were different cases. Hopefully the guy will get on here and tell us what it means!
Forgot to mention that it might not even spell anything! Shannon only talks about the ‘common theme’ or ‘meme’ after all.
they’re all cliched tattoo symbols except the java symbol and the pretzel??
so no answer :(??
i really wanna know D:
I know who that is! it’s WOLVERINE from the X MEN isn’t it?
Those sideburns give him away everytime!
OK. Shannon, if you know the answer to this and you don’t tell us, we are going to be very displeased with you! I’ve rechecked this about 6 times now because it’s driving me nuts for some reason.
lucky charms?
I’m thinking something along the lines of “happiness”. Not spelling the word, but all of those things indicate something that makes some people very happy, no?
So, first off, my name is Sean. Second, I never thought that I would be modblogged, let alone have this many comments. Thanks everyone for the vindication and a good feeling or two.
Concerning my tattoos, there is no theme or general intention behind all eight tattoos together. The only two that really matter are the Star of David and the pretzel; they’re on matching fingers and are for my parents. I have a Jewish mom and a German dad.
The coffee cup comes from my unrequited love for the drink, simply enough. The rest are just symbols that appeal to me, aesthetically.
Sorry that there isn’t a better story to put down, but I am willing to consider some more theories. Thank you, Shannon, for the appreciation.
Dude, the last tattoo on his left pinkie is Cthulhu, that’s the meme right there.
Love those lipssss
How about relating the symbols on the opposite fingers (ie pinky to pinky) Lets see… Dead people(skull) can’t drink coffee(coffee), Germans(pretzel) persecuted the Jews(Star of David), Pirates(anchor), look for treasure(diamond), and I don’t know about the star and omega.
is mostly worn off and probably done at home the theme?
is it wingdings?
Things to hold you over.
I don’t think it’s Omega on his right middle finger. Its upside down. So I guess horseshoe? Or maybe omega being upside down has some importance. I just hope after a hundred guesses we aren’t told “they’re all symbols. DUH”
What looks like an Omega is really a horseshoe. They were done, once, at a shop. Parts of the horseshoe, a lot of the diamond, and a side of the pretzel fell out worse than the others. They will be re-lined in the near future.
on the right hand are the passing (transitory) aspects of life (money, lucky, addictions, religion). and on the left hand are intransitory aspects of life, the stuff that anchors us down???? death (skull), endless space (star), infinity (even though it looks like a pretzel?
the chops are really coming in.
i need to calm down. whew.
LD —- SCROLL UP. answer is right there in front of.
* in front of you.
nice chops
I have to agree with #38, those lips are to die for.