BME: Body Modification Ezine

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Author: Shannon Larratt

  • World Record Piercing?

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    Shannon Larratt

    I could be wrong, but I’d say this piercing has a very good chance of being the oldest person ever pierced. This is by Little Ted in Milton Keynes, England who writes,

    “Last year I re-pierced this lady’s ear lobes. You might say that piercing ear lobes is nothing special, and I would normally agree, but this lady had her original piercings done eighty years ago when she was nineteen and she wanted to wear some special earrings at her 100th birthday party. I am hoping to have performed ear lobe piercing with a standard blade on the oldest person that you have had on your site.”

    I am nearly 100% sure that not only did Ted work on the oldest piercee on BME, but perhaps in the world? Anyone else reading this ever pierce anyone that’s in the century club?

    I am nearly 100% sure that not only did Ted work on the oldest piercee on , but perhaps in the world? Anyone else reading this ever pierce anyone that’s in the century club?

  • Oh, it’s always that time!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Well, in a perfect world anyway. I love the latest gonzo tattoo (in a long, long series) by Larry Brogan over at Tattoo City Skin Art in Lockport, Illinois. It’s based on an old pinup.

  • The benefits of a scrotal tunnel

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    Shannon Larratt

    Perhaps the above entry got you wanting to see a post that’s a little more explicit? I’ll aim to do that here by telling the guys reading this why it’s in their best interests to get a scrotal piercing and stretch it up nice and big so it can fit a tunnel like most people wear in their ears.

    So, you’ve got this kind of funny looking tunnel in your nutsack. Doesn’t seem like it’s doing much for you, right?
    But don’t sell it short. People will think it’s, like, neat-oh!

    They’ll want to look through it — is it really that big? Does it really go all the way through?

    And they’ll want to play with it.

    They’ll be thrilled to discover that it actually improves cell phone reception. And with their mouth so close, how can they resist a lick? Yeah, and it’s pretty much just all downhill from there. Or should I say uphill? I don’t know. Whichever you prefer.

    Trust me. You won’t regret it.

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  • Konami Tattoo

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    Shannon Larratt

    Since I just posted about an Electronic Arts / EA gaming tattoo, I thought I ought to also mention this Konami tattoo. Shawn writes,

    "Ever since I was a young boy, I thought the Konami logo was one of the coolest symbols I had ever seen. The simplistic swipes and its meaning, 'little wave', were to me very stylistic and interesting to see. I'm in a band called Temp Sound Solutions, and as of now to this point, I've written five full albums of video game covers, a lot of them being from Konami games."

    "A few years back, I lost a good friend of mine who I was mainly in touch with over the Internet. We were friends for years and years. Another friend wrote a record called 'Konami' that we both adored and my friend's initials were 'S.S.', which I thought was very similar to the Konami logo. I got these tattoos to commemorate my friend's life and our bond of the love for music."

  • Starry Skull

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    Shannon Larratt

    Thanks to Erenee for sending in this picture of thirty-three stars on her head, applied by Adam at River City in Killeen, Texas over two hours… I hope she keeps her head shaved after it’s all healed up, because I think it looks amazing like this!

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