Danielle writes:
This lovely tattoo belongs to a friend of a friend. “Thorn’s have rose’s”. No one noticed it before I pointed it out! This tattoo infuriates me beyond belief. How could you get something permanently written on your body without making sure it was spelled correctly first? It kills me. The girl still doesn’t know that it’s spelled wrong.
She may now!
#1 by God Is My Codependent on April 13, 2009 - 7:47 pm
Thorn’s have rose’s in much the same way that tatoo’s have butt’s.
#2 by toast on April 13, 2009 - 10:32 pm
Yikes! Even if the girl brought in that exact phrase, why did the tattoo artist not bring it up? This makes me sad.
#3 by greenduckiesgirl on April 14, 2009 - 2:22 am
Um, sometimes your tattoo artist is an idiot and you can spell everything out to him and he still does it wrong. Which is why my “Groovy, Yeah Baby!” smiley face actually says “Grooey, Yeah Babby!” But hey, it does make for a great story. This, though, is just wrong.
#4 by Kirk on April 15, 2009 - 7:22 am
This is just me being picky, especially considering the horribly errant apostrophes, but what’s with the non-connecting letters? I can understand that it’s not exactly easy to make the proper letters connect on a script font on a computer (without the typographer making a lot of ligatures), but on something that’s done by hand, why do those Ss not connect to the previous letters? It’s like they just printed it on her.
#5 by LaughingKatie on April 15, 2009 - 10:25 am
It’s a nasty tat, with or without the blatant apostrophe abuse
#6 by Bald Outing on April 16, 2009 - 3:28 pm
people should triple check things – maybe with their old english teacher first, before permanently inking it on their backside.
#7 by Benedict Smith on April 16, 2009 - 3:40 pm
guess basic english skills aren’t covered in the aspiring tattoo artist’s apprenticeship
#8 by sitboaf on April 16, 2009 - 4:37 pm
Di I see a comma after “thorn’s?”
#9 by Chris on April 16, 2009 - 4:50 pm
sitboaf — I initially thought that too, but I think it’s the tail of the s.
It looks like a comma on its side.
#10 by Amber on April 20, 2009 - 3:24 pm
What a dumb “ass”
Ha – I “crack” myself up!
Okay, so the quotes are unnecessary. Poor girl!
#11 by KC on April 21, 2009 - 1:47 pm
@toast – For the same reason sign makers continue to create homestead IDs that read “The Smith’s” … The Martin’s” … “The Wilson’s” … etc.
#12 by Becky on April 27, 2009 - 6:29 pm
Even without the errant apostrophe, that is a stupid phrase.
#13 by Philip G. on May 5, 2009 - 6:13 pm
Maybe it was a gift from Rose to Thorn? Like “This tattoo is Rose’s. Love, Thorn’s Auto Body.” Or something.
No? Ah, well.
#14 by Philip G. on May 5, 2009 - 6:20 pm
Oh it’s HAVE roses. Nevermind.
#15 by Robin on June 23, 2009 - 1:31 pm
I'm pretty sure that's a comma after "thorn's". None of the other esses have flourishes like that.
In case you're wondering, yes, I was unsure about how to indicate the plural of "S".
#16 by Anonymous on July 23, 2009 - 1:57 pm
What I couldn't help but think of here was how much unnecessary pain the recipient of this tat must have gone through having these completely unnecessary apostrophes added to the tat…
#17 by Chunky on June 18, 2011 - 2:30 pm
Just wait until she tries to get them lasered off. *cackle*