When the Olympic Spirit goes way too far

As many of you who read this site know, I'm a big fan of the Olympics. And I'm an even bigger fan of China hosting the Olympics because they'll literally do anything to make sure the Games go well. And they also have awesome fans who are willing to desecrate their hair to show their support. But they have even more hardcore fans as well. Scary hardcore.

How about tattooing the Olympic rings onto your forehead? Definitely the mark of a true fan. Or a slightly mentally imbalanced fan. One or the other.


You'll also notice the Great Wall featured prominently on the side of his head. I mean what the hell, you've already got "Beijing 2008" tattooed on your forehead, in English no less. Might as well go all the way.


And just because you can, how about having all the fruity Olympic mascots tattooed around your neck. There are five mascots by the way, which means five times the Olympic fun! Or something lame like that.


But maybe all this mascot crap isn't hardcore enough for you. Maybe you want to get a tattoo of every single pictograph image of all 35 Olympic sports.

There you go. All 35 on the back and arms. I believe this kid is going to act as a human sign for visitors. Point to the sport you want to go see, he tells you how to get there.


Naturally it wouldn't be complete without the rings and the official seal.


And while this guy doesn't have his face tattooed, he at least goes the extra mile to get his hair cut in an "I Heart Olympics" style. Well played psycho fan, well played indeed.

While I appreciate the enthusiasm of these guys, I'd hate to think what life is going to be like for them the day after the Olympics end. But then again, out of date tattoos will probably the least of their worries by then.

[HT: China Daily and Beijing Olympics Fan]

-WCK

Your right arm is gay

Today is tattoo day here at the Rate, in case you couldn't already tell that. This story is great because it involves beer, bad decisions, tattoo parlors, and Thailand. Combine those four things and hilarity always ensues. And probably Hepatitis.

Anyway, a diehard Australian Rules Football football fan was in Thailand last week and decided he wanted to get a tattoo of his favorite team, the Geelong Cats. He decided the proper way to go about getting said tattoo was to drink 15 beers to "ease his nerves before the tattoo was applied." Of course.

To be sure the tattooist got it right, he wrote down exactly what he wanted on his right and left arms, under the headlines ''right arm'' and ''left arm." On his right arm he wanted the Geelong symbol and the words "Day Premiers 2007" and on the left "Night Premiers 2006."

Simple enough. However, the tattooist started in on his work and tattooed in "Right Arm" first. Naturally you'd probably stop right there. But our drunk hero decided to keep on going. I mean, you can't expect a Thai tattooist to get everything right.

"My son-in-law came in . . . and said, 'You know they've written 'Right Arm?'"

"I said, 'You're joking!"

"I said, 'Well now he's done that he might as well do the left arm as well."

That turned out to be a bad decision, not only because he now has "Right Arm" and "Left Arm" tattooed onto his arms, but "Day Premiers 2007" turned into "Gay Premiers 2007."

The man said there was some light at the end of the tunnel, with the tattoo being of such poor quality that it appeared to already be peeling and was almost indecipherable anyway. Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night buddy. Your right arm is still gay.

-WCK

Vince Young no longer has the worst tattoo ever

I think we all thought Vince Young had one of the worst tattoos ever. After all, having your name tattooed onto your back is pretty arrogant and frankly just strange. There was also Stephen Jackson's tattoo of praying hands holding a gun.

But both are still better than this. A 23-year-old New Zealand rugby fan decided on a dare to get a tattoo a few weeks back that proclaimed the All Blacks not just the winner of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but also of the 2011 World Cup.

Well, New Zealand was shocked this past weekend in the quarterfinals of this year's World Cup by France.

"It will be a good story to tell the grandkids, and I have had a bit of a laugh" is what the guy said. Frankly, the world would probably be better off if he never has grandkids.

-WCK