Tasteful, Funny, Hidden, Perfect

     

     I am not sure how well you can tell from the picture, but that is the periodic table symbol for lead on a man’s right foot. Get it? Lead Foot? Well, I like it at least. This is from a fellow member of the Clemson Sports car club and Clemson Alumni. Needless to say he loves cars more than life itself and this is one of his ways of expressing that fact. The numbers on the right have some personal significance, I don’t personally know what that is and the 82 is the atomic number for Lead. Seeing the tattoo for the first time, it takes a few seconds to register what it actually means. Even after I realized the tat was on his foot it took a good two minutes to realize it meant lead foot, as in “I like to press the gas hard when I drive” And he does, I got to watch him take his BMW 335i on a 12.9 second quarter mile at the drag strip last week. He also has the shift pattern of his Bimmer tattooed in reverse on his right palm so it matches with the stick when he drives. Incidentally, the lead is also on his right foot, which is the one you use to press the gas when driving. I think this is the best kind of tattoo; it is clever and funny without spelling the joke out. It is in a place that is easy to hide so he doesn’t lose out on professionalism. It is not in a foreign language and it legitimately has sentimental value. It is not just a bird flying past a tribal symbol next to the Chinese characters that should read “love and honor”, but in reality it says “Butt Pirate.” He likes cars to the point that he got it permanently attached to him, tastefully.