Free Tattoo Friday – Sundaybrew

by Jeremy Schoemaker on August 17, 2007 · 149 comments

Joe (better known as SundayBrew on forums) decided to tattoo 2 of his favorite websites and there owners on his arm! Digitalpoint and Shoemoney!

Normally I do free shirts on Friday but this Friday its free tattoo friday! Are you kiddin me?!?

Check out the sites along with the likenesses of Shawn Hogan and myself.

ShoeMoney Tatoo

There is even a video of the event

About the author...

– who has written 2412 posts on ShoeMoney.com.

Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.

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{ 137 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Chad August 17, 2007 at 11:29 pm

Holy shit, wow. You rule Shoe.

=)

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2 ugyen August 17, 2007 at 11:36 pm

Wow!!, you guys are the best!!!!

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3 Jeremy Steele August 17, 2007 at 11:37 pm

And in a few years he will be thinking “Why the hell did I do this?”

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4 ismar August 17, 2007 at 11:44 pm

yeah srsly… wtf?

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5 Tim August 17, 2007 at 11:56 pm

Ummmm… T A T T O O

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6 Kirtok August 18, 2007 at 12:03 am

Great job man. I bet you feel so proud. If this is not photoshop, and if these are real tatoos, you REALLY need to get a LIFE.

If you’re lucky and get some viral marketing juice out of this, it will be your only accomplishment in life. So enjoy it while it lasts.

:) BTL

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7 Click Input August 18, 2007 at 12:04 am

Are they real? Anyone know how to tell if they are?

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8 ferrarislave August 18, 2007 at 12:05 am

wow, WTF, I feel sorry for this poor chap. Not because Shoemoney or Shawn are bad or whatever, but because this guy was stupid enough to tatoo something like this on himself.

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9 SeanIM August 18, 2007 at 12:28 am

I think my grand sentiment for this story is ‘wow…just wow’

That is all.

- Sean

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10 Mr. Grown Up Geek August 18, 2007 at 12:29 am

Yeah.. they’re real.. there are more pics and a video on my blog..
Is Joe Crazy? Crazy like a fox !

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11 sundaybrew August 18, 2007 at 12:39 am

Hey Everyone,

They are real and I think they came out awesome,

call me crazy , call me stupid , just don’t call me late for Dinner :)

You know you guys love it

~Sundaybrew

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12 Lee August 18, 2007 at 12:42 am

You hear that? That’s the sound of a tattoo removal specialist smiling.

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13 Click Input August 18, 2007 at 1:32 am

Admittedly he does have his own site tattoed up there as well, so it’s not completely messed up :D

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14 Bdog August 18, 2007 at 1:55 am

Not stupid more like sad, but yeah feel sorry for him also its kinda lame doing something like that wtf.

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15 TeeCeo August 18, 2007 at 2:05 am

Now thats what I call loyalty to the next lever. Heck, I dig both yours and DP’s sites but I ain’t going to go that far. Shoe, you should give free tie-shirts for life:).

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16 Darren August 18, 2007 at 2:58 am

Wow – I bow in awe of you! Amazing.

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17 GeorgeB August 18, 2007 at 3:11 am

Wow…. that’s pretty much the most homosexual thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Congrats.

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18 Greg-J August 18, 2007 at 3:18 am

This reminds me of a time when I owned a site called xplaygames and one of the regulars tried and tried to get me to send him a logo so he could get it tattooed on him. He was serious as a heart attack but I couldn’t let him do it.

A permanent tattoo just for some linkbait?

As a side-note though, the kid that wanted so badly to get that tattoo of my site – he works for me now and has for the past year, so perhaps there’s something to this…

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19 JB August 18, 2007 at 5:01 am

This guy will now Haunt your Dreams……

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20 Glen Allsopp August 18, 2007 at 5:20 am

Crazy man. Respect for having the balls to go through with it though

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21 TeeCeo August 18, 2007 at 5:39 am

wow, on second review, the man has “3″ .com tatto’s. there is someother one, I think it says grownupopen.com, does that look about right to you guys?

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22 sundaybrew August 18, 2007 at 6:26 am

For all those that think its fake,

I added a video to you tube :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ftQ3KvS2WWg

I should have ordered a shoe tee shirt, that would have been cool for the video :)

Also I have a ton more of footage, If anyone is good with video editing, contact me sundaybrew @ (G mail .com)

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23 The SEO Millionaire August 18, 2007 at 6:55 am

Once I was wondering if anyone would get a tattoo of shoemoney… I guess I don’t have to wonder anymore. That is insane.

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24 Angela August 18, 2007 at 7:05 am

Woah… I can’t even get my boyfriend to tattoo “Angela’s Property” on his arm. :(

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25 sundaybrew August 18, 2007 at 7:10 am

Nice –
“it will be your only accomplishment in life”

Sure sure :)

Glad you like the tat

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26 Ben August 18, 2007 at 7:24 am

It says grownupgeek.com read it at his blog

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27 Mubin August 18, 2007 at 7:54 am

Shoe your up their with the like of tucker Max now!

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28 Gecko Tales August 18, 2007 at 8:36 am

Hey, I have your tattoo too, but it’s in a private area and this is a family web site.

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29 Bdog August 18, 2007 at 8:47 am

He still has some space left on his second chin, johnchow tat maybe?

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30 cooliojones August 18, 2007 at 9:11 am

WTF? Ok if he shows up at your door with a suitcase, don’t be surprised!!

I didn’t know Stephen King wrote a sequel to Misery… :D

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31 cooliojones August 18, 2007 at 9:12 am

This is after he shakes his head once he understands what it is.

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32 cooliojones August 18, 2007 at 9:14 am

LOL this made me laugh for a couple of minutes!! George you are wild man!!

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33 cooliojones August 18, 2007 at 9:16 am

If he is sane, he will never do this. But I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if you tattooed his name somewhere on you! :D

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34 geomark August 18, 2007 at 9:47 am

That’s nuts.

But the tats are pretty nice.

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35 Travel Notebook August 18, 2007 at 10:03 am

As I much as I love reading shoemoney, you have to be a complete moron to have a website tattooed on your arm.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” Albert Einstein

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36 Blogging Experiment August 18, 2007 at 10:03 am

Um the video helps. Those are hard to photoshop from what i hear. ;)

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37 krillz August 18, 2007 at 10:05 am

Dude you have a living ad walking around, what could be better than that?

People will ask him what it is, he’ll tell them and you’ll get new visitors.
You know you’ve succeeded when people start to tattoo the brand name or url on their bodies :D

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38 Blogging Experiment August 18, 2007 at 10:05 am

I doubt that.

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39 Blogging Experiment August 18, 2007 at 10:06 am

Lol. Srsly though, never ever tattoo your significant others’ name. I had a friend that owned a shop and most of their work was covering up names after breakups/divorces etc. It’s a bad idea.

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40 Joeychgo August 18, 2007 at 10:25 am

BREW! Your a sick guy man!

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41 Coin Counter August 18, 2007 at 10:30 am

Shoe, I love your blog and all, but I would never go this far for the love or for a bit of self promotion. Reminds me a little of the lady who changed her name to GoldenPalace.com for a couple of thousand bucks!

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42 SonicReducer August 18, 2007 at 10:30 am

Dude, you know you could have just bookmarked the sites.

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43 Vlad August 18, 2007 at 10:44 am

He looks like Milton and his red stapler.

http://i.treehugger.com/files/th_images/milton1.jpg

Similar intellect, too.

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44 Mr. Grown Up Geek August 18, 2007 at 10:51 am

LOL@bookmakmaring instead!

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45 LaCabra August 18, 2007 at 10:56 am

Sundaybrew .. great to see that you are passionate about some really great sites.

On the funny side, Jeremy/Shawn don’t worry about Joe removing the permanent links. Joe don’t worry about Google for penalizing you for PAID links, they’ll never ever be able to detect those ones.

Joe, you have BALLS my man! Kudos!

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46 toddieg August 18, 2007 at 10:57 am

that’s so extremely gay.

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47 carl August 18, 2007 at 11:05 am

This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have seen in my short time in this business.

It is really beyond words. Imagine getting cisco and Enron tattoos 5 years ago because their stocks were so powerful.

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48 Tyler August 18, 2007 at 11:12 am

Wow! A very intense move on Brew’s part. I still haven’t decided what camp to side on.
Nevertheless, he’s certainly got some marketing from it. I guess if he earns a dollar more than it costs to remove the tats then it was worth it. (minus pain and suffering of course)

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49 Click Input August 18, 2007 at 11:49 am

Hahahaa

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50 Tim August 18, 2007 at 11:51 am

Ummm…. WHAT?

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51 Bruce August 18, 2007 at 11:57 am

Reminds me of a guy I knew who tattooed the name of his ex-girlfriend days after she passed away in a fire. He wasn’t too bright either.

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52 Mr. Disgruntled August 18, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Haha! This guy really does look a bit Milton-ish.

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53 Sabrina's Money Matters August 18, 2007 at 12:02 pm

There’s definitely a spooky stalker type quality to this tattooing thing…Even when you have a tattoo removed, it’s never really gone, not to mention, the color ones fade and you have to get them recolored every 8 or so years, or they start looking like crap.

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54 Click Input August 18, 2007 at 12:03 pm

I just noticed all the tats he has on his other arm too… what are they of? SitePoint, SEOBook, SEW?

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55 Sabrina's Money Matters August 18, 2007 at 12:04 pm

And the fact that they’re raised also indicates that they’re real, it’s a typical reaction of the skin when you affect the dermis underneath.

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56 Sabrina's Money Matters August 18, 2007 at 12:04 pm

LMAO @ “late for dinner”, are you from Texas?

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57 Sabrina's Money Matters August 18, 2007 at 12:06 pm

And too, are you getting advertising money for this? If you had put that space on your arm up on Ebay, and sold to the highest bidder, you might’ve coined a pretty penny…

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58 Sabrina's Money Matters August 18, 2007 at 12:08 pm

My little sister did that to herself, her first boyfriend of all people’s name was on the back of her neck, even though it is now a flower, it still looks stupid.

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59 king jacob August 18, 2007 at 12:10 pm

In a world were Jackass is a top show, that makes this a pretty dumb thing to But to each his own,

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60 king jacob August 18, 2007 at 12:14 pm

Thats funny!

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61 king jacob August 18, 2007 at 12:16 pm

Im not a fan of tats unless they look really unique but he definently should put a spot on his arm up on ebay.

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62 Mubin August 18, 2007 at 12:46 pm

I will pay you $100 to get my blog tattooed…

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63 sandossu August 18, 2007 at 2:21 pm

This is definitely unique.

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64 Paul. August 18, 2007 at 2:43 pm

haha, this is a creative piece of linkbait. Kind of a stupid thing to do though.

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65 Jason Golod August 18, 2007 at 2:46 pm

dude, you win

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66 rob August 18, 2007 at 3:24 pm

that’s fucked up

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67 Tranix August 18, 2007 at 3:28 pm

That dude dedicated his life to shoe and shawn

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68 Chris August 18, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Few years… try few hours

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69 uradrone August 18, 2007 at 3:35 pm

Dude! There are better ways to get a link to your site…

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70 Dmoney August 18, 2007 at 3:38 pm

He won’t be getting any chicks thats for sure.

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71 Jason August 18, 2007 at 3:57 pm

Hahaha… That’s so lame, yet awesome.

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72 Funny t-shirts August 18, 2007 at 4:28 pm

WTF?! LOL, well at least the tattoos were done well.

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73 PrintnPost August 18, 2007 at 4:37 pm

WTF…that is what I call loyalty!. Although..thats a lil creepy :/

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74 chris August 18, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Once, I was gonna get a tat of my GF’s name, but then I thought against it. THAT IS F@ING EXTREME!!

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75 CPA Affiliates August 18, 2007 at 5:36 pm

*LOL* so true. That is just insane in my book. BUt to each his own. Hey fans of other things do it so why not of shoemoney!

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76 Trevor McNotDonald August 18, 2007 at 6:28 pm

Seriously that is crazy…even if it was done as free advertising for his own blog, he only has a couple of posts online, hardly much content.

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77 Guk August 18, 2007 at 6:30 pm

Are you MAD!?

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78 BloggingDosh August 18, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Wow thats commitment! I don’t think I could ever handle doing anything like that

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79 cooliojones August 18, 2007 at 8:00 pm

No Tim, not if he shows up at your door, but Shoe’s door. Don’t be scared! :)

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80 Mason August 18, 2007 at 8:21 pm

LOL WTF i can’t believe he did that. that’s a true fan right there.

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81 Gordon August 18, 2007 at 9:40 pm

that’s some pretty expensive linkbait…

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82 Steve Beck August 18, 2007 at 9:47 pm

What a classic! Don’t change your logo!

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83 Pedro Sttau August 18, 2007 at 9:49 pm

Now that’s what I call branding!

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84 Joe August 18, 2007 at 10:10 pm

Was this dude really on Conan?

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85 Brian Plunkett August 18, 2007 at 11:39 pm

Do what you will, just don’t harm anyone. But, man, he is going to wonder what the heck he was thinking someday soon.

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86 WebProfessor August 19, 2007 at 12:02 am

The guy is a dead ringer for Milton from Office Space..

http://i.treehugger.com/files/th_images/milton1.jpg

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87 Joe August 19, 2007 at 12:42 am

I don’t know how to “ping” or “trackback” but I do know how to spam it here in text.
Sunday Screw

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88 derek August 19, 2007 at 1:46 am

He didn’t even give his own site the prime advertising spot.

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89 Paul. August 19, 2007 at 2:40 am

I found that odd as well. What a dumbass.

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90 Andre Chinnow August 19, 2007 at 3:50 am

Yes, and I wonder why Shoe is bringing it up. It is also embarrassing. Could he really be some kind of proud because people do something like that? I can’t mention it. My headline would have been anything like ‘Stop – do NOT imitate this’. BTW – what comes next…

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91 roflcopter August 19, 2007 at 5:09 am

OMG this really is a bit sad. All this for a dig then he’ll realise he’ll earn like $20

Love you long time lol

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92 Razvan August 19, 2007 at 7:18 am

Unbelievable :O

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93 Nick Sullivan August 19, 2007 at 9:11 am

lmao that guy is mental. He will or… should definitely regret that. That ain’t coming off, unless he wants a big scar and a big check, what a stupid thing to do lmao.

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94 Freelance Forum August 19, 2007 at 10:12 am

It’s not my place to say whether this was a good idea or not. As long as Joe is happy though, I’m happy for him. =D

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95 Jay Tillery August 19, 2007 at 1:46 pm

Ummmm. How much would it cost for you to tattoo the name of my site on your forehead? If you did digitalpoint and shoe for free, the cost of mine can’t be that much.

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96 Kelly Neuman August 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm

My husband sent me this link of this stupid guy. How sad is he to put those two sites on his own. No offense shoe money is a great site that makes a killing but VERY SAD.

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97 Modern Worker August 19, 2007 at 2:40 pm

This reminds me of the zune dude, MS flew him up to HQs for the full-on Zune treatment. Perhaps Shoe should invite this guy to Shoemoney HQs, hehe. j/k!

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98 Modern Worker August 19, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Heh, his stare is colllddd!

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99 king jacob August 19, 2007 at 10:52 pm

the government did it with the moonlanding, Im sure its not that hard;)

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100 king jacob August 19, 2007 at 10:54 pm

I dont get it how does “late for dinner” correlate to texas

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101 king jacob August 19, 2007 at 11:04 pm

It looks like he took our advice and is going to sell his skin for advertising.

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102 David Weinrot August 19, 2007 at 11:38 pm

Shoe’s definitely got a great logo, but I’m not sure I’d go so far as to tattoo it on my arm. Yikes

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103 David Weinrot August 19, 2007 at 11:39 pm

shoe’s definitely got a great logo but it’s not something I’d tattoo on my arm. Yikes.

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104 Cristián August 20, 2007 at 12:01 am

OMG is this real?

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105 sundaybrew August 20, 2007 at 2:28 am

Of course its real guys !

I mean people get baseball team logos right?

So why not a website :)

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106 stupid 3gp August 20, 2007 at 4:44 am

I know sundaybrew quite popular name on DP forums and what he did shows how dedicate he is for his online business and gave back to those who have guided alot. Thumbs UP for you mate.

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107 jim August 20, 2007 at 8:53 am

wow, this is pretty ridiculous.

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108 Nathan H August 20, 2007 at 9:12 am

There probably was no needle in it to make it permanant

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109 Tom August 21, 2007 at 12:22 am

This is great until he realizes that DP also stands for Double Penetration… and he just tattooed it on his arm.

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110 STUART Hannig August 21, 2007 at 2:27 am

Sweet tattoos, wish I could make them,

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111 Kolby Bothe August 21, 2007 at 7:53 am

Wow, ya I really don’t think that is going to help him pick up any ladies. Not that appealing haha…..but they look cool, kind of like cookies. I don’t see what the point of this is!

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112 Joeychgo August 21, 2007 at 10:14 am

Brew – where’s your vBFAQ tattoo?

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113 spidro August 22, 2007 at 1:12 pm

i would never do this

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114 The Dino August 24, 2007 at 11:15 pm

Some people are realy crazy. I wouldnt do it even because of my wife nor you :)

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115 Profitable eBay Niches August 31, 2007 at 9:25 pm

Wow!
This guy should consider selling free space on his other hand through eBay. I think he will be able to earn few extra bucks and make his blog bit more popular :)

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116 The Rookie October 15, 2007 at 10:21 pm

I notice his site is down. I wonder if he realized how stupid this decision was and is hiding in a corner….

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117 serge October 17, 2007 at 3:33 pm

um, okay, lets all get marked for life with ink. can you imagine what it will be like in 5 or even 10 years from now. what a joke. I can’t believe someone would do that to themselves.

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118 Tony Smith October 27, 2007 at 7:21 am

Sorry, I LOVE this site…but the idea of a ShoeMoney tat is kinda scary!

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119 1000 Dollar Project November 2, 2007 at 7:40 am

thats crazy man, some people have no limits, great pr though

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120 chetan November 6, 2007 at 2:58 am

Man you love Jeremy???

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121 SEO Vibe November 15, 2007 at 6:16 am

Hey, doesn’t blue pigment cause cancer? jk, now thats dedication to your craft, if you’re right in the head anyway. They look great!

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122 Qwer12 November 16, 2007 at 1:25 pm

lol what a dumbass

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123 Richard Overvold November 17, 2007 at 6:11 pm

Yeah, they are real. You can tell buy how puffy the skin is. I’m covered in tattoos, and this is not something I would have gotten. I also think it’s funny that everyone has a comment about it here online, because with all of my tattoos, I have never heard anyone come up to my face like they do here and say my tattoos are stupid, or what a dumbass for getting that. Probably because they get to hide behind the computer here and say it. Which is cool. Be your own person. It’s art, don’t knock it.

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124 William Montanaro November 20, 2007 at 12:14 pm

I have made my feelings about sundaybrew very clear on DP forums, he has scammed a bunch of people and he really seems a bit strange. He thought that this would be some great stunt but everyone just think’s hes a freak!

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125 Living Off Dividends November 21, 2007 at 3:03 pm

was the tatto free, meaning you paid for it, or was the advertising free, meaning you didn’t?

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126 commandos November 26, 2007 at 10:38 pm

1 word = CRAZY LOL

you could sell those for more than 10k

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127 Neotrepreneur December 1, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Thats pretty nuts . You gotta worship these sites to want to tatoo them on yourself O_o

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128 VacationGuy January 10, 2008 at 1:42 am

i’m gonna pass on the tattoos

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129 Real Lottery Winner January 15, 2008 at 11:57 am

Wow, that is probably the most awesome thing I’ve seen here yet.

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130 RacerX January 27, 2008 at 1:15 am

Hope he got a ton of traffic for this…Maybe he can start a new social program…Tattoo Book…

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131 Michael Streko January 28, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Golden Palace on the forehead FTW!

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132 Simlock verwijderen February 11, 2008 at 2:55 pm

I never seen this before. NIce man!

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133 Syed Balkhi February 18, 2008 at 8:03 pm

now this is insane … dp, shoemoney … this guy must love this site .. i would never get a tattoo of my own website forget others.

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134 KITTY Taylor February 27, 2008 at 9:51 am

What a fucking moron!

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135 jtGraphic March 16, 2008 at 11:26 am

Is the traffic worth the permanent ink tho?

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136 Web Marketeer April 14, 2008 at 3:29 am

Geez, this must surely rate as linkbaiting at its most primitive, yet effective! out the box thinking indeed, anything to get exposure, but could he not get them tattoos in a less obvious spot? Maybe he can leverage some form of residual income out of sponsors who have their logos / urls tattooed onto his arms?

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137 Sundaybrew April 24, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Yea, This TATTOO still rocks!!!

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