Today my dad and I went to the place where boys become men...

Outstanding! Gonna get him a stripper for his next b-day?

When I saw the title I thought you went to a brothel! Congrats!

That's what I was hoping for. 

x2!

Congrats on your achievement!

There is a world full of negative people and world full of positive people.

Try to ignore the negatives, they only bring everyone down around them, themselves included.

How cool to do an IM with your DAD!!!

Too awesome!

Very cool! 

+1/-1

Congrats to OP's father on ironman finish, but 140.3 would be better tat.  IMHO the corporate logo stuff has gone WAY too far.  Can't wait for the IOC to charge a licensing fee to every tri that states "Olympic" distance, which AFAIK they have legal basis to do. 

How would 140.3 be better? It would mean he didn't finish the full 140.6 triathlon.

Congratulations to your dad!

Edited by ironannekidd 2010-07-26 7:25 AM

Congrats to you and your dad!!!


eta: Oldteen: Ironman has also trademarked 140.6.


Edited by skarl 2010-07-26 8:06 AM

LOL, for the rest of his life people who knew what a 140.6 was would ask, "dude, did you collapse with only .3 left to go?  That sucks!... you should have just gone to a brothel."

I dunno'.  I see a lot more 'boys' with tatoos than 'men' wearing them.
Tatoo's are now just for 'conformists'.

Congrats to you dad for doing an IM tho'.  that's impressive.

Wow, that statement sent me to the USPTO website to see -- WTC did, in fact, attempt to register 140.6, but it abandoned the registrations (probably in the face of rejection for descriptiveness, but I didn't have time to dig that far).  THere is, however, some outfit in Colorado trying to get registrations for it now.  Good luck with that. 

Good on you for checking the truth!!!!

BTW, tattoo's, of ANY sort, are a personal expression. I don't have to agree or disagree. Congrats to you and your dad!! 

You can't use the Olympic rings just anywhere but the word "Olympic" has been used so much that any protection it may have had has been lost due to lack of enforcement. "Aspirin" was once a brand name, too.

His body, his decision.   Never understood why people care what others do when it doesn't affect them.

It's like a Pavlovian response when an M Dot gets posted....

Congrats to your dad.  No negative can I see with the tatoo although I can't imagine the tatoo he would have after going to the brothel or where he would have it!!!!

Wow,

Did anyone in this thread say something negative about a Tattoo?


All I did was ask if he got paid.

I don't personally get the went to the place where boys become men, and could have easily made lots of comments about that but didn't.

It is increadible how the "negative" police jumped on this thread and turned into some kind of defense of choice, when no one made a negative or hatefull statement about Tattoo's or even his choice of a Tattoo.

And just so you folks have a clue what I am talking about check this out.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600145187,00.html

This lady sold her forehead for $10,000. Golden Palace has paid several people for Tattoo space. I was just wondering if he had sold his calf space....

This guy is trying to turn it into a business. http://www.humanadspace.com/home/

LIGHTEN UP FOLKS.

Really?



Yes. You did.

Your reply clearly indicates your distaste for the mDot logo as a tat ---- a subject that's been hashed and rehashed several times on here. Do you really think anyone here understood your question as a simple/ curious "did he get paid" question? Were you really asking if the Ironman brand paid him for it?

Edited by trishie 2010-07-26 10:25 AM

NO I didn't as a matter of fact, I think the art on the OP's arm from what I can see looks very impressive. I have nothing against Tattoo's or folks who get them.

Being a walking billboard for a company for the rest of your life, does seem odd to me and I wondered if he got paid.

It's his body he can do what he wants. But I think I can ask questions without being Attacked.

Personally, if I were to get a tat, for an accomplishment of say completeting and IM I think the tat would say that. There are folks who have not finished, and some who have probably not even done an IM wearing that tat. (Yes check the boards folks have come on asking how long before their race should they get an Mdot tat so it will be healed for the race)

Why not get one that says Ironman Finisher with cool graphics? Heck most avg. joes probably don't even know what Mdot. is but most know what an Ironman race is.

OP, congrats to your dad, that's awesome!  Nothing else needs to be said.

Congratulations to your dad!  I keep trying to talk my mom into going to get a tattoo with me.  No luck so far.

That's awesome.

I hope that one day I'll be able to do a big event with my son. By the time he's old enough, I'll be too old for a full IM, probably. But a marathon would definitely be on the table.

Which is exactly why, at this point, it makes no sense to keep feeding the troll.  Don't feed the troll!

And to the OP, I appologize for my Trademark-geek hijak.  Congrats to you both on your accomplishment!

I agree entirely with your logic about not trademarking common words, but unfortunately the legal world often ain't logical.  
USOC has all rights to the word "Olympic", and according to Intl Trademark Association may file suit against anyone using the word in connection with any athletic performance.
http://www.inta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=59&getcontent=1
And the IOC's aggressive trademark stance even extends to media coverage:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=657daec0-134e-4edf-90c3-ac57565c478b

BTW- my bad on the 140.6 typo  
And I had no idea 140.6 was also apparently trademarked.
Maybe I should trademark 140+0.6

That's good news -- tnx for checking!  I had gotten my info from a local RD who was looking to start up a new race.