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Have you ever scratched 'Morrissey' (or any other Moz name) on your arm with a fountain pen? (suggested by sacketsharbor)
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Yes, I scratched it, carved it and tattooed it.   10% 276 / 10%
Yes, and then I washed it off.   18% 464 / 18%
No. I really love him, just not that much.   32% 826 / 32%
No, I don't really love him.   4% 112 / 4%
Huh?   33% 837 / 33%
2515 total votes.

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  • Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
  • Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
  • This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.

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Have you ever scratched 'Morrissey' (or any other Moz name) on your arm with a fountain pen? (suggested by sacketsharbor) | Log in/Create an Account | Top | 73 comments | Search Discussion
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hahihaha (Score:0)
i am first. shitty poll btw.
Anonymous -- Friday July 22 2005, @08:27AM (#172425)
  • Re:hahihaha by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday July 22 2005, @10:40AM
    i wouldn't mind... (Score:1)
    meeting someone who had actually done it
    As for me im far too squeamish - i passed out after giving blood- not as if i would scratch "Moz" on my arm anyway, though enough respect to that fan on "Who Put The M..." who had all the tatoos.
    xXx_Mrs_Moz_xXx -- Friday July 22 2005, @12:25PM (#172475)
    (User #14395 Info | http://www.camdram.net/shows/06/evening_with_gary_lineker )
     "The Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich, Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code & Plato invented the plate"
      Seriously... what?!!! (Score:1)
      Um, guys, don't mean to be rude here but what the ?? Will we be asking who has actually worn half a tree in their back pocket next in honour of the Moz or who has smooched their posters in the dead of night?

      Come on!!!
      Colette -- Friday July 22 2005, @02:51PM (#172502)
      (User #13384 Info)
       Pleasure for beautiful bodies. Pain for beautiful souls.
      my friend did 10 years ago (Score:0)
      we got tattoos when i was 17 and he 20. moz in black old english letters on his forearm. saw a couple shows shortly thereafter where he was able to get onstage 2x. think mozza might have noticed it. i think of my friend when i listen to that song, although he did tell me i don't love moz as much as he.
      Anonymous -- Friday July 22 2005, @04:55PM (#172525)
      I have "Moz" tattooed on my arm... (Score:2, Interesting)
      under a rose/banner with some lyrics. i also have a smiths tattoo...."Handsome Devil" on my chest.
      jp.5.22 -- Saturday July 23 2005, @09:54AM (#172583)
      (User #12669 Info)
        The best Morrissey tat (Score:0)
        I remember a young lady who had Morrissey's face and some lyrics on her backside. She had short hair, brown or reddish. Does she visit this board?
        Anonymous -- Saturday July 23 2005, @01:15PM (#172601)
        Huh? (Score:0)
        I've never scratched moz's name on my arm with a fountain pen, but I have scratched Mike Joyces name, oh and I once jumped from the top of the parachutes.
        Anonymous -- Saturday July 23 2005, @01:56PM (#172609)
          poll (Score:1, Funny)
          I've never had a fountain pen, but I love the idea.
          Anonymous -- Saturday July 23 2005, @02:43PM (#172616)
            A fountain pen is rather extravagant, (Score:1)
            isn't it? I'd have thought the nib might have broken and you'd be left with 'Morris' or something. Can't say I've ever tried self tattooing (my only tattoo is a celtic cross; Scottish blood, English heart and all that).
            I used to scratch things into my calculator case and the desks at school though.
            Mozzersgirl -- Saturday July 23 2005, @03:30PM (#172622)
            (User #14229 Info)
             "There's more evil in the charts than in an al-Qaeda suggestion box" - Bill Bailey
            Will you love Morrissey forever? (Score:1)
            The thing I find weird about tattoos is that they stay forever. So while I might love Morrissey now, will I still feel the same when I am an old man and I have Handsome Devil written on my wrinkled old belly?
            oranges * -- Saturday July 23 2005, @05:10PM (#172630)
            (User #9328 Info)
            'parisa' was the name etched into my arm (Score:1)
            and she began weeping as i finished
            thirsty fists <thirsty_fists@yahoo.com> -- Saturday July 23 2005, @09:20PM (#172640)
            (User #149 Info)
             "world's ugliest boy"
            jesus! (Score:0)
            the fact that i'm cracking up this hard probably means that i really, really, really love him. oh damn.
            Anonymous -- Sunday July 24 2005, @11:22AM (#172691)
              After all, he is unloveable (Score:0)
              and probably a lousy lay
              Anonymous -- Sunday July 24 2005, @01:23PM (#172704)
              No....but... (Score:1)
              ..during a fair I asked my first love to scratch MY name on her arm with a fountain pen!
              Sheridan Whitehead -- Sunday July 24 2005, @06:15PM (#172715)
              (User #11265 Info)
               A charming man
              Bic Pens (Score:0)
              I used a Bic and wrote SINGER
              Anonymous -- Monday July 25 2005, @07:19AM (#172752)
              • Re:Bic Pens by Hello Indie (Score:1) Monday July 25 2005, @09:25AM
                yes (Score:0)
                at the '97 philly show morrissey signed his name (with a ballpoint pen) on my left arm and i quickly ran to a tattoo place and had it tattooed over. in 2000 in nyc at a beautiful south show i was talking with morrissey for a little bit and he seemed impressed with my tattoo.
                Anonymous -- Monday July 25 2005, @09:19AM (#172761)
                  i have and would again (Score:1)
                  when i was 18 (10 years ago) i went and had morrissey's name tattooed on my arm and everyone said how dumb i was, because it wasn't like he was ever gonna see it...well i guess you know where this is going...he has now seen it 3 times! i met him in albuquerque at blockbuster for the release of MEBY, then many years later when he did 2 concerts in el paso he stayed at the hotel i was a bellman at, and it was my pleasure to assist moz with his luggage. lastly i moved to dallas and when he did a show here a couple years later that was 3. so for me it was well worth it! i also went and snatched a sweaty post-concert towel after he checked out. i can say that because i no longer work there.
                  texansdoitbetter -- Monday July 25 2005, @09:56AM (#172768)
                  (User #14449 Info)
                  • Re:i have and would again by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 27 2005, @12:02PM
                      Re:i have and would again (Score:2, Interesting)
                      yeah, i made sure to go in before housekeeping did so i could check things out. nothing too terribly interesting to speak of. like i said, i was able to grab a towel, but i didn't look for hair on the pillow or anything. even i have my limits! i am also glad to say that moz tips quite well. one bit of advice to any other bellman who may be reading this, if he has the Do Not Disturb sign on his door-DO NOT DISTURB HIM! one of the other bellman found that out the hard way. from the way he tells it moz gave him quite the tongue-lashing.
                      texansdoitbetter -- Thursday July 28 2005, @09:06AM (#173075)
                      (User #14449 Info)
                      [ Parent ]
                    Scratching with a fountain pen (Score:2, Insightful)
                    Not that I am against Morrissey tattoos, but I always thought that the fountain-pen line was meant sarcastically.
                    Aaron -- Monday July 25 2005, @10:42AM (#172775)
                    (User #238 Info)
                      sarcasm (Score:2, Informative)
                      You're right, it is sarcastic.
                      He's speaking with the naive mindset of a young person who wants somebody to love him.

                      "If you scratch my name onto your arm, this means you love me right?"
                      dallow_bg <{brainboy77} {at} {aol.com}> -- Monday July 25 2005, @12:29PM (#172787)
                      (User #10559 Info | http://www.dolefulorange.com/ )
                       "All the people I like are those that are dead."
                      [ Parent ]
                      • NOT sarcastic. by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 27 2005, @06:23AM
                        • Re:NOT sarcastic. by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 27 2005, @06:25AM
                          • Re:NOT sarcastic. by dallow_bg (Score:1) Wednesday July 27 2005, @02:55PM
                              • Re:NOT sarcastic. (Score:3, Insightful)
                              I don't disagree with a lot of what you say, but just because people scratched their arms with sincerity doesn't mean that Morrissey sincerely believes it. There are plenty of examples where Morrissey uses a character's words as a club to beat them with. "The poor and the needy are selfish and greedy," "England for the English," and "No one ever sees me when I cry" are just a few examples of this.

                              Within the context of the song, I just don't see this as being meant seriously. The fair is violent, vulgar, and emotionally charged ...and the senses being dulled are his. To the characters at the fair, attraction is cheap (grease in the hair), thrills are cheap (skirt ascends), love is not valued much (engagement ring), and rejection is over-dramatized (top of the parachutes.)

                              In contrast to all of this is the refrain: Morrissey leaves alone, but still has faith in love. Faith is an interesting choice of words, generally meaning something that you believe that if you can't see/prove. Now, as you say, scratching names was a fad in the 70's, and as it was mentioned in the song, it was no doubt plentiful at the fair. So if Morrissey believes these to be authentic expressions of love, why the need for faith?

                              Again, as you say, the person doing the "scratching" would genuinely "love" the person in question. I would say that they "love" them, but don't love them. Just like the girl threatening suicide-by-carnival-ride, we don't doubt the emotional authenticity of the statement, only the literal truth of it.

                              At best, it is meant ironically, with a smirk and a wink. At worst, it is another example of the superficiality of the fair, and meant sarcastically. Ultimately, who really knows? Maybe it's both, maybe it's neither.
                              Aaron * -- Thursday July 28 2005, @06:23AM (#173068)
                              (User #238 Info)
                              [ Parent ]
                        • Re:Scratching with a fountain pen by markmustb1 (Score:0) Wednesday July 27 2005, @04:45PM
                          No. (Score:0)
                          I'm illiterate.
                          Anonymous -- Monday July 25 2005, @10:49PM (#172816)
                          • Re:No. by KenBarlow (Score:1) Wednesday July 27 2005, @02:37AM
                            crayola is better (Score:0)
                            I generally use a black crayola magic marker to scrawl his name, at least when I am alone. It really makes it look like a real tattoo (I am too squeamish about needles to actually tattoo it). But, I will never do it before a Morrissey show ever again. Use a Sharpie in those situations if you want to avoid this embarrassing scene:

                            At a show some years back, I did my usual and wrote "Mozzer" on my arm with one of the markers at before a show. While I was in line, several people commented on my cool "ink." I felt pretty cool, until I realized that after spending 20 minutes outside in 95 degree heat, the words HAD BEGUN TO RUN down my arm!!!

                            I was so embarrased, so I had my friend hold my place in line, and I ran to the 7-11 a quarter mile down from the venue to wash my arm and buy an indelible Sharpie pen to do a rewrite.

                            After getting back, I showed my smug mockers the NEW writing. During the actual show, I waved my arms the whole time up in the air. I think Morrissey saw me all the way back in row R, because when he looked my way, he gave an approving nod. I never felt so loved.
                            Anonymous -- Thursday July 28 2005, @01:25PM (#173092)
                              BabyTatoo (Score:1)
                              Last year my daughter (5 years old) saw a picture of me (I'm 21 in the picture) and on my arm "MOZ" was written with a black Bic pen... 3 hours later she came into the kitchen with her arms full of black drawings and a -somethinglike- MOZ written on her left arm.. 2 days later I ordered for her a "Manchester SO MUCH TO ASK FOR" BABY T shirt.
                              I love my daughter!
                              GirlSleeping -- Friday July 29 2005, @03:35AM (#173127)
                              (User #14471 Info)
                                fascinating poll (Score:0)
                                May I suggest another one:

                                Have you ever suggested a juvenile and utlimately pointless poll on morrissey-solo.com?

                                1 Yes, I do it all the time

                                2 Sometimes, but only anonymously

                                3 Of course not - I only post lists of album songs and ideal gigs

                                4 I am way above suggesting a stupid poll topic - purlease

                                5 The nearest i got to suggesting a poll topic was putting a "cease and desist" order on that blessed site.

                                broken
                                Anonymous -- Monday August 01 2005, @05:11AM (#173355)
                                  I'd like a big gothic M (Score:1)
                                  on me back. Printed with the same type of letter as the one displyed before the menus on "Who put the M.." I would like, in the future, preferably as a crazy old lady, for people to ask me, 'mammy, who put the M on you?' That would give mammy the chance to tell her 1001 Sherazade tales right before she dies. When you love somebody's words and Ms over everywhere for over 20 years, I guess there shouldn't be a reason to regret a little tatoo. But if you are still feeling unsure, of where does the M come from, save the ink, or the pain. Thus, if done conscientiously, a tatoo can assume a very symbolic meaning - and the idea of becoming 80 in 4 decades from now with a big M becomes very attractive to me. Like a dirty (pure) secret you can't quite wash...

                                  Crazyspinster
                                  Mrs. Woolf -- Monday August 01 2005, @09:03AM (#173376)
                                  (User #14157 Info)
                                    Are you guys Losers or what?... (Score:0)
                                    Get a life or a job, you guys are toolboxes. I might have to quit listening to the smiths after witnessing all the freakin losers on this board.
                                    Anonymous -- Monday August 01 2005, @02:17PM (#173417)
                                      This Might Be the Dumbest Poll EVER.... (Score:0)
                                      ....and CLEARLY no one cares! David, can we please move on?!

                                        - TTL
                                      Anonymous -- Monday August 01 2005, @06:29PM (#173428)
                                      Meat Is Murder x Rank (Score:1)
                                      What is interesting is that Morrissey left out the "fountain pen" verse during later live renditions of the song.... Was this because people were actually doing it?
                                      Anyone know about this?
                                      Osakaglen -- Tuesday September 06 2005, @07:48PM (#177583)
                                      (User #5882 Info)
                                       "If you ever need self-validation, just meet me in the alley by the railway station..."
                                        and your reply to my reply ... (Score:0)
                                        ... is just as lame.
                                        Anonymous -- Saturday July 23 2005, @02:03AM (#172548)
                                        [ Parent ]
                                        Re:Morrissey/Mike Joyce (Score:0)
                                        There is no unbiased way of judging it unless you were in the room at the time The Smiths first got together and talked about who'd get what. They never wrote it down so you can only go on their word.

                                        It comes down to whether you believe Morrissey and Marr or Joyce and Rourke. The judge decided he believed the latter.
                                        Anonymous -- Monday July 25 2005, @01:46PM (#172798)
                                        [ Parent ]
                                          Re:Morrissey/Mike Joyce (Score:0)
                                          Although they (Moz/Marr) had verbally agreed to give Joyce and Rourke each 10% of royalties, that was assumed to be the same arrangement for live performances. In my opinion, if the Smiths were Marr/Moz/Joyce/Rourke, then they each should received 1/4 of performance fees. This is where the dispute arose.
                                          Anonymous -- Tuesday July 26 2005, @07:44AM (#172836)
                                          [ Parent ]
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