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One of a Kind Sign Tattoo

“I carried my first leg back to the back table.”

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1 month ago

March 3, 2026

Signs of the Times Staff Signs of the Times March 2026 Issue

One-of-a-Kind Sign Tattoo

A friend of mine has two prosthetic legs. His son got a tattoo of a pin-up girl on his calf, and my friend had joked about getting one to match. When I said, “Let’s do it!” he was taken aback yet intrigued. After taking a good-quality photo of the tattoo, we printed, laminated and cut the image to shape. The next day he walks in, sits down, hands me his leg and says, “Here ya go!” I couldn’t help but chuckle as I carried my first leg to the back table. In just a few minutes, he was walking around showing off his new ‘ink.’

Source: John Wilson, Sign Craft, Niantic, CT

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