I'm not making this up, this is a big story in Chicago. Michael Duplessis, a mechanic, went to Jade Dragon Tattoo and Body Piercing on Chicago's Northwest Side two years ago to get the words "Chi-Town" tattooed below his neck. The artist, Sam Hacker, transposed the "N" and "W" and the tattoo came out "Chi-Tonw."
Duplessis is suing the tattoo parlor because he's suffered "emotional distress from public ridicule."
I decided initially not to blog about this story as it's a bit outside of the realm of topics that normally interest me, but this tale has taken a weird twist.
Now some Chicago tattoo artists are purposely getting tattoos with the intentional mispelling of "Chi-tonw" as a show of support for Hacker. It's a unique, if not unprecedented sacrifice.
Says Hacker:
My friends are supporting me by saying, "Hey, you know, it happens. We've done it. You just got, you know, blown up on it."
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