Yesterday, lost in all the Manti Te’o fake dead girlfriend hubbub, was this other report from DeadSpin. Former Midwest City High School standout turned L.A. Dodger All-Star turned Rihanna boyfriend Matt Kemp got a tattoo of his deceased grandparents sunk into his chest. And when I write “a tattoo of his deceased grandparents sunk into his chest,” I mean it.
Check it out:
Yikes, let’s all hope his dead grandparents actually existed!
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I’m still obsessed with that Te’o story. I just can’t get over it. Manti Te’o is either an amazingly creative liar or just ridiculously stupid. It’s probably a bit of both. Since I don’t feel sorry for a) stupid people or b) liars, I think the whole thing’s kind of funny.
Here are some tweets I sent out after I heard the news. They were probably mildly amusing in the moment. I’m not sure if they aged well or not:
I can’t wait to watch Oprah’s interview with Manti Te’o.
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) January 16, 2013
Bros before fictitious dead girlfriends.
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) January 16, 2013
Lennay Kekua and David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider are the only people to get this much publicity and not technically exist.
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) January 17, 2013
I have just confirmed with sources that Chip Kelly will be looking for a new college coaching job in 3-5 years.
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) January 16, 2013
Manti Te’o’s dead girlfriend was a hoax. Should athletes be allowed to have dead fake girlfriends? ow.ly/gSE2n
— Fake KFOR (@FakeKFOR) January 17, 2013
Okay, so I included a tweet about Chip Kelly. And one from our new Fake KFOR Twitter account. I’m not a big fan of parody Twitter accounts. They generally lose steam and fun after a few weeks, but what the Hell, if anything deserves to be parodied it’s KFOR’s Twitter account.
Here are some others:
Man found hanging from MWC basketball goal. Have you ever committed suicide? Should you do it at school? ow.ly/gSEU0
— Fake KFOR (@FakeKFOR) January 17, 2013
President calls for gun control. What do old men with beards who hang out at gun ranges think about this? ow.ly/gSD7x
— Fake KFOR (@FakeKFOR) January 17, 2013
Fire destroys home in NE OKC. Are fires in homes good or bad? What do you think?ow.ly/gSDpX
— Fake KFOR (@FakeKFOR) January 17, 2013
Anyway, back to Matt Kemp. I love my grandparents just like anyone, but I think a fitting tribute to them whenever they pass away will be a photograph in my living room and/or occasional flowers on a grave. The life-size chest tattoo? Well, that’s just creepy. I don’t want to look at them every time I get out of the shower and I don’t want to have sex with the lights off for the rest of my life either. Also, what happens when hair grows over his Grandma’s face? That’s just gross.
Update: Apparently his grandmother is still leaving. My bad. I just assumed they were both dead. Honestly, that makes the tattoo even more bizarre. You don’t get tattoos of living people, do you?
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They are really going to look old as he ages and he gets his man boobs…
Seems Manti took the fake thing a little too far, did you see all those “fake” tackles in the Bama game?
Too Easy, hahahahaha
Also Fake Kfor should run a poll on if we think having too many fake STDs from your fake Girlfriend is a good thing?
I’ve heard “Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum” before. But I’ve never heard of “2 dead men on a young man’s chest.”
So this is a post about how funny your own tweets are? Interesting. The love of one’s self knows no bounds.
That tattoo is freakish on ALL levels. And Manti Te’o is gonna turn up gay at the end of all this.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
“Lennay Kekua is dead? NOOOOOO!!!! She had the only copy of my long-form birth certificate!” – President Obama
Creepy. But a menage a quatre with Rihanna might be fun.