Octo-tats

In yesterday's Friday Cephalopod, I asked, "Where are the tattoos?" I guess I was being too obscure — I was referring to the latin name of the animal, Octopus maorum, which just means Maori octopus. Anyway, sometimes being too oblique pays off, because Ryan and Sean replied by sending me photos of octopus tattoos.

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I do have a Trophy Wife, but I think she'd slap me silly if I went out and got something like those.

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