Andrius Rautinus or How I Figured Out What's On Andy's Tattoo
by voteprime on Dec 10, 2009 2:38 PM EST
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PrintEd. Note: Great investigative journalism here by VotePrime.You should all be this involved.
Andy has a tattoo, and apparently that makes the lady Ottos swoon. But what the heck is his tattoo in the first place?
Well, initial searching didn't pull up much, though I did learn he has another less visible tattoo on his "meaty rib cage" (no homo, just Canadian):
Said Leo, who turns 49 tomorrow: "I was absolutely saying, `No way, not a chance, never.’ But Andy showed me the design. It’s pretty cool when your kids think the family means that much that they want something like that."
The elder Rautins got his on the back of his neck, below the collar line. Andy got a larger version that covers some of his suddenly meatier rib cage. Bound by blood and ink and torn ligaments, they’ll tell you they are stronger for it.
That tattoo?
It was, truly, a family tattoo: A so-called ambigram that, viewed from one angle, spelled "Family" and from another "Forever."
I’m sure when viewed from yet another angle it also reads, "DEVO."
But there's still an unnamed inner bicep tattoo out there. TO THE PHOTOS!
If you click on the larger version you can see what looks like "Andrius" with some stars and loops thrown in to make it pretty. Search Wikipedia for Andrius and you get forwarded to the entry for "Andrew," and a list of Andrew variants from around the world. So if Wikipedia can be trusted, Andy Rautins has the Lithuanian form of his first name on his inner bicep.
As for the tattoo on his wrist, it looks like Canadian pride: I see a maple leaf and (maybe) some Roman numerals:
Update: An animated .gif of that ambigram "family/forever" tattoo, via Alex O:
via i48.tinypic.com
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If those are roman numerals
on his wrist, it is the number 18 eventhough XIIX isn’t ‘proper’ for 18 anymore. Of course there could be more that isn’t visible in the picture.
by moosedontbounce on Dec 10, 2009 3:02 PM EST reply actions
To start....
1st, Congrads to voteprime on the post (you headed for big things pal)
2nd, I’m scared that both he and Wes are doing a gang sign.(Don’t quote me on that)
3rd, Where did all these tats come from. Is he trying to look like Carmelo?
Syracuse University Orange. Born to run(and kick (bleep) since the late 1880s.
I'm just worried
there will be a day when Andrius ends up unconscious without his ID and the paramedics don’t talk latin so good,.
Could the Roman Numeral looking things on his forearm actually be the strings of a hockey jersey? Unlikely, but XIIX just doesn’t look right to be a number….
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
The Roman Numerals
are XI, I, and X
Leo’s uni number (11), Andy’s uni number (1), and the number they both wore for Team Canada (10).
by DanteAmore on Dec 11, 2009 10:53 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Andy was interviewed by Matt Park before the game
and Park asked him about his tats.
BTW, Andy’s Grandmother is Lithuanian. That’s either his name or his Grandma’s name, along with a constellation of stars (Andy’s Grandma used to read him his horoscope every day).
Is the title of this post
a play off of “Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”?
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