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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Ed. 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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Wes
needs some ink!
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by Sean Keeley on Dec 10, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by agentdp009 on Dec 10, 2009 3:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
sorry, pet peeve — it’s spelled congratulations, so the short form is congrats — no “d”
also, i think both wes and andy are cheering a 3-pointer, hence the 3 fingers up
by chrisbee13 on Dec 10, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Alex O suggested we now call Andy “Andrius of Threesville,” which, I think, is a fantastic idea.
by voteprime on Dec 10, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Scoopius?
Arinzechilles?
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by Sean Keeley on Dec 10, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Arinzechilles
Can destroy any foe, unless you know his one weakness: the free throw line.
by voteprime on Dec 10, 2009 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love it, but not as a nickname per se
but rather a basketball term:
Arinzechilles (n): deficient free throw shooting in an otherwise talented basketball player
“He’s a great player, but it’s tough to put him in at the end of close games because of his arinzechilles.”
by MrPlow99 on Dec 10, 2009 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Perfect
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by Sean Keeley on Dec 11, 2009 12:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That is awesome
and the word has that kinda flow that lends itself to awesome new words
~Luke B.
by AZLK on Dec 11, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You are over 30 and worried that people will think you are gay? Lose the ‘No Homo’. That is for kids. And bigots. It is not funny and pretty offensive.
by rickyfatton on Dec 10, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
seriously?
you signed up on a sports fan blog just to post this?
Lighten up a little. I see (nh) as similar to a “That’s what she said” sort of humorous comment. What do you find so offensive about it?
by MrPlow99 on Dec 10, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What if Im under 30? Do I get a pass on the bigotry?
by ryanwk628 on Dec 10, 2009 6:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
rickyfatton, that comment was unnecessary. no homo is a qualifier which directs the listener not to interpret the previous statement in a homosexual way. when an ambiguous statement is not interpreted sexually it often changes the entire meaning.
age has nothing to do with anything, your comment was at least as offensive to me as his was to you.
~Luke B.
by AZLK on Dec 11, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
go away
BK: This guy is on fire, he is really smokin'.
KenKo: Oh yeah, Bill? What's he smokin'?
by jlanning17 on Dec 14, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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,.
by lemonysnicket9 on Dec 10, 2009 6:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for this investigative journalism. I am impressed and grateful. And more in love with Andy. Family/Forever. Awwww. He’s the bomb.
by MrsOtto1313 on Dec 10, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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."
by Kurupt on Dec 10, 2009 11:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tat look like XII
Then maybe he is hyping up his chance to play in the Olympics for Canada in ’12
by LvilleOrange on Dec 11, 2009 9:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 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).
by DanteAmore on Dec 11, 2009 10:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
NICE. Thanks for passing that on.
Mystery completely solved. And makes the tats cool all around.
by voteprime on Dec 11, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is the title of this post
a play off of “Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”?
by 'CuseRugby on Dec 11, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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