# Tramp Stamp = tramp..who knew?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362 "2013-05-26T01:12:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/21 "2013-05-26T21:15:26Z")
one time i was about to lay a bird an she took off er knickers and i sawr she had a tat of an aubergine on her bum. told her to get out of me flat, of course i did. shame cause she was a right fit tart, but me trouser todger don’t play the stamp game. i reckon i had brilliant wanks for a fortnight afterward tho! ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/22 "2013-05-26T22:07:54Z")
Tramp stamp, aka Alabama license plate. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/23 "2013-05-26T23:03:08Z")
I live in a Marine town, so all a tramp stamp makes me think about a woman is that she’s, well, just another resident. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/24 "2013-05-26T23:30:40Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I live in a Marine town, so all a tramp stamp makes me think about a woman is that she’s, well, just another resident. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/25 "2013-05-27T01:19:09Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I don’t get it. Everyone in town has tattoos. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/26 "2013-05-27T01:28:38Z")
> [@applebetty](#): > > That tattoo is older than the current label, so maybe I’m too old to be called a tramp. _Gramp stamp_ it is, then? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/27 "2013-05-27T01:36:49Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Everyone in town has tattoos. What’s the connection to it being a Marine town? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/28 "2013-05-27T02:02:32Z")
Tattoos (although Marines are no longer permitted to get tattoos covering large portions of their bodies). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/29 "2013-05-27T02:42:58Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Tattoos (although Marines are no longer permitted to get tattoos covering large portions of their bodies). Uh, yeah, I get that but why? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/30 "2013-05-27T03:02:31Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Tattoos (although Marines are no longer permitted to get tattoos covering large portions of their bodies). [Relevant Cite from USMC Site](http://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/MessagesDisplay/tabid/13286/Article/117308/announcement-of-changes-to-the-marine-corps-tattoo-policy.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/31 "2013-05-27T03:35:58Z")
**Ambivalid** , if you were to take a quick little spin around town, you would find the number of tattoo parlors almost comically high. They’re just everywhere. I don’t have any tattoos, and I don’t have a real passionate interest in getting one, but if I did, I think that I would be absolutely paralyzed by the sheer number of options that were available to me. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/32 "2013-05-27T04:13:43Z")
> [@colander](#): > > one time i was about to lay a bird an she took off er knickers and i sawr she had a tat of an aubergine on her bum. told her to get out of me flat, of course i did. > > shame cause she was a right fit tart, but me trouser todger don’t play the stamp game. i reckon i had brilliant wanks for a fortnight afterward tho! It is amazing how quickly you went from entertaining and insightful to extremely trite and boring. Take some time off and work on your material. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/33 "2013-05-27T05:24:20Z")
[How very meta.](http://elongatedpantaloons.tumblr.com/image/19432473497) ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/34 "2013-05-27T05:50:15Z")
> [@keturah](#): > > It is amazing how quickly you went from entertaining and insightful to extremely trite and boring. Take some time off and work on your material. gorra stamp, have you, love? no worries, i’ve just the trick: only don’t doff your knickers next time a gentleman caller stops 'round and voila! none’s the wiser. course, a good pint of sweet sherry never did a bloke any 'arm neither ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/35 "2013-05-27T07:06:40Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Where did you get “Like Sunday morning” tattooed? Ain’t nobody got time to pay Lionel Ritchie royalties. [sub]Although I have. True story.[/sub] Maybe I’m stating the obvious here, but the term “tramp stamp” came from the fact that many of those tattoos were _not_ visible when wearing normal clothing, and could only be seen from behind when the girl was without pants. Fill in the blanks. There is currently a picture of said tramp stamp that says, in cursive of course, “Butt Slut”. She does not mince words. Then we have Kelly ( not sure why I remember her name) who goes the full Monty with a duo of stamps, and [has no shame at all.](https://www.google.com/search?q=my+name+is+kelly&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=eJD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=JwGjUfLnF8qayQHx5IDYBg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=956#facrc=_&imgrc=il3Qarrh1Zs0TM%3A%3BbM8zBUz_XiFMFM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Frealitywired.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F09%252F3aefmy-name-is-kelly-500x750.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Frealitywired.com%252Fmy-name-is-kelly%252F%3B500%3B750) Tattoo location matters, that’s why you didn’t have your “statement of free expression” on your face. You could have put it anywhere else, but you chose right above your ass. Get a tattoo there, and you will be assumed to be another one of the people that do that same thing. It’s science. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/36 "2013-05-27T15:10:27Z")
I have to say, I don’t really understand the Alabama license plate. Why go to the expense and pain to get a tattoo you can’t see? ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/37 "2013-05-27T17:07:18Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > [How very meta.](http://elongatedpantaloons.tumblr.com/image/19432473497) I laughed out loud. Thank you for that! If anyone doesn’t get it, it’s a tattoo of the iconic actor Charlie Chaplin, AKA “The Little Tramp”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/38 "2013-05-28T13:19:42Z")
Anyone who wears a wife-beater t-shirt is not automatically assumed to be a wife beater. So anyone with a tramp stamp is not automatically assumed to be a tramp. However, for quite a few people it does signal poor decision-making skills. Something tramps are known for. OTOH, tattoos are well regarded by a good number of people. It’s mainly a question of what crowd you hang out with. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/39 "2013-05-28T14:40:35Z")
> [@keturah](#): > > It is amazing how quickly you went from entertaining and insightful to extremely trite and boring. Take some time off and work on your material. I find what is trite and boring is the viewpoint colander satirizes. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362/40 "2013-05-28T18:35:19Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I find what is trite and boring is the viewpoint colander satirizes. Bob’s yer uncle, mate! (insert rhyming slang here) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362.md?page=3)