Tim Tebow Tattoo May Have Taken It Too Far; Half Centaur, Half Tim Tebow, Full-On Epic

What with all the media hoopla surrounding Tim Tebow, it's difficult sometimes not to get carried away. We freely admit the man has received a lot of attention here on HuffPost, and while we'd like to tone it down, then things like this happen that get us all revved up again.

An anonymous man approached Denver's Love N Hate Elite Tattoo Studio earlier this week, armed with his own design. According to Larry Brown Sports, 'Gabe' at the tattoo shop obliged the man's requests, and an hour and a half later walked out the door sporting a brand new half Tebow, half centaur tattoo.

Did the man lose a bet? Does he just REALLY identify with Tebow? Time will tell. In the meantime we'll chalk it up to one of life's great mysteries.

The tattoo, courtesy of Love N Hate Elite Tattoo in Denver:

Comments

[SteveDenver]

02:20 AM on 12/24/2011

In tattoo lingo, this is what is known as "ugly scratch."

[Screaming-of-the-Lambs]

12:43 PM on 12/15/2011

That is an ugly leg.

[blurredmolly]

04:02 PM on 12/12/2011

oh my....for the rest of your life, really?

[hjs]

11:23 AM on 12/12/2011

This is disturbing on so many levels....

[Barbara Sharnak]

10:27 PM on 12/11/2011

Not so crazy! He deserves it http://www.webvet.com/main/2011/12/11/tim-tebow-football-hero-dog-lover

[Stephen Thorpe]

08:01 PM on 12/11/2011

That's nice, I'd never do it. But then I'd never tatoo anything on me.

Tebow mainia is just that a mania that it's way overblown.

He's a gifted yound man, a nice young man, he's leading his team on the field,.......but he's part of a team, with coaches and other players, and I'd say lets not give him more credit than he's deserving of.
If you do, his team is gonna start to resent the young man, and not play for the young man.

[xzwq]

10:36 AM on 12/10/2011

See, it's not that tattoos are tasteless. It's just that some people who get tattoos are tasteless.

[SteveDenver]

02:40 AM on 12/10/2011

Just as I suspected: no balls

[homer winslow]

04:15 PM on 12/13/2011

We can always count on you for a good one Steve. If I could fan you again I would!

[Mark Montgomery]

03:35 PM on 12/09/2011

That is the worst thing I have ever seen

[Tarayn Svalberg]

02:22 PM on 12/09/2011

FIRST of all, it's on his thigh not his arm. So stop saying he's fat and/or hairy.
SECONDLY, HE LOTS A BET. He doesn't even like Tim Tebow. He works at a tattoo parlor in Denver, CO and they all made a bet Tim Tebow couldn't win five games this season. Well, after the sixth game, he sucked it up and got the tattoo. His coworker, Josh, created the dumbest design he could. It's not meant to be great.

If you actually do your research this story is hilarious. (And it's why you don't make bets with tattoo artists!)

[strawberrykiki]

05:48 PM on 12/09/2011

Thank you! I was just coming to write this very thing. I heard Josh call into KS 107.5 and tell the story this morning. And the story is absolutely hilarious!

[3daywkend]

07:58 PM on 12/09/2011

Now that I have the background info, it's not such a bad tattoo for some reason.

[wantrum]

02:03 PM on 12/09/2011

two things, not only is this a stupid tattoo, it's also poorly done

[FormerlyTCnSRQ]

01:19 PM on 12/09/2011

as per The onion:
Inspiring teams to start s****y quarterbacks:
cons
-overthrows passes
-underthrows passes
-doesn't throw passes
-intolerable persaonality
pros
-wins

Tebow in a nutshell.

[mujer-lg]

12:49 PM on 12/09/2011

He made a bet that Tebow would lose all his games because he preferred Brady Quinn and the outcome was this horrible horrible tattoo.

[klinzboy]

12:07 PM on 12/09/2011

I wonder if TT appreciates being portrayed as half beast, pagan, mythical creature!

[homer winslow]

04:17 PM on 12/13/2011

If the shoe fits.

[brett bonner]

10:36 AM on 12/09/2011

A centaur is half a horse, not a donkey.