We had an english teacher who was in the USA for some weeks and since he came back we had to say “Shazzam” every morning instead of Good Morning Sir. What’s the point of Shazzam?
Seriously are you really that dumb… even the democrats claimed victory in Iraq after the surge… get your head out of your butt you idiotic liberal nut job
That is really effed up.. I have friends over there putting their life at risk for everyone.. do you not remember 911.. how can people just frget that they ATTACKED us!! would you really want the war over here?? i mean how ridiculous can you be? what do you think would happen if we just quit.. why don’t you think about that for once instead of not respecting people who are just fighting for what our founding fathers fought for.. Some people really disappoint me, you my dear, MRN, are one of them..
But Lauren, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Surely you know that. I think you’re confusing Iraq with Osama Bin Laden; you know, the guy that we escorted out of the country after 9/11 and can’t seem to find now…
Canada had as much to do with 9/11 as Iraq did. Should we invade Canada too?
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! SOMEONE WITH SOME BRAINS! HALF OF THE POEPLE FIGHTING THIS WAR DON’T AGREE WITH IT. THAT WAS A CAREER/LIFE CHOICE TO BE IN THE MILITARY NOT B/C THEY WANT TO FIGHT THIS B-S WAR, THAT WAS ALL BUSH’ AGENDA I BELIEVE HE SET UP 9-11!
Ka-Plow… What you forget is that this is a war on terrorism, not a war on Iraq or Afghanistan in particular… It just so happened that they had terrorist organizations leading their nation so we decided to invade because, and this is the important part, THIS IS A WAR ON TERROR NOT A WAR ON ANY NATION IN PARTICULAR,
Even if she was wasted, any self-respecting tattoo artist would have talked her out of it. Unless they explained what was wrong and she still said “Thash ok. I ww-hic!-want it that way.”
papa oom mow mow, oo mow mow, oom papa oom mow mow, oo mow mow, dont you know – about the bird? everybody knows about the bird! well a well a well the bird bird, bu bird’s the word! WIN
Heya, fyi, girls don’t stay super smooth all day long. Chances are this is the armpit version of 5 o’clock shadow. She looks shaved to me. Also…girls who have thicker and darker hair tend to still look prickly, even when smooth.
Are you guys all idiots or something? There’s nothing wrong with this tattoo, other than that you’re not familiar with this particular phrasing, and only familiar with the idiom “Failure is not an option”.
What this phrase means is that success is not optional – it’s mandatory.
I believe you are the one that is confused. If they meant that success was “not optional,” then that’s what should be written. If success is not an option, then there is no possible chance of succeeding. So you both fail.
or … “its not an option, its a requirement”, implying its not ‘optional’. It does actually still make sense, it just sounds as if its contradicting a popular phrase.
Come on people this fail is so obvious I can’t believe you don’t get it. It’s a fail because when you veiw her from a 45 degree angle to the south, during the winter months between 4:30 and 5:07pm the sun only illuminates certain letters in the sentence and it reads “us is a notion”, referinging to the existentialist movement. As we all know Neitzsche started the nilist or existentalist revolution and not the pathetic French philosopher Sarte.
Fantastic! I tried objecting while you were away, but I got overruled by a ninja, then i couldn’t find a higher authority to appeal to, even though there were two, I saw through their disguises and realised it was a ninja and a Brewski!
Not bad, the local supermarket was selling half price wine, so I may have overindulged a little on that count, but it was still good fun. I’m one of the lucky ones who don’t get hungover. (please don’t hate me FB!)
Does it matter?
Getting a tattoo which is only optimally visible during equinoxes and the above-mentioned time spans is simply RUDE.
Especially when you cover your breast for the photo.
Hey Malicite heres a cup of varnish remover, ink, jamocha, hot stuff, frothy weight, java, joe, lava, battery acid, brew, cafe noir, ….can’t think of anymore synonyms for coffee.
I’m not silly, everyone understand as he wants, personnaly, I think this mean that the success is obligatory, as it’s not an option… I think that’s “Success is not optional”… Hu, OK, I went in Google trans’ and actually, you have the same translation for “optionnel” and “facultatif” and it’s “optionnal”, So I think in France we have a nuance you don’t get… And that’s why I don’t understand the sentence as you understand it.
I spoke with some french friends, and they all understand the sentence as I do…
Thus I think it’s due to our different language, which don’t see the same meaning in the same phrase…
In a car, you have optionnal features, and serial features… If something is not in option, that means that there’re 2 possibilities : 1) The thing is in the serial features (by default) or 2) The thing is not available…
Proof that the two sense of this sentence are right, but personnaly, I understood 1) first…
Well, who cares about what the nuances are in French? The person got the tattoo in English, not French, so English language rules determine if it’s a failure or not.
I don’t see them try to claim they’re right, just try to justify their mistake, which is understandable. I’d hate to be insulted for not grasping subtle nuances in my second language right away too.
I think there’s another option here that hasn’t yet been explored (or at least I haven’t seen it)… I disagree with this being a fail because it seems like an intentional misuse of the phrase. Upon first look I just figured the girl meant the tattoo to be sarcastic or even ironic. I would wager she knew what she was doing here, and before I read the comments, I even thought it might be taken as clever. (But oh well… there’s a reason I don’t have any tattoos of my own)
All hail Grand Poobah Wizard of Female Body Inspectors…
Dude, I think you must be used to seeing airbrushed women (you know, like in those magazines you stash under your bed where you hope your mom won’t find them). From this photo, you can tell nothing about this woman other than the fact that she has a lame tattoo, has fake nails, is a hideous shade of orange and shaves (not waxes) her armpits.
You were SO close to impressing us, too! Better luck next time, JustinCase!
(No, I don’t know the woman in the photo…and I don’t want to know her, either)!
wow dude. well im sorry that you or your significant other is such a terrible thing to look at that the first moment you see someone downing anothers appearance your blood boils and you feel the urge to defend that stranger who we all can agree is a “fail” anyway. cudos to you sir, you are a champion amongst pigs.
That better have been a satirical analysis of the low level observations being made by this mornings unfamiliar failbloggers. ….because if it wasn’t Moomin…..*glowers at Moomin*
You know, I do wish there was a way we could see the genders here. Sometimes it’s not quite obvious – well, at least to me. At first, I thought Jules was female which is not true. By the way, where is he? I know he was getting married a couple of weeks ago (?).
Im sorry Moomin. ….*glowers*
I was afraid you would find me last week on severe parenting fail. I somehow got doused in baconlube and was stranded in the middle of the fail naked. It was all I could do to just clench my buttox and hope I made it home before you or any other potato weilding assailant could find me.
*accepts duct tape graciously*
*scrapes off glue*
*sticks down scale*
*offers Bobbie Trap self defense lessons in case of an attack by a disgruntled 2thfairy*
*takes Hairy’s girl in the woods with everyone*
*tells her that she is required to make this day a success*
*Films orgy in HD*
*drops her off at tattoo parlor*
Congratulations! On both feats!
Now I know you had that…thing done to you in the …nether regions, about where your …hmm is, but what is it exactly they did? If you don’t mind sharing.
*grabs Moomin before he can get away* *SQUEEZE*
Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know I probably won’t be on FB until Friday at the earliest. Too much to get done before Ireland, but I will be on before I leave!
*group squeeze*
*squeeze*
You’re going to have a right week getting everything packed for everything you hope to get up to
So soon till you go, woohoo!
Will have to save a special squeeze for Friday.
Strapping a pillow to your posterior is highly recommended while skateboarding for a while.
Think of it as a fashion accessory, what with all the possible types of trim.
Nobody seems to have considered that things seem to always go wrong for this person and this has become a mantra this person has developed to poke fun at that fact.
Well, at least she had enough sense to choose a spot where it’s seen easily. Unless she is wearing a bikini which I hope to goodness she wouldn’t.
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No offense, I just never understood why people would tattoo themselves.
Took me about 15 minutes to work out – though it was an overstuffed knee for a long time… it’s her armpit, taken from about her waist, tattoo going down her side, black cup clutched over breast: and none of it a pretty sight…..
This is her second picture. The black bra goes with the black panties, mismatches shoes and kid. The tattoo was away from the camera.
Cheer leading prepares girls for life.
i don’t get it…
If i translate it in french, well… it means something ordinary… a typical sentence…
Like “i don’t have a choice, it’s not optional: i have to success… ”
Well, i just read the others comments, and maybe is it a “french typical sentence” only, cuz the other french guy (Freezman or smth like that) got this like i did…
Voila… (i know everybody actually use this french word… don’t know why… kinda useless word haha)
Just some different meanin according to the language i guess
The tattoo is read left to right only when she is horizontal and, presumably in a state of undress. I glean from this that she is a woman who has great difficulty saying no. On her left side, reading from her bikini line to her armpit she has the words, “You’re going to succeed and I’m going to suck seed!” tattooed in thirteen languages (and Braille). Alcohol determines which side of the bed you get to lie on.
How is this a fail?
Its all spelled correctly, and It’s not like, put on backwards.. its just down her side…
I understand it perfectly.
Thats ridiculous.
Correct. An option is a possible outcome of several from which one may choose. When something is not an option, that means the choice aspect has been removed, but does not implicitly mean that the lack of choice is because a single alternative outcome is mandatory. Additional context is generally needed to lead the reader to such a conclusion unambiguously.
Even in the context or buying an automobile, something that is “not an option” is not necessarily “standard equipment” by default; the feature simply might not be available on that model at all. That’s why the model feature charts in the literature have a designator like “N/A” as well as the “S” and “O” designators. And even a “standard feature” is an option of sorts; generally speaking, you don’t have to buy any particular car, so you have the choice of buying the feature or not.
So trying to define something only by saying what it is not can lead to ambiguity win.
I can write anything here because no one reads this.
Did you know that Video is Latin for “I See”? Karaoke is Japanese for “without orchestra”? Interesting huh? I learned that while doing crossword puzzles. Another interesting fact is that the geographic divide between Asia and Europe is the Ural mountain range. Not many people know that one. There is also a river of the same name in Russia. Those are common clues. Another pretty common clue is Ewer. Weird huh? Its vase shaped vessel for holding liquid. Sometimes with handles. A good example is The World Cup trophy. They also like to throw in this one. “The bards river”. Of course they always rephrase it to confuse you, but I’m to smart for that.See I know that the bard is of course Shakespeare and the river is the Avon from his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
i really dont understand how this is a fail at all, so many people say that expression. Just because the girl didnt want like a paragraph tattooed on her ribs doesnt really make this tattoo a fail? Pretty much every expression i shorten now days.. such as “when life gives you lemons..” or “when in rome..” its very often you hear a person actually recite the whole phrase, just saying..
The examples you gave are sentence fragments, so it would be obvious to readers or listeners that they should complete the sentence with the rest of the well-known phrase, or ask someone for the rest of the sentence.
Outside of this blog, I’d never heard the phrase “success is not an option; it’s mandatory.” I’ve heard “failure is not an option” many, many times. So when presented with “success is not an option…” I’d be likely to fill it in with “…it’s not even possible.”
Ok. I see both sides HOWEVER.. Her tattoo reads. “Success is NOT an option”.. if it was meant to be not optional her tattoo would read “Success is not an OPTION”. So.. in french, english, or any other language… I WIN.
Is that a man? WTF is that? That’s disgusting. What a terrible tattoo. I’d rather gouge my eyes out, boil it in camel piss, and feed it to my kids than get a lousy tattoo like that.
Its a requirement!!
Sounds like the US motto in Iraq.
ZING!
POW!
SPLASH!
WIGGY WIGGY WOMP!
BADA BING!
COMBO BREAKER !
IDJUT!
COMBO-INSTIGATOR
SHAZAM!
SHAMWOW!
PEW PEW! PEW PEW PEW!
FINISH HIM!
KABOOM!
BALL OUT. INSERT 4 CREDITS TO REPLAY.
<_<
holy crap…
JINGWONGPOWDUUUUUUUSH
SCORCH!
1up!
FALCON PUNCH!!!
THIS IS SPARTA!
Ploing, Zapp & PLoW
WIBBLE!
KER-POP!
Meow?
*CRASH*
hisssssssss
BAM!
no
WHAM!
*SHAZZAM!!* then?
accepted
SHAMWOW!!!
ZORBEES!!!
HONEYBEES?
BOO BEES?
MONEYBEES?
Obese?
Testes?
CRACKKAJAMMA!
I GIZZED IN MY PANTS
WTFZORG
BOOBEES!
SHAMWOW WIN.
Kame-hame-HA!
We had an english teacher who was in the USA for some weeks and since he came back we had to say “Shazzam” every morning instead of Good Morning Sir. What’s the point of Shazzam?
Shazam is civilisation.
And a cartoon in the early 80s.
This is starting to look like a vintage episode of Batman
Nananananananananananananana
Batman! Batman!!!
KAFLOP!!?
ZAP!
DinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerTEATIME!
Winner winner chicken dinner!
chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, and a large cloeslaw!
*Roffle*
Winner Winner Beef for Dinner
b-b-b- bird bird bird, bird is the word bababa bird bird bird, bird is the word!
i looked at the comments and JIZZED IN MEH PANTS =D
I need to get some sleep. I read “TEAT ME”
Ka-Fail!
Ka-Fail! …sorry if that’s a repeat
ok seriously wtf? you’re here to put a comment not to s!ht around. stop that man. Seriously how old are you? 2 or 3? Criss de con… lol vous comprenez trop pas ce que j’écris gang de cave.
daccord avec toi l’gros.. le monde savent pas comment s’comporter pi yon dl’air d’une esti bande de sale singes haha
di do prdele stando !!!
Seriously are you really that dumb… even the democrats claimed victory in Iraq after the surge… get your head out of your butt you idiotic liberal nut job
totally agreed
you’re a genius!
Wafflecopter!
IT does indeed.
That is really effed up.. I have friends over there putting their life at risk for everyone.. do you not remember 911.. how can people just frget that they ATTACKED us!! would you really want the war over here?? i mean how ridiculous can you be? what do you think would happen if we just quit.. why don’t you think about that for once instead of not respecting people who are just fighting for what our founding fathers fought for.. Some people really disappoint me, you my dear, MRN, are one of them..
Lauren
But Lauren, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Surely you know that. I think you’re confusing Iraq with Osama Bin Laden; you know, the guy that we escorted out of the country after 9/11 and can’t seem to find now…
Canada had as much to do with 9/11 as Iraq did. Should we invade Canada too?
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! SOMEONE WITH SOME BRAINS! HALF OF THE POEPLE FIGHTING THIS WAR DON’T AGREE WITH IT. THAT WAS A CAREER/LIFE CHOICE TO BE IN THE MILITARY NOT B/C THEY WANT TO FIGHT THIS B-S WAR, THAT WAS ALL BUSH’ AGENDA I BELIEVE HE SET UP 9-11!
Ka-Plow… What you forget is that this is a war on terrorism, not a war on Iraq or Afghanistan in particular… It just so happened that they had terrorist organizations leading their nation so we decided to invade because, and this is the important part, THIS IS A WAR ON TERROR NOT A WAR ON ANY NATION IN PARTICULAR,
Totally agree. Success don’t even have to be an option. It is a requirement!
I agree with your agreement.
Now fry me some eggs!
I disagree with your agreement to agree…
I disagree with your agreement….
you know fried eggs are bascily fried chicken?
sure thing
At first I thought that picture was some dude who got his thigh tattooed. I failed on that discovery but I think the woman fails on her looks.
amen!
KLIERRRR
…no one ever expected much of her. Do we now know why?
not in her case no…
failness.com
You inspire me.
Not a success, I guess.
Mission accomplished.
*murders everyone*… just to be sure.
Remember, only headshots.
C’mon, I lied. So scampish!
…but failure alway is!
Boobie! Sort of…
Bra strap fail
That’s one gross looking armpit
The whole picture is pretty full of grossness.
Armpit Blubber… mmmm
I didn’t know they gave tatoos to walrus. Walruses? Walri? Where’s waldo?
Thought it was a guy till I saw the nails.
It is a guy!
That’s how the can tell at birth.
the fact that theres a BRA in the pic didnt tip you off?
Who is to say it ISN’T a man? nails and a bra don’t make a woman. Just someone who appreciates manicures and an upper body support system.
Ditto.
I still think its a man
Uhhhh…pretty sure that’s not an armpit.
Those nails prove nothing.
Because guys wear strapless satin bras where you come from? 8D
Thank you, I was going to say this.
Painful-looking armpit shave fail.
haha
check out THIS side boob.
you like that?
You shouldn’t.
Cause it’s mah side boob.
XD
Constant fail reminder fail?
Reminds me of the FORRRREEVVVERRRR from Sandlot.
OMG! It does!
Fail Blog win
There should be a winblog.org
Maybe it’s like the song Ironic…and she meant to do it? It would be clever, if it was intentional.
Maybe she meant Sucking is not an option. Either way, she was wrong.
Drunken stupor tattoo?
Even if she was wasted, any self-respecting tattoo artist would have talked her out of it. Unless they explained what was wrong and she still said “Thash ok. I ww-hic!-want it that way.”
First… or am I?
It’s not an option.
Shall I deport Jean to the cave with the rest of the “first” trolls?
haha, that was the first time I did that. Just wanted to know how it felt ^^ I promise not doing it again
Aaaaugh! Stop saying the word! The word…
IT IT IT….
The bird?
Everybody knows that bird is the word
B-B-B-BIRD, BIRD, BIRD. BIRD IS THE WORD.
B-B-B-BIRD, BIRD, BIRD. BIRD IS THE WORD.
I thought “Grease” was the word?
Grease is the word.
papa oom mow mow, oo mow mow, oom papa oom mow mow, oo mow mow, dont you know – about the bird? everybody knows about the bird! well a well a well the bird bird, bu bird’s the word!
WIN
NI!!
No prob Jean! Everyone gets a freebie!
*puts bus pass to the troll cave away*
But now I have a bus pass that I don’t know what to do with!
*Offers bus pass to everyone*
I hear Sir Eld goes on regular hunting raids there, maybe he takes the bus…
She could have had a cheaper tattoo done with the word FAIL
It means the same thing
Actually, as the tattoo is right now, it would make a great poster slogan for Failblog… if Failblog needed posters.
Does she come before hard work?
She comes after hard work.
Somehow I have trouble believing her efforts are that successful.
We may never know.
One thing that’s obvious, though, is that the top half of a FAIL this time of morning is pretty vacant.
It’s an abyss Nelly…a bloody abyss!
Takes a while for the coffee/tea to kick in.
*yawn*
O RLY? (giggity.)
Boo-ya!
….It’s a state of mind
my penis
…is not an option
… nor a success.
WIN
Failure to launch huh?
Failure to lunch huh?
Failunch to lure huh?
Sailor to brunch yuh?
Palin who sucks duh?
that combo was full of win
One sailor to lunch, one sailor for dinner, that’s all a girl needs.
♪ Fail on, fail on, failor… ♪
One fail to rule them all, one fail to find them.
… is not an option.
Hey this is my very first post here.. WIN!
And you have already taken your first step on the road to FAIL…
Neither is shaving, I see.
Heya, fyi, girls don’t stay super smooth all day long. Chances are this is the armpit version of 5 o’clock shadow. She looks shaved to me. Also…girls who have thicker and darker hair tend to still look prickly, even when smooth.
girl, you got fuc kn’ PWNT!
if someone would make me a tatoo like that, i would cut his da mn hands
You gosta chill.
*offers SNORLAX massage*
*accept offer*
Baconlube time
Somebody please explain what Baconlube is to me….
http://failblog.org/2009/04/01/product-fail/
Sorry. That’s not possible.
Only you really know the deep secret of what Baconlubeâ„¢ is to you.
Thank you. You both have truly changed my life. I will never be able to repay you. Unless…you would accept this:
*hands over Baconlube Gold*
*wonders what to do* BaconLube is you and YOU are BaconLube.
*squeeze*
*leaves BaconLube smell on Leila*
*walks away and leaves trail of BaconLubed footprints*
Again? I am showering — and NO, I won’t be taking any pictures.
After you’re done showering, join us on the ladder at the bank.
*hands LEILA towel*
TY
Baconlube is not an option!
you write sucess not success
but i’m not english too…i hope i told you the true
the tattoo reads ’success is not an option’, the phrase they were trying to quote is ‘failure is not an option’.
They pwnt themselves by tattooing they’ll never succeed.
Are you guys all idiots or something? There’s nothing wrong with this tattoo, other than that you’re not familiar with this particular phrasing, and only familiar with the idiom “Failure is not an option”.
What this phrase means is that success is not optional – it’s mandatory.
I believe you are the one that is confused. If they meant that success was “not optional,” then that’s what should be written. If success is not an option, then there is no possible chance of succeeding. So you both fail.
That is one of the greatest non-sequitur’s I’ve ever seen…
You are the idiot, Amir.
A tattoo that can be taken either way is a fail.
I get your point but considering the idiom is a lot more familiar I’d say she chose….poorly.
this phrase does not mean that success is mandatory. to say it’s not an option implies there are options and success is not one of them.
i dont get the fail-part here either, i think the tattoo is rather cool.
English comprehension FAIL
Saying that success is not an option doesn’t make it mandatory, it eliminates it as an outcome.
Saying that success is not optional does make it mandatory as it eliminates all other options.
thank you captain ovibous (sp?) LOL!
argument win!
Ok ! I didn’t get it because in french, the word is “succès” ^^ Thanks !
uhm no… the word success is correct but the bra is in the way… position of the tattoo failed.
Uh, Ok, now I get it… The bra’ll go through the word Success… Is that right ?
Really guys? It’s a fail because the saying is “Failure is not an option.” Saying success is not an option means there’s no chance you’ll succeed.
No, “Success is not an option” means that the Success is obligatory… On a car, there’re options and serial (“de série” en français, I don’t know if my translation’s good :s) stuff…
Nope. “not an option” means there won’t be any. What you mean is “not optional”, which would indeed mean that there has to be success.
or … “its not an option, its a requirement”, implying its not ‘optional’. It does actually still make sense, it just sounds as if its contradicting a popular phrase.
Come on people this fail is so obvious I can’t believe you don’t get it. It’s a fail because when you veiw her from a 45 degree angle to the south, during the winter months between 4:30 and 5:07pm the sun only illuminates certain letters in the sentence and it reads “us is a notion”, referinging to the existentialist movement. As we all know Neitzsche started the nilist or existentalist revolution and not the pathetic French philosopher Sarte.
Well, yeah. I mean, duh. I saw that straight away.
Are you drunk right now?
Don’t answer that Brewski. It’s a trap!!!
*pounce*
Hello LEILA!
ACK! HI gaynorvader. How are you my horny friend.
*Gets trap ready*
*giggles madly*
Fantastic! I tried objecting while you were away, but I got overruled by a ninja, then i couldn’t find a higher authority to appeal to, even though there were two, I saw through their disguises and realised it was a ninja and a Brewski!
I am here now gaynorvader and thank you for holding up the fort in my absence.
You’re welcome, where were you though? I was worried!
Took Friday off for some party preparation over the weekend. Yesterday it was very busy.
Cool, good weekend so?
I was a great weekend. How was yours?
Not bad, the local supermarket was selling half price wine, so I may have overindulged a little on that count, but it was still good fun. I’m one of the lucky ones who don’t get hungover. (please don’t hate me FB!)
HEY, I’m not as think as you drunk I am!!
Oh, it’s LEILA and gaynor! G’day!
*hic*
Hiya Brewski! That’s a fine stumble you’ve got there.
*trip’s Boobie’s trap*
Does it matter?
Getting a tattoo which is only optimally visible during equinoxes and the above-mentioned time spans is simply RUDE.
Especially when you cover your breast for the photo.
Would you beat a tattoo on them bongos?
*sigh*
*goes to discipline self*
Nellie, I forgot to mention, she is also a clue in National Treasure 3. Just FYI.
HAHAHA! YES!
Mal has a cause now I see.
Hey Malicite heres a cup of varnish remover, ink, jamocha, hot stuff, frothy weight, java, joe, lava, battery acid, brew, cafe noir, ….can’t think of anymore synonyms for coffee.
Thank you! I just had two co-workers ask me if I was hungover. *is having an awesome start to his day*
Oh and yes Leila, I have caused myself.
Awww
that sounds more interesting then my day :/
10am EST fail is coming up and I just can’t leave this thread without using this…
Damn Leila why you always gotta be such a Kant.
Avoid those hangovers by simply staying drunk.
… Which leads me to believe that this woman won’t and Immanuel Kant.
Kant is a pompous ASS!!!!!
All people are inherintly good?! Bullhockey!
Are you silly? Success is not an option is fail. If it would be “Failure is not an option”, it would be right.
I’m not silly, everyone understand as he wants, personnaly, I think this mean that the success is obligatory, as it’s not an option… I think that’s “Success is not optional”… Hu, OK, I went in Google trans’ and actually, you have the same translation for “optionnel” and “facultatif” and it’s “optionnal”, So I think in France we have a nuance you don’t get… And that’s why I don’t understand the sentence as you understand it.
for you, success is definitely not an option!
bad form art face, the Frenchman makes a valid and well articulated point.
I spoke with some french friends, and they all understand the sentence as I do…
Thus I think it’s due to our different language, which don’t see the same meaning in the same phrase…
In a car, you have optionnal features, and serial features… If something is not in option, that means that there’re 2 possibilities : 1) The thing is in the serial features (by default) or 2) The thing is not available…
Proof that the two sense of this sentence are right, but personnaly, I understood 1) first…
Yeah, french fry here just doesn’t get it…
Well, who cares about what the nuances are in French? The person got the tattoo in English, not French, so English language rules determine if it’s a failure or not.
Um…well…French speakers I’d imagine, if there is a nuance in French, then it’s reasonable to assume that they’d try and apply it to English they read.
Yes, but then they should stop insisting they’re right once several people have explained it to them
I don’t see them try to claim they’re right, just try to justify their mistake, which is understandable. I’d hate to be insulted for not grasping subtle nuances in my second language right away too.
Correctamungo!! ……..huh……when is the last time you heard that word?
Just 15 seconds ago when you said it.
1977…Arthur Fonzarelli…but I believe it was “correctamundo”
I was not alive…..but I will take your word for it.
that’s like the idiots getting kanji tattoos and then wondering why all the Japanese ppl are laughing at them.
dig a little deeper to discern the meaning
I think there’s another option here that hasn’t yet been explored (or at least I haven’t seen it)… I disagree with this being a fail because it seems like an intentional misuse of the phrase. Upon first look I just figured the girl meant the tattoo to be sarcastic or even ironic. I would wager she knew what she was doing here, and before I read the comments, I even thought it might be taken as clever. (But oh well… there’s a reason I don’t have any tattoos of my own)
you live in french or in the french speaking part of switzerland?
I live in France (not “in French” ><) ^^ But I didn’t even know that there were a french speaking part in swirtzerland Oo
Oh, what a Dumb, I made a bad translation of switzerland… I thought you were speakin of Sweden ><
hahaha
well you know english is not my best language, i’m sorry =(
fail
Your username is very funny….. in Swedish
I think it should say Losing is not an Option.
“Loosing is not an option” would be better
you fail.
and failing, while laughing at someone who fails, brings you EXTRAFAIL
Ohm… No. You don’t.
Well, maybe you do. My dictionary don’t though.
that couldn’t be more unattractive
trust me it could
maybe something like SUCASS like sux ass hehe
Hehehehe
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NOT!
I beg to disagree homeless.
Mission accomplished.
*Checks test*
Not an option either, sorry dude.
A. Fail
B. Fail
C. Frank Zappa?
Who wrote this test?
Answer C should clearly have been “pickle”, so I’m thinking that Frank Zappa wrote the test.
Hey there! How’s my favorite fish?
…
I’m sorry if that sounded too…gastronomic.
Hungry czuhc? Here, you can have my McChicken Vagina. I really don’t want it.
I am being offered a McChicken Vagina? Loz wants me? Woohoo! The only thing missing is the 72 virgins!
*envisions a World of Warcraft convention*
Sofa…you’re on fire today! *laughs loudly at his desk*
*douses sofaking w fire retardant* Sorry, I don’t like the smell of burning flesh.
damnit Leila!!!! now l am sofa king retardant!
FTW!
You, sir, have won. I’m not sure what the win consitutes; yet, you have won.
*hands czuhc approximately 72 virgins*
*wonders if all 72 virgins are female*
I kiiillllll you.
WIN!
Can’t help you there. But let me know if you find any extras.
*hands Brewski the other (approximately) 314*
Person fail, but “Tattoo WIN!”
I want to see the boob.
It goes without saying
Look at that armpit, and what little you can see of the face. I’m sure that boob is nothing spectacular.
True but you can hardly fail with boobs.
Also I’m thinking that this is the same Mom who was modeling in front of her child.
“Once you see one woman naked … you … pretty much want to see the rest of them naked” ~Ron White
it could mean kill or be killed.
tattoo=$256.98
black bra=$34.95
explaining to your grandchildren=$priceless
Granny was high?
lol maybe.
Tattoo FAIL, perhaps.
Self-Esteem FAIL: absolutely.
From what I can see, looks like she has a terrible body.
All hail Grand Poobah Wizard of Female Body Inspectors…
Dude, I think you must be used to seeing airbrushed women (you know, like in those magazines you stash under your bed where you hope your mom won’t find them). From this photo, you can tell nothing about this woman other than the fact that she has a lame tattoo, has fake nails, is a hideous shade of orange and shaves (not waxes) her armpits.
You were SO close to impressing us, too! Better luck next time, JustinCase!
(No, I don’t know the woman in the photo…and I don’t want to know her, either)!
Whoa… rant alert.
Our rant alert warning has just moved into the Red Zone!
wow dude. well im sorry that you or your significant other is such a terrible thing to look at that the first moment you see someone downing anothers appearance your blood boils and you feel the urge to defend that stranger who we all can agree is a “fail” anyway. cudos to you sir, you are a champion amongst pigs.
While I appreciate the gesture, I really just woke up.
LOL, they left the label on the green thing.
That better have been a satirical analysis of the low level observations being made by this mornings unfamiliar failbloggers. ….because if it wasn’t Moomin…..*glowers at Moomin*
*cries*
Awwww Moomin… there, there….. *glowers at Sofaking*
*squeeze*
*glowers back at fluffy, holds up salt shaker ominously*
*licks salt shaker tentatively*
*makes a face*
It’s okay. I was going to use it to salt fluffy’s water and kill him but you can have it.
Yay!
*Skips away scattering salt to the four winds*
Pssst. Fluffy is a lady.
And killing her would upset a great many people.
You know, I do wish there was a way we could see the genders here. Sometimes it’s not quite obvious – well, at least to me. At first, I thought Jules was female which is not true. By the way, where is he? I know he was getting married a couple of weeks ago (?).
*thwacks sofaking with the shellacked mackerel*
I think he joined the Dark Side, hence his gloomy avatar.
Loz wants you.
They all do.
She had a large potato and a determined expression.
The lack of baconlube disturbed me.
Im sorry Moomin. ….*glowers*
I was afraid you would find me last week on severe parenting fail. I somehow got doused in baconlube and was stranded in the middle of the fail naked. It was all I could do to just clench my buttox and hope I made it home before you or any other potato weilding assailant could find me.
WHAT! Are you the one who used all the lube?
Leila poured it on me…..I don’t remember why but i think it’s safe to assume I deserved it.
LIES!!!!
Indeed, i believe it was in fact velvet who lubed you up.
What happened at my absence?
All trolls were promptly circumcised. I mean, fraternized. I mean, exorcised.
realized?
Terrorized!
*squeeze*
babtized?
what sort of animal is that? a pig? who tattoos pigs?!?!
I did.
Hairy?? Is that really you??
How’s your butt doing?
*reads threads below*
Welcome back, and congrats on no longer being a pain in the ass!
Aha, I was a pain in the ass?
Shaving armpits / woman fail.
Gross
Don’t forget the bloody chin pimple fail…
I think ALL OF US need to look in the mirror right now. No one is perfect. Except for me of course.
*looks in mirror*
*notices loose scale*
I was only kidding gaynorvader. YOU of all creatures are the most beautiful!
*stops obsessing over loose scale*
*Offers duct tape for loose scale*
*accepts duct tape graciously*
*scrapes off glue*
*sticks down scale*
*offers Bobbie Trap self defense lessons in case of an attack by a disgruntled 2thfairy*
What’s a 2thfairy? oh, right the fairy that finished second in the flying contest!
2thfairy turned into Achmed for a moment.
WTF? Are you a woman? (Although I’m sure I know the answer to that one…)
If male, do you shave or wax your face?
What’s “gross” about one method of removing hair vs. another? Pray, tell . . .
Well, looks like beauty diet isn’t one either!
should be the sites motto.
It surely isn’t. If it were, all losers would choose it, like some tatooed girl I know of.
Always use quotation marks for emphasis:
Success is “not” an option
You think she should have it stapled to her rather than tattooed?
Yes, yes I believe they should.
I’m back!
*squeeze*
Who are you?
One who does not know Hairy does not know FailBlog.
-
*squeeze*
*catches the eye of Hairy’s girl as he walks by*
*Her smile gives off the fact that she wants me*
*makes plans to get revenge on Hairy*
Too bad, she has a sympton called smilititis. She smiles at everyone like that.
*takes Hairy’s girl in the woods with everyone*
*tells her that she is required to make this day a success*
*Films orgy in HD*
*drops her off at tattoo parlor*
You’re in for it now…
*hands Hairy a machete*
*Gets word of FruitcakSolvesAll’s yesman ism*
*writes FruitcakeSolvesAll on a shellcasing filled with troll-removing
tetrachloride*
I meant you’re in danger from Hairy, not me.
How did you film an orgy with her? She doesn’t have any holes in her..
Except for her ears… Oh wait! She was the camerawoman?
Hey you!
*squeeze*
How did it go? How are you?
Fine, no pains anymore!
And I also got an A on my presentation for school
Congratulations! On both feats!
Now I know you had that…thing done to you in the …nether regions, about where your …hmm is, but what is it exactly they did? If you don’t mind sharing.
Remove some splinters from my tailbone. I broke it like 2,5 week ago.
But they seem to put some cold ‘goo-ish’ stuff on it that takes the pain away.
*squeeze*
The blog has needed more hair!
HMPH!
*looks at Moomin* Hmmm…
*squeeze*
*runs away very rapidly*
*catches up for a quick squeeze and release*
*pelvic floors in time with LEILA*
0.0
That’s so obtuse to us guys that I think I’m gonna Kegel over!
*grabs Moomin before he can get away* *SQUEEZE*
Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know I probably won’t be on FB until Friday at the earliest. Too much to get done before Ireland, but I will be on before I leave!
*group squeeze*
Awww… *squeezes Cuddles*
i hop for you.
TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!! PLEEEEEEEASE, I will behave!!! I promise…….
Where abouts in Ireland are you visiting?
*squeeze*
You’re going to have a right week getting everything packed for everything you hope to get up to
So soon till you go, woohoo!
Will have to save a special squeeze for Friday.
Good ta see ya back, Hairy!
Not to be cornfused with “good to see your hairy, um, back”.
Come on Nellie, we all know you are into hairy backs. *shudders*
I didn’t say where!
*squeeze*
Right here.
Glad to have you back Hairy!
*squeezes*
Oh hI!
*squeeze*
-GOOD LORD, Dr. Bijlsma! What are you doing to that sleeping patient?
-Ow…ehm…I’m putting some of that gooish stuff on him.
Funny, it doesn’t look gooish.
ooooh, but it sure feels gooish.
MMMM…cold baconlube
Hurrah! Congratulations on the A&A
Thank you!
*squeeze*
*will never be able to see Admiral Apparent’s initials the same way again*
Hey, you skateboarding again yet?
Not jet. Maybe tomorrow.
Strapping a pillow to your posterior is highly recommended while skateboarding for a while.
Think of it as a fashion accessory, what with all the possible types of trim.
*commissions Nellie to build a nuke*
$ is no object!
*takes LEILA’s money and tries to buy Nellie’s way out of the iTunes contract*
*gives jam more $$$* You will need more.
Nobody seems to have considered that things seem to always go wrong for this person and this has become a mantra this person has developed to poke fun at that fact.
I take it you know her personally. Now it makes total sense.
I hope this tattoo won’t be visible at job interviews…..or parole hearings.
Or when dancing naked on the table.
Well, at least she had enough sense to choose a spot where it’s seen easily. Unless she is wearing a bikini which I hope to goodness she wouldn’t.
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No offense, I just never understood why people would tattoo themselves.
I tried once, but it came off when it rained.
I tattooed 2 big guns on my face.
That’s, um, very attractive.
Thanks, I also tattooed my ass like tits.
Hairy tits!
*roffles*
That’s, um, disturbing.
The only people who ever see it are the doctors and the toilet.
Since when are toilets people?
Since the french revolution in 2011.. You didn’t notice?
I have 12 of them…for safety reasons….in case I ever get mannapped.
*mannaps Blue2thFair*
2 hamburgers with extra fries or the kid, ehhh ehummm Man gets it!
Had she not spent all her money on the tat maybe she could afford a bra with more than one cup…..and straps.
Two boobs. . .one cup?
0.0
That hurts my brain.
thats the fail haha
High five! Sexy times! *holds up hand ….waiting…waiting…*
*high fives*
*high five*
*starts light piano music*
unbuttons pants*
*flees from this thread before your threads flee*
You just couldn’t resist could you?
I’m a bad moomin.
*hangs head in shame*
That’s ok, I didn’t want to eat lunch…or dinner….or breakfast tomorrow anyway.
*wonders if money can be made from this new diet fad*
*ponders*
mmmmm…breakfast!
I have a extra sausage egg and vagina biscuit if you’d like one.
Is the vagina biscuit made from meat?
Of course! You simply must try one, are biscuits are Ho made using a “special” yeast.
Well as long as there aren’t too many vitamins, they go straight to my thighs!
*our*
I like the oven-glove on her tit!
should be a win!
I’d say this is an accuracy win.
Does she have a boyfriend/husband named Cess?
Or maybe a half brother, and the tattoo is a reminder.
Last name Poole?
So… this should be in the “SUCCESSBlog” site then?
lol
bad tatoo
bad to watch you too
bad to show your shoes
Excuse me, but why are you replying to yourself?
for fun i’m bored
bad to know you lose
back to holy fools
I BET SHE’S HAIRY
Where is that train ticket?
I think we have a winner here!
pooptarts.
Are you from Accountemps?
Underachiever and proud of it!
I BET SHE’S A LIL BIT HA I RY
i don’t get the position of the body… what part do we see on this picture?
hahaha, i didn’t get that befor…i hope for her its not her back haha
It’s on her side – hopefully she won’t get fat later in life. Those letters will get really long.
Flank, heading toward the brisket.
mmmmmmmm……brisket.
Ahhh!
Now I get it!
Armpit in the left bottom corner. Head on the left. bra in the middle. All righty…
Oooooh.
Tell him what he’s won Bob!
A year’s supply of Turtle Wax!
Turtle Wax, safe for all finishes – for that high gloss, shoooowroooom shine!!
Took me about 15 minutes to work out – though it was an overstuffed knee for a long time… it’s her armpit, taken from about her waist, tattoo going down her side, black cup clutched over breast: and none of it a pretty sight…..
Is anyone else getting a banner ad saying “It’s hard to keep a secret when it’s written all over your body”?
Yeah… This is kinda like that.
Mine says “We will drink your milkshake”…I’m not sure what to think about that.
Sometimes I seriously consider disabling Adblock Plus for this site…
Mine is, “My weightloss story. My new body!”
Success is NOT an option….sounds like Obama’s philosophy.
Well it’s just so hard to follow the successes of George W
Gross manicure fail *shudder*
This is her second picture. The black bra goes with the black panties, mismatches shoes and kid. The tattoo was away from the camera.
Cheer leading prepares girls for life.
Well of course success isn’t an option, how’s she supposed to cash that welfare check if she’s successful? That involves WORK, duh.
Farting is not an option…yet it is!
*Whiff whiff*
at least, if not the best outlook, it’s been inscribed… well.. KINDA legibly… sorta.
The best compost has both carbon and nitrogen
FIRST!!!!
oh and its photoshopped btw
At least everything appears to be spelled correctly.
“Sweep the leg Daniel-san!”
“No Sensei.”
i don’t get it…
If i translate it in french, well… it means something ordinary… a typical sentence…
Like “i don’t have a choice, it’s not optional: i have to success… ”
…
Whatever…
i mean “i have to succeed” sorry for that…
really? somebody actually got this? wow…
Well, i just read the others comments, and maybe is it a “french typical sentence” only, cuz the other french guy (Freezman or smth like that) got this like i did…
Voila… (i know everybody actually use this french word… don’t know why… kinda useless word haha)
Just some different meanin according to the language i guess
You do realise that’s not a fail at all…
The tattoo is read left to right only when she is horizontal and, presumably in a state of undress. I glean from this that she is a woman who has great difficulty saying no. On her left side, reading from her bikini line to her armpit she has the words, “You’re going to succeed and I’m going to suck seed!” tattooed in thirteen languages (and Braille). Alcohol determines which side of the bed you get to lie on.
Whoa!!!!
Extra Fail. It’s a guy with gorgeous nails that needs a bra.
I thought the fail here was that it was a man putting a bra on himself, but no it’s way worse.
tattoo fail? or failure win?
How is this a fail?
Its all spelled correctly, and It’s not like, put on backwards.. its just down her side…
I understand it perfectly.
Thats ridiculous.
Its not fail, success isn’t an option, it is the outcome. Meaning she doesn’t go in with two options, her only plan is to succeed. Posting this=fail
Either is stubble free armpits
Can anybody explain us where is the fail?
Misunderstanding the fail is not an option, it’s everybody’s case.
I guess Googling the phrase before you have it permanently written onto your skin was also not an option.
WTF IS THAT EVEN FEMALE???
I couldnt read it anyway.
Serious bra fail.
Armpit fail.
lol fail
Nice place for a tattoo, or anything else for that matter.
I’m afraid I missed the point.
Can someone explain me ?
Thanks.
It has been explained in the first section of the comments. Several times.
It should have been “Failure is not an option”.
That just looks like it should have the parts labeled…chuck, rib, sirloin, round…
i hope its required…..dumbass
According to her motto it’s a win.
She should add “…it’s Mandatory”
Correct. An option is a possible outcome of several from which one may choose. When something is not an option, that means the choice aspect has been removed, but does not implicitly mean that the lack of choice is because a single alternative outcome is mandatory. Additional context is generally needed to lead the reader to such a conclusion unambiguously.
Even in the context or buying an automobile, something that is “not an option” is not necessarily “standard equipment” by default; the feature simply might not be available on that model at all. That’s why the model feature charts in the literature have a designator like “N/A” as well as the “S” and “O” designators. And even a “standard feature” is an option of sorts; generally speaking, you don’t have to buy any particular car, so you have the choice of buying the feature or not.
So trying to define something only by saying what it is not can lead to ambiguity win.
you fail
I can write anything here because no one reads this.
Did you know that Video is Latin for “I See”? Karaoke is Japanese for “without orchestra”? Interesting huh? I learned that while doing crossword puzzles. Another interesting fact is that the geographic divide between Asia and Europe is the Ural mountain range. Not many people know that one. There is also a river of the same name in Russia. Those are common clues. Another pretty common clue is Ewer. Weird huh? Its vase shaped vessel for holding liquid. Sometimes with handles. A good example is The World Cup trophy. They also like to throw in this one. “The bards river”. Of course they always rephrase it to confuse you, but I’m to smart for that.See I know that the bard is of course Shakespeare and the river is the Avon from his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
lol. I actually like this one. Are we sure it even is a fail?
*Facepalm* Grownups these days…
i really dont understand how this is a fail at all, so many people say that expression. Just because the girl didnt want like a paragraph tattooed on her ribs doesnt really make this tattoo a fail? Pretty much every expression i shorten now days.. such as “when life gives you lemons..” or “when in rome..” its very often you hear a person actually recite the whole phrase, just saying..
The examples you gave are sentence fragments, so it would be obvious to readers or listeners that they should complete the sentence with the rest of the well-known phrase, or ask someone for the rest of the sentence.
Outside of this blog, I’d never heard the phrase “success is not an option; it’s mandatory.” I’ve heard “failure is not an option” many, many times. So when presented with “success is not an option…” I’d be likely to fill it in with “…it’s not even possible.”
Ok. I see both sides HOWEVER.. Her tattoo reads. “Success is NOT an option”.. if it was meant to be not optional her tattoo would read “Success is not an OPTION”. So.. in french, english, or any other language… I WIN.
Kinda funny… is that this tattoo is presented best when she’s flat on her back.
MAKE ME A SAMMICH.
Hairy armpits, hello.
Comments are never funny in this blog. Just not funny at all.
She’s still hot
For someone getting a tattoo like that, I bet that statement is more accurate for them than what they really wanted it to say.
Is that a man? WTF is that? That’s disgusting. What a terrible tattoo. I’d rather gouge my eyes out, boil it in camel piss, and feed it to my kids than get a lousy tattoo like that.
I’m making a note here,
HUGE SUCCESS!
nice armpit.
Going by her orange skin, fake french tips and horrible tattoo, I’d say that the wording of said tattoo is simply redundant. Triple Fail.
doesnt look like the gym is either.
y5h4b65 jgtttrv 5y 7bh
shouldnt of covered
did she die?
if u realize the picture cuts of the rest of the tattoo
wait, what tatoo?
umm… In reality its a WIN considering it says Success is NOT an option which is a different way of saying “You must ALWAYS fail.”
HAHAHA stupid americans ^^
She is an idiot for the fail-tat, but who could say she looks like she has a terrible body?
om nom nom nom
Well, at least she has a nice manicure.