Dude Gets Charles Ramsey Tattooed On His Leg
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland’s Charles Ramsey has gained national attention this past week after his heroic actions in the rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. A local artist was so impressed, he made an offer that at least one man couldn’t turn down: a free tattoo of Ramsey’s face. “He’s kind of like that public figure in Cleveland right now, kind of the voice and face of it,” said Rodney Rose, tattoo artist at 252 Tattoo. “He’s such an expressive guy, I figured it’d make a great tattoo.”
In a strange way I find stories like this inspirational. Because I’ve never pretended to be a genius. Not gonna lie and say I’m Mensa or a Dean’s List regular or anything like that. Sometimes I won’t know what a word means or how to pronounce it or how to do extremely simple math. But I’ll never be this dumb. I’ll never get an internet flavor of the hour’s face tattooed on my leg. It’s reassuring, really. I can be as hard on myself as I want about my IQ level but when it comes down to it, I’m a Rhodes Scholar compared to the guy who covered his calf with Charles Ramsey’s face.