what did the blues brothers have tattooed accross their knuckles?

Their names.

jake blues
elwood blues?

Elwood just has Elwood on his. Dunno what Jake has, I'm not good enough with Google.

Elwood just has Elwood on his. Dunno what Jake has, I'm not good enough with Google.
Pardon my stupidity, but didn't Elwood have 5 fingers? How does that work out?

(5 fingers)(2 hands)=?

so
E L W O (next hand) O D?

im making a costume i i need to remember what they had on their knuckles to make it perfect..

I stumbled onto this short line on wikipedia.
"Two shots in the opening sequence of The Blues Brothers (1980) focus on Jake and Elwood's hands. Jake's has "J-A-K-E" tattooed on the knuckles of his right hand, while Elwood's has "E-L-W-O" on his right, and "O-D" on his left."
That should fix ya up.

Also, after some thought, the thumbs don't count, so it's be (4 fingers)(2hands). But thats still plenty.

Well then you're on base 8, and we wouldn't have modern mathematics if we didn't have thumbs.

Jake has the letters 'J-A-K-E' tattooed on his left hand fingers. He also has a small crucifix with time dots on his left hand. Although he was given 2 gold-plated finger rings when he was released, the only point in the movie where he can be seen wearing a ring is on stage at the Palace Hotel. This could be because the ring would cover up the 'K' in his 'J-A-K-E' tattoo. He has removed it by the time he is confronted by Camille.
5 seconds of google.

Search results change by the day

Okay? Nearly every result that showed up had the answer right in the description Google gives.

Well then you're on base 8, and we wouldn't have modern mathematics if we didn't have thumbs.
I don't believe thumbs have anything to do with math; either way, it's irrelevant to the topic about having tattoos on your knuckles.

Well then you're on base 8, and we wouldn't have modern mathematics if we didn't have thumbs.uh, what?

We also use a Babylonian-derived system of mathematics for circles and geometry using the base number 360.

Okay, well see I've never seen the Blues Brothers movie the whole way through, and I was under the impression that Elwood was on one hand and Blues was on the other. I was confused, since you generally can't even use your thumb knuckle for tattoos like that.

I don't believe thumbs have anything to do with math; either way, it's irrelevant to the topic about having tattoos on your knuckles.
isn't having ten (upper) digits the reason a base-ten system was adopted?

Ten is highly inefficient, anyway. If we could all count in hex, values would be so much easier/faster/etc.

Actually, I don't know the story behind the base-ten system. It's not something I've ever bothered to look into. So supposing it is, I wouldn't know so.

After a little bit of looking around, that's probably why, but I didn't find anything concrete.

it's kind of like chocolate milk. After you know "how", the magic is gone. :gotmilk:

it's kind of like chocolate milk. After you know "how", the magic is gone. :gotmilk:
Do you plan on staying? You make pretty quality posts.

Do you plan on staying? You make pretty quality posts.
I may, provided I get the double-secret password to the midget tranny pr0n section.

We also use a Babylonian-derived system of mathematics for circles and geometry using the base number 360.
Don't forget about the Sumerians and base 60.