Tattoos are reverse time machines: with time travel you can send a warning back to your younger self, with tattoos you send a mistake forward to your older self.



Just The Facts

1. Tattoos theoretically could be thoughtful additions to your appearance. Unfortunately there are thousands of tattoo parlors (many open 24 hours) and people just don't have that many thoughts. So most are stupid.

2. Tattoos are permanent. Your motivation/blood-alcohol level is not.

3. Tattoos are now as edgy as a padded watermelon.

Who gets tattoos?

Tattoos are an excellent way to turn a single drunken decision into a lifetime of disfigurement and regret, which normally requires a car. Tattoos are associated with criminal gangs, the armed forces, and whiny white teenagers desperate for attention. Attempts to get all three to attend a common "Tattoo Conference" have unfortunately been ruled out.

What Your Tattoo Says About You



Before you get a tattoo there are some important questions to ask:

* Have I wanted this for more than five minutes?

* Am I, at this particular instant in sidereal time, drunk off my face?

* Do the tattoo artist's past works resemble an art class for crash-helmet testers?

* I meet the love of my life. I romance them for months, reaching a point where we can communicate our very deepest emotions and feel that we almost share souls (awwww). At this point, can I see myself naked and explaining this tattoo?

So, what say you about tattoos?

Here is a photo of an actual tattooed person, i.e. Megan Fox. I just happened to spot this at SI.com today.



Somehow, I am OK with her and her tattoos. But I'd never get inked myself.

I've got a patient with a GREAT tattoo...original idea with original tattoo artist's take on it.
so here's the picture: there is a cliff, 3 to 4 wolves, and in the background are the green forest trees below and the rockies at a distant horizon with a beautiful sunset.
In between the salivating/angry wolves, is a backpedaling man in a blue suit, bow-tie and a briefcase that has "IRS" on the front, as he clings onto it with both hands in front of him, as he is at the cliff's edge.
Under the tattoo is the words "over due", with blood dripping from the letters.
Clever and effective.

I suggest you start out by having an art student draw your tattoo with colored Sharpies that will wear off in a week or two. After that, if you have sobered up and decide you still want it, go for the real thing.

I only have one tattoo right now. Took forever to decide on what I wanted but I'm really happy with the way it turned out and it will always mean a lot to me. At some point I do plan on getting a couple more. Something to represent my two daughters is what I have in mind but I haven't exactly decided on what to do yet. Also because of this thread I have now learned that my tattoo is in the "Socially acceptable rebellious tattoo zone". Important info I never would have known otherwise.

i have always said that once your tattoos cross above your neck, you have offically dropped out of society. you might as well just get one on your forehead that says, "i'm crazy."

The coolest tat I have seen in a long time was a full portrait of Johnny Cash flipping the bird that went completely around the dude's entire calf and knee to ankle.

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There's a tattoo there?

Mine is a product of the 90's and I'm not going any further. I have planned to get it covered up.

My tramp stamp still turns my wife off.

Why didn't that guy tell me they where for girls?

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They're not. I saw a guy in a half shirt at a big outdoor party on Saturday that had a tramp stamp. I had never thought that it worked for those on both sides of the fence, so to speak. It kind of baffled me for a few minutes.