Tats on a woman - does it do anything for you?

For me, tattoos are in the same category as moles, scars, rashes, etc. They may carry meaning to the inked person, but to me they are simply an ugly and unnecessary detraction from one's appearance.

 

In college, I talked one of my friends out of getting the barbed wire tattoo on his biceps that were so popular back in the early 1990s.

I said, "Do you really think this will look cool in 20 years?"

Every time I see him he thanks me.

 

Most of us have had very little say in where our scars are.

Scars add character.

 

The barbed wire arm band is about as dumb as it gets.

 

I'm too straight-laced to get a tat.

In fact, I hate facial hair too. Everytime I go too long without shaving, I feel like I dipped my face in a bowl of Grape Nuts. I just feel dirty (literally, not figuratively, I'm always figuratively dirty). I can imagine I'd feel the same with a tat. Plus, I'm not sure my supple ass would abide.

Come to think of it, I don't like my hair to get too long either. I'm beginning to wonder whether I want a no-frills body like, say, Powder from the movie, er, Powder.

But alas, I am trapped in this adonis-like body God bestowed upon me. I have to stop hating myself for being beautiful.

(Like you, I had no inclination this thread was going to turn into farcical ego-exercise it ultimately became)

BACK TO THE TATS!

 

No, getting your boyfriend's name in a tramp stamp is as dumb as it gets. The barbed wire one is second

 

I agree, but about 12-15 years ago they were all the rage...

 

True, SC. Any tattoo with the Tasmanian Devil is third.

 

Covering hoops a few years back one of the players had his name tattooed on his arm.

One of the other writers asked him jokingly, "Did you put your name there in case you forget how to spell it?"

Player didn't think it was funny, especially when the PR guy lost it while trying to keep from laughing.

 

Poor choice on my part, I actually agree.

 

Yeah, that was the popular one when I was in high school. Any Looney Tunes character.

How much of a dipshit would you feel like if you were 35 with Tweety Bird on your shoulder?

 

Didn't you suggest I get the Tasmanian Devil in a press hat??