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Tattoos are stupid

A forum for the off topic stuff. Everything from religion to philosophy to sex to humor (see why it used to be called Buggery?). All manner of rude psychological abuse is welcome and encouraged.
Pattio
Centrifugal Savant of Two Wheel Transportation
Location: the Olde Wheelery

Post by Pattio » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:52 am

I used to work in a hospital (no tattoos yet at that time) and one of the ER residents told me: "To an ER doctor tattoos all say the same thing: Poor Impulse Control".

These days when I look around they are everywhere: standing in line at an airport where people are in hot-weather clothes, it seems as if every single person has some kind of tattoo.

These days I'm not even sure kids consider tattooing anything but their face, neck, and hands since that's the only way to get a reaction to them anymore. A tattoo artist I know calls the hands/neck coverage, with little work on the body, the 'Miami suit'.


-Pattio-

Zim
Ayatollah of Mayhem
Location: Peyton Place

Post by Zim » Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:11 am

Mental wrote:I have tattoos and a full size van.
I have no tattoos and a minivan.
xtian wrote:to quote jeremy clarkson, I'd rather have a vasectomy than a minivan
...and a vasectomy.
"Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles... it makes me take another look." --Steve McQueen

Metalredneck
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Post by Metalredneck » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:03 am

I have had two minivans, two tats, and one vasectomy.
Not in that order.
Done.

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Location: Mid Atlantic

Post by stiles » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:17 pm

Pattio wrote:I used to work in a hospital (no tattoos yet at that time) and one of the ER residents told me: "To an ER doctor tattoos all say the same thing: Poor Impulse Control".
Another variant of that old joke back when Kanji (japanese character) tattoos were a popular fad:

"What's kanji for poor impulse control?"
"If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap" - Frank Zappa

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