I'm Working On It

I have decided there are far too many of them wondering around aimlessly on people's bodies.

I have 1 tattoo, thoughtfully misplaced in my younger days, and I am not completely against them. I think they can be beautiful. But what I am against is the idea that if you have a tattoo on your forehead, I have to hire you too work my front desk, or any other customer service job. I am also against the neck and sleeves and the general mishmash of tattoos that seem to run together and over with all meaning lost

So I think there should some guidelines for tats. Somthing simple easy and informative.

The only reasons to have a tat are as follows:

1. Memorial tats - enough said, I would also like to insist it be a for a person.
2. Jesus - I cannot argue against the Head Man hanging out anywhere
3. Military service tats. Except there is an exception to this exception. If you were a Marine. you can't get the dog w/ the hat (Devil Dog). It always ends up looking Smokey the Bear.

As a side note, Marines get really pissed off when this mistake occurs. For instance, I was in a bar with my husband (who was a Marine at the time and pre husband) in 29 palms, Ca (also know as hell) and I happened to look at a guys arm and I asked in my LOUD inside, I've had a few too many voice, "why does that jack ass have smokey the bear tatted on his arm." The Marine flexed his arm and while indicating it was the "Devil Dog, it's what's keeps you safe at night and he and I would die to do it" in his LOUD OUSTIDE voice. My husband gave me the "i swear to god if I didn't think you might one day have my babies, i'd harm you right here and now" look. As a review, just say it's nice - don't give away you have no idea what the heck it was supposed to be.

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4. American flags, well really any American symbol that is widely recognized as American. i.e. the statue of liberty - yes, a cheeseburger - no.
5. A tat required by your religion and/or heritage.

6. Make sure it doesn't run together like say an ice cream cone, an eagle, your grandma's face. When this happens I think your grandma passed cause you were trying to make her eat ice cream while training an eagle. Not to mention this would violate rule #4.

In the spirit of Nik Rickie of "The Dirty" I decided.