# Any tattoos you have suddenly come alive and try to kill you. How screwed are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550 "2017-09-28T23:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/41 "2017-10-04T18:58:57Z")
The butterflies on my left thigh would simply flutter about. The mermaid on my right thigh would, I assume, high tail it for a body of water but probably not before she suffocated me with her giant bosom. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/42 "2017-10-04T22:23:54Z")
I dunno, the cross did it in for Jesus, so I might be in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/43 "2017-10-04T23:32:25Z")
I don’t have any, but a near relative has the head of Kermit the Frog on his shoulder. How grim that would be depends on whether it incarnates as a puppet head or as the real Kermit’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/44 "2017-10-04T23:34:06Z")
My only tattoo is the Hebrew word “chai,” which means “life.” So if it **did** somehow end up killing me, at least it would be super ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/45 "2017-10-05T13:26:01Z")
I survive happily, for I have no tattoos. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/46 "2017-10-05T22:30:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I survive happily, for I have no tattoos. Nope. You are instantly incinerated when **Max Torque** and **Jack Batty** ’s tattoos form an instant trinary star system with our Sun. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/47 "2017-10-06T21:41:05Z")
I have no tattoos but just wanted to say this might be my favorite question ever. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/48 "2017-10-06T23:11:07Z")
The tiger on my shoulder is going to be trouble. Although he is only a head, so he is technically decapitated. > [@Gleena](#): > > …And the Lady Justice, who is blindfolded and unlikely to hurt me… She is planned shortly for my inner arm. I was hoping her sword could defend me from any floating Tiger heads. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550/49 "2017-10-07T13:45:51Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The tiger on my shoulder is going to be trouble. Although he is only a head, so he is technically decapitated. But the teeth, man…THE TEETH! :eek: (My wolf is decapitated, too.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550.md?page=2)