# Great minds: Help with tattoo wording **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882 "2018-06-28T00:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882/21 "2018-06-28T12:34:24Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I think anything a stranger wouldn’t understand in under a quarter of a second should be hidden. Unless you **enjoy** explaining over and over again. If you do not enjoy explaining over and over again, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with, “to me it represents the need for people to mind their own business”. At least to me, tattoos on my body are there for me first. I have a fairly complicated piece on my upper back that includes a rubber duck, a traditional ship anchor, an old time PFD, a cork, colorful balloons, and the word **REFUSE**. When people ask why it says ree-FYOOZ, I explain that it doesn’t. It says REF-yooss. When people ask why it says REF-yooss, I explain that it doesn’t. It says ree-FYOOZ. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882/22 "2018-06-28T14:05:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If you do not enjoy explaining over and over again, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with, “to me it represents the need for people to mind their own business”. At least to me, tattoos on my body are there for me first. > > I have a fairly complicated piece on my upper back that includes a rubber duck, a traditional ship anchor, an old time PFD, a cork, colorful balloons, and the word **REFUSE**. > > When people ask why it says ree-FYOOZ, I explain that it doesn’t. It says REF-yooss. > When people ask why it says REF-yooss, I explain that it doesn’t. It says ree-FYOOZ. Masterful! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882/23 "2018-06-28T16:04:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If you do not enjoy explaining over and over again, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with, “to me it represents the need for people to mind their own business”. At least to me, tattoos on my body are there for me first. > > I have a fairly complicated piece on my upper back that includes a rubber duck, a traditional ship anchor, an old time PFD, a cork, colorful balloons, and the word **REFUSE**. > > When people ask why it says ree-FYOOZ, I explain that it doesn’t. It says REF-yooss. > When people ask why it says REF-yooss, I explain that it doesn’t. It says ree-FYOOZ. See? You LIKE to explain over and over. (To me, the fact that you’ve decided to give a non-explanatory explanation is beside the point.) I just wouldn’t want to be having that conversation in the first place, regardless of whether I was the one in control of it or not. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882/24 "2018-06-28T16:20:27Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > See? You LIKE to explain over and over. (To me, the fact that you’ve decided to give a non-explanatory explanation is beside the point.) I just wouldn’t want to be having that conversation in the first place, regardless of whether I was the one in control of it or not. There are plenty of times some yahoo asks me questions about my tattoos and I do not want to talk with them. Depending on my mood, who they are, what they are distracting my attention from, etc I tell them, nicely or rudely, to go away. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882/25 "2018-06-28T16:25:10Z")
Turn it into a Tic-Tac-Toe board and carry a Sharpie with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-minds-help-with-tattoo-wording/816882.md?page=1)