# I'm getting a tattoo **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628 "2001-07-24T15:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/1 "2001-07-24T15:06:02Z")
Okay, folks, it’s pretty much official. Your ever-lovin’ **Superdude** has decided to get ink done. That’s right. I’ve decided to have the Superman logo permanently etched onto my skin. The question I have is this: Where should I put it? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/2 "2001-07-24T15:12:51Z")
On your back, right between your shoulder blades, just below where your collar hits. Cool! I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo for about 2 years now. Hubby doesn’t approve but isn’t stopping me. I think I’ll have my uncle (who is a pretty good artist) draw up a rabbit/bunny for me. I’m planning on getting it done (maybe!) for my birthday. I’d have it on my back, right above where my bikini ends, in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/3 "2001-07-24T15:23:36Z")
Not on your arm, but that’s just me. On either shoulder would be sex-ay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/4 "2001-07-24T15:26:38Z")
Nah, get a matched set: one on each upper arm, just like the insignia on a military jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/5 "2001-07-24T16:28:56Z")
Slap that sucker right across your chest, full-size, just like in the costume. You’ll be a big hit at pool parties. Oh, and just under it, in teeny tiny little print, get “Logo does not enable wearer to fly.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/6 "2001-07-24T17:04:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **Slap that sucker right across your chest, full-size, just like in the costume. You’ll be a big hit at pool parties.** Someone else (IRL) mentioned getting it on my chest. Only problem with that-hair. I have a small patch of chest hair, and I’m not gonna shave it for a tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/7 "2001-07-24T21:19:54Z")
Two inch colored insignia. Between the superior anterior pelvic crest and your belly button, just an inch or two below that line. I swoon. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/8 "2001-07-25T02:50:50Z")
How big will the tattoo be, Dave? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/9 "2001-07-25T03:13:12Z")
**Dude** , get a little waving _SuperCape_ on your back, right between your blades. Better yet, wait until ChiDope when you and **Bunny** can go get them together. Heck, I might get a second one (or that piercing, but I digress…) If not the cape, a guy I was in the Marines with had one, about 3" or so, over his left breast. Frankly, it looked kinda silly on him. 'Course, he was a nut anyway, so YMMV. [sub]Go with the cape![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![NeutronJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neutronjack/32/4134_2.png) [@NeutronJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeutronJack)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/10 "2001-07-25T03:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I have a small patch of chest hair, and I’m not gonna shave it for a tattoo. \*\* Let me get this straight–you’re going to have needles poked into your skin, but you’re not willing to shave off a small patch of hair? 😕 Or, do you think that chest hair doesn’t grow back? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/11 "2001-07-25T13:40:55Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Superdude \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Someone else (IRL) mentioned getting it on my chest. Only problem with that-hair. I have a small patch of chest hair, and I’m not gonna shave it for a tattoo. \*\* So wax. Otherwise get it on the back of your neck. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/12 "2001-07-25T14:20:30Z")
I vote for on the back, between the shoulderblades. That’s a **manly** place to have a tattoo 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/13 "2001-07-25T14:55:02Z")
I can’t believe that nobody has suggested that you get the tattoo on your forehead. Seriously, placement depends on the size of the tattoo and if you think that you’ll get others in the future. ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/14 "2001-07-26T05:23:37Z")
I’ll vote for the back, just below the collar line. Center. It seems to me that that particular design would look best on the centerline of the body, unless you went for a shoulder. That would also be okay, but it would make you unbalanced, and you might list a little to one side when you walked. Incidentally, I had my chest shaved for some tattoo work, and it was unpleasant. When the hair grew back, it was all stiff and bristly for a couple of weeks. Felt like I had a wire brush inside my shirt. The superman logo would look great in the center of the chest, but aside from the hair issue, that needle bouncing across the sternum is not much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/15 "2001-07-26T05:29:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\* > Someone else (IRL) mentioned getting it on my chest. Only problem with that-hair. I have a small patch of chest hair, and I’m not gonna shave it for a tattoo. \*\* Actually, no matter where you get it, you WILL be shaved. If not by you, then by the tattooist. You really wouldnt want those needles pushing the hair into the skin (and I think the hair fucks up the needles). I recently got one and he shaved the area on my calf where it is. It’s not bad, but the razor irritation really sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/16 "2001-07-26T05:40:14Z")
You should tattoo a picture of a butt on your butt. ---
**Author:** ![xeqter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ba8739/32.png) [@xeqter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xeqter)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/17 "2001-07-27T05:44:08Z")
I’ve been a full time tattooist for the last 12 years. My advice is about the shape of the tattoo you want. A round design looks good on the top of your shoulder. Something long and narrow might be good on your forearm. An S shaped design fits well on the back of the shoulder. When do you want your tattoo to show? On your bicep is very good, it’s easy to show and easy to hide. Feel free to E-Mail me if you have anything you want to know about. I’ll be happy to help you get the ink that you want. [shovelheadchopper@hotmail.com](mailto:shovelheadchopper@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/18 "2001-07-27T11:58:20Z")
Re-think the whole deal. I got my tattoos when I was a young dumb Marine, and I regret them to this day. Seriously, re-think this. No one under 30 should be allowed to drink, vote or get tattoos. You rotten kids. :shakes fist: Get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/19 "2001-07-27T12:14:46Z")
Between your shoulder blades, or on your bicep. I have three tats & am considering a fourth. I don’t regret any of them. One was a forthehellofit tattoo. One commemorates my divorce. 🙂 One is in memory of my father. The fourth one will be a secret. ---
**Author:** ![ellen97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ellen97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ellen97)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628/20 "2001-07-27T14:55:10Z")
Don’t forget, red ink fades to pink in time. (I know a guy who got an oval filled in with red with a black Nike swoosh in it. In 6 months, he had a pink oval with a black Nike swoosh in it.) -Ellen [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-tattoo/73628.md?page=2)