# You must get a tattoo - what would you choose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337 "2014-07-17T04:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/1 "2014-07-17T04:14:04Z")
Hypothetical: there is a new regime in the land (or world if you like so you can’t emigrate to avoid it), the one law/rule/dictate it enforces is that _every_ person over the age of 21 must have one new tattoo done by the end of this year, this includes people who already have tattoo’s and is one-off occurence. No excuses, no exceptions, no objections will be considered. Minimum size of 1 inch in any dimension, it can be anywhere on your body, it can be anything you want, but it _must_ be done. What do you get? Me: a [graphene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene) lattice down my left arm. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/2 "2014-07-17T04:24:52Z")
A 1 inch long line of imperceptibly small width on the bottom of my foot. I hate tattoos. Does mine pass muster for this new edict of the land? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/3 "2014-07-17T04:30:00Z")
I’d do the same as **drewtwo99** , although I might also request the line be in a color which would blend in with my skin. I also hate tattoos. More power to you if you want one, but I find them unattractive. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/4 "2014-07-17T04:30:53Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > A 1 inch long line of imperceptibly small width on the bottom of my foot. > > I hate tattoos. Does mine pass muster for this new edict of the land? Yes it does, and while I missed the edit window my alternative to the graphene lattice would be something simillar inside my butt crack, so I could let the inspectors know what I though of the law. > [@seodoa](#): > > I’d do the same as **drewtwo99** , although I might also request the line be in a color which would blend in with my skin. > > **I also hate tattoos. More power to you if you want one, but I find them unattractive**. _My bold_ Can we not go down this path and just have a bit of fun with the idea? Please??? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/5 "2014-07-17T04:37:25Z")
A graphics art pattern of my own design. I actually have one in mind. Sort of abstract. If I had to pick one off the shelf, a little pattern of Celtic Knotwork would be okay. Maybe a “Violet Lantern Corps” symbol. Or, hell, let’s go wild: a picture of “The Motherland Calls” statue at Volgograd, up and down my chest and tummy! Heck with half-measures! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/6 "2014-07-17T04:39:52Z")
Assuming the caveat that it must be visible at reasonable times, I would have one around my ankle or on my foot. And the tattoo would be a question mark because why not? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/7 "2014-07-17T04:53:45Z")
My current choice for “If I decide to get a tattoo” is: Picasso’s [“Dove of peace”](http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/virtual-exhibition/picasso/13-dove.shtml). I haven’t decided where. ---
**Author:** ![Jsei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jsei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jsei)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/8 "2014-07-17T04:55:30Z")
Would a suitable constellation over the connect-the-dots on my back work? Possibly [a doodle](http://i58.tinypic.com/15ckd8l.jpg)someone drew me once, prettied up and wrapped around my ankle or something. Possibly on a shoulder blade. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/9 "2014-07-17T04:56:30Z")
A small, accurate honeybee. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/10 "2014-07-17T06:07:32Z")
Shave my head - get tattoo to resemble 1-day old stubble - let hair grow back. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/11 "2014-07-17T07:08:11Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Yes it does, and while I missed the edit window my alternative to the graphene lattice would be something simillar inside my butt crack, so I could let the inspectors know what I though of the law. Yeah, I don’t fancy having a tattoo done on the sole of my foot, but I have no particular desire to have a tattoo at all (don’t hate or love them - just don’t want one). Since I have to have one, mine will also be a protest tattoo, comprising the small text “I got your tattoo right here”, on my left buttock. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/12 "2014-07-17T07:52:20Z")
A full-body tattoo of me. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/13 "2014-07-17T09:29:27Z")
A single, ornate _boteh_ (the singular element of paisley) on my right pectoral. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/14 "2014-07-17T10:01:06Z")
A treble clef, somewhere discrete. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/15 "2014-07-17T10:01:43Z")
A Shield of David, I’m not Jewish, but it’ll be nifty if I[’m the first person in history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_perspectives_on_tattooing#Judaism)to get that tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/16 "2014-07-17T10:40:50Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > A full-body tattoo of me. Me too, but I’d get mine 3 or 4 inches taller than what I am now. Actually, if I knew the artist would do it perfectly I’d get my daughter’s baby footprint somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/17 "2014-07-17T10:48:02Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > I’d do the same as **drewtwo99** , although I might also request the line be in a color which would blend in with my skin. > > I also hate tattoos. More power to you if you want one, but I find them unattractive. Same tattoo, same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/18 "2014-07-17T10:48:19Z")
A small MC Escher tessellation, done alternately in UV and IR ink. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/19 "2014-07-17T10:50:43Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > A Shield of David, I’m not Jewish, but it’ll be nifty if I[’m the first person in history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_perspectives_on_tattooing#Judaism)to get that tattoo. A quick Google Image Search reveals that you’ve been beaten by many, many people. I’d go with something dwarvish. Maybe Discworld Minesign. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/20 "2014-07-17T11:31:12Z")
I think tattoos are absolutely disgusting. If forced, I would choose lettering on the inner butt crack reading “Exit Only” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337.md?page=2)