# 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:** 3
**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 17, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/41 "2014-07-17T15:54:41Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > You must have a limb amputated – what would you choose? Not sure, but I’d have “CUT HERE” and a dotted line tattooed at the point where it was amputated. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/42 "2014-07-17T16:08:56Z")
> [@susan](#): > > What an excellent tattoo. Different Susan, but I’d think of you too, dear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/43 "2014-07-17T16:14:26Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > “Open with care” down my rib cage. No user serviceable parts inside. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/44 "2014-07-17T16:47:25Z")
The [Salmon of Knowledge](http://daltai.com/shop/product_images/uploaded_images/why-the-fish-logo.jpg). No idea where I’d put it though. ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/45 "2014-07-17T16:51:26Z")
A crop circle pattern. If anybody asked me what it meant, I’d say, “No services this exit.” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/46 "2014-07-17T16:53:39Z")
The Millennium Falcon on my face. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/47 "2014-07-17T16:54:11Z")
I don’t have any tattoos but I would probably get one if my wife dared me. Same for her probably. Anywhich, I’d probably get a Turks Head knot as a band on my upper arm. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/48 "2014-07-17T16:55:30Z")
The word “TATTOO” in big black block letters across my chest. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/49 "2014-07-17T17:59:13Z")
I can think of only two scenarios in which I must get a tattoo: 1. Lisbeth Salander has me tied up, I doubt if I would have options. 2. Before getting into the cattle car, I think it would just be my number on my forearm. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/50 "2014-07-17T17:59:57Z")
A [luna moth](http://butterflyladybedford.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LunaMale042401A-300x216.jpg) or maybe a [buckeye moth.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000l87a1rCQSaI/s/700/320390015-common-Buckeye-junonia-coenia-captive-butterfly.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/51 "2014-07-17T19:52:35Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > A small MC Escher tessellation, done alternately in UV and IR ink. I wonder if they’d disallow that. The coolest tattoo I’ve seen a picture of was a scorpion done in UV ink. Not being particularly cool, myself, I might choos a 1" white ink [doily](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0033.html). I’d put it wherever the skin is least sensitive. Cause I know that there are places that hurt more and places that hurt less. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/52 "2014-07-17T20:31:08Z")
Likely to never get one, but for the purposes of this thread, my choice would be easy: either one guitar, or perhaps a couple with their necks crossed in an X, mostly likely on a shoulder. - One would be [this jazz archtop](http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Archtop/Gibson-Acoustic/L7-C-Acoustic-Archtop.aspx)(I am not a jazz player, but have one of these and think they are pretty much the most beautiful guitar design ever) - And the other would be either be: \> A [Gibson J-45](http://www.amazon.com/Gibson-Standard-Acoustic-Electric-Vintage-Sunburst/dp/B001TPXA02) \> A [Martin D-18](http://www.martinguitar.com/component/k2/item/202-d-18.html?Itemid=6) \> or a [Blackguard Telecaster](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/20-iconic-guitars-20120523/keith-richards-micawber-0116090) with a humbucker in the neck position, like Keef’s guitar Micawber - I made my own Tele with this type of set up. These are my favorite guitars, and guitars have been my friends and my bartender to tell my troubles to for decades, so if I had to get a tat, I would definitely go with them. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/53 "2014-07-17T20:37:05Z")
A little bloodtype graphic on my inner arm. ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/54 "2014-07-17T20:38:49Z")
slide rule on penis ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/55 "2014-07-17T20:39:54Z")
I’d get one to overlay the big spider vein on my leg–maybe a tropical vine or a snake. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/56 "2014-07-17T20:40:27Z")
If I had to get another tattoo, I started with filigree hearts in the favorite color of my loved ones who have died. Actually, I plan on doing that anyway at some point. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/57 "2014-07-17T21:02:18Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > A little bloodtype graphic on my inner arm. The SS guys had it tattooed on their shoulder. An arm could be blown off in combat. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/58 "2014-07-17T21:11:47Z")
A radial evolutionary tree of life. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/59 "2014-07-17T21:32:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The SS guys had it tattooed on their shoulder. An arm could be blown off in combat. Lucky for me I’m not in combat. Or, you know, a Nazi. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/60 "2014-07-17T21:38:42Z")
I know a guy with a butt hole ( very well done… don’t ask, ) just above his real one. If I had to & it has to be visible most of the time, ( as asked by the OP ), it would be a soccer ball on the back of one hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337.md?page=4)