# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/61 "2014-07-17T22:38:30Z")
Back when tattoos first started getting popular I briefly considered getting one. I have a lot of Scottish ancestry. I was thinking of one of those tattoos where it looks like the skin has been torn away and it would reveal my family’s (clan’s?) hunting plaid underneath. I forgot about it because (a) I was never really “serious” about my Scottish heritage other than liking bagpipes and attending the Highland Games events in my city a few times, and (b) the plaid would be hard for even a really good artist to make look right, and © I’m never satisfied with anything and would always feel like no matter how good it turned out, I would find fault with it. If forced to get a tattoo I would probably go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/62 "2014-07-17T22:53:42Z")
I’m planning on getting [this](http://theriona.deviantart.com/art/Art-Nouveau-Cat-85565274) sometime in the future. I want the eyes to be blue. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/63 "2014-07-17T23:48:55Z")
A small (about the size of a quarter), realistic dog paw print on my left breast, right above where my bra rides. I actually want to get this anyway, someday. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/64 "2014-07-18T00:15:50Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > 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. I’d get Bob the Angry Flower’s guide to the apostrophe. [http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html](http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html) Hypothetically, that would put an end to tattoo’s. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/65 "2014-07-18T01:14:44Z")
A scooter, in the style of Shag, something like [this](http://www.shag.com/Motorino/Motorino5.html). ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/66 "2014-07-18T01:21:05Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > A scooter, in the style of Shag, something like [this](http://www.shag.com/Motorino/Motorino5.html). Love it! Maybe I’ll start looking into finding just the right artist. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/67 "2014-07-18T04:08:13Z")
Maybe something in circular Gallifreyan, or else I’d get a friend of mine who designs tattoos to design something unique for me. Every time I get the urge to get a tattoo, I sit down until the urge goes away. It always does. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/68 "2014-07-18T06:38:33Z")
I’ve already got a couple, the one on my right shoulder is an original with my kids names in it. I’ve tossed around getting another, if I had to get one because it was the law I’d be inclined to get a large W on each butt check so I could have fun showing the inspectors. Those people who want to get the sole of their foot tattooed, I want to watch. Seriously good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/69 "2014-07-18T11:43:20Z")
Family coat of arms on right shoulder blade. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/70 "2014-07-18T13:25:50Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > A little bloodtype graphic on my inner arm. This is a good and useful one that all tattoo haters might consider. It is useful! ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/71 "2014-07-18T14:00:09Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Every time I get the urge to get a tattoo, I sit down until the urge goes away. It always does. I’ve found that coffee helps. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/72 "2014-07-18T14:33:24Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > 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. I saw that design in a tattoo shop while wandering around Augusta, Ga when I was in the army. I’ve always not getting it. Of course, getting now wouldn’t have the same impact as when I was a young draftee. My army overlords would have freaked 🙂 Oh, and my mandatory tat would probably be of Ignatz Mouse. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/73 "2014-07-18T14:35:06Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Every time I get the urge to get a tattoo, I sit down until the urge goes away. It always does. Heh. I always surrender to the urge. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/74 "2014-07-18T14:43:48Z")
“Why” but only because I don’t have the length for “Wendy.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/75 "2014-07-18T14:54:15Z")
This equation in black ink- **P = VICosΦ** ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/76 "2014-07-18T15:00:33Z")
Shoe prints running up my calf. ---
**Author:** ![LiveFree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/77 "2014-07-18T16:49:44Z")
I’d get an iceberg, something similar to this. [![](http://stocktouch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iceberg-poster.jpg) ](http://stocktouch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iceberg-poster.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/78 "2014-07-18T17:18:24Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Maybe something in circular Gallifreyan, or else I’d get a friend of mine who designs tattoos to design something unique for me. > > Every time I get the urge to get a tattoo, I sit down until the urge goes away. It always does. I have a tattoo folder on my pc containing ~10 pictures so far. Into that folder, I put a picture of any tattoo I think I want. If I still want it in 12 months, I’ll allow myself to get one. That hasn’t happened yet. I wouldn’t \*mind \*having a tattoo, and I think they’re neat in general, but I haven’t felt sufficiently compelled (yet) to actually go to the trouble myself. But per the hypothetical, if I \*had \*to get one, I’d pick from that folder. Maybe the enormous rainbow phoenix. So, something like [this](http://i.imgur.com/SJURIpG.jpg), but bigger, on my back. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/79 "2014-07-18T18:25:47Z")
Either [this](http://www.planetperplex.com/img/simpsons_tatoo_annie.jpg) Or [this](http://ctrh3.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/TRASH-LINKS_07.jpg). On butt or calf. Whichever. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337/80 "2014-07-18T18:55:40Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Either [this](http://www.planetperplex.com/img/simpsons_tatoo_annie.jpg) “Access to this resource is not allowed” could be ironically cool, especially if you’re a tech geek, I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-choose/693337.md?page=5)