No Regerts

[Zen]

A (young) woman went to Las Vegas and got this tattoo. Obviously she intended for it to say "no regrets" but the tattoo artist was either dyslexic or just a poor speller.
in searching for the news story I came upon this website. Equally entertaining and astonishing.

[Irulan]

Find of the day!!!!

[Pax]

I work in a huge library, one of the small departmentals here is the Asian Library, they are constantly having students ask them to "read" their Asian character tats...apparently there are LOTS of mistakes.

[Andrea]

Haha- the place where I get my tattoos is called No Regrets. I'll have to tell my artist about that one.

[Dogmama]

Too funny! I loved the gun in the belt!

[Velobambina]

The laughing Jesus one --with OMG & LOL ---is my favorite.

[bikerHen]

I have to say, the monkey butt had me laughing the hardest. bikerHen

[Crankin]

Personally, I like the one of Pee Wee. We have a standing joke about him in our house...
I am still old enough to not really love tatoos, but to each his/her own. But I have to disagree with the statement I read in the article that they don't affect job offers. Yes, they do. I have heard more than one person in a position to pass judgement on this say that a tatoo really turned them off of the person. It's a prejudice like anything else, but maybe people should realize that it's out there.

[squirrell]

I got one that I have "regerts" about when I was young and wild. It's on my upper arm and is a parrot with a tail that is really a marijuana leaf. My DH's name is under it. Now, i can't wear anything that is sheer or sleeveless--including swimsuits--because I'm embarrassed about it. Imagine explaining to someone why a pastor has a marijuana leaf tattooed on their arm

But, if that skull tattoo in that article wouldn't impact a job interview, I don't know what would!

[Aggie_Ama]

Yes, they do. I have heard more than one person in a position to pass judgement on this say that a tatoo really turned them off of the person. It's a prejudice like anything else, but maybe people should realize that it's out there.

Yup, I do not make hiring decisions at my company but I will say I form judgment on tattoos on new employees. I have a yellow rose on my ankle. You better believe I tend to wear dark hose to interviews. You barely can see the tattoo if I am wearing hose anyway and I prefer skirts for interviews. Then again I am old school and hate a formal skirt without hose, I think it is so much more polished to put on hose. I wear a black dress to funerals with black heels and panty hose (not always black but sometimes). I am only 27 but I was raised that ladies wear hose and slips (I don't wear slips anymore). My mother is a southern belle no matter how much she defies it.

[SouthernBelle]

My mother is a southern belle no matter how much she defies it.

Tell her that's a good thing.

[Tuckervill]

Squirrel, I'd say that tattoo makes your message all the more authentic.

Karen

[Velobambina]

I got one that I have "regerts" about when I was young and wild. It's on my upper arm and is a parrot with a tail that is really a marijuana leaf. My DH's name is under it. Now, i can't wear anything that is sheer or sleeveless--including swimsuits--because I'm embarrassed about it. Imagine explaining to someone why a pastor has a marijuana leaf tattooed on their arm

Did you do that design yourself? If you really "regert" it, maybe you can have removed or at least, have the tail altered?

[squirrell]

Thanks for the comments, especially Tuckervill! That's one way to look at it!

No, I didn't do it myself--I got it when we were living in Cali in the "wild 80s". Can't afford to have it removed and wearing sleeves is cheaper. Years ago, my mom saw it through a T-Shirt I had on, and I thought she was going to die! She didn't recognize the tail for what it was but just the thought of her "baby" having a tattoo was too much

[Crankin]

Aggie, I too am of the panty hose persuasion, but I am slowly giving up this dying tradition. I go from bare legged to tights, with only a short window of panty hose now. What I noticed is that here in the east, no one wears panty hose as soon as it's like in the 40s or 50s. I can't go bare legged at that temperature, and it's generally too warm for tights then. I only really wear hose on dress up occasions, though, as I have never had a job that required them. In AZ, everyone wore hose, even when it was 115 out.
I still wear a slip because I don't like my skirt sliding up my azz and clinging to my tights, especially in the winter!