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Asked at The Merc, 901 Iowa on September 25, 2009

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“No, I have two. I got them for good reasons, and they’re still good reasons.”

— Pete Rowland, retired, Lawrence

“I originally had a rose with some names, but I have covered up the names with a panther.”

— David Voss, Air Force staff sergeant, Lawrence

“No, I don’t. When I was younger we didn’t do tattoos.”

— Katie Krider, retired, Lawrence

“I have no tattoos. I just never had the desire.”

— Annette Delaney, human resources manager, Lawrence

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RKLOG (Mark Andrew) says…

You're asking the wrong demographic.
September 25, 2009 at 12:18 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

Nope, I quite like mine, as does my wife, and my friends. The only people ever likely to see it.

/no, it's not down there, pull your head out of the gutter
September 25, 2009 at 6:53 a.m.
rdragon (M. Lindeman) says…

Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

I find tattoos disgusting.

rdragon write:

I might agree with on the extent that some are. If a great deal of thought is put into it ( image, location,I prefer custom artwork) the work can look outstanding. I have never had one put on myself, that I didn't ponder it for a great deal of time.
September 25, 2009 at 6:59 a.m.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…

I will still never understand why I woke up after a drunken night in Thailand with a tramp stamp.
September 25, 2009 at 7:50 a.m.
conservativepunker (anonymous) says…

The two I have are connected with meaning and a point in my life. No regrets here.
September 25, 2009 at 7:58 a.m.
prospector (anonymous) says…

I have a W tattooed on each butt check. When I do a cartwheel
you see wow-mom-wow.
September 25, 2009 at 8:07 a.m.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous (anonymous) says…

I was thinking about getting a *red* tattoo.

I know I'll regret it.

( red, for regret )
September 25, 2009 at 8:19 a.m.
rachquiz (anonymous) says…

No...every tattoo I have signifies a time or person that has had an important impact on my life...no regrets here!!
September 25, 2009 at 8:26 a.m.
GardenMomma (anonymous) says…

No tattoos, no regretted tattoos. Simple.
September 25, 2009 at 8:34 a.m.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…

No tattoos I regret.

However, the same is not true for most of my brandings and cuttings.
Those I regret.
September 25, 2009 at 8:46 a.m.
sinverguenza (anonymous) says…

prospector (Anonymous) says…

I have a W tattooed on each butt check. When I do a cartwheel
you see wow-mom-wow.
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Damn the visual imagery of naked man cartwheels. *shudders*

I have an astrological tattoo which I've come to discover (thanks, History channel) means nothing, but it's not a big deal. My only regret is that I didn't make my other one larger. And I regret the prevalent social stigma of tattoos keeping me from getting my next one (the boss says it wouldn't go over well and wouldn't have hired me if I'd had it when applying here). That's lame.
September 25, 2009 at 9:57 a.m.
beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) says…

I have two that I don't regret at all (well, other than the fact that I have occasional allergic flareups to the ink!). While I was waiting to get my second one, I was roped into a conversation with another gal, waiting to get inked. Bless her - I bet she regrets hers! She was getting her boyfriend's name tattooed on her chest. She had known him, less than a month! But, ya know...she was taken in by his line that he was an actual prince. She was on her cell phone, arguing with a friend who tried to talk her out of it. The tattoo artist, also tried to talk her out of it. But, she went through with it. They talked so much smack on her, when she left the shop.
September 25, 2009 at 9:59 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

Well, beatle919, console yourself that if it was not that, it would have just been another. That kind of vacuity is just waiting for something to enter its sphere of influence.
September 25, 2009 at 10:05 a.m.
beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) says…

True enough, jonas! I still find myself shaking my head, when thinking about that young gal...
September 25, 2009 at 10:14 a.m.
Boosh (anonymous) says…

I have some moles. Someday she and I are going to play connect the dots.
September 25, 2009 at 10:21 a.m.
Agnostick (anonymous) says…

http://www.hulu.com/watch/61336/satur...
September 25, 2009 at 10:24 a.m.
Boosh (anonymous) says…

Gonna be kinda hard as they keep moving all over the yard.
September 25, 2009 at 10:25 a.m.
blue73harley (anonymous) says…

That portrait of Mork and Mindy was probably not the best choice...
September 25, 2009 at 10:44 a.m.
sgtwolverine (anonymous) says…

I regret not having any tattoos to regret. Maybe I should follow Mike Tyson's lead and get a face tattoo.
September 25, 2009 at 10:59 a.m.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…

I like it when people get Chinese letters tatooed on them and they think the letters mean something like, "Curious Warmhearted Soul." And then when they meet someone that actually can read Chinese they are informed to find out it means, "Cat Has Heartworms."
September 25, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

O-Bob: That's the best memory-jogger yet. There was a On the Hill insert about body art sometime last year that my Chinese class stumbled upon while at our usual table waiting for class to start. On one lady's foot were proudly displayed three characters 公司事, with the caption that "she didn't like to tell people what it means, she liked it to be an intimate secret." The characters spelled out the romantic, and so erotic, message: "company affairs." (affair, situation, happening, the last character)

We asked our professor if there was anything we were missing, and she assured us that there wasn't, so we felt qualified to laugh for a spell.

/my character is the male half of the mythological bird of wind, generally translated as the phoenix. Apparently it also meant peacock by the time it got to Korea, but that's not my responsibility.
September 25, 2009 at 12:05 p.m.
autie (anonymous) says…

Non regretfully I have no tattoos. Momma says that only hoodlums and riff raff get tattooed and we'd all wind up in prison if we got any. But my one cousin got one. On his privates. It says "Shorty's Transmission Repair, Chattanooga Tennessee."
September 25, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.
kjo_shorty (anonymous) says…

I have 3. My only regret is the placement of the last one.
September 25, 2009 at 12:38 p.m.
salad (anonymous) says…

scars make better stories than tattoos
September 25, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.
Newell_Post (anonymous) says…

"....The child is amoral. To our eyes, the Papuan is too. The Papuan kills his enemies and eats them. He is not a criminal. But when modern man kills someone and eats him he is either a criminal or a degenerate. The Papuan tattoos his skin, his boat, his paddles, in short everything he can lay hands on. He is not a criminal. The modern man who tattoos himself is either a criminal or a degenerate. There are prisons in which eighty per cent of the inmates show tattoos. The tattooed who are not in prison are latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats. If someone who is tattooed dies at liberty, it means he has died a few years before committing a murder...."

"Ornament and Crime," Adolf Loos, 1909
September 25, 2009 at 2:18 p.m.
1029 (anonymous) says…

Yeah, when the Chiefs got Elvis Grbac I got a tattoo of him about to throw a football.

I had it covered up about 6 years ago by changing it to a werewolf about to throw a skull.
September 25, 2009 at 2:33 p.m.
takeastand (anonymous) says…

no tats that I regret, but I have a couple of girl friends I'd like to forget
September 25, 2009 at 4:56 p.m.
ModSquadGal (anonymous) says…

I have seven - don't regret any of them, but some are in places I wish I could change. I made sure when I got each of mine that it was for a reason that meant something truly meaningful to me (not my favorite band or cartoon character, etc.), no names, and ones I'd always be proud to show or share with others. If you're going to get them, you'd better really think about it first. All these young kids getting them because they think they are cool is a sad commentary on what I feel is a really beautiful art form.

I think what bums me out these days is that the meaning behind the art has been lost because it's become the "fad" of the moment. Getting a tattoo should mean something... it should affect you and the pain associated with it should be a rite of passage to attain the goal of the inner meaning of your tat. It's been cheapened and mainstreamed, and I think that's a shame. JMHO
September 25, 2009 at 6:38 p.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

be3 (Anonymous) says…

"Do I look like white trash?"

Hairy knuckled troll, maybe. Is that different?
September 25, 2009 at 6:57 p.m.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…

Got a small pheasant on one upper arm & a canada goose on the other. They're just fine.

I thought H_Lector might stop by here...
September 25, 2009 at 7:33 p.m.
H_Lecter (anonymous) says…

Are we counting lampshades and gloves?
September 25, 2009 at 8:02 p.m.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…

Know whut Ah mean?!
BTW: I *will not* misspell your name again. Promise. See.
September 25, 2009 at 8:40 p.m.
charliejohnson (anonymous) says…

Bluegrass was a sea of tats. Almost you were the odd duck out if you didn't have one. Of course we camp where all the young folks are. Wild and crazy. I was going to get one once. It was going to be Ruby Slippers. Ihad planned to put it right above my right breast. I decided not to, only because I figured that in a few years they would be Ruby Boots. hahaha
September 25, 2009 at 9:32 p.m.
acg (anonymous) says…

I only have three and don't regret them at all. Just got my latest, and final, last night, actually. Joe, u did a great job (Joe's Body Art, everyone, I highly recommend him). It still hurts like hell but that's why the good lord gave us jack daniels. :)
September 25, 2009 at 10:28 p.m.
igby (anonymous) says…

I think women with the big tat across their lower back is a major turn off. Jaded and used comes to mind. One mans trash is another man treasure, as the saying goes.
September 26, 2009 at midnight
kansas_o_kansas (anonymous) says…

Everybody needs at least one - makes the body easier to identify!
September 26, 2009 at 12:59 a.m.
Stat_Guys (anonymous) says…

spacehog (Anonymous) says…
Think twice. When I was a 21 I got my ear pierced. That was quite a statement. However, I rarely wear it anymore so know one knows about it.

Oh yes we do. PM's and emails went all around about it just after you signed up dylan boy.
September 26, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.