Flipping On Tats
Chris Hansen | April 6, 2008So, I’m not a big fan of tattoos. I don’t have any and the idea kind of gives me the creeps. I don’t have any piercings for the same reason - at the time of my life when it was trendy and something I might have done, that type of body modification just doesn’t appeal to me. If you have one or want one, that’s fine, but it isn’t my scene.
This, however, is too much:
Lower Back Tattoos Now Available at Toys R Us (from www.cockeyed.com )
It really isn’t that much different than the temporary tattoos that I used to have from a box of Cracker Jacks growing up or that my boy keeps finding in toys and cereal. I think what bothers me about these is the sexual connotation associated with a lower back tat.
Am I wrong in this? I see a lower back tat and I think "tramp stamp" but perhaps that is just my prejudice showing through. Let me know in the comments if there is another common impression from a lower back tat.
It doesn't necessarily scream "Tramp Stamp" to me, but it
Honu-girl | April 8, 2008 | 10:12 amIt doesn’t necessarily scream “Tramp Stamp” to me, but it certainly gives me pause. Some of the lower back tats look nice, but a lot (maybe the majority?) have more of a sexual connotation than I’d want on my kid. Let me state, unequivocally, that I would not let my daughter have one of these. And I actually have a tattoo (not a lower back one, but on my shoulder blade of a honu, very hawaiian in origin).
You and I had a bit of a discussion about
chris | April 8, 2008 | 3:29 pmYou and I had a bit of a discussion about tattoos a while back, if I remember right. They don’t appeal to me, but I can see how they could to someone else.
On the subject of lower back ‘tats, I always thought one that said “Abandon all hope…” would be funny if also quite tacky.
And a final note (for this comment at least): While at the gym I saw a very attractive lady with a bio hazard symbol as a lower back tattoo. I don’t know if she just liked the symbol and didn’t know the meaning or if it was intentional, but it made me laugh out loud.