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13 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Tattoo Artists
I still think ink is for sailors, bikers, and circus women, but I found this informative anyway.
Full disclosure: despite falling into one of the above three categories, I don’t have any tattoos of my own. I considered it, vaguely, but I was self-aware enough to realize that I couldn’t think of anything that I was sure I’d still think was cool in 20 years.
But if I *had* to get a tattoo, it’d be an American flag. I’ve thought it was cool all my life, and at this point I’m quite sure that’ll never change.
Full disclosure on the third category: I had both an aunt and a great-grandmother named Lydia.
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How long were you with the circus?
How many years has it been since you changed your name to Bruce, I mean Harvey
I thought it was mandatory for you Sailor Men!
Harvey: “I still think ink is for sailors, bikers, and circus women”
Actually although they disgusting and nasty looking, I like that so many people are getting tattoos these days. You know that Bill Engvall routine where he wishes stupid people would carry signs so it would be easier to know they’re stupid right off the bat? Well now we have that. The signs are tattoos. The more obvious and numerous the tattoos, the stupider the person. Saves us all a lot of trouble.
I was a soldier, not a sailor. I have owned bikes, so I guess I’m a biker. My life is a circus, as are the women who share it with me. I have tats, but you only get to see them if you ask nicely.
Bite me Paul……
Got my mandatory tattoo when I was 19. But instead of the standard bulldog I got the Pegasus from the Steve Miller Book of Dreams album with USMC underneath.
Thinking of getting a second one: “444” above a strand of twisted barbed wire with “Tempus Fugit” underneath…either that or an “M” on each butt cheek so that when I bend over it says “MOM”
I was going to get one in the Navy of Woody Woodpecker or the original KSHE pig logo until I saw guys that had been in 15-20 years with tats that looked like a disease.