I’ve joked about getting a zipper tattooed over the scar on my spine or something similar. But I’ve never seriously considered getting a tattoo because it’s just too… well, permanent. What could I possibly want etched onto my body for the rest of my life?
One day my Sweetie half jokingly suggested that I get an inspirational Chinese character tattoo. I told him that knowing my luck the artist would make a mistake and I’d end up with the Chinese character for soup. The worst part would be that I’d never know it but always wondered why the girl behind the counter giggled at me whenever I picked up take-out.
Then I came across these photos of tattoos on ugliesttattoos.failblog.org that totally backs up my theory of the Chinese character for soup tattoo. I’ve got to wonder if both the artist and the customer are native speakers of English. Doesn’t more than one person look at the transfer before the artist starts inking?
Your Turn
Do you have any tattoos? If so, do you love them? Any regrets? Any spelling mistakes?
4 comments:
I really despise tattoos. My daughter is really into the temporary ones. I hope we don't regret that in the future. What a bummer to get home and find a spelling mistake!
No tattoos but funny you bring this up. I wore a necklace I have with a Chinese character yesterday and despite once knowing about 350 characters I now only remember about 20 and my necklace is not one of them. I am sure it's a good message, just not sure what. :)
AAargghh. Those make me cringe! I have such a freaky issue with people misspelling things anyway, I couldn't imagine misspelling a tattoo! What kind of person wouldn't use a dictionary when inking something permanent onto their chest! Truly, they get what they deserve.
OMG, I didn't know there were OTHER women who got phrases tattooed on their chests, like the girl at the gluten-free bakery near us who has "Love Is A Battlefield" tattooed there. That's insane! And to have misspellings in the tattooed words, that is the WORST. There's no excuse for making people wonder, "Who's dumber, the tattoo artist who couldn't spell, or the tattoo-ee who actually let someone permanently misspell a word on their body?"
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