Tattoo particles migrating to lymph nodes

[yuiyoshida]

[hlthe2b]

1. I may be the only one left without tattoos or extra-earlobe piercings

Make this reason number 9999 why I don't.

[yuiyoshida]

2. I don't have any tattoos but only because

Someday I want to visit an Onsen in Japan, and they don't allow you to stay if you have a tattoo.

[Rollo]

9. I have read there are some public baths in Japan that allow those with tatoos...

The reason why the rest ban them is that in Japan, tattoos are associated with organized crime (Yakuza).

[yuiyoshida]

16. Exactly however I think you will find there are very few

Roten Buro and Onsen that allow tattooed patrons.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I don't have any ink or piercings anywhere

and I'm 52 years old so don't feel alone. I was never willing to go through the pain to be fashionable or fit in with the rest of the crowd.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I have pierced ears, that's about it

And when I was a teenager, my mother wouldn't sign off on it, so my roommate did it for me when we were at boarding school!

As for tattoos, I really don't get it. When I was in school, I had a summer job at an amusement park. My first day I learned how to run the merry-go-round from Sam, a small elderly man who had the job for years. Sam had tattoos on his arms - maybe WWII vintage - and they had gotten all blurry. The inevitability of that happening has obviously stuck with me...

[Rollo]

10. I once had a co-worker tell me that he and I were of a generation that usually never got tattoos...

Which in my case would be mid-baby boomer (1952)...

Scars and birthmarks? Yup. But I have never really wanted to get a tattoo. Maybe I've never been drunk enough.

[pansypoo53219]

12. i do not.

[meow2u3]

19. No, you're not the only one

I don't have any tattoos, either. I don't even have my ears pierced, though I might want to in the near future.

[SonofDonald]

4. I always thought about getting a tattoo but

I got scars instead, around 4-1/2 feet so far.

But I have been thinking about getting a tattoo of a scar lately, just for giggles.

After reading the above I'll stick with scars.

[Ligyron]

5. I think branding will be the next step.

but not for this dude.

[yuiyoshida]

6. Well, if it gets you your own TV show.....

[Ligyron]

7. Bwahahaha!

But then I'd be marked with a coward's shame.

[yuiyoshida]

8. could be worse....

[Ligyron]

17. Bwahahaha!

Yer killin' me girl.

I suspect Bob Dole did the deed 'cause Daniel Inouye was a hero and doesn't do the whole violence against females thing.

[HDSam]

13. Already happening

Just one example - Omega Psi Phi fraternity members often have an Omega brand.

[Hoyt]

11. Don't have any either, although I think some look pretty good. My WWII vet dad had one,

and spent the rest of his life complaining about it and wishing he hadn't. I still have time though if I change my mind.

[OnDoutside]

18. Yes, any young person thinking of getting tatooed should look at an old person who got a tatoo

at their age. With all the wrinkles, it descends into a blob.

[SunSeeker]

15. I've spent all these years to make sure my child survives childehood without a mark on his body.

I would be horrified if my child then vandalized that pristine body with tacky tattoos.

I hate tattoos. They're usually silly and ugly. But even when well drawn, they're disfiguring to the body.

Just get henna tattoos if you have an irresistible urge to graffiti your body. At least that washes off.