We are getting to the season where the
weather warms and tattoos on females are becoming more and more
visible. Until I started doing driver examinations I had never
dreamed that so many women had so many tattoos in so many places.
The writing on the neck or the floral
design on the shoulder or the little ankle icons are easy to spot.
But honey, when you lean over to get the insurance documents out of
the glove compartment and I see a large landscape scene tattooed on
your lower back just above the exposed Grand Canyon no longer covered
by those low riding jeans, Yikes!
The fashions of today show way more
than many of these gals realize (ha ha). Yes, you're 17 and already
nicely developed so you wear your blouse and jeans cut low to
advertise the fact and to show off that nifty rose petal and your mom
or dad for goodness sakes is there with you for the test and they let
you go out in public that way. Bet they never check your internet,
music, TV or DVD selections either.
Fashions can change, but what's going
to happen to that really unattractive blue and red and orange ink in
25 years? It will still be there under your pale white skin while
just about everything else in your life will have changed.
I know, I'm just an old fart and a
conservative one at that. Tattoos are something I associate with
male sailors who got drunk on shore leave and found themselves in
their bunks the next morning with imbedded ink on their arms honoring
mom or a current flame.
I actually had a guy come in for a test
this year who was an ex Navy Seal. He was average size with a wirey
build and wore a sleeveless shirt that showed off forearms and biceps
that looked like Popeye's. In fact he had a scrunched up mouth and
funny nose and if he closed one eye he would be a spitting image of
Popeye. His arms and biceps were entirely covered with tattoos, and
on him them actually looked, well, appropriate.
I have a son-in-law who is a minister
and he has a cross tattoo on his arm from college days and he
probably still loves it. Two of my nephews who are brothers (and
over 18) went out and had identical cross with scripture verses
tattooed on their sides Ouch! I was kinda involved in the drama
with the moma before she gave her blessing and I didn't voice an
objection.
Hey, maybe needing the help at my age
and having a wealth of life experience behind me, I could with sound
mind and body have a tattoo on the back of my hand which says; “When
she leans over to get the insurance, turn your head”.
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