I've seen some quite amazing pieces of body over the years. Some of my favorites have been this one guy I used to smoke cigars with. Dude had a samurai on his arm done in that Japanese medival art style. One one of my cigar smoking brethren had a piece that went from his tigh to midsection. My lil' cousin had one of Mickey Mouse on her ankle. It was done with the Mouse sitting with his back facing you. My mom even had a decent one, it was a rose on a stem with my brother's and my sister's initals. All-in-all I really enjoy tattoos, especially on other people.

I've thought about what I would get. When I orignally considered getting one I settle upon the Spawn insignia. Then I thought about getting the A'slogo, or the Stomper logo. Stomper is the A's mascot. The design is an elephant on top of baseball with one leg up, and a bat in his truck. Then I thought about getting a naked lady laying on top of a cigar. Finally I decided that if I was ever to get a tat, it would be a cigar band on my arm, with my mother's name on the band.

Eventually I decided I wouldn't get a tatoo because I didn't want to deal with the pain and most importantly, I didn't know what if I would this piece of artwork being a part of me for THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!! A Spawn logo may have been the **** in my twenties, but what about my fifities, sixities, and seventies? Then I'm already and incredibly handsome and sexy guy. How would getting a tattoo accentuate my look?

Which brings me to the topic of this discussion. I can understand kinda sorta why a guy would get a tattoo. It's a macho thing to sit there and endure the pain. In addition a guy getting a tattoo usually has some sort of significance behind the piece.

What I don't understand is a chick getting a tattoo. Nine times out of a chick is getting a tat because she thinks it's cute and it will make her look sexier. Why else would all these women be running around with tribal bands on the small of their backs?

For me (and I think most guys would agree) a tattoo DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR A FEMALE'S LOOK!!! When I see hot chick and I notice a tat on her, I'm like "damn she's gets a 9, but she has that **** on her back.) Personally I wouldn't get into a long term relationship with a woman who has a tattoo on the small of her back, or on her her titties. I'm thinking long term. It's bad enough that chicks age, I don't want to think about some forty, fifty, sixty, seventy yr old woman who has a tribal band on the small of her back. That's not going to be a good look.

Then there's placement. Being a connoisseur of the nudey bar, I've seen perfectly good pair of titties marred by tats. Why **** up your ta tas by putting a tat on them? They were fine before hand. And then there's the epitome of ghetto. The neck tattoo. How much does one have to drink, and how much drugs do you have to do before that becomes a good idea? I mean, why the neck? Especially if your a chick. You've obviously don't plan on working in the corporate world, because if you did, it would've dawned on you that white folks don't want to see that **** all in their worksite.

I'm just waiting for the year 2027 when I get to see all of these old chicks with the fat "granny arms," with the tribal bands on them. Or the fat old chick that thought getting "Ray Ray," on the small of her back was a good idea in her twenties. When I see that on all the people (especially woman) with these blotche's on their bodies from tat removals, I'm going to indugle in a big hearty laugh.

Unless it's a small one on her ankle or something, I've always despised tattoos on girls (hot girls at least, who cares otherwise). Like I've always said, it's like a bumpersticker on a Ferrari. Nothing's more beautiful than a bare naked chick, and having some crappy piece of art on her lower back just ruins it for me. I myself wouldn't even get one, except maybe a small-ish one on my shoulder if it had some kind of significance and importance to me.

If coporate america wasnt so conservative in get sleeves on both my arms...that would be fvckin sweet.

It is all about perception. I used to think it was trashy and some people are trashy and it itensifies that persona. I never would have considered getting one until my mother died of pancreas cancer when I was 25, she was 45. So I got one in memory of her. Then I decided to get another one. They are tasteful and do not look like "Jailhouse" tattoos. As far as women getting them, I understand the thinking how will they look when they are old. You MUST get one that has meaning and is tasteful. You better know when you sit down and get inked that it is for life.

I of course wouldn't want a girl I with to be covered in the tats either. Too much is too much.