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Winning The Bet: I Have Your Name Tattooed On My...

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In college, my roommate Rick used to win bar bets by walking up

to strangers at the bar and saying, " Hey, I bet you fifty bucks

that I have your name tattooed on my (backside)... "

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Winning The Bet: I Have Your Name Tattooed On My...

Copyright © 2009 Cesar Jantz

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In college, my roommate Rick used to win bar bets by walking up

to strangers at the bar and saying, " Hey, I bet you fifty bucks

that I have your name tattooed on my (backside). " The strangers

would almost always take the bet, part because it seemed like an

easy bet from a drunk and part because they were a bit tipsy

themselves. But every taker would always lose after Rick would

pull down to expose his left cheek and the words 'your name'

burned into his skin.

We paid for plenty of bar tabs thanks to his tattoo, but as he

got older, 'your name' warped into a jumbled mess of

indecipherable letters; even after years of enjoying his mark,

Rick joined so many others in regretting his tattoo.

Tattoos are a powerful form of self expression and one of a young

adult's ultimate feats in rebellion. Many people seek out

tattoos because they want to feel unique, or wish to revolt from

paternal objections, or maybe they want to document an important

life experience on their skin. Either way, tattoos are a bold

statement on your body that, while maybe a significant symbol for

yourself at the time, more often than not, can come back to haunt

you.

By now, we are all well acquainted with 18-year old Kimberley

Vlaeminck of Belgium and her 56-piece facial art display. Lying

to the news and her family just to dodge the anger of a

disapproving father is definitely not something she planned on

having to do when she walked into that tattoo parlor to get what

she told the media was " only three stars " .

(http://itn.co.uk/8080a47397dab3b36c56ed5dec817f4e.html)

Even though Kimberley secretly liked her face art, many people

who get such extravagant works done on their bodies live to

regret it. Even celebrities have laments thanks to tattoos.

Heroes star, Hayden Panettiere has the words " Vivere senza

rimipianti " down the left side of her body, which is supposed to

mean " to live without regrets " in Italian. Ironically, the word

" rimipianti " is meant to be spelled " rimpianti " without the

extra " i. " This is just another good argument for people to not

get foreign words imprinted on their bodies without fully knowing

what they are putting on there in the first place.

A study done through Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

in 2006 showed that while about twenty percent of people who get

tattoos are unhappy with their body art, only six percent ever

seek to get them removed. (http://tinyurl.com/6zf6wt)

Several reasons for their tattoo removals ranged from new jobs

that conflicted with their appearances, social embarrassment, or

lowered body image.

However on the other side, laser tattoo removals can be very

costly, which is part why most people do not have it done. Laser

tattoo removal treatments usually range from two hundred to nine

hundred dollars per visit and it generally takes several visits

to a specialist before the ink really begins to fade away.

Even after the tattoo is gone, some people still retain remnants

of the shape of the tattoo in a scar.

So before you decide to ink your skin, plan out what you want

seared onto your body. Is it something really meaningful? Is it

something you won't mind seeing for years to come? And will it

help you win bar bets? If you can at least answer the last one

with a yes, then maybe it might be worth 56 stars after all...

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