Things that make you go "WTF?"

[Nina]

Similar to the "tattoo ignorance" thread, but on a lighter note: what are the things people have said about your tattoos that made you laugh, or wonder if they were a) serious, b) aliens from a distant planet or c) just plain stupid?

I get the "is that real?" question a lot. Occasionally I have to rub my arm so that people believe it's really real. I'd say that's your run of the mill a).

But what was between b) and c) was this: "I didn't know tattoos could be done in color!" from a girl younger than me. WTF? Where have you been in the last decade?

A clear c): "That one didn't come from [name of German youth magazine], did it?". I guess he was trying to be clever. I said "Actually, I draw this on every day." :D

Most times though, I am surprisingly patient with people asking me these questions, touching my arm with or without asking, or, as it happened to me while I was passing a butcher shop in Old Town Nice (France) just recently, literally getting dragged inside the shop and shown around to coworkers and customers. That was actually pretty funny :D.

[Miss lady VW Bug]

i like that response!! something id say lol

[Justin Hadlock]

HOLY $h!t HOLY $h!t HOLY $h!t, that is one of the funnienst things I have read in a long time. I have always thought that. People act like I have some sort of mental issue or something like that for being tattooed. As if it doesn't take some serious mental issues to let yourself get so morbidly obese that you need to ride a "handicapped scooter" at the store. I live in utah too, land of the mormons. Two things about that. 1- Counter culture is getting more popular, but still not accepted by the older members of our community. 2-THERE ARE A SHIT LOAD OF JUDGEMENTAL FAT A$$ Mother F@@kers here. "tattoos desecrate the temple of your body that god has given you" "these are decorations a$$ hat, consider them like stained glass." At any rate, back to the original point pre-rant. You have an excellent point, and I wish more people would think like that.

[Gordon B.]

Two situations come to mind... one of them along the lines of the other thread.... I was working in the yard on a hot day and had taken my shirt off, and one of my neighbors said, "When you're 80, those dogs are gonna look like bloodhounds." I just laughed... but the biggest WTF moment was when I was working out at the gym, wearing a tank top -- a woman I know, a teacher in another district, came up and said, "Interesting artwork. Did you do it yourself?"

Well, since my tattoo is on my back... um...

I replied, "Yes, I had a friend hold a mirror and I used a really long curved needle."

[Jenn Wimberly]

I get a lot of: I didn't know that tattoos come in color. And the best is when little kids ask their parents how much tattoos cost.

[Zach T]

My personal favorite has to be the following exchange (which i have had more than once)

Person: Ohh! Can I see you Tattoo?
Me: Sure
Person: Oh my god, I would never do that...

Or some variation on it. It used to really annoy me but I'm fairly adjusted to it by now so I usually just laugh.

[Lisa]

I always get the 'why would you do that?','how long did that take?', 'how much did that cost?' questions. I gave blood on Friday and my nurse made me laugh. She was an older lady and she was asking me all these random questions about my tattoos between the blood giving survey questions. It was something like, "Have you been out of the country within the past year?". "What happens if you get a tan?". "Have you ever had sex for money?". "What happens if you lose or gain a bunch of weight?". It was very confusing.

[Gordon B.]

OK, that made me laugh out loud. There was a blood drive signup before a Cornell hockey game last season, and one of the questions was, do you have a tattoo? I said I did, and the person said, "what's it look like?" I kinda gaped at her, and said, "so you think some designs more high risk than others?" She said, "depends on the kind of risk you're talking about." Then my wife told me I was a flirt. You can't win. :-)

[Deborah]

Okay, my favorite was when I was in upstate New York visiting my parents and we went shopping (in a Wal-Mart no less) and this man saw me, thought I looked interesting and yelled, I shit you not, “Cletus!! You gotta come see this girl!!” I ran before I met Cletus.

[Gordon B.]

I live in upstate New York, and believe me, we have a lot of Cletuses (Cleti?) around here... If not in name, at least in disposition.

[Nina]

"Cleti", you're killing me %-D.
Although the ones I met in Tennessee were actually nice. Rebel flag and/ or Taz tattoo and all. Then again, I was in the company of a big strong guy :D.

[Zach T]

"Cleti" made me fall out of my chair. Thanks a million

[Jess]

When I first started getting tattooed, I had several people say "wow, you know that's permanent right?" Uh, no, wow, I had no CLUE that this tattoo wouldn't wash off in a few weeks. WTF is right!