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Old 10.23.2006, 04:22 PM   #1
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In fact, 49 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 have tattoos, according to a 2004 Harris Poll. A study recently published in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology indicated 24 percent of people ages 18 to 50 have at least one tattoo. The study, based on a survey of 500 people in the United States, noted tattoos in past years "became associated with marginalized groups, signaling time spent in jail, punk status, membership in a motorcycle gang or a traveling circus." But now, it said, tattoos "have become increasingly eclectic, and the practice has become mainstream."
There are even children's books like "Mommy Has a Tattoo" and the "Tattoo Coloring Book." The topic of tattoos and body piercing is one of the hottest for campus speakers. Major corporations are working the "hip" new trend into their TV commercials and ad campaigns. And as tattoos and piercings become more common, some zealots are moving to extremes once unthinkable.
Just as "Heather Has Two Mommies" is now required reading for kindergartners in some school districts, how long will it be before the tolerance police mandate Phil Padwe's new books. He's the author and illustrator of the two new children's books on tattoos. In "Mommy Has a Tattoo," a little boy, James, is afraid of a heavily tattooed neighbor – until he realizes his mother has one, too.

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Another recent study concluded that half of all teenagers nowadays have either a tattoo or a piercing or both.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:24 PM   #2
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I can proudly say that I am not of that 50%.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:24 PM   #3
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:27 PM   #4
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Wow, one non-idiot and one idiot that is trying to change their idiotic ways have posted replies thus far.

You can count me among the number without any piercings or tattoos.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:28 PM   #5
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:29 PM   #6
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:32 PM   #7
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it's not to say that i've 'learned a lesson', because i wouldn't be getting it done if the ink hadn't fucked up.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:33 PM   #8
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:34 PM   #9
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"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with green hair and three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person." -- P. J. O'Rourke

I sort of half agree with him.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:35 PM   #10
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i don't have green hair (anymore) or ANY rings in my nose (anymore.)
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:37 PM   #11
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"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with green hair and three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person." -- P. J. O'Rourke

I sort of half agree with him.

Me, too. I totally freaked out everybody at work today. I'm wearing a blue button-down shirt, a tie, creased gabardine pants, and a brown sports coat. I look so freaking professional I scare even myself.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:37 PM   #12
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"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with green hair and three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person." -- P. J. O'Rourke

I sort of half agree with him.

"Be a freak with your mind, not with your hair" - T.Moore
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:39 PM   #13
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"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with green hair and three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person." -- P. J. O'Rourke

I sort of half agree with him.


As if there is something extraordinary about a kid wearing dockers and carrying a Grisham book? Fashion taste is just fashion taste. People can be boring no matter what they look like (everyone knows this), and O'Rourke is just trying to be provocative.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:40 PM   #14
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as per usual.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:41 PM   #15
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I'm probably like the most normal looking guy in the world. Like Charlie Brown. A Charlie Brown who goes into a record store and comes out with albums that have pictures of Blood, Guts and Pussy on their covers.
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:42 PM   #16
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:42 PM   #17
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Yeah, people who pose for photos sporting suspenders and cigars are WAY more out there! Watch out, he might have a bow tie to bust out next! What a crazy guy!

 
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Old 10.23.2006, 04:43 PM   #18
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he's even crazier than you, wormhole.
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That tie is really a camera...
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