MooPig Report from the Middle :: Fun Fever -- Science Tattoos

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Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  5.16.2011  |  Bryan TX

There has been a rash of pictorial essays lately on the web depicting tattoos. While unusual tatt's are interesting -- who is to judge what is "unusual" in the flow of skin scarification?

MooPig Skin Department does cater to ear tags, as it is the "human \ ruminant animal" connection. We notice that catch and release groups are heavy into the "tag" movement as well. Naturalists catch everything from toads to 18 foot long white sharks and tag them before releasing them back to their habitats.

A Side Note Here: ... And it has become sort of scary to think about all those earth visitors allegedly dropping in to tag a few humans ... you know the "aliens" in their spectacular flying machines, who we never get to interview.

But tattoos do about the same thing as an ear tag. Identifying a person becomes ever more easy when there is a large permanent, often multi-colored, bruise on his body. Right?

"Oh, yes, Detective, he had a Woody Woodpecker tattoo on his eyelid..."

I suppose it is less fearsome of a phenomenological development, as long as one doesn't opt to have a Tattoo on his forehead or on his hand -- as in the scripture warning such marks. If commerce became dependent on one's tattoo or tag or insert or implant, we would be falling right into the trap, eh?

And yes I watch "Taboo" on the History Channel -- and yes, it is an ancient, and somewhat institutional, rite to scarify the body in all sorts of ways. Pardon me if I remain skeptical about tattoos.

Perhaps having yourself tattoo'ed is a behavior of sarcasm, on levels I have yet to reach.

Fun Fever: Science Tattoos

EXCERPT  "...It would seem that even scientists aren't above putting a little ink in their skin. Carl Zimmer, who is the owner of The Loom science blog (as well as the author of several very good pop-sci books), asked if any scientists, in his audience, had tattoos. The response was so overwhelming that he created this very cool collection of the tattoos.

These tattoos may have been inspired by a science teacher in their elementary education.... (Read Entire Article here: LINK)"

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"I'm looking for obvious things," Zukowski says. "I don't like to say aliens did it. There are just too many unknowns. I like to lean on human intervention until I actually see a UFO come down and take a cow." (LINK)

Tit for Tatt: Stars become Scars on a Face

"When a Tattoo hits your face, like Big Pizza plates; That's a Stupido..." Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This following story contains misheard requests, or not, and that is called "Litigation."
Well, someone heard the wrong instructions:

Thanks to our Special Friend, Sans Direction -- Borrowed Obsession: Mindless Yobs In The News, for pointing this one out:
Retrieved HERE

I'll pay for half those star tattoos to be removed, says the man who engraved 56 on 18-year-old girl's face
By Mail Foreign Service

The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.

Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck 'absolutely' agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.

But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three stars - and had fallen asleep during the procedure, waking up to a nightmare in her Belgian hometown of Courtrai.

Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - said he would help pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos.

'I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face,' he told newspaper La Derniere Heure.

'A witness, a woman who was present, has already been questioned by police, and she confirms it.

'But be that as it may: Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. There is a way to remove the tattoos with the help of a laser. I accept to pay for half the cost.'

Toumaintz, who runs the tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, said Kimberley was awake and actually looked in the mirror several times during the procedure to see how it was going.

He said she knew 'exactly what she wanted'.

'The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit.

'They are saying things now like I doped her or hypnotised her. What rubbish!

'She asked for 56 stars and that’s what she got.'

To remove the stars would require surgery costing £8,500.

But even the most advanced laser techniques would, while removing the tattoos, leave deep white marks all across Kimberley's face.

She has launched legal proceedings against Toumanaintz seeking damages, plus the money for the operation.

He was questioned by police earlier this year but they decided it was a civil matter and that there was nothing they could do.

Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist, said: 'The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one.'

Toumanaintz said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.