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I understand that people do weird things, but I don't understand the lack of foresight that a tattoo like this implies.
Do people not realize that those things are permanent?
Heh. The last couple of times I've seen Weller, I've seen not one but two women with tattoos of him (one a portrait on the shoulder, like the one of Rachael here; the other a kind of stylized 3/4-length portrait of him against a mod target, but VERY sloppily done, which had the effect of looking like a kind of mod tarot card as designed by a 14-year-old). Even I was like, "yeah, NO."
Actually, it's her husband who's the fan - she thinks she has a rose tattoo (also lives in a house without mirrors). Her husband paid off the tattooist so that he would have a fantasy aid when doing it doggy-style.