Oh and I meant to say:

I was once with a guy who had a lot of tattoos and had originally had them all over his arms including on his hands and knuckles.

They were all homemade jobbies from when he ran on the mean streets of Kilmarnock...

Anyway he turned corporate and the company told him he had to have them removed or he could not be considered for a managerial role. So he had them taken off. He said it was incredibly painful, far worse than doing them initially, and they left really bad burn scars behind.

That was way back in the 80s though, so it's good to know things have moved on.

I haven't got any ink myself, but I've flirted with the idea. At one point I was dead set on having the Metallica logo on my upper arm, but considering how crap they've gone now I'm glad I didn't!

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