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To tattoo, or flot to tattoo I've always said tuiai 1Ihîink latons arce sîiiiiid . The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 8, 2003-13 Illcre lores er. Forever. if you wanî one, gel a temporary one, is what I say. And 1 neyer underslood wby anybody would wanl Io permanenlly decorate bis or ber body anyway. That makes it ail the more curious as to wby 1 now wanî one. 've corne to like tbem. I wanî 10 sec cvery- body's and ask îbem why tbey goltbem. They ail seem t0 have a paricular meaning and slory bebind them, except maybe the ones that say, "Mom." At one lime, latos had a stigma alîacbcd 10 them. If you bad one, you were a biker or a sailor, or at the very least a tougb guy wbose îattoo was lie a warning sign. Not anymore. Everybody's getting them, includ- ing women in Iheir thirties and forties. Actually, il seems Ibat i's more of a woman's tbing now, aI least when tbey're older. It's not the act of rebellion il once was, of course, but maybe i's a freedom of expression, or a declaration of mndependence. It's like saying, look at me, 1 can do whatever I wanî, even gel a tattoo. 'm not positive yeî that 1 really want a latîoo. Maybe I just like the idea. Il's like a present I got a long lime ago for a free flying lesson. I really likcd it, but I think I liked the idea of having it and knowing I could go if I wanted. I neyer actually look the flying lesson. But, I can gel a latlon if 1 want, and you cant stop me. So tbere. Then theres the question of whaî to gel and where 10 put il. If you get il on your back, you can'l sec il. se, wha's tbe point? But, if you gel il in clear sighl, il could cause a problem. Whaî if, for example. I went for a job interview for CEO of Microsoft? They might nol like a lattoo on my forehead, or even my ami, Il could cost me millions of dollars. The idea, 1 suppose, at leasi for me, would be 10 gel one that I could sec if I wanîed Io, and reveal if I wanl- cd to. Wbcre would tbat be?! Maybe on my shoulder or ankie. But, wbaî would 1 put on il. Any idiot knows you On the £os don't put the name of a sweetheart on your body for- ever, or ai least lhey lcarn after their third divorce. This bas been a life-altering year for me. There was the Champion Weight Loss Challenge in which 1 lost more than 50 pounds. There was playing with the Milton Marauders - a diffleuit challenge going through five weeks of training camp and playing in a game - and there was the birth of my granddaugbter. l'in a numbers person. 1 wore 81 in football. A littie tattoo of a football with 8 1 in the middle might be fiee to remind me of that experience, or maybe a scale with a 51 in the middle, representing weight loss. Too bad lhey weren't the saine number, then 1 could just put that number by itseif. If I did somcthing for my granddaughter, I'd have to do il for every grandchild and that could become a problem if 1 had 23 of them or so. l'in also a sports per- son and a proud Canadian. What about a hockey stick acting as a flagpole for a Canadian tlag, with the 51 on one side of the flag and 81 on the other? What about my granddaughter holding a hockey stick in one hand, a football in the other and standing on a scale. ail with the appropriale numbers included? And maybe she could bcecating pizza, since I like pizza. And 1 once scored six goals in a hockey game. I should fit that in there somewhere. Sec how complicated it can gel? By the ime I think of everything, there wouldn't be room, especially if I losi more weight. Maybe l'Il just get a nose ring. Its a loi less compli- cated. Enter ypur Businessi or Rstagat inItheRotary club 0 Mnil. 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