When gravity takes hold

This is one of the best cartoons I've seen in years.

Seriously, I think tattoos are pretty foolish. There are worse things to do, but getting a tattoo seems like an exercise in short-sightedness. Why would you want to provide a graphic metric for how much your body sags over the years? Women seem to get them in places like right above the butt or on the abdomen, but in a few years those little illustrations look like they're melting. Not to mention the inevitable fading and bleeding that happens to all tattoos. Bleah.

Another funny thing about tattoos is how people tend to choose stupid things to indelibly write on their skin. Names of girlfriends, favorite bands, etc. -- these things, by their very nature, are usually short-term, but that doesn't stop lots of people from tattooing them in visible places on their bodies. The other thing that doesn't make sense is how often people get tattoos when they're totally sloshed. Sugar Ray front man Mark McGrath got a tattoo removed a few years back, and he had this to say: "Never let Jack Daniels pick out your tattoo." Sounds like good advice to me.