Made in Taiwan: The Tattoo

I've been joking about this for a long time with my students. Somehow I imagined it would be a little more interesting looking than this. Maybe like a barcode?

Looking for work

Will you hire me? Will you hire me?

I was thinking of children's English teacher.

Nice ink dudes!

I say we hire these two instead.

Tattoo with a message

Another nice one!

I just wonder if she really understood the English before it was emblazoned on her butt.

Nonsensical Tattoos

The next time you tattoo yourself, make sure the person doing it really knows their Chinese!!!

Often people really regret what they get written after the job is done. Check out this lad...

Just when you think you're getting a really cool job, the guy is actually taking the piss out of you! Even worse, it may be on purpose as this English boy found out...

So if you think that Chinese symbol looks cool, think again, get an expert or you might be scared for life!









By the way, students have made comments that a lot of NBA stars have Chinese character tattoos that are pure nonsense too. So it's not just these poor guys who get shafted!

Tattoo Me!

Tattoos have become more and more commonplace in Taiwan with young people in the last few years.

Here's a great shot of a nice one taken at Warner Village (in the middle of the night?). Notice the strange marks of the skin of the back in some areas. I wonder what that's all about?

If it's real there must be some good story about this tattoo. Gangster girl? Taike chic? Metal fan? Who knows?