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Yes, there are still tattoo artists that will give you that “tat” if you want it. I have seen some really covered individuals. Frankly, I do not see what the shouting is about with that. Hey, it’s permanent!!! What happens if you have a change of mind in a couple of years? What if you suddenly decide that the eagle on your chest has turned into Big Bird and is too droopy now? Yeah, that’s one of the risks of that sort of thing.
Ah but now there is a new thing on the horizon. Did you see the 3 Lord Of The Rings movies? We have them and watch them once in a while. We were particularly interested in the elves. Weren’t you? When I first heard about elves, as a kid, I envisioned some little guy about 3 ft. tall with pointy ears and a fat belly. Those little guys were more or less like leprechauns. Not quite the same but in the same creature style…..at least that’s what I thought. Then, when I started reading about elves in fantasy books, it occurred to me that they were tall and thin with pointy ears. So I got the pointy ear thing right. My first experience with pointy ears was Mr. Spock though. He wasn’t an elf.
I digress. The newest rage is to truly have pointy ears. Yes, people are actually having their ears altered to be pointy. I suspect most of the people doing that are more or less obsessed with either Lord Of The Rings or elves in general. Of course, the hobbits also had pointy ears, lest we forget. But it would not surprise me if someone who had that done were to speak elvish. Honestly, I cannot imagine a plastic surgeon who would want to cut the cartilage on a person’s ear and then sew it back on with a point just to look like an elf….forever. At least with a tattoo, if a person does change their mind, they can have it removed. You know, I cannot imagine going to all that trouble and pain for either thing. But to have someone cut the ears and make them pointy is absolutely insane. It was really hard to believe anyone was that stupid but then I think of all the stupid stuff going on in the world and I realized that someone having their ears altered doesn’t sound that stupid anymore. Sigh. What a world.
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