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Sunday, January 28, 2007
(ongoing series) brief lessons that should really be taught in our nation's schools
Check the spelling of a tattoo several times before letting anyone take a needle to your body, especially if you are having it done in a language you don't know so well. Someone once showed me an arm-encompassing ornate tattoo which, he proudly told me, said "to heal the world" in Hebrew. It didn't.
Not so brief, tangentially related lesson:
ReplyDeleteCheck the spelling of a tattoo several times before letting anyone take a needle to your body, especially if you are having it done in a language you don't know so well. Someone once showed me an arm-encompassing ornate tattoo which, he proudly told me, said "to heal the world" in Hebrew.
It didn't.