Do you have a tattoo on your body? Please read this post

Karolyne Smith - displaying the website on her forehead
@healer (1779)
India
April 12, 2007 5:52pm CST
Today as i was browsing the internet i came through this weird news. A mother had her forehead tattooed with the web address of a gambling site after auctioning off advertising space on her head to pay for her son's school fees. This is what she says "I only live once and I'm doing it for my son. It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son." What do you say about this, i mean would you ever do such kind of crazy things. i have a tattoo on my arm and now i regret it too. Would you ever do it if you were asked to do? Anyway she was paid $10,000
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22 responses
• United States
13 Apr 07
I have a tatoo, but it is in a discreet place on my body, not my forehead. I would have to say that once the company on her forehead goes out of business, her tatoo is still there. It might seem like a lot of money now, but in the long run $10000 isn't so much.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Thanks for your response
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• Philippines
13 Apr 07
I am never sold to the idea of having any tattoo at all on any part of my skin. However, for this woman, I could say that at least, she has a good reason for having one. I just hope that the time when will never come when she will regret having had that one.
@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Yes she has been paid for the tattoo but who will tattoo something on her face for good.
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• United States
13 Apr 07
i have a few tattoos but I would never put one on my forehead like this especially for only 10,000 that is so stupid It would cost more to get it removed She must have really needed the money
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Actually i think she did it for publicity, anyway thanks for responding to this post
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@miryam (6505)
• Italy
13 Apr 07
not, but like it, but I do not know to me to chois the design and the place of body (where make little evil)....
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
thanks for your reply
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• Canada
13 Apr 07
I have to say I think she's out of her mind LOL. I don't have any personal issues with tattoos, except that I'm terrified of the needles lol, and my partner has one on the top of his arm. I think that this lady however, has gone a step too far. It's ridiculous what some people resort to, and while I understand her reasoning behind it, I'm sure there had to be another way. She has to walk around with that plastered to her forehead for the rest of her life, and I'm not sure I could do that. In fact, I know I couldn't.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
yes your are right, who will walk around with that huge tattoo on the forehead for the rest of my life. Thank you for responding
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• Australia
13 Apr 07
I have a tattoo on my lower back of a butterfly, but would never get a logo tattooed on my body, for any amount of money. I am fine with tattoos if they are what you want, and where you want it.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
thanks for your response, anyway i think you are new here in myot good luck
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
13 Apr 07
Fortunately, I do not have any tattoos on my body and never plan on having one, other than the wash off tattoos. If I did have a tattoo, I would not put one on my forehead or put some gambling site on my head or other body part. That was nice of her to think about her son though and wanting to pay his school fees. She is a very thoughtful and loving mother. She certainly got paid a nice amount but I still would stay away from the tattoo.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Hehehe a very good mother for the kid but i really don't like what she did, and i don't believe that she did that for the fees. They are just crazy and for publicity they did that anyway who cares. Thanks for responding regularly, Hope life is good to you take care
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• Canada
13 Apr 07
I dont think that i would be able to do something like that but i would try and do whatever i could to make the childs future better. i have a tattoo also but its a nautical star on my ankle and i love it i woould totally get more i love them. just not on my forehead lol;.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
anyway she is just crazy and i feel its not a good idea for her son future also. Anyway thanks for responding
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• United States
13 Apr 07
That is definitely weird. I would never do anything like that. Especially not for 10 thousand dollars. It would have to be much more than that for me to even consider it. Guess she was doing it for the right reason but still it would be a difficult decision to make.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Yes you are right, its a very hard decision to make and the amount is also not worth. Anyway thanks for your response
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@inked4life (4224)
• United States
12 Apr 07
OUCH!! That had to have hurt. I can understand her reasons for doing it and she has it in a location that can be easily covered with her hair. I have a whole bunch of tattoos and don't regret a single one of them. Don't know if I would get one on my forehead though, I'm not blessed with enought hair to cover it...LOL
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Yes i can make out from your avatar that you are all covered with tattoos. Ok nice decoration it looks cool on some guys anyway thanks for your response
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@Lyrica (127)
• Canada
13 Apr 07
Yikes, I probably wouldn't. If she was that tight for money, I guess it's her choice and you do what you have to. Although, I'm a little suspicious about the school fee thing - aren't there loans and bursaries you can apply for if you need financial assistance? Where I am, you can get money from the government and/or the university to help pay tuition. Wouldn't a tattoo on her forehead would really hurt her chances of getting a job?
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Like one of our friends have mentioned here they are doing these crazy things so that they become known to the people or being caught by the media once is a great thing for them. Its really insane, thanks for responding to my post post and good luck mylotting
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@mememama (3076)
• United States
13 Apr 07
I think I'd work two jobs to pay for a childs education before I got a tattoo. I do have a tattoo, plan on getting more, but I will have them on parts of my body that I can cover up, don't wanna give my granny a heart attack!
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Lolzzzz you got a point hehehe after all i heard tattoos are prone to skin diseases also so its better if we keep our body clean. Anyway thanks for your post here heheh i like your avatar
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• United States
13 Apr 07
Sure I would do it, if there were several more zeros after the 1! It wouldn't be worth it for just $10,000. That is not enough to change her life or her son's life. Just enough to make her a laughing stock and embarrass her son for the rest of his life.
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
yes you are right, i also thought of the same like its too cheap. And i pity for the kid also as they will be a laughing stock.
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13 Apr 07
I would rather do something else, that is pathetic what she has done! I think that these people may say they want it for their son or daughter or pet chinchilla but really they just want to be recognised by people and pull pathetic stunts! Im sorry but you can make that money if you work hard, i mean there are jobs out there that pay well and can be enjoyable if you make it like that so why for the love of pancakes doesnt she do that? Ill tell you why because she wants to get recognised as the "woman who had her forhead tatooed" im sorry but really i think those people are a waste of space and our time. Sorry i may seem kind of harsh about it but it does peeve me off
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@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
yes you got it right hhmmm they want to be popular so they do all those crazy things. Just imagine a mom with a "www.@@@@.com" on her forehead thats also tattooed very clear and big. Thanks
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
13 Apr 07
No I wouldnt...thats just stupid IMO....Getting inked for and with somehting like that and on that area of the body is IMO absolutely idiotic....AND it was for only $10,000! thats not even enough to cover the pain of having it done, the embarrassment of having it there and then the pain of having it lasered off AND the scarring lasering would leave...I'm sorry but $10G's isnt even enough to get me to consider it...
@healer (1779)
• India
14 Apr 07
Yes you have got the point evern i myself won't do it. thanks for the response
@Foxxee (3651)
• United States
14 Apr 07
I don't think I could do that on my forehead, even for that much money. Maybe if it was somewhere else, but not my forehead! I think it's crazy.
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
16 Apr 07
people do foolish things out of desperation so you can never blame anyone for doing what they have to do. we can never judge them but we can always pray for them.
@jchampany (1130)
• United States
13 Apr 07
That is really strange. No I wouldn't do something crazy like that. I would find something else to do to pay for my kids school. I do have a tattoo but it is on my ankle and I don't regret it. Yet anyway. I like it.
@healer (1779)
• India
14 Apr 07
thanks for your response
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• United States
13 Apr 07
this is just another ridiculous things folks do I hate tatoo i think they make one look so cheap and would never have one myself mostly due to the fact that the Christian religion forbids it ! (Lev.19:28. "`Do not cut your bodies or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. )
@healer (1779)
• India
13 Apr 07
Yes you are righ i am also a christian and i know that anyway thanks for your response
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• United States
16 Apr 07
The whole thing was an obvious media hype setup. Whether the mother had to pay school fees or not, is probably not even relevant now, as I am sure that she has some other financial offers coming in now. She made a big name for herself, whether it be pathetic or heroic is each persons opinion, by getting a tattoo across her forhead of a company that she knows nothing about. Clearly the woman is desperate for attention, and money, and will do almost anything to get it. People that have that combination tend to attract the media like flies to honey. No one could ever pay me enough to put something on myself for life that did not have significant meaning to me. I don't see how someone could do that for so little money anyways.