Why do some "Old Farts" (I'm one) get big, colorful tattoos that they wouldn't have considered for.....

[Ocelot II]

1. I don't understand tattoos at all, for any person at any age.

To each their own, of course; but I think they're ugly, even the ones that are well-drawn and not misspelled. And even if some designs might look OK on paper, I really wouldn't want to get some permanent decoration (especially one involving pain) that I might hate some time later. You can put on and take off jewelry, change your hair color, wear all manner of different clothes as styles and your tastes change - but tattoos don't go away without drastic procedures, and if you break up with the love of your life whose name is tattooed somewhere on you, that breakup is going to hurt in more ways than one. Also, as you get older and your skin starts to sag (and believe me, kiddos, it really does), that fancy flower will look wilted, and the snarling tiger will just look sad and droopy. Go for it if you want, but ugh.