A man walks into a bar and orders a triple scotch. As the bartender pours the drink, he remarks, "That’s quite a heavy drink. What’s wrong?" After quickly downing his drink, the man replies, "I found my wife in bed with my best friend." "Wow," says the barkeep. "What’d you do?" "I walked over to my wife," the man replies, "looked her straight in the eye, and told her to pack her stuff and get the hell out." "That makes sense," says the bartender. "And what about your best friend?" "I walked over, looked him right in the eye, and yelled, ‘Bad dog!’"

Q: submitted by Gem

i'm about to get a tattoo but heard that there are some colors that are harder to get removed down the line. is this true?

A:
let me start off by saying that if you are going into this already thinking about getting it removed i would sleep on it for a couple of nights. getting a tattoo is not something you want to do on the spur of the moment. i've got some tattoos (hey, its mandatory if you're a hick) and have only made a mistake on one of them for this very same reason. when i was 15 and the "bad boy club" logo came out i thought it was bad as hell. so, like a dumb ass, i got a fake id and had a tattoo guy do one up. it wasn't long before i'd realized that i just got one of the cheesiest logos of all time put on my back forever. luckily it wasn't that big and i've since covered up with a much bigger tattoo. i've also started work on a right sleeve since then but thats another story. my point is think about what you are going to get...VERY thoroughly. i also have some first hand experience with getting them removed. a while back i paid for a girlfriend to get some of hers removed and went with her each time (told you i was a hick). let me tell you my friend..for a tatoo that took about 3 hours to do you are looking at about 10-20 half hour sessions and a few thousand to remove. it also seemed like it hurts about twice as much. the good news is it really does work. big ones will always leave a faint ghost image but it is pretty much completely gone. as far as colors go it depends on the laser. many of them will have trouble with yellow or neon colors because they do not absorb the frequency of the laser well (the laser works by pumping so much energy into the ink molecules that they vaporize and your body carries the pieces away). this page has a cool little animated image towards the bottom that will show you the before and after of a removal. i'd also suggest against "bargain" shopping for a tattoo. find the best guy and pay the premium to be going to the best guy! make sure to look at his book and make sure you are happy with his work. oh yeah, if you get one make sure to take a pic and email it to us! we'll post it as a POD. ;-)

-JD