A gallery of regrettable tattoos

Tattoos are not and will never be my thing, mainly because my tastes and interests change so frequently that I can't imagine having an image branded into my skin for eternity. I look back at photos from high school and wander what I was thinking when I chose to wear that shirt or that dress; I'm sure I'd feel the same way years from now about a college tattoo.

Another reason I dislike tattoos is that it's nearly impossible for them to escape the fate of looking tacky or making you look trashy. And trashy is one thing I am not. Nothing proves my point more than the amusing website Ugliest Tattoos: A Gallery of Regrets, which features photos of heinous, absurd, and bizarre tattoos.

The crazy images found on this addictive timesuck of a website makes me very thankful that the tattoo parlor was closed that one night my friends and I drunkenly went out to impulsively get tattoos. We could have ended up with a confusing woman cuddling a lizard, a dead '80s TV character, or the face of a friend on our ass! Dodged a bullet.