All my uncles and most of my aunts and my parents have tattoos, typical of most East Los Angeles residents at the time... (late 40's, early 50's) I have a cousin with E.L.A. LOCOS on his lip.. I had to shake my head when I saw that one. When I was a kid, I did like the large breasted Aztlan woman tattoo one of my uncles has... but I was a kid, and they were boobs
I'm reminded of a story my uncle once told me...
He has a typical Jesus on the cross emblazoned across his chest. When it was time for him and my aunt to be together in the marital way, she made him put a shirt on because the last thing she wanted too see was Jesus while they were doing the doinky...
Another story is, I was on a jobsite (Apartments) and this guy with no shirt on walks out of his apartment wanting to know if we were hiring. My brother noticed he had 'Norwalk' across his belly. (he also had Jesus on the cross too) He asked him what he was going to do when he moved... he said he was never gonna move... he was born there and he is going to die there. Norwalk, California is not a city you aspire to spend your whole life at, after some discussion, the guy then realized that and that he didn't give the tattoo much thought when he had it done.
Yet another one is after my divorce, my ex got a tramp stamp of our childrens name. My children were not impressed that their names are only inches from her fat butt. The oldest said it looks more like a list of all the guys she has been with...
I'm rebellious and chose not to have a tattoo...