Practical Tattoos - Human Ruler

If your job or hobbies require you to do a lot of measuring, you might want to take a tip from this guy who had a ruler tattooed on his forearm.

“My right forearm has a 8” ruler on it that I use for everything from measuring PVC diameter to wire lengths,” Flickr user, mikeysklar said. “My background is in embedded hardware design, but I choose to spend my time doing experimental building, transportation, and energy these days. The tattoo gets used daily.”

Very interesting… if you value entertainment over practicality for body inking, check this out:

Connect-the-Dots Tattoo - Interactive Inking (GALLERY)

Maybe this isn’t as outrageous as the Braille Tattoo (see below), but this women’s tattoo is pretty wild. As it is, the tattoo doesn’t look like much more than dots and numbers, but if all the points are connected (just like your favourite kid puzzle!) it creates an image of a giraffe. Braille Tat… [More]