Saw part of an episode last night called Taboo. One of the people profiled was one of those unhinged kooks with facial tattoos and the biggest thing he can find pushed through the lobes of his ears. Not content with looking like a complete buffoon, this nutter, somehow got to the happy place in his head where getting the whites of his eyeballs tattooed seemed like a good idea. This is a 100% non-reversible procedure so if sanity ever does set it, he’s literally screwed blue and tattooed. Forever. To say the procedure is delicate is an obvious understatement and the slightest mistake or twitch and bada- bing, bada-boom, it’s Stevie Wonder time. Having a concealable tattoo is one thing but what kind of hugs did you not get as a kid to disfigure yourself like this?
Another story was a bit on modern day corsets. Don’t get all excited, I’m not talking about some leather whip wielding dominatrix in her bustier and 8” heels here. The woman on the show was 70 years old and had managed to cinch her once moderate 29” waist down to a freaky 15” circumference. If you don’t have a tape measure handy, let me help. That’s the size of a DVD! Sick and wrong? Yep. Due to years of wearing these things her internal organs have shifted so she looks like a balloon with a rubber band around the middle. I guess the ability to wear a LiveStrong bracelet as a belt broadens one’s ability to accessorize. She says she’s comfortable but all you have to do is watch her walk and you can see the pain on her face and the visible concern that her next sneeze will vart her liver out her snapper.
