Spellcheck is Your Tattoo's Best Friend

Some guy walks into a tattoo parlor wanting "Chi-Town" tattooed on his chest in Old English letters. He approves the design on paper, and after it's stenciled on his body before inking. He gets the ink, goes home, and the next day realizes that he got "Chi-Tonw" instead. Instead of showing his love for Chicago, it looks like he's showing his love for the #11 lunch special at Pho-Bac Viet's House of Noodles.

Now, to err is human, and these kinds of errs are all the more so. We tend to skim information we're familiar with, making it easy to miss typos. It's why you have someone proofread for you. The difference being you don't usually have your term paper tattooed on you when you're done.

Spontaneous tattooing can lead to eternal ridicule, people. Just be sure to have that bad boy checked over twice (by people who can spell. and read) before commitment (this also applies to new boyfriends/girlfriends. what a handy rule!).