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Several of my college classmates whom I am still in contact with are officers in the Marines, and many NAVY guys on assignment with the Marines. Very few have tattoos.

On one summer cruise I went on as a MIDN 3/C, the big thing was going around to see who'd have the courage to get a tat. One guy on our boat came back proudly with one, and peeled off the bandage to show the classic, cartoonish "MOM" on a heart with an arrow through it.

"Why did you get that?" we all asked him.

"Ah's gonna git mah girl's name tattooed thar, but ah mat break up with har. I ain't nevah gonna break up with muh Mawm."

Classic.