Bar Code Tatoos

[Kid OfThe Black Hole]

OK this is stupid but here goes:

I met this really cool chick today who had a very prominent bar code tattoo on her arm. Now I have a good excuse to bump into her tomorrow and talk to her for at least a few minutes without any interruption but I was trying to brainstorm a topic-starter better than "so, hey is that a barcode tatoo?"

anybody know anything in particular about them or have a cool twist on that as a conversation piece? I know someone else who has one but apparently this other person's is meaningless and she gets huffy whenever anybody asks about it lol

I'm thinking that the barcode is actually some number encodede that might actually have significant (as an example, her birth date) but I dunno

Thanks for any suggestions, even if your suggestion is "find something else to talk about" (she has other tats too so maybe I'll who her artist is)

[Strong Atheist]

1. Welcome to D.U! BTW, find something else to talk about ... nt.

[underpants]

3. Well that was nice

:eyes:

funny too.

[Strong Atheist]

4. Well now, I meant don't start off talking about the tattoos... I would

pick a less controversial topic to talk about, is all I was saying ...

Edited to add: You know, Revolutionary_Acts04 might be right about this... jeeze!

Edited again: Nicer than all the people who ignored it days ago ...

[oppositionmember]

11. Get a bar code reader & rock her world...

Really

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Point to tattoo: "Have you ever tried scanning that at the grocery store?"

[crispini]

6. She's heard it a million times, unfortunately.

Actually, it depends on how old the tat is. If it's fairly recent, she might enjoy being asked about it. If it's older, well, she will have heard every joke and question about it there is, and then some. So .... I'd pick something else to start off with and then ask about it later.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. In my experience...

if she thinks you're cute/hot, ANY joke will work. If she doesn't, no joke or comment, no matter how good it is, will work.

[Swede]

5. My cousin tatooed his parents birthdays on his back.

Both his parents died young,he never real knew them. I kinda think it was a cool thing.

[bif]

7. Try "So just how cheap are you?"

While pointing to the tatoo.

[giant_robot]

8. Maybe she's from a dark future-world...

...where a big brother-style oppressive government makes it mandatory to have your ID tatooed on your arm in barcode.

Then again, maybe she just thinks it looks cool.

[Robb]

9. I seem to recall Henry Rollins has one

IIRC, his is on the back of his neck, and scans to read out the birthday of his late best friend. :shrug:

[Merrick]

10. Try making yourself a coupon with her picture on it

for one free sex act of your choice. that'd be classy.