I was part of the team looking after a patient in theatre yesterday, and I saw a tattoo like this on his arm:
The scrub nurse was painting him with antiseptic wash at the time, and I told her she’d better be careful not to get the tattoo wet. She just looked at me blankly. I couldn’t believe it and appealed to everyone else in theatre “Come on, you’ve got to know what I’m talking about here! Don’t get it wet!” But no. The surgeon was the only one in the room who understood the reference. I was gutted. When did I become the embarrassing has-been, with obscure antiquated pop references?
NB For the noobs in the audience, the cute little creature above turns into this horrible thing below if you break any one of three rules:
More details can follow if anyone is interested.