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for all the years my mother scorned me for writing on my hands as a teenager, i think i might send her this link, just to make her head spin :)

Wouldn't it be easier to write on your hand, without the aid of a tattoo? I dunno...

May make a good gag gift though.

I write on my hand, sometimes the back of my hand when I am on the cell and driving. Very bad, I know.

Nutty! This is what the backs of used envelopes are for!

Kaanswfm:

You might want to rethink the cell phone/driving part. The law goes into effect July 1.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws/index.htm

It was passed a few years back, and folks have had that long to learn how to drive without using a cellphone.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003363

There will be no grace period. And from what I read, all the enforcement agencies will be taking advantage of nailing people. Here's one example:
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS08/80627010/1263/update

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The ``base fine'' for a first offense of these laws is $20 with $50 for subsequent convictions. ``However,'' Kubel said, ``additional penalties and court assessments raise these fines to $76 for the first conviction and $190 for subsequent convictions.''
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Since so many people do it, there is a lot of money to be made from all those people.

And yes, it does show up on your driving record.

Here's another good one:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20080627_Tickets_soar_in_N_J__for_cell-phone_talkers.html

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In March, April and May, 34,762 cell-related tickets were written - nearly eight times the 4,451 for the same months last year, according to the state Administrative Office of the Courts.

That's about $4 million extra revenue. It's not exactly a windfall, though, since during the 12 months ending last June, the state handed out 5.6 million tickets for moving and parking violations.
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this funny; I write on my hand all of the time at work (I'm a nurse); **stupid joke alert** I had a patient's son once watch me write down vital signs on my hand, and told me that I should consider buying a newer model 'palm pilot' -yeah, everybody's a comedian.....


and yes, I use excellent hand hygiene-i had washed and dried my hands, then wrote down the vitals, then transferred them, then use alcohol wash to remove and then washed again.....

Besides it being about to be against the law, driving on your cell phone is just plain ol' dangerous - yes, even hands free. it's not the handedness that's a problem, it's the splitting of attention. Sorry, I don't have a cite right now.

As I've said before, I keep my list in my cell phone. I don't drive, and I don't text the list while I'm walking or in anyone's way. Usually at my desk at work or while taking the public transportation. I think people might be inclined to think I'm texting at the supermarket when I should be shopping, but it's not different than checking my list if it were a piece of paper or my hand. I really don't know anyone who still writes on their hand. If you can't find a scrap of paper, good luck keeping tabs on these tattoo sheets; also, if you're going to write on your hand anyway, I hope you can remember by the time you got to the store that what you wrote was a list of things you needed to buy.

Bought it for my daughter a few weeks ago after we jokingly devised the very same idea. I was shocked to see the image in a solicitous email from Perpetual Kid just after our conversation!

I love it. Who knows, maybe it will work for those who keep forgetting to bring along their to-do list!

The designer is Andy Ward:
http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/29/get-inkedand-some-beer/

Here's the manufacturer/maker:
http://www.worldwidefred.com/home.htm

That place is hilarious. Stuff that is fun and funny to look at, but you probably won't really buy it. Who is going to buy an ice tray with the cubes like dentures? It's all kind of gag gifts.

Although, I do like the ZING spoon, with a built-in spring, to launch your lunch.
http://www.worldwidefred.com/zing.htm

A banana peel for your bathtub:
http://www.worldwidefred.com/slipnomore.htm

And the "Jesus, look at the time" watch is hysterical.
http://www.worldwidefred.com/jesuslookatthetime.htm

Taking the "To Do Tattoo" in with the other creations, it is apparent it's not at all meant to be serious. It's a gag gift.

As for taking the To Do Tattoo for real...
Remember, this is washable ink...it washes off. So should the "tattoo". Don't sweat. Don't wipe your hands on your clothing. Don't even THINK about going to the bathroom and washing your hands, as you may lose the list.

It's meant as a gag gift, to maybe bring humor to a person who forgets the list. As already stated, you have to find the tattoo kit and the washable pen and then write out the list (not exceeding seven items). That's considerably more bother than finding a piece of paper and any kind of writing implement.

Take the To Do Tattoo to be as practical as their Kill Time activity book for board meetings:
http://www.worldwidefred.com/killtime.htm

K T G: Good point about keeping a list on the phone, I had not thought about that before.

There are bumper stickers that say "Get off the phone and drive", like here:
http://www.stickergiant.com/off-the-phone_y1870.html

And over the past couple years, it seems there is a new sticker required...or perhaps a back-printed t-shirt that states:
"Get off the phone and shop!"

Not only should people pull over (safely) to chat on the phone while on the road, but they should pull over to chat on the phone while shopping.

When there are several phone shoppers, it's like being in the middle of a bumper car ride. They're stopping and starting for no apparent reason, they aren't even looking at the products on the store shelves. Sometimes this includes gesticulating madly with the arms. And occasionally a fight on the phone, right there in the middle of the aisle, with swearing and loudness.

And with all the cell phones, and all the people, I have yet to see someone drop everything and race out because there was a real emergency that came in on their cell phone.

I DO think THESE are great, and I've posted about them before:
http://www.worldwidefred.com/here.htm

I've been writing on my hand for decades. Rarely do I get comments about it and it's a really easy and fool proof way not to forget anything. I've done the list thing on paper; works fine as long as you don't lose the list. Won't bother with a tatoo though.