Writes June in Georgia: “I like tattoos. A lot. I have several, and my grandparents got to see a *few* of them for the first time during my trip to visit them in California over Labor Day weekend. Let’s just say they were…less than thrilled.” Still, that that didn’t stop Grandma and Grandpa from slipping little Junie an envelope with a bit of cash for the trip home. “I can’t imagine what they are trying to tell me!” says June.
Meanwhile, Annika in Inuvik, Canada got this bill as part of her change from a cabbie. (She passed it on later that day when she bought lunch — handing it to the cashier note-side-down.)
related: Grandma writes a thank-you note to herself
39 responses so far ↓
#1
Beatus Mongous
What they don’t know will never hurt them.
Jul 30, 2013 at 5:27 pm rating: 7
#2
Roto13
Get someone to write “Thanks, Grandma” in a sharpie on your back. Take a picture. Send it to Grandma.
Jul 30, 2013 at 5:35 pm rating: 77
#3
marpolejoel
& yes, us Canadians are somewhat clever….
Jul 30, 2013 at 5:47 pm rating: 0
#4
Ajax
Finally–a good reason for giving store gift cards!
Jul 30, 2013 at 6:23 pm rating: 1
#5
Scotty
Well, at least Granny was hip enough to call it “ink”.
Jul 30, 2013 at 8:02 pm rating: 48
#6
Drug Abuse
As a former drug dealer with scruples, I would never accept payment with a bill that was clearly marked “not for drugs”. A man’s got to have standards, even if he’s a low-life coke-slinger.
Jul 30, 2013 at 10:10 pm rating: 36
#7
CG
If they traded the money with each other, June could get a new tattoo and Annika could get drugs. There, problem solved.
Jul 31, 2013 at 6:48 am rating: 26
#8
Tesselara
Gram is still funding ink, if you think about it.
Jul 31, 2013 at 8:16 am rating: 5
#9
Lil'
With a few strokes of a pen, June could make that note say, “Do Not Forget Ink!”
Jul 31, 2013 at 8:27 am rating: 11
#10
Raichu
*shrug* if she’d like to give a gift that isn’t a tattoo, I don’t see anything wrong with that. (Though I think it’s better form to actually buy people gifts if you’re going to do it that way and if there are things you do not want them to have.)
I do find it kind of annoying, though, when older people are all “zomg DISAPPROVE” of choices like tattoos. It’s not like it’s on their own bodies.
Jul 31, 2013 at 9:57 am rating: 4
#11
redheadwglasses
NOt regarding this PA note but about others: Article in my paper today on a guy who trespassed into a college office in Colorado and is caught on camera raiding the fridge/freezer to steal lunches. Sort of creates a whole new aspect of PAN, perhaps.
Jul 31, 2013 at 10:11 am rating: 3
#12
redheadwglasses
But… how cute is that that they gave her some cash for her trip home? Hope it’s more than the $2 bill I usually got from my grandma!
Jul 31, 2013 at 11:41 am rating: 5
#13
Punter
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You mean Arctic inflation doesn’t apply to dime bags? Hell, I’d buy drugs up there if they cost less than a tomato.
Jul 31, 2013 at 12:40 pm rating: 3
#14
wonkette
Is the “not for drugs” note both addressed to CML and signed by CML, and therefore a “note to self”? Does a “note to self” still count as PA?
Or does CML mean something else?
Jul 31, 2013 at 12:45 pm rating: 11
#15
Suzanne Lucas
If I were Grandma, I’d ask for evidence of what she used the dollars for. Because I’m bitchy like that.
Aug 1, 2013 at 12:53 pm rating: 2
#16
Rainlight
The first one reminds me about when my mom got her first tattoo (at the young age of 40, I might add). She used the birthday money ($40) that my nana sent her “to buy something nice for herself”. I think Nana meant something like a sweater.
After that, Nana never sent that much birthday money again.
Since then, both parents, my sister, and I all have at least one tattoo.
Aug 1, 2013 at 2:06 pm rating: 3
#17
Rainlight
I can say that none of us were drunk at the time of our tattoos. In fact none of the tattoo shops I’ve been in will tattoo someone who is drunk. And for all of my tattoos, I had to book an appointment weeks in advance.
When ever anyone asks me for advice about getting one I always suggest deciding on what you want to have and being certain of it. I’ve heard getting rid of a mistake tattoo hurts worse then getting it in the first place. Drunken tattoo getting just seems like asking for trouble.
Aug 1, 2013 at 3:03 pm rating: 2
#18
toots
Labor Day is in September.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:28 pm rating: 0
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