poke

Last spring my nephew accidentally poked himself in the forehead with a pen. He got a little purple bruise there. He has been wearing his hair longer for the past year, so no one was really thinking about it. Until this week when my nephew got his summer hair cut. And that little purple bruise was still there a whole year later. Nephew just happened to have his yearly check up scheduled this week so lil sis mentioned the ever lasting bruise to the doctor. The doc asked nephew exactly how he got the bruise and announced with doctor like authority "It's not a bruise. It's a tattoo!" It seems that when my nephew poked himself in the forehead with his pen he gave himself a little dot purple tattoo. At first, upon hearing the doctor's declaration nephew's eyes opened wide in horror and then a slow smile spread across his face as it sunk in. My nine year old nephew has a prison tattoo. Lil sis quickly informed him that he should enjoy it since it would be his one and only.

I'm trying to conjure up some sort of bad taste father/son joke here, but since I just end up crying when I think about my poor brother in law in prison, it's not coming to me.

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[Laura]

How big is this dot of ink that looks like a bruise? The "dot" must be pretty small if it was made with the point of the pen.

I actually have one of those on the inside of my right shin. A pencil was sticking through my bookbag and I stabbed myself with it accidentally when I was in junior high. You can still see the little lead dot. But only if you're looking for it.