<p>I’ve always wanted to get a tattoo, but I’ve only just come up with the perfect idea. I want a skull and bones but “engineerified”. I want to use the same concept as this tattoo [My</a> tattoo (with a twist) Inspiration: Anthony Bourdain - tribe.net](<a href=“http://anthonybourdainfans.tribe.net/photos/8890bcd4-be8e-49f5-9b6b-c111cc0b66e7]My”>http://anthonybourdainfans.tribe.net/photos/8890bcd4-be8e-49f5-9b6b-c111cc0b66e7) but with in an engineering version. However, I don’t know what to use in place of the bones or for the hat. What engineering tools do you think would go well in those places?</p>
<p>I would do a sharpened pencil and a slide rule for the bones. Old school, but still cool.</p>
<p>Hard hat for the hat possibly?</p>
<p>A T-square maybe?</p>
<p>Slap some glasses on, yes?</p>
<p>How bout a little light bulb above his head like hes coming up with an Idea? then for the bones do something like a pencil and telescope?</p>
<p>what about a compass (tool for drawing circles)</p>
<p>Metric rulers? You could put an old fashioned train engineer hat on the skull.</p>
<p>What kind of engineering are you interested in? If you are thinking electrical or chemical or nuclear we might come up with something else.</p>
<p>I’d go with a hard hat, and for the crossbones, threaded bolts with nuts on the end.</p>
<p>But I think that the question that really begs to be asked is: have you already gone through an undergraduate engineering program, or are you <em>about</em> to go through an undergraduate engineering program? Because this would suck if you fell on your face and ended up being a sociology major. I’d say sit on the design for at least a year, and then if you still want it, go for it. You might also decide that engineer-themed ink is a little too… um… nerdful for your future tail-chasing endeavors…</p>
<p>Alternately, you could watch the sleep deprivation episode of Clone High before you commit to this.</p>