Can you stomach this ink?
A man has “no regrets” about this obscene tattoo stretching down his midriff, which depicts a naked woman with her legs spread wide open.
It only took four hours and less than $70 for Richard Hart, 60, to get his hand-drawn design inked for his 40th birthday in South Wales — and says most people aren’t fazed by the bizarre design.
“If I had a pound for everyone who has asked to have a photo with it I’d be a very rich man,” he told Southwest News Service.
Hart revealed that his obscene tattoo nearly got him arrested on vacation in 2003. Richard Hart / SWNS
He says his partner has no issue with the unique ink. Richard Hart / SWNS
However, law enforcement aren’t always as amused by the X-rated tatt.
When Hart visited Spain, cops even threatened to arrest him if he didn’t cover the ink up with a shirt.
“I was in Benidorm and it was boiling hot, I took my top off and two police came and told me to cover up or they would handcuff me,” Hart, a retired bar owner, recalled.
“We got into a bit of an argument — I had to wear a t-shirt for the rest of the holiday.”
“I do have to cover it up in front of the grandchildren though,” he said. Richard Hart / SWNS
While on vacation, Hart was forced to cover up the ink by police. Richard Hart / SWNS
He got the tattoo for his 40th birthday. Richard Hart / SWNSHart was initially inspired by his tattoo artist’s brother, who had “a naked lady tattooed on him,” and thought he “could go one further.”
“Obviously it is a bit obscene, but it never bothers me,” he said of the ink, which he’s now had plastered on his tummy for two decades.
Hart’s partner, 66-year-old Kay Ritchie, isn’t bothered by the obscene ink, and Hart says both his daughter Melissa, 38, and his son Alex, 35, are “fine” with it.
However, he admitted: “I do have to cover it up in front of the grandchildren though.”
