At least the Fuller Brush Man never gave you hepatitis

You just know that any news story that starts out with the sentence

Some women in Springfield [Mo.] are regretting their decision last week to get a tattoo from a door-to-door tattoo salesman

is gonna have some ensuing hilarity. It does not disappoint. The enterprising gentleman, apparently fresh out of seed packets and Grit Magazine subscriptions was walking through the apartment complex with a tattoo gun looking for business. He found three bargain-minded women willing to "go under the needle". According to Linda Falls,

"It was wrapped with black tape, had a pin underneath it, had fishing wire going through it, you could tell it was a homemade gun."

No. Really?! The following day Falls passed out in a store; all of the women have been urged to be examined for HIV or hepatitis infection.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to get ready. Some dude I ran into last night at the bar is coming over to my house perform some Lasik surgery with some tweezers and a laser pointer.

(via Obscure Store & Reading Room)

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