Ugly Is Skin Deep Too

There are times when you see something on the news or read a story on your AOL start-up page and you think to yourself:

Goodness Gracious!
Somewhere on this planet there is a village missing their idiot.

Not missing as in heartache for the noticeable absence of someone. I'm talking missing as in gone AWOL & the remaining village population is doing the happy dance.

I only bring this up because recently the news (& I use that term in the loosest sense possible) brought me the story of a Belgian teen was was suing her tattoo artist (again, loosest possible context) for vandalizing her face.

Yes, this sweet, young thang supposedly requested three tastefully done star tattoos on her face (yes, I can recognize an oxymoron when I see one). Her originial claim was that she passed out drunk went to sleep while the artwork was being done and when woke up looking like this:

Now she is the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging that it's not her fault that she "can't go out in public becasue she looks like a freak". As of late, she does admit to being awake for the procedure, but remains displeased with the results. There must have been some confusion with the translation between French/English/Flemish, and she would like 10,000 Euros to ease the pain & pay for plastic surgery to remove a star.

Or 53.

The defendant, who thankfully doesn't look like a freak when he appears in public, pleads not guilty & states that Twinkle Face knew exactly what she was getting, was excited about it & initially thrilled with the results. He has agreed to pay for half of Twinkle's plastic surgery bill & is quite happy by all the publicity he's received.

And, then there are those times when you think to yourself,

Wow. There are two villages missing their idiots.