The Second Mate said, “Because you’re a fisherman, that’s why.” “So they can identify your body,” the Pilot said. The quiet Machinist said, “So that whenever you think of her, there she is.” “Oh, that sounds noble,” the First Mate said. “But it’s to give the wives peace of mind. They think no other woman will sleep with a man who has such a tattoo, but there are ways of course, there are girls.” “There is only one reason,” the Captain said. “It’s because it places her in your heart forever.”
