Dear Margot and Greta:

I really appreciate your feedback about my great idea: The Elbow Patch Tattoo™. Yet I can't help but feel one-upped by your concept of the Dickie Tat. 

Yes, dickies are awesome. That is why we all have them. But they don't work in this application because they are a seasonal item. And though a Dickie Tat would beautifully offset the pearls your grandmother gave you, it would also make you look kind of zany in your tube tops. 

Plus, this kind of tattoo has already been done, so that's not cool. 

Girls, this is Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. That black part on his uniform top is actually a Dickie Tat. And, as beautiful as this actor is, it was hard for him to land other roles after appearing week after week in a Dickie Tat on Star Trek.

Here's the actor again later in life, still in the cast of Star Trek. But, as is usually the case, styles have changed and he's having to cover up his Dickie Tat with an actual dickie, making it even harder for him to find a job.

So sorry, there's no way I'm green-lighting this.

Love, 
Connie