Anyone ?
knew an American that had his arm branded ...
must be nuts -
http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&...0.0.Vk-rWU5v88I

Ha ha, I must be getting old as thought this was about preparing for laying a lawn.

some lad I knew had a smiley face design branded into his arm with a red hot coathanger wire - said the smell of buring flesh was unbearable - it looked f'ckin shit too