then we lay to deciding where the tattoo is to be and davy says , `` on the back of the hand , of course , '' but jaimy says that he is going to be an officer and officers are n't allowed to have tattoos , not ones that show , anyway , but davy says that jaimy can have his wherever he wants it-on his nose for all he cares-but he 's going to have his on the back of his hand , by god , by neptune , and by all the heathen gods , so there .