Yeah, bogey as in 'the bit that the nervous system has hysterics when a needle is waved near it'. *Sigh* The annoying thing is that you can grit your way through the pain, but the body does its own thing - and if it's too painful (in my experience) it just stops co-operating and won't hold the ink. I have no idea how that works but if someone were to give me a big enough grant I'd love to study it...

And I'm intrigued - tell me more! (Never been across europe by rail.)