Tattoos

[woofmarkthedog]

For or against ?

Chav stamps or body art ?

I mean I am truly fascinated as to what drives people to choose a piece of "art" usally when they're young & believe that in later life you are going to say " Look at this, yeah I still love it" all some 20 years and 2 or 3 wives/husbands later...I just can't see it. Also if you did make that mistake...Fess up, tell us your story,I nearly got my arse tattooed in San Francisco on my first honey moon & boy am I glad I didn't. She's gone and my bum is still as god intended.

For example;

I have just been to 'sco's in Kirkdale, smart young boy/man standing in the cue, viewed port side very respectable ( for the area) but starboard view has a large red english rose tattooed right up his neck to just under his ear. It was a beautifully crafted illustration, but on your neck, forever....Why ?

W**F

[????]

Personally, I've gone back to basics - all that celtic, rhunes, far eastern crap is crap. Acceptable tatoos=

Football team/firm

Ship you serve on

Regiment

Prison

The rest is 'edgy' bourgeois shit

[woofmarkthedog]

My top Rot Tatt's.

1. Chinese script of your name "Donkey sh1t for brains" up the arm

2. Images of your children on the back plus dates.

3. Silly faux Celtic bands on podgy arms,white shorts/ rebok classics / lynnx effect combo

4. Fat tarts + any tatt's + sovereign kingsize combo

I'm sure there are more , will come back to you.

W**F

[red devil]

More acceptable tattoos...

Love Hate on a clenched fist, if you want to pull a member of the opposite sex this can be substituted for Mum Dad

Swallow

Crucifix on the inside of your arm, preferably DIY with a Bic biro, so that you come within an inch of your life from dying of septicemia

[Tony.London Suburbs]

One simply abhors them.

They displease me.

[thexwinglessxbird]

Interesting topic. I've always liked to hear peoples opinions on this one...

I'm young & I've always thought of tattoos as being tacky. Many people my age get tattoos (It's becoming a thing to get for your 16th birthday :-S), "mum" or "dad" printed on some part of your body. - Unique.

That I'd definetly call a chav stamp......

After bashing the idea of getting tattoo'd, I now want to get one of my own.

[KalamityKel]

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v77/106/23/592285471/s592285471_739394_8889.jpg

I quite like mine :p

[LegalEagle-ish]

I've got three and at the age of 44 am thinking of getting another one. So definitely chav stamp. Love it!

[ratty]

I just have two tears from my right eye

[charliecharlie]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBDRCwR5KKo/SXfMov6A7oI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/o9wXhIa7VLM/s400/japanese+back+tattoo.jpeg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/428541263_27581defda.jpg

sometimes they are art, sometimes they are not... some are beautiful, some are not...

[Jeremy]

I knew someone with an anchor tat, with "The Sea" written beneath it.

[Marmora Man]

I personally wouldn't get a tattoo - tho' came close once on a drunken 21st run ashore in Singapore.

I have seen some brilliant tattoos on sailors - including the classic and very rare foxhunt - starting on the upper chest with horses, huntsmen and hounds going over one shoulder and down onto the back, which is tattooed as an English country scene with the fox disappearing into the only available cover - the bum crack.

[Keef]

I have 3, not sure I'd chose all of them again now, but I don't regret them, and would love another couple (but they're not cheap).

I do think some look really vile though.

[daizie]

hate to sound like a snob, but they are tacky, esp on women , sorry . Never seen one and thought 'thats nice'. They are better on a man.

I dont know what drives people to do it, apart from trying to look more interesting, there must be some psycology on it somewhere. Look at the Beckhams, whats that all about ?, what and who they trying to convince .

[Brendan]

They can be beautiful but are all too common place and popular these days which puts me off slightly.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Here you go Daizie

tattoos

[Keef]

I guess for me, it was the same thing that got me smoking Marlboro Reds, drinking JD, and playing guitar. I thought it was ROCK! :-S

[woofmarkthedog]

Now this has become more complex than I expected, not so much good vs. bad taste . Tattoo's do seem to be more revealing , a kind of mirror to our soul, for some a little hidden part of our person we choose to flash or expose when the moment is right !

"See i'm not quite what you thought"

...and I'm liking that.

W**F

Note*

If I'm seeing "Millwall" tattooed on your inside bottom lip, I'm fairly sure I know what your like already, thank you very much !

[Strawbs]

Ive got one on my stomach and I absolutely love it.. Unless Im on summer holiday only I see it and I dont regret it a bit..

Some a chav stamps and you can see those people coming a mile off but others can be nice.. Totally personal preference - I would love to get a new one purely because of how it felt getting it done but I dont necessarily want another one on my body so I probably wont..

[Jeremy]

Beckham's sleeve tattoo isn't really to my taste - but he's a grown man and he knows what he's doing. And he's in a position to do pretty much what he wants, without any repercussions.

But I used to know kids, 18 years old or so, with both sleeves done, huge flesh tunnels in each ear, etc. I always thought it was tragic that these kids are doing things with their bodies which are going to severely limit their options later in life.

[bignumber5]

None here. I've always assumed that the point of a tattoo was to have a unique mark, so the pick-one-from-the-parlour-book approach sort of defeats that, to my mind. Also, i change my opinion about whether or not i like a jacket every other month after i buy a new one - a permanent mark seems foolish for someone so changeable!

[Jeremy]

I also know a girl who had "PRINCESS" tatooed across her back when she was 17.

[bignumber5]

Beatrice or Zara?

[louisiana]

Call me old fashioned.

For me, there are no acceptable tattoos.

The body is beautiful. Why ruin what nature gave you?

[KalamityKel]

I'm with strawbs. Mine is in a place I'm not likely to share others on a regular occassion. It is something personal to me.

I remember, after advising my parents I would be getting one, my parents thought I was going to go with a typically girlie design like a dolphine and have it worn on me arm. Boy were they surprised when I can out of the room.

I must stress it was not a rebelious teen thing. My parents agreed and my dad even came with me with the search to find a clean, recommended and sensible place.