Tattoos

[daizie]

maybe it was being rough and ready and being able to give a good seeing to .. oh my :))

[charliecharlie]

I kind of love the ides of the temporary tattoo sleeve... the chance to have a different tattoo any time on a whim

http://www.giftsupplying.com/product/pic/tattoosleeve.jpg

but... then again is that a bit like making graffiti legal... sort of takes the meaning out of it

ie

tattoos = permanent

graffiti = done under cover of darkness to avoid arrest

[LegalEagle-ish]

I like tattoos, even Amy Winehouse's tattoos and I think most people who have tattoos don't really give a crap about the opinions of people who don't like them. I hate mediocre 'Gap' type clothes, but thousands of people think it's ok to walk about looking bland and boring. I wouldn't think it was my place to turn my nose up at them and criticise them for their clothes and lifestyle choices, but anti-tat people think it's acceptable to not just criticise people with tattoos, but do it in a pretty sneering way.

I'm just glad i'm me, tattos, piercings and all; and not you judgemental tat-haters.

[monica]

citizenED Wrote:

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> I love the way that some have justified getting

> tattoos by claiming that they have personal

> meaning. Wouldn't the same image in a book or in a

> picture on the wall would have the same meaning? I

> really like some tattoos, but pretty much detest

> others. Often it correlates with the atractiveness

> of the person thus tattooed.

Sorry to say CitizenEd that is just a load of nonsense, I know why I have tattoos and I dont have to justify myself to anyone. To say "Wouldnt the same image in a book have the same meaning" No its does not. I have just finished 2 hours of MSc critique and every so often I look at the rosary on my foot when I am feeling low and tired and it empowers me. So unless you understand and feel how I feel about my tattoos, then please do not compare it to looking at a book.

[SteveT]

I have always felt that a tattoo brand's you, and while at the moment they seem to have become popular with various celebs they always hint at low life behaviour like having a bruiser dog instead of a pooch which is acceptable.

My sister worked in a hospital for years and the major part of her time was spent organising the removal of tattoo's where people had been revolted by there own stupidity at their "body art". Even when they are removed you can see where they were, as the skin is not the same after the op.

Guys with lots of tattoo's often suggests time in prison. I had never seen a woman with a tattoo until fairly recently, as it was generally considered to be for macho bad boys.

Nope, I think they are best left to someone else, but they are certainly not for me, not even for free.

[Moos]

I agree with LegalEagle, though I myself am more of the bland variety.

It does have to be said though that the sneering does seem actively to take place in both directions - too many people find validation for their own preferences in ridiculing those of others.

[SteveT]

I think it's also to do with which era you have been brought up in, women and decent men did not have tattoos, the men that did spent their days in the snooker halls and bars rather than working.

[woofmarkthedog]

daizie Wrote:

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> maybe it was being rough and ready and being able

> to give a good seeing to .. oh my :))

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Maybee he had one on his "appendage" for ladies eyes only.......

W**F

[daizie]

Now that is just wrong. If i met a guy who had his willy tatoo'd, that would put me off. That is up there with not washing hands after a poo.

[bigbadwolf]

I've got a Chinese imperial dragon on my upper right arm when I was 17 I'm being deadly serious when I say I got it because I was bored and there was nothing else to do. So about an hour later I was sitting in the Tattooists chair and half way through the twin towers were attacked. No, I'll never forget that day.

Absolutely no spiritual reason or any other besides that for it being there. I've never regretted it either.

However,

I don't sympathise one bit when you get these idiots who have their entire arms or half their face done and moan when they're turned down at a job interview.

Not into piercings one bit or those tunnel earings.

[capt_birdseye]

http://art-tattoo-designs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cat-tattoo.jpg

Not safe for work!

One for the geeks:

http://www.guzer.com/pictures/html_tat.jpg

[dulwichmum]

OHMYGOD!!!

VILE, VILE, VILE - (stomps foot).

Tattoos are not for everyone, they are very Trailor Trash/Jeremy Kyle Show in my opinion.

I can see what some people are saying about having a childs name as a tattoo - but there are so many other things that can be done - that are not so permanent.

Check out these fabulous trinkets from Chambers and Beau.

http://chambersandbeau.com/writeable/uploads/images/resized/269w_14044_pendant-test2-web.jpg

They personalise these super necklaces with your poppets' names and your husband's name - divine!

[daizie]

dulwichmum Wrote:

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> OHMYGOD!!!

>

> VILE, VILE, VILE - (stomps foot).

>

> Tattoos are not for everyone, they are very

> Trailor Trash/Jeremy Kyle Show in my opinion.

>

> I can see what some people are saying about having

> a childs name as a tattoo - but there are so many

> other things that can be done - that are not so

> permanent.

Like Dr Barnados, LOL

[monica]

Jeez DM thank god I dont give a toss about anybodys opinions otherwise I would be a wreck by now if I did.

[LegalEagle-ish]

That cat tattoo is horrible, the belly button looks hideous!

[woofmarkthedog]

My youngest calls them "Cattoo's", which fits nicely here!

W**F