Originally Posted by Wolf
Dude, think Hitler beat you to it by like 60 years.
Totally rate and love tatoos, have skin art myself
Totally rate and love tatoos, no skin art myself though
Tatoos are sexy on guys
Real men don't have tatoos
Tatoos are sexy on girls
Nice girls don't have tatoos
Only skanks and thugs have tattoos!
Don't care about tatoos either way!
Originally Posted by Wolf
Dude, think Hitler beat you to it by like 60 years.
Yes - well done ones for sure.Originally Posted by heavenly.talker
They can be sexy & cool & even dumb.
Not necessarily I got inked long before I began riding.
My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
I loved it when I was in a group at tech "workplace ethics" and it was about stereotyping. I was the clean cut guy out of the lot and tattoos came up, one of the girls (late 30's) said something to the effect of "they're for prisoners and criminals", I just about cried I was laughing so hard.
The pain is subjective, mine was sweet FA, but then I've also had my tongue pierced 3 times, two in the soft ear, one in the cartilage and a PA. took the piercings all out as it was a boredom thing for me, but want to keep on going with the tatt.
Get a micrometer tattooed on there!!Originally Posted by Weasel
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
Originally Posted by FzerozeroT
This is what I have told many mothers who are worrying about their little Johnnie's and Jenny's piercing over the years. Piercings can be taken out and grow over when they are finished with them. Be grateful it's not a tatoo!
Saying that though...it's not the end of the world :-) ...
Someone on this site posted a thought the other day that has stayed with me and made me really laugh.
It read something like ..."just imagine in 40-50 years there are going to be all these little old nanas running around with ink on their wrinkleys."
I've finished okay...there are no last words of wisdom...it's time to pull your pants up and go home!![]()
You know a few little Johnnies?Originally Posted by heavenly.talker
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
I believe in freedom to choose for ones self. I like the idea of tattoos but don't want ID marks on myself. Don't know why. Managed to resist the so called drunken urge for tats even while at sea but I don't mind seeing others with them, it's their choice. Really fancy cheeky little ones on females, must be a bit kinky like that.
I don't see it as anyone Else's business what you do to yourself. Cheers John.
Dude, I was gonna get a meter stick done but I just havn't got all day.Originally Posted by Colapop
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Just get an arrow pointing up on your ankle, then you could just repeat it every few cm's for the rest of your leg!Originally Posted by Weasel
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
Yeah. When I got mine I just looked around the room, checked out all the photos of tats on the walls and on the ceiling. Hardly noticed the pain (until he got close to the nipple, OWW!!)
I wrestled with that one, myself. I didn't like the idea of "distinguishing marks" but when it boiled down to it, the only time when I was asked for any "distinguishing marks" was on my passport application (long before I got a tat) and I put down "scar between finger and thumb, left hand". I already have enough things to make me readily identifiable and I've never been in a position where it would be an issue (like being wanted by the police or even "known to" them) and nor do I expect to. A significant portion of Hamilton knows me on sight, anyway, thanks to 20 years working in the Tertiary Education sector and my involvement with various clubs, so if I were being hunted by anyone, a tat would be the least of my worries (a chick I went to school with recognised me years later, despite me being considerably older and sporting a full beard and long hair - by how I walk, FFS).Originally Posted by oldrider
In the end I decided, "stuff it, I don't have to declare anywhere official that I have a tat, I can position it so it is obscured by short sleeves and I'm not likely to be in a position where my tat is recorded as a "distinguishing mark" by someone other than myself, so: what the Hell."
I know business men whose tats are visibly emerging from the cuffs of long sleeves, the aforementioned radiologist who wears blouses that do not come close to covering her tattoos, Maori men with full facial moku - my little tat that is only visible when I strip my shirt off is small change by comparison.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
On all fours?Originally Posted by Wolf
By all means get a tattoo if it's what you want but... Like anything, some people wear them well, and some people don't.. It's not really going to make you a cooler biker type person (IMHO) anymore than buying a HD tee shirt and some Johnnie Rebs is because it's just a thing on the skin... It's whats in the soul that counts.
For what it's worth.. If you had to ask other peoples opinions, don't do it but I'm a well know old grump bum born in an earlier century.....![]()
Cheers
Originally Posted by Colapop
Sure do...there is always one or two in every class!![]()
I've finished okay...there are no last words of wisdom...it's time to pull your pants up and go home!![]()
Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
Good advice PaulThe wrapping is never a good indication of the quality within!
I wasn't asking people's advice for me though...I got inked many many years ago.
I still love my design and it's still meaningful to me :-)
Re: the poll...I am a very curious person and like chewing the fat about lots of different things and over what people think and feel. This is especially true about things where there have been major societal shifts on over a relatively short space of time (say a couple of generations or less).
Cheers
K:spudbn:
I've finished okay...there are no last words of wisdom...it's time to pull your pants up and go home!![]()
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