~Tattoos~do you have any?~

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:43 pm

i thought this should go in the needlecraft forum.

do you have a tattoo? what is it and more importantly, WHERE is it? here is mine exactly, it's on my right bicep............(i also have a shark and a dolphin.)

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:08 pm

OK OK......My first husband had a tattoo on his butt, (a set of lips). My current hubby has a knife/skull tatto on his shoulder(from his young-soldier days).

I don't have any tattoos on me, but I do have a scar on my chin from when I lived in Chicago.......................................I fell in school and my chin hit the teachers desk. Fourteen stitches.

FYI--Did not know about these tattoos until after I got to know the guys. OK?

Der Wulf · Post by **Der Wulf** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:33 pm

Sorry, my lovely hide is for kissin, not stabbin with needles

:yh_sick

A Karenina · Post by **A Karenina** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:42 pm

No kidding, DW! LOL

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:12 pm

LOL :yh_chickn :yh_chickn :yh_chickn ....well both of you have all that fur ...actually i used to think only trashy people got tattoos, but that perception has changed over the years. of course it's not for everyone...i waited until i was in my 30's and then made sure i didn't put them anywhere that would sag

A Karenina · Post by **A Karenina** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:25 pm

OMG!!! Is there a part that doesn't sag eventually? Tell me where it is so I can pamper it now! :wah:

I agree that the perception of tattoos has changed. There are accountants who have them, and we're usually a conservative group. I think that's good for those who want them.

I'm just a wimp...no needles and dye in my skin, thankyouverymuch. I'd rather...ummm...mend my socks! :p

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:35 pm

cops love them, and most i know have them, the big thing is barbed wire around the upper arm, and that's the women! it peeks out under our short-sleeved uniform. and i guess it is an implied threat.i don't care for the barbed wire, it is decidedly unfeminine to me. don't mind it on the guys. but to each their own. i do not expect shoulders and upper thigh and biceps to sag BTW!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:23 pm

Gonna hafta (shockerooni) disagree with LC... I don't have any tattoos

and wouldn't have any, I've never seen any that are good enough, I guess,

but they always just sort of look dirty to me...

Plus, with my long (33 years now!) history of being a blood donor, I'd

hate to take a chance and jeopardize that in any way... even for the

few months deferral they cause, if nothing else!

:yh_flower

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:40 pm

you know VAL, that is a legitimate concern. needles and disease. hepatitis C especially. the parlors are closely inspected by health depts. but it is a worthy argument. as to the asthetic value, i find there are some very talented artists. prison and home-made tattoos are instantly recognizable and tacky and ugly. i can spot them a mile away, and we have a class in academy about gang tattoos, our "book" of gang tattoos is huge. and a whole other subject.

Post by **kensloft** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:31 am

All my friends were getting them and I never did. When I started to hang out with the punk culture a lot of them were getting tatooed. I didn't. Just about the only other guy in the culture that I knew that didn't have any was the leader of the culture in the city and province. He is not a leader per se but is respected for his opinions on many matters. Being the songwriter of the premier hardcore band in Toronto gave him a lot of say in where the culture moved to.

It was when we decided to turf the coke dealers out of the area that we realized that we are all on the same side, just have different ways of expressing ourselves.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:47 pm

pixiepet wrote: Tattoos are fine..... when you're in your prime...... sadly when people are in their seventies and beyond..... ooh, not a good look......

I for one love a decent tattoo

I own a pair of custom dragonflies on my lower mid back I wear them proudly as they signify the passing of the last of my irrational fears. (huge life accomplishments)

I have in the design studio (my sweet artist gal) a pair of foot prints that I will get on my abdomen signifying my daughters.

And my last a cartouche with 3 worthy symbols for my calf.

The bf sports a gorgeous custom dragon on his upper thigh and he is a total office guy and very few folks know he has this.

I love tasteful tattoos.

busybee · Post by **busybee** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:56 pm

One of my spur of the moment hangover episodes resulted in my having this quite large tribal design on the bottom of my back, it's meant to resemble a bull (my starsign - taurus). I forget it's there most of the time, but if i'm wearing a cropped top, which isn't often considering the typical scottish weather, it does attract some attention. It's very unusual. And yes it did hurt.....lots!

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:46 am

minks wrote: I for one love a decent tattoo

I own a pair of custom dragonflies on my lower mid back I wear them proudly as they signify the passing of the last of my irrational fears. (huge life accomplishments)

I have in the design studio (my sweet artist gal) a pair of foot prints that I will get on my abdomen signifying my daughters.

And my last a cartouche with 3 worthy symbols for my calf.

The bf sports a gorgeous custom dragon on his upper thigh and he is a total office guy and very few folks know he has this.

I love tasteful tattoos.
And baby, this one is gonna be cool! Almost done with your selection!

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:35 pm

Raven wrote: And baby, this one is gonna be cool! Almost done with your selection!

That is Fabo girl, I am anxious to see it.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:02 pm

the biggest mistake i see is people getting tattoos of other peoples names...i knew a young lady who got kevin done in the small of her back and i knew she was going to regret it. well she sure did, and now she's stuck with it in 5" letters! she'd have to put an elephant over it to cover it.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:59 am

lady cop wrote: the biggest mistake i see is people getting tattoos of other peoples names...i knew a young lady who got kevin done in the small of her back and i knew she was going to regret it. well she sure did, and now she's stuck with it in 5" letters! she'd have to put an elephant over it to cover it.
:yh_rotfl Thats one 'jumbo' of a mental picture!

minks · Post by **minks** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:59 am

Raven wrote: :yh_rotfl Thats one 'jumbo' of a mental picture!

makes you wonder about ones thought process in going ahead with that kind of silly commitment doesn't it.

I can't say it enough to people who talk to me about tattoos to put at least 1 year of thought into it before you commit. I worked with a 21 year old girl who wanted to put some kind of silly motto on her lower back that showed her devotion to her best friend and her best friend was going to do the same and I thought it silly as you never can be guaranteed you will remain best friends for life. She didn't listen to me, so when she went to the tattoo artist he said NO I won't do that, your young and things could change, go home and think it over and get real. He amazed me.

You gotta labor over it and put something on that is dear to your heart, and that will stick with you for life with a purpose. That is why I am going for my little foot prints, I will always be a mother to my precious daughters.

BTW folks Raven is designing this Tattoo for me. Sorry hun I had to boast, I can't wait to see the work

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:37 am

I just need to get the film developed. Coming right up!

smithy87 · Post by **smithy87** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:45 am

I have three tattoos. I have a red devil on my right shoulder blade, which was done during my rebellious stage at the age of 17. I have Taz on the side of my right thigh/buttock and I have a design on my lower back. My only regret is the devil, but I love my other two. I understand people may judge me when they see them, but that's ok coz I have probably done that in the past too! :p

KnightDeBrian · Post by **KnightDeBrian** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:23 pm

I have 11 tatoos. On my back theres a Grim reaper fighting a Leprechuan and my family crest and sheild.

On my right shoulder i have my Astrology sighn, Sagitarious and another Grim Reaper in a persuing pose.

On my right inner fore arm I have het again another Grim Reaper in a standing pose.

On my left shoulder I have a four leaf clover that says luck across it with a ribbon

and a leprechuean thats holding a staff. Also Ireland outline of the country with a ribbon that says Knight De Brian across it.

And last but not least I have a Celtic endless knot four-leaf clover on my stomach.

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:14 pm

i have one, of a sort.

when i was about three years old, i decided to let the kitty out. i was holding a pencil in one hand, and it took both hands to turn the knob. somehow i managed to jab myself with that pencil HARD in the fat little area right beneath my left pinky ring.

that was 42 years ago. little grey spot is still there. using something sharp to push something with color under the skin is a tattoo, so i is has me a tattoo!

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:34 pm

anastrophe wrote: i have one, of a sort.

when i was about three years old, i decided to let the kitty out. i was holding a pencil in one hand, and it took both hands to turn the knob. somehow i managed to jab myself with that pencil HARD in the fat little area right beneath my left pinky ring.

that was 42 years ago. little grey spot is still there. using something sharp to push something with color under the skin is a tattoo, so i is has me a tattoo!

Yep you are tattoood' too

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:35 pm

u knoe just as I posted that reply I had to laugh, I get it why our tattoo site is in "needle" crafts

Gawd I am slow.

~~Caution, stepping into my mind may cause you to loose your way~~

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:44 pm

I never was into Tattoos. All my mates had got some done on their arms and legs. Eire Free, IRA 4 Ever, Fcuk the Brits back in the 1970s/80s. It just was not my thing.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:46 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Fcuk the Brits you mean you don't want a union jack on your arm like mine?

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capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:54 pm

Try the St Patrick's Standard, that's my flag

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Bullet · Post by **Bullet** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:27 pm

I've got four, and plenty of room for more.

I have a flying dragon in a fighting stance on my right side just below my shoulder. It was my first and is about 12" long by about 6" wide. I got it when I broke free from my first marriage and a very controlling religion. I was 27.

My second is a keltic design, of a 2 headed stone dragon face to face with itself with the sun behind it. That's when I came face to face with who I really was. It's wrapped around my right arm above the bicep but below the shoulder. I was 29 or 30.

My 3rd was done on 9-10-2001. I had put my second wife's name on a banner wrapped around a heart with horns on my left chest. The next day the world trade center was destroyed. Yup, it's my fault. Marriage is over and now the banner is a snake. DO NOT PUT NAMES ON YOUR SKIN!!!

My 4th is another dragon, holding a crystal ball and lookin really pissed off, like he seen the future and did not like it. It is on my left arm wrapped around the bicep. I had forseen my grandmothers death by a year and a half and was off by one day, I forsaw my aunt with some encounter with death and the week I predicted it she had 8 strokes, but she is still alive today. I got the tattoo when I forsaw my own demise. I'll keep the date to myself. But I got the tat last year.

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:50 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: I never was into Tattoos. All my mates had got some done on their arms and legs. Eire Free, IRA 4 Ever, Fcuk the Brits back in the 1970s/80s. It just was not my thing.

Or kermit the frog chirping out "it's keen to be green"

Sorry cap'n I could not resist that one. :yh_giggle

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:53 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: I don't have any Tattoos.. I am scared of needles! That & I don't want to be 90 years old with a droopy tattoo! lol
That is why you have them stratigically placed huh heh heh

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:58 pm

I have a turtle on his back with the peace sign..then a dolphin - my sister has a mirrored image of it on her thigh also...I also have a breast cancer ribbon on my breast that was removed in 2001...Thats my favorite...I actually wanted it on my shiny head when I was going through chemo but the guy wouldn't do it --LOL I actually don't think they are "per say DIRTY" mine are very pretty and I am very proud of them....shhhhhhhhhh ok a little proud..my mother-n-law has never seen um!

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:34 pm

mominiowa wrote: I have a turtle on his back with the peace sign..then a dolphin - my sister has a mirrored image of it on her thigh also...I also have a breast cancer ribbon on my breast that was removed in 2001...Thats my favorite...I actually wanted it on my shiny head when I was going through chemo but the guy wouldn't do it --LOL I actually don't think they are "per say DIRTY" mine are very pretty and I am very proud of them....shhhhhhhhhh ok a little proud..my mother-n-law has never seen um!

you go girl. Sorry about your loss to cancer. My mother is a recent survivor of breast cancer sadly though is living on alert now for the rest of her life but like yourself she still has her life. Horrah for all cancer survivors praise to you all.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:02 am

well i almost had a tattoo 5 years ago of a iguana on my bum, thankfully i dident go through with it, i cant imagine anything more awful now

funny how we change, my daughter has a tattoo on her shoulder she wishes she'd never had done, i dont actually know anyone who is proud of a tattoo they have that is over 10 years old, a friend of mine once admitted to decieving people that he dident regret having his tattoo's,further to that he wouldent advise anyone against not having one, i guess for some people its just to difficult to admit they made a mistake, some kind of male pride thing, apparently its seen as being some (coming of age thing) or (rebellion) being tattoo'd, who are you rebelling against? bizzarre concept to me but each to there own, just my two cents worth, not intended to upset anyone, just my thoughts on tattoo's

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:24 am

Buttercup...

I have a tattoo that is almost 15 years old and I am still very proud of it!

Just my opinion~ Have a good day!

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:21 pm

i totally respect your opinion & think its great that you have a tattoo that you still love, my only concern is for the ones who have a tattoo too young & regret it later as (well what can you do about it) im sure you agree that often it is the case young people are mislead into thinking its a great thing to do only to find out later its not so great, that was the point i was making, unfortunatelly tattoos will always be a contriversial subject, but hey it would be a real boring world if we all agreed

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:58 pm

buttercup wrote: i totally respect your opinion & think its great that you have a tattoo that you still love, my only concern is for the ones who have a tattoo too young & regret it later as (well what can you do about it) im sure you agree that often it is the case young people are mislead into thinking its a great thing to do only to find out later its not so great, that was the point i was making, unfortunatelly tattoos will always be a contriversial subject, but hey it would be a real boring world if we all agreed

hehehe I just barely got number 2 healed and have number 3 in my head ahahahaha stop me now

Majenta · Post by **Majenta** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:09 pm

I have two tattoos that I love, one of a celtic knot on my lower back, and one of a little dragon on my right hip. I designed them both and although I realise one day whenI'm old they'll look nasty, I still don't think I'll regret them because they're a symbol of who I am now. The dragon is called Jose after the drummer from Incubus cos he's so awesome! heehee!

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:24 am

I have two a little rose bud on my right ankle and a heart with a arrow on my right shoulder. hubby has a tiger on his shoulder if i had the bottle id have a union jack and Made in England written underneath- but i dont - have the bottle coz it hurts and im a coward

lou-lou · Post by **lou-lou** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:43 am

I'm gonna have one done for my 40th (got a couple of years to go!) I have thought about getting one for the last 20 years but have always chickened out. So have decided to treat myself to one on my 40th :yh_nailbi :yh_nailbi :

Well they do say life begins at 40:-6 :yh_party

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:49 am

lou-lou wrote: I'm gonna have one done for my 40th (got a couple of years to go!) I have thought about getting one for the last 20 years but have always chickened out. So have decided to treat myself to one on my 40th :yh_nailbi :yh_nailbi :

Well they do say life begins at 40:-6 :yh_party

bravo got my first at 41 after 10 years of thought hehehehe

I have a pair of dragon flies mid back

and on my thigh a stone tablet with who I am on it, a maple leaf for being canadian, footprints of both my daughters and goddess for being female. Both co designed by me and the tattoo artist. My third idea is to somehow incorpporate my mothers name into the pink breast cancer ribbon as she is a current survivor of the disease.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:41 am

I'm 57 and have wanted a tattoo for many years....never had the courage (worried about catching something). I still have the picture I wanted....a humming bird hovering over a tiny flower....WHERE on my bod to have it done is the big question. My daughter and grand daughter have theirs about waistline level on their backs. I know a lot of girls that have beautiful delicate tattoos but I've also seen some that are really grosse. Picking the right place to go to have it done is another dilema, but there are quite a few choices round here. Given the comments about 'sagging Grannies'....LOL....should I or shouldn't I. I have quite a high pain threshold (except at the dentist) so no worries there.

Bez

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:47 am

Bez wrote: I'm 57 and have wanted a tattoo for many years....never had the courage (worried about catching something). I still have the picture I wanted....a humming bird hovering over a tiny flower....WHERE on my bod to have it done is the big question. My daughter and grand daughter have theirs about waistline level on their backs. I know a lot of girls that have beautiful delicate tattoos but I've also seen some that are really grosse. Picking the right place to go to have it done is another dilema, but there are quite a few choices round here. Given the comments about 'sagging Grannies'....LOL....should I or shouldn't I. I have quite a high pain threshold (except at the dentist) so no worries there.

Bez

thigh, mid back, shoulder all good calf too but... you can't cover that up at 80 hehehehehe

go for it hun, sagging grannie effect was my issue at 41 also hehehehehe

lou-lou · Post by **lou-lou** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:37 pm

I haven't decided what to have done but have started looking at designs, Bf might design me one as he's pretty good at art!!

Have got a while yet so am gonna choose carefully:-4

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:07 pm

Always wanted tattoos as a kid and against good advice had one on each forearm as a teenager. When my Gran died, I used the Ã‚£5 she left me in her will and had her name "Laura" on my upper arm. The idea was that everytime I saw it I would think of her. 25 years on that still works although eventually you don't even notice your own tattoos. As tattoos create a predjudice, I have lived to regret those on my forearms which are harder to conceal. After years of being asked how my wife at the time felt about me having "Laura" tattooed on my arm, that was finally laid to rest when my daughter was named Laura