Thinking of getting some tattoo's...

CyclingBantam

Monkeypump wrote:

The sort of women who get tattoos?

Nothing like a sweeping statement to demonstrate ignorance.

I must admit I have been genuinely shocked by some of the people on here.

"those sorts of women"

"I form an opinion of people with tattoos and it isn't a good one".

I honestly didn't realise people were still so narrow minded. It must be a pretty depressing world to live in.

Some great comments as well though. I can assure you I will not be getting a 'trendy' tattoo. They really are not my cup of tea.

I have been thinking about one for years so am happy it isn't a spur of the moment thing. I have an idea where I will go be have more re-search to do.

The point about, what will you think when you are 60 always confuses me. I will look like a 60 year old with a tattoo. Does something happen at 60 where all of a sudden bad things happen to tattooed folk?
I'm not super worried what other people think of my looks now to be honest, I am confident enough in my self so at 60 I can imagine my current small insecurities will be irrelevant.

CHRISNOIR

DaSy wrote:

This excerpt comes from an interview on Pez Cycling here - http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=4394

This kind of sums up what I feel too -

"Trying to explain my motivation to permanently etch this phrase on my arm is like trying to explain to someone why cyclists sit on a sliver of plastic for 5 hours at a time spinning our legs in circles, through blazing summers and bone chilling winters. It’s the same reason we suffer up 2,000 foot climbs, our legs burning with lactic acid and why we scream down narrow mountain descents at 50 mph cheating death on every switchback. Words don’t do it justice – you have to do it to understand."

Nail, head, etc.

I did get a 'trendy' tattoo - three Chinese symbols down my leg. And yet I still don't regret it. I'd thought about it for ages, it was what I wanted and I still love it. I'd like to think I'll still be the same at 60.

Go for it - and let us know how it went!

solsurf

I don't understand why anyone would ask? It's like asking do you think I should get a new hair cut surely it's up to the individual?
I could understand if you were asking I'm getting a tattoo and I was thinking of this design or this design?
Get one if you're sure and if you're not sure, don't?

good luck with what ever you choose

CyclingBantam

solsurf wrote:

I don't understand why anyone would ask? It's like asking do you think I should get a new hair cut surely it's up to the individual?
I could understand if you were asking I'm getting a tattoo and I was thinking of this design or this design?
Get one if you're sure and if you're not sure, don't?

good luck with what ever you choose

Sorry that was my poor wording of the original post, I was hoping more for a general discussion as opposed to should I get one? I know I will get one!

solsurf

In that case get one with a bike on it, red classic steel with drops. On the upper arm.

feltkuota

The vitirol that is spoken here is seriously alarming especially over a simple matter of personnal choice. The same rubbish is spewed out by the Daily Mail and, more on topic, car drivers towards cyclists! My view is that if folks think badly of you for having a tat then it speaks more about them than it does you.. Making an instantly negative judgement on someone for wearing a tat is, in my view, no different to making a jugdgement on somone for the colour of their skin. Shame on the lot of you.

Monkeypump

feltkuota wrote:

The vitirol that is spoken here is seriously alarming especially over a simple matter of personnal choice. The same rubbish is spewed out by the Daily Mail and, more on topic, car drivers towards cyclists! My view is that if folks think badly of you for having a tat then it speaks more about them than it does you.. Making an instantly negative judgement on someone for wearing a tat is, in my view, no different to making a jugdgement on somone for the colour of their skin. Shame on the lot of you.

+ 1.

Homer J

Monkeypump wrote:

feltkuota wrote:

The vitirol that is spoken here is seriously alarming especially over a simple matter of personnal choice. The same rubbish is spewed out by the Daily Mail and, more on topic, car drivers towards cyclists! My view is that if folks think badly of you for having a tat then it speaks more about them than it does you.. Making an instantly negative judgement on someone for wearing a tat is, in my view, no different to making a jugdgement on somone for the colour of their skin. Shame on the lot of you.

+ 1.

+2 Amen

father_jack

dis one? ;-)

Crapaud

Has nobody ever thought of getting a pink tattoo? That way you could go for job interviews etc in the winter, and in summer, when you're all tanned you'll have a pink, seasonal tattoo.

Best of both worlds.

verylonglegs

I don’t judge someone merely for having a tattoo, after all my best friend has 4 of them, I judge them on what they have. If you are a racist little thug and have all the ‘100% British Beef’ type tatts as well as the 3 lions tattooed on your chest but can’t then spot the contradiction of having Mandarin on your legs because it looks ‘cool’ then I think you are a bit stupid *shrugs* I also met someone who had a socialist pro-revolution type phrase on his arm, not sure when he had it done but at the time I became acquainted with him he was working in Insurance and was a shareholder. Go figure.

The cycling analogy falls flat on its arse by the way because you can quit biking, sell your stuff and take up golf anytime you wish. Changing a tattoo however….

jim453

After reading the increasingly laughable garbage predictably spewed forth by so many on this thread I've come full circle in my view.

Initially I was advising not to bother and to spend the money elsewhere. This is primarily because the tatoo's I have don't have the same impact on me any more. I neither dislike nor regret them, I'm just kind of ambivalent towards them, I hardly notice them after a good many years. I thought in my advice to the OP, what's the point if you're just going to be in a situation where you can take or leave them in ten years time.

However, all the daily mail inspired narrow minded and judgemental bile that continues to be added to this thread has renewed my interest in the whole subject. I feel like going to get a load of work done only because I can, and it is my choice to do so. Even if it does make me look like a criminal (good grief, what year is it again?).

Go for it Ben. If only to get up the noses of some of the Nazi Grandma's contributing to the thread.

SteveR_100Milers

Cressers wrote:

You're not alone. I wince when I see women disfigured by shabby tats. That said, the sort of women who get tattooed arn't the sort of women who interest me.

That plus your charming personality doesn't leave much choice does it...

SteveR_100Milers

Homer J wrote:

Monkeypump wrote:

feltkuota wrote:

The vitirol that is spoken here is seriously alarming especially over a simple matter of personnal choice. The same rubbish is spewed out by the Daily Mail and, more on topic, car drivers towards cyclists! My view is that if folks think badly of you for having a tat then it speaks more about them than it does you.. Making an instantly negative judgement on someone for wearing a tat is, in my view, no different to making a jugdgement on somone for the colour of their skin. Shame on the lot of you.

+ 1.

+2 Amen

+3 my point also - after all wearing Lycra isn't at all naff now is it.....

verylonglegs

jim453 wrote:

Go for it Ben. If only to get up the noses of some of the Nazi Grandma's contributing to the thread.

You are either trolling or not too sharp. So you think those against tattoos are Nazis? Umm...you are aware of how the Nazis used tattoos and why aren't you? :?

DaSy

verylonglegs wrote:

The cycling analogy falls flat on its ars* by the way because you can quit biking, sell your stuff and take up golf anytime you wish. Changing a tattoo however….

I think you have managed to miss the point of the cycling simile (it wasn't an analogy),in which he was expressing the driving force to do something that others don't see as normal or sensible was similar in what drives him to cycle and also what drives him to get a tattoo.

jim453

verylonglegs wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Go for it Ben. If only to get up the noses of some of the Nazi Grandma's contributing to the thread.

You are either trolling or not too sharp. So you think those against tattoos are Nazis? Umm...you are aware of how the Nazis used tattoos and why aren't you? :?

I'm sharp enough to know you knew what I meant and are now being an irritating bore.

By Nazi I meant intolerant right wing f***wit.

Are you aware of what one of those is?

Anonymous

Police are trained to use stop and search powers based on whether someone has a tattoo or not.

jim453

No surprise there.

DaSy

NapoleonD wrote:

Police are trained to use stop and search powers based on whether someone has a tattoo or not.

Wow, that must be a pretty intensive training course -

1. This is a person, and the drawing on his arm is called a 'tattoo'

2. On spotting the 'tattoo' you should stop and search this person

3. Any questions?

Good to see that the Police are covering all the bases to keep us safe.

Homer J

NapoleonD wrote:

Police are trained to use stop and search powers based on whether someone has a tattoo or not.

:shock: ..

jim453

NapoleonD wrote:

Police are trained to use stop and search powers based on whether someone has a tattoo or not.

It's marginally easier to stomach than the tried and tested is he black, yes, stop and search him.

DaSy

NapoleonD wrote:

Police are trained to use stop and search powers based on whether someone has a tattoo or not.

It reminds me of the "Police IQ Shocker" sketch in the Young Ones...

Police IQ Shocker

father_jack

Tats are a great way of coppers to identify the local criminals. With obvious visible tats, they're like a walking ID card.

DaSy

Father Jack wrote:

Tats are a great way of coppers to identify the local criminals. With obvious visible tats, they're like a walking ID card.

Faces can be quite good for that too...

father_jack

you don't say? ;-) relative was a copper and he said tats on arms/neck help as they stick out (for example if two people look similar but one has a teardrop tat below their eye and swallow on their neck, who is more memorable/sticks out more, if someone told you a bloke with this description has those two types of tat?)

DaSy

You still seem to be assuming that all of us with tattoos are out robbing people at knife point.

I'm quite happy to be as identifiable as you like, I've no plans to do anything that gets me arrested. Maybe it's all of you that are trying to 'fly under the radar' by being as bland and un-identifiable as possible that the Police should turn their attention to?

oscarbudgie

Tattoo = Chav = Likely Criminal

fair does

DaSy

Touche...

And fair does what?

Homer J

Sooo, when you get your artwork done you'll have to post a pic on here. That way we can kick this thread off again, and all will have a fun time