Tattoos

Grill

SmoggySteve wrote:

How stupid are people who get this tattooed on their right leg?



All it says to me is
1. I can't ride my bike properly
2. I can't get out of the small ring

Dumbasses

Less stupid than those who get it tattooed on their left leg? :P

smoggysteve

Grill wrote:

SmoggySteve wrote:

How stupid are people who get this tattooed on their right leg?



All it says to me is
1. I can't ride my bike properly
2. I can't get out of the small ring

Dumbasses

Less stupid than those who get it tattooed on their left leg? :P

I have waited 3 days for that reply from someone

Grill

Better late than never!

steerpike

I saw someone today without any tattoos, I mean WTF?? Talk about trying to tell the world you're a non-confirmist.

phil s

steerpike wrote:

I saw someone today without any tattoos, I mean WTF?? Talk about trying to tell the world you're a non-confirmist.

Wish the forum had a Like button

eric_draven

^^^^a big +1

smoggysteve

steerpike wrote:

I saw someone today without any tattoos, I mean WTF?? Talk about trying to tell the world you're a non-confirmist.

I guess they were naked then. And all you could comment on was the lack of artwork.

GiantMike

I draw my 'tattoo' on every morning with a biro. If I still like the exact same image in 20 years I may have it tattooed on properly but, until then, I'm still deciding.

ballysmate

Anyone contemplating a tattoo should consider the 'anchor', traditionally sported by matelots.

You can always claim the 'w' is silent.


Edit. Sorry, forgot the

lostboysaint

steerpike wrote:

I saw someone today without any tattoos, I mean WTF?? Talk about trying to tell the world you're a non-confirmist.

Apparently happy, like me, that their own genetic structure makes them individual enough.

FocusZing

Not enthused with tattoos. Too many people are having them, it's trying too hard to stand out.

Lazer removal would be a good business to get into.

dilatory

tlw1

dilatory wrote:

is that one of these ladies saddles?

apreading

Dont see the point in tattoos anymore - you wouldnt wear the same t-shirt, every day, for the rest of your life - would you? Considered one in my late teens for a couple of years but could never find one I liked enough to have forever, so never got one done.

I must say that some of the new 3D tattoos look soo much better than some of the older lame stuff though, like:

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1612285/thumb ... cebook.jpg
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dyn ... 126294.jpg
http://girlydesignblog.com/wp-content/u ... gns-12.jpg
http://swick.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2 ... inator.jpg

but whatever, do NOT do this: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/ ... 34x493.jpg

Stevo_666

GiantMike wrote:

I draw my 'tattoo' on every morning with a biro. If I still like the exact same image in 20 years I may have it tattooed on properly but, until then, I'm still deciding.

^ This.

Unless you're sure that you're going to like it in 20/30/40/50 years, don't go there. And how can you be sure? It's probably also a good way of limiting your career in some of the more traditional/professional lines of work if it's visible with your work clothes on.

finchy

A friend of mine spent £450 on a tattoo recently. I just laughed.

Monkeypump

johnfinch wrote:

A friend of mine spent £450 on a tattoo recently. I just laughed.

Why?

There a probably quite a few tattooed folk out there who would laugh at the amount we spend on bikes.

drlodge

Stevo 666 wrote:

GiantMike wrote:

I draw my 'tattoo' on every morning with a biro. If I still like the exact same image in 20 years I may have it tattooed on properly but, until then, I'm still deciding.

^ This.

Unless you're sure that you're going to like it in 20/30/40/50 years, don't go there. And how can you be sure? It's probably also a good way of limiting your career in some of the more traditional/professional lines of work if it's visible with your work clothes on.

This ----^

Interesting article yesterday on BBC news about whether employers should be able to discriminate against people with tattoos as they can today. My thought is - yes. Having tattoos isn't like being black, or old, or female. You have a choice whether to have tattoos unlike your race, gender, age etc. and with choice comes responsibility.

finchy

Monkeypump wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

A friend of mine spent £450 on a tattoo recently. I just laughed.

Why?

Because it's a shiteload of money that he can't really afford to waste and next year he'll probably be back to moaning about how he can't afford this, that or the other. It's a bit like another friend of mine who's always complaining about her lack of money, but when I point out that she spends over £1000 a year on cigarettes and might want to give those up if she wants to go on holiday, comes up with a load of excuses.

Monkeypump wrote:

There a probably quite a few tattooed folk out there who would laugh at the amount we spend on bikes.

Bikes keep you fit. They can also save you petrol/fares money when you cycle. Tattoos can't do that.

chrisaonabike

drlodge wrote:

Interesting article yesterday on BBC news about whether employers should be able to discriminate against people with tattoos as they can today. My thought is - yes. Having tattoos isn't like being black, or old, or female. You have a choice whether to have tattoos unlike your race, gender, age etc. and with choice comes responsibility.

+1.

I'll freely admit that I'm an old fart, out of touch, unfashionable, whatever, but just don't 'get' tats at all.

I fully respect people's right to do any damn thing they please with their body, doesn't mean I have to respect them for doing it though. I know in theory I shouldn't have a view, but the fact often remains that 'the statement' that people make with their tats is very different from the one they imagine they're making.

I guess by definition, getting a tat done means you don't care what other people think. Maybe that's what I don't like about them.

mfin

If you wanna do something really dumb have one of those stretchy hole ear hole things done. They're a fashion thing that trendies have started doing that they will regret as it is obvious anyone would regret it one day, unless they're a complete biker type for life.

drlodge

ChrisAOnABike wrote:

I'll freely admit that I'm an old fart, out of touch, unfashionable, whatever, but just don't 'get' tats at all.

I fully respect people's right to do any damn thing they please with their body, doesn't mean I have to respect them for doing it though. I know in theory I shouldn't have a view, but the fact often remains that 'the statement' that people make with their tats is very different from the one they imagine they're making.

I guess by definition, getting a tat done means you don't care what other people think. Maybe that's what I don't like about them.

A reciprocal +1 - I too am a bit of an old fart although I like to think young at heart. But I just don't get tats at all, nor those stupid ear thingys.

ballysmate

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... ttoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

Monkeypump

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

Personally, I find it hard to agree with anything written or referenced in the Fail, grotty little rag that it is.

Ben6899

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

Monkeypump

Ben6899 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

A quote often used in our house. Although 'bigot' is often replaced by the c-word.

bompington

Ben6899 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

Do you have any idea of the irony inherent in tarring every single reader (or journalist for that matter) with the same brush?

Ben6899

bompington wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

Do you have any idea of the irony inherent in tarring every single reader (or journalist for that matter) with the same brush?

Of course I do; I've a bleedin' IQ of 143.

And please feel free to substitute "bigot" for "c***", "brainwashed tosspot", "empathy-lacking ar$ehole"...

mfin

Ben6899 wrote:

bompington wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

Do you have any idea of the irony inherent in tarring every single reader (or journalist for that matter) with the same brush?

Of course I do; I've a bleedin' IQ of 143.

Ah, you probably do need it explaining then.

Ben6899

mfin wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

bompington wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731291/The-middle-class-women-desperate-erase-youthful-indiscretions-agony-endure-laser-away-trashy-tattoos.html

The article describes them as trashy and it is hard not to agree.

A newspaper written by bigots, read by bigots.

Do you have any idea of the irony inherent in tarring every single reader (or journalist for that matter) with the same brush?

Of course I do; I've a bleedin' IQ of 143.

Ah, you probably do need it explaining then.