[Closed] Tattoo LOLs

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belonging to:

[url= http://www.charlespetzold.com/bio.html ]Windows 'expert' Charles Petzold[/url]

Love it TG

Personally, given who it's on I think it's a good tattoo, if it was one of the rest of us... we'd deserve to be put down.

I've just twigged. My opinion of it is unchanged.

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Regarding the original OP:

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that's Catsby from the [url= http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/07/02 ]occasional "Twisp and Catsby" strip at Penny Arcade[/url] surely?

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thank you for sharing that Yunki - funniest story I've read in ages 🙂

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Those handlebars are awesome! How could you not, when going at it doggy style, put your hands either side of her waist and either mimic jumping doubles, or go BWARRP BWAAARRRP!!! ?

Hang on. Darth Vader and flowers? Wtf?

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Nobody loves veldspar as much as Chribba

I knew a welsh guy who had "england forever" tattood across his abdo whilst in the army. He's never drank whiskey since.

Pittsburgh Steelers (US) Football team logo

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which is pretty close to

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no mention of this thread?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/those-stolen-tallboy-lt-s

grammar fail
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looking at that dodgy vest the grammar wasn't my first worry!!

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Not me. I thought it was make up when I saw him in the lady gaga video. How long would that take and how painful would it be around your eyes? --amongst other places--

why is there a chap wearing a girls vest top? that is wronger that felching your granny.

That guy tattooed all over must be on the dole. There is no way you could afford that or have the spare time to get it done with a job.

There is no way you could afford that or have the spare time to get it done with a job.

unless you are a tattoo artist or work in a similar industry, in which case it'd be excellent and you'r do bit's yourself and get mates to add to it 😀

EDIT- I love that full skin job, that is beautiful

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why is there a chap wearing a girls vest top? that is wronger that felching your granny. [/i]

+1
I barely noticed the tats, that is probably a crime of some description.

I [s]love[/s] dislike that full skin job, that is [s]beautiful[/s] pretty much utter pish

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the 100% welsh lamb tattoo on the other hand; pretty much pure genius.

That guy tattooed all over must be on the dole. There is no way you could afford that or have the spare time to get it done with a job.

2 weeks dole money = about an hours tattooing.. the maths is getting too confusing already

I was clearly being flippant. I apologise.

hmmm..

I want to see proper workings out and references next time

see me after class

I was thinking about tattoos today - why is a tattoo on your arm/leg/back 'a statement of individuality' but one on your neck or knuckles socially unacceptable for most mainstream jobs?

why is a tattoo on your arm/leg/back 'a statement of individuality' but one on your neck or knuckles socially unacceptable for most mainstream jobs?

Only in your opinion, I think they are a bit sad wherever they are, and never are they a "statement of individuality" ever other mediocre moron seems to have one. (not that you are a mediocre moron, just that lots of mediocre morons have them)

I dislike that full skin job, that is pretty much utter pish

I'm sorry but that is just plain wrong.

You may not like it aesthetically or agree with tattoos in general but the skill of the tattoo artist to do work like that is bloomin amazing and will have taken years to learn, like any other master craftsman and should be respected for that at least.

bloody plain skin philistines 😀

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Only in your opinion, I think they are a bit sad wherever they are, and never are they a "statement of individuality" ever other mediocre moron seems to have one. (not that you are a mediocre moron, just that lots of mediocre morons have them)

it's strange that a lot of un-inked folk have the perception that a tattoo is a "statement of individuality" if anything tattoos have always shown an allegiance to a tribe/clan or had a higher spiritual meaning to the individual such as shamanistic/religious tattoos.

To most people they are an intensely personal thing. Mine are not a statement to anyone and funnily enough the last thing in my mind when getting them done was "oooooo I wonder what complete strangers, whose opinion I couldn't care less about will think"

We're all here for a very short period of time, if folks get happiness from colouring bits of themselves in just let them get on with and stop being such judgemental tits. They most certainly will not care that you don't have tattoos.

I guess because you can hide the "acceptable" ones?

other than that, I dunno, as I dislike them all. I understand people make mistakes, two of my brothers have them and a good mate has them and they are all really nice decent people, but for some reason I am still "tattoist"..

I appreciate good art - and I agree the full body dude, some of the drawings are good, but none of it is stunning as drawings go..

That cat's ace, no need for the lippy or whatever round his button :vom:

the usual bollox spouted here

people are different, people care how they look, thats why we get our hair cut in a certain way, shave our faces/legs/armpits dress in particular style of clothes, buy a brand of bike or indeed get a tattoo

people judge one another on these things

i think anyone who watches reality tv/xfactor stuff is thick, as is anyone who gets an incorrectly spelt tattoo!

Yes its skilful; however I just think meh when I see one and the bigger the tattoo the greater the meh.

I got a tattoo on my back for a number of reasons, one being that I don't have to see it every day for the rest of my life. I was worried that if I did I would get sick of it.
Sometimes I forget I've got one (it's been there for 10+ years) and I see it in the mirror and I think - ooh I like that.

You have 4 mins to edit before the spelling police arrive.

Not sure there is any bollocks being spouted, just different opinions being aired.

nothing better than a tattoo thread to find out who the judgemental types are 😀

I have just finished my dinosaur sleeve because i love dinosaurs, not because i want people to look at my arms and go 'ohhh isn't he individual' I'm already individual with or without tattoos. as are you.

+1 on haircuts, fashion choice, the car you drive, the shoes you wear the way you decorate your house. who gives a flip what others look like. all that matters is they're pretty and have boobs.

A friend of my wife.... interesting choice of knuckle tats... she only got them done about 2 weeks ago.

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I LIKE.

Pretty AND well qualified.

Other than being four letter words, what's the significance of "rain" & "dogs"? Am I missing something?

It's an album by Tom Waits. Presumably, she's a life-long fan of his music...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Dogs

If Badger is still around, he'll recognise her.

Clever bod, currently doing a PhD in Forensic Jewellery!

Xiphon - ty

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My mother used to own a nice restaurant in Potters Bar and there used to be a smallish crowd that would always pop in on a Friday night. One of the lads used to always wear a roll neck polo shirt no matter what the weather. I asked him one day why and he rolled the neck down to reveal the top of an Indian Natives headdress, I said “oh I see” then he promptly took his top off to reveal an incredibly impressive Indian Chiefs head complete with headdress. I was astounded at both quality of tattoo and the fact that he must have gone through some mighty pain to get it. He was in his late 40’s and by this time had had 20+ years of it, I think he was a teeny bit bored of it. This was 20 years ago now so gawd knows what it looks like now.

doing a PhD in Forensic Jewellery

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So Wiggo doesn't know what forensic jewellery is then?

I have just finished my dinosaur sleeve because i love dinosaurs, not because i want people to look at my arms and go 'ohhh isn't he individual' I'm already individual with or without tattoos. as are you.

And I say this (as I have already said) as someone who *desperately* wanted a tattoo when I was younger - I wanted an 'Eddie' (from Iron Maiden) done but my parents told me I wouldn't always like Iron Maiden and I would regret it. I am glad I listened. Even then, over the Millenium I very nearly had something done that was more individual to me but couldn't design anything that I liked thankfully as now I am glad I don't have any.

So you want dinosaurs because you like them. That is your individual opinion. If individuality didn't matter to you why would it matter what you are tattooed with?

because when i look at my arm i want to be reminded of how excited i was about the world when i was a kid 😀 pictures of sailors, anchors and stars from a flash sheet wouldn't do that. plus... plain skin is boring.

if you walk into a tattoo shop and pick something off the wall for the sake of getting a tattoo for whatever reason then chances are you'll regret it. but every single piece on me is custom designed to either represent part of my life or evolution. the fact i love my tattooists artwork more than anything i've ever seen painted is an added bonus. there are some lessons in life that i never want to forget, when i notice my tattoos they remind me of those lessons. its a bit like getting 'dont be a dick' on my forehead but in a much more sexy way 😉

http://clickdamage.com/motivator/display_image.php?id=424

very funny

philconsequence - dunno if it was aimed at me, but I'll cop to iot anyway. Yep I'm judgmental, what of it? Ironically, by calling people judgmental, it makes you judgmental.

I don't care what you do with your body, but don't complain if I, or others, use it as a way to decide how we interact with you.

This thread has been hilarious, thank you.

I have some right dodgy tats, I still love them for the time they represent, Currently working on a 3/4 sleeve to include a galactic, solar system, asteroid, comet theme but keeping it relatively geologically correct.

I am also designing a memorial piece for both my dad and a good friend (the cyclist killed in London by the Olympic bus)and I also want to have a piece with the logos of Sundissential, Gatecrasher, PaSSion, Storm, GodsKitchen and Tiesto's bird.

some people hate them, that's cool, some people love them, that's cool. I don't care either way, my body, my life, my expressions.

philconsequence - dunno if it was aimed at me, but I'll cop to iot anyway. Yep I'm judgmental, what of it? Ironically, by calling people judgmental, it makes you judgmental.

I don't care what you do with your body, but don't complain if I, or others, use it as a way to decide how we interact with you.

wasn't specifically aimed at you 🙂

i'm aware that by referring to other's as judgemental it's a judgemental statement in itself, but i wouldn't ever then use that judgement to decide how to interact with you. people come in all shapes and sizes and colours, i don't see that it makes them any less of a person if they're different to me so you'll have to forgive me if i want other's to see me as their equal in the way i do them.

the fact i can cover all my tattoos and be treated one way, then take off an item of clothing and be treated another is silly. i dont judge people for not having tattoos, but i reserve the right to accuse someone of being judgemental if they're making assumptions about me because of mine.

the fact i can cover all my tattoos and be treated one way, then take off an item of clothing and be treated another is silly. i dont judge people for not having tattoos, but i reserve the right to accuse someone of being judgemental if they're making assumptions about me because of mine.

I have already accepted your accusation, so no need to defend it.

You wouldn't have to take the clothes off, if you just told me you had a tattoo that would change my opinion of you..

In fact I haven't actually seen you, or your tattoos, but I already have an impression of you.

I expect you already have an impression of me, but you have never met me. All you know about me is my communications on here (and elsewhere).

Tattoos are a method of communication, just as forums are. Communication is never perfect.

Often on this forum, I say one thing and people think it means something else, just as you have your tattoos for one reason and yet I think they mean something else.

You have to accept that by choosing to have a tattoo people will look at it and have some kind of opinion about you, it's just a fact of life.

that's cool 🙂

my only impression of you at the moment is that (hopefully) you're as chilled about this as i am... it doesn't bother me at all to be honest. i mades me choices and people make their judgements. if i were slightly less awesome then i might try and fight the cause somewhat in an effort to try and defend all tattooed people everywhere, but fact of the matter is there's a huge population of people who want tattoos just to stand out for whatever reason.

i'm already a stand-out kinda guy 8)

if it wasn't for my own tattoos i'd probably be much quicker to judge others for theirs. if we lived in a different culture we might be discussing how foolish people are for not having tattoos.

Yeah like I said my two brothers and a very good mate have tattoos, I don't think any less of them.

I just don't like them, can't see the appeal and do not like the associations that tattoo's inevitably bring.

The oatmeal sketch above describes it perfectly..

if i were slightly less awesome then i might try and fight the cause somewhat in an effort to try and defend all tattooed people everywhere,

huge population of people who want tattoos just to stand out for whatever reason.

Do you not think the growing population kind of diminishes the stand out factor?

i do think it diminishes the stand out factor dramatically, and the stereotype of a tattooed person is slowly breaking down... which i think is a positive thing as hopefully we'll see more people choosing to get tattoos for better reasons.

but whilst there are still people who apply the stereotype, there will be people who think its rebellious/hard/edgy/whatever to get a tattoo.

at least with tattoos you have to admit you made a mistake if you end up not liking it, piercings you can take out, CD collections you can bin and fashion choices can be wiped from memory. i respect that commitment, even though sometime's i'll look at somebodies tattoo and wonder if twighlight will still be their favourite film in 30 years time lol

stereotype of a tattooed person is slowly breaking down

Well it's changing - it was the gnarly bikers, or military, but now its the chavs..

You have to accept that by choosing to have a tattoo people will look at it and have some kind of opinion about you, it's just a fact of life.

Then you have to consider whether you give a **** about the opinion of the individual. If they're the type of people who stereotype you, then I'd suggest that they're opinion isn't worth much.

Yeah possibly, but what I was trying to get at (although I think I went off track) is that, say, two people were being interviewed for a job flipping burgers in MacDonald's and one had the name of their first-born tattooed in a script on the inside of their wrist and the other had 'kill' and 'death' tattooed on their eyelids, would they both be treated the same or would conventional thinking dictate that the employer thinks the former acceptable and the latter not?

For the record, I know Phil and I think his tats are awesome. Some serious quality work that lifts above just being a tattoo and creeps into the realm of art. I'm actually slightly jealous..... But (sorry Phil 🙂 ) they are only the second best I've ever seen. The best was a woman we met at Ladybower cafe last year. My brother (who will never have a tattoo) asked her about them. Apparently they were her 40th birthday present. Full sleeves on both arms, and simply the most intricate and beautiful work I've ever seen. I'm not even going to try to describe them. But yeah. Not for everyone. Beautiful all the same. 🙂

then I'd suggest that they're opinion isn't worth much.

Wrecker, no-one has ever given my opinion any value, apart from on here where it seems to piss people off..

I'm also just as judgmental about bad grammar

[s]they're[/s] their

If you liked Xiphons friend, I suggest following thugxwife on instagram....

[s]they're[/s] their

Really? They're being they are? as in [i]they are the type[/i] or [i]they're the type[/i]?
Are you sure about that
I though the their was belonging to them i.e [i]that vibrator is theirs[/i]

I'm also just as judgmental about bad grammar

I though the their was belonging to them i.e that vibrator is theirs

then I'd suggest that they're opinion isn't worth much.

As in the opinion that "belongs" to them. ?

If [u]they're[/u] the type of people who stereotype you....

...then I'd suggest that [u]they're[/u] opinion isn't worth much.

DrP

(Sorry!)

Thanks DrP. Do one glover.

the other had 'kill' and 'death' tattooed on their eyelids,

depends if they blink during the interview 😉

Blinking (or lack of it) earlier...

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No, Wrecker. Glover was right....!

They're = they are.
"they are nice pants". "they're nice pants".

Their = belongs to.
Can't be used in "they're my pants", even though the pants belong to 'him'.
But "That's their car" IS correct, and how your second statement should be written.

"If they're the type of people who stereotype you, then I'd suggest that [b]their[/b] opinion isn't worth much."

DrP

(what the hell am I doing.......!)

You're all freaks....

...some with tattoos, some without....

I posted in the "do drugs make you stupid" thread....

Do one glover.

Same answer as Dr P as it goes.

But never mind.

^^
Fair recovery Wrecker, good work sir.
Tips hat and wanders off, swinging cane and whistling.....

DrP

No, Wrecker. Glover was right....!

I think you'll find I was right first!

Also wrecker , if you only post half of my sentence then it will not have the full stop will it?

This

I'm also just as judgmental about bad grammar "[s]they're[/s]their" ftfy.

But, I'll think you will find it was tongue in cheek, anyway, as my grammar is terrible.

In the meantime, post up a pic of your tattoo/s, I need a laugh.

xiphon - Member
It's an album by Tom Waits. Presumably, she's a life-long fan of his music...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Dogs

It could be the band - [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raindogs ]Raindogs[/url]

Or maybe its just her 2 favourite nouns

She's a Tom Waits fan 😉

She's a Tom Waits fan

Do you fancy your wife's mate?