Tattoos Anyone?

lb1818

lb1818

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Just curious how many forum members have tattoos...and if so - did you get them when you were younger or older?
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Well...the first was when I was maybe 17. At that time in the suburb I lived in, a tattoo was badass hardcore. I though Janis Joplin was cool and she had hearts and flowers around her wrist. I would have never imagined many years later it would be so commonplace. Bill Maher once wrote that nowadays to be rebellious you don't get inked;)

Let's see I'll start at the top and work down. BTW except for ankle and wrist, none of them are easily visible in a t shirt and shorts.

A portrait of my Sophie-shoulder
A cat from a beautiful old print book-shoulder
Hearts and flowers-wrist
Flowers and hubby's initials-lower tummy
Thumper the bunny-thigh
A different cat from the same book-ankle

I always wanted to get one more, a portrait of Callie...maybe I will sometime. How old for each one? The wrist band and Thumper I was definitely under 25. The rest were gradually over the years.
 
first was 2 small dragonflies upon my back signifying overcoming the fear of dragonflies (yes sad child that I was), and overcoming the fear of flying. (after 40 years of regular flying). Second is upon my thigh above my knee. It is a stone tablet with my 3 lots in life, mother, Canadian and female. Third but not last (hopefully) is upon my left inner arm above my wrist tis the pink ribbon with my mom's name under it... she is a 2 time breast cancer survivor.
 
TAT: Used to refer to the kind of junk sold by crafty Cockneys to unsuspecting tourists in central London.

Maybe someone overseas can explain this one.
 
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That is one problem...especially with cover tattoos ( putting a new design over and old one). I had a flying bunny under the picture of Sophie. Sophie is part shepherd and the artist didn't make the colors deep enough. As its faded there are tiny bunny ears under her eyes. Need to get that touched up sometime.
 
Those sound great...especially would like the cat(s). Only reason I haven't gotten one is because I'm afraid once I started I wouldn't stop ;)
 
Davey Jones said:
TAT: Used to refer to the kind of junk sold by crafty Cockneys to unsuspecting tourists in central London.

Maybe someone overseas can explain this one.
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We still use the word TaT here meaning ''rubbish''...for example an old worn out piece of furniture or piece of clothing would be described as a piece of Tat!! or a store selling cheap quality goods would be described as selling only Tat!!

If someone is wearing something that's out of shape or shoes are scuffed ..they would be described as tattily dressed ...but we also still use the abbreviation Tats for Tattoos


Anyone interested in British slang...have a look at this very long list of our words in common usage ... http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/a.htm
 
Shalimar said:
Lb, have you seen the new 3D ones? My favourite was a butterfly--so realistic it appeared to be sitting on the woman's shoulder.
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Haven't seen those - but I'll go check them out now! I get a kick out of the tattoo tv shows...especially the ones where they are fixing bad tattoos.
 
Oy the dentist terrifies me, tattooing really doesn't hurt, just more annoying than anything, except when they go over bone, THAT smarts. Funny that I can donate blood and get multi-tats, but The dentist will have me on the ceiling...before they've even touched me. Oh and the boredom factor. I read half a book while they were doing the Sophie portrait. Took around three hours.

Those 3 D things are amazing!!!!!! I never heard of that before.
 
I have the Birdie on a Ball, (Eagle Globe and Anchor) , on my left forearm. Got it while drunk at the yellow trailer outside of Fort Bragg, NC. 1973 still looks good.
 

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