Show us your Tattoo!

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Folks,

Well, this may be a rather strange thread, but here goes!

When I turned 40, I got my ear pierced...the left one if you were wondering!

But now that I've turned 50, I've been thinking about getting a Tattoo!

Of course mom isn't too thrilled about the idea, but SWMBO says whatever I want to do!

I have recently heard of a few that folks have gotten, and reasons behind them. I won't mention them or their tat's but if they respond to this thread, then that's their decision and their privacy!

So....what I'm asking is for folks to share their Tattoos, telling why they got them, and also IF they regret getting them, etc.!
Thanks.
T.C.

[81xsproject]

You go TC!! Folks always say 'when your old, youl'll regret it.' When I am old, I'll already be old....who cares if I also have a faded tatt. I have 4. I love them all. My only regret is that I didn't keep them all on/near the center of my body. The last is my favorite. It is a tatt of SWMBO's lips (lipstick kiss on paper). She loves it and so do I. Go for it TC. At 50, what have you really got to lose?

[tomatao]

Since nothing is permanent anymore I say go for it!

[dwales]

Tattoo

Sorry, I have no way of posting pictures. You have seen my tattoo. I have had it for less than a year, and I have no regrets.

[red bandit]

If you get a tattoo....people might think that your a biker!! OMG

[trbig]

TC,

Maybe if you get the one you want AND get the big heart with "Mom" or "Mother" in it, she'd like it better?? lol.

[mro]

to each... there own

personnaly don't want one.
In my yunger days came close...but "chickened out"

"BUT" for those that do...heres a pic
Link only as it may offend some.

://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/mrobas/OffensiveCatTattoo001.jpg


mro
paste link in your browser...

[John]

Tattoo horror story...almost

I know many of you will probably disagree with me on this point, but so what...
Back in 79 when I was in the Navy, the ship had pulled into Hong Kong for a Liberty call. Myself and a few of my mates had been imbibing, and after a few hours, we decided to get back to the boat before it got too late. On the way back we passed a tattoo parlor, and I talked them into going in with me. There was a design that I had seen in a High Times magazine, and at the time I thought that would be a bad ass t-shirt design. I looked through the catalog of art work that was on hand and I found the design...a three headed dragon whose body morphed into a Thai stick. Yeah, that will look great on my chest. I had asked the tat artist what the price would be, and IIRC he said about $40. I only had a $20 on me, so I asked my buddies to front me the rest of the money. They wouldn't because they all knew how much I actually disliked tats. I was just drunk enough to be stupid, and I thought that getting the tat would be cool. What an idiot I was. I'm so glad that my friends held their ground and wouldn't give me the money. I would have been extremely pissed once I sobered up, and saw that abomination on my chest, and then I would have pissed that my buddies lent me money to get it done.
28 years later, and I'm still thankful as hell that I didn't get it, or any other tats. Personally. I just don't like them, and it sems today everybody has the tribal armband, or barbed wire on teir arm. How about being original, and not following the flock? Just don't do it.

[kf4anm]

ink

I have a number of them. Most are flash off the wall that I have gotten during my travels. The last one I got was in Aug of 2006. My dad passed and I sat down and drew out my own. This completely my artwork start to finish. Dad was a lieftime barber and musician. This photo was taken when it was fresh so its still a little red. It turned out a little larger than I expected but I have no regrets. Don't be a sheep but if there something you feel strongly for, take the plunge.

[prometheus578]

"Yeah... always a cool idea."

[Stralya]

Grandma's influence

When I was just about to enter the Army back in '75, my Grandmother told me if I ever got a tatoo she'd disown me. I'm still a cleanskin 33 years later.

Dan
Frightened of elderly relatives.

PS
My Dad got one in Hong Kong whilst on R&R when he was a Stoker during the Korean war. It was a monster that took up his entire left forearm. It was supposed to be a dragon doing battle with a giant snake, now it looks like he made a boo boo while changing oil. His mother was mortified when he got it, she died 20 odd years ago and Dad still regrets getting it done. Evil stuff that grog!

[trbig]

That's kind of my thing also, Dan. I used to haul a lot of old people from nursing homes while working on an ambulance. After talking to the guys over the years, I never met a single one that didn't wish they hadn't done it.

I guess I can understand people with their kids' names and such tatted on them. I don't guess that I am as much opposed to them as the fact that I have never seen a saying or picture that I have liked well enough to look at for the rest of my life... or somewhere where my wife has to look at it for the rest of hers. Just a personal choice. If you want one, go for it.

Like tomatao said... these days it's not permanent. Expensive to remove... but not permanent.


Tod

[vanhump]

Go for it T.C. Just get a small inconspicious one. I got one circa 1962 Ft. Sill, OK and have never regretted it and most of the time forget that I have it. Only a 12 pack size. A case size might have made it different. Besides you rode a ship and live in ship country----goes with the territory.

[prometheus578]

"Alright, T.C., but on one condition..."

You can get your silly tattoo.. but first...
You have to go to the tattoo joint, take a picture of the one you like, and post it here first... so we can all vote on it for you.
See... that way, you don't make a big mistake and get the wrong one(or something like that)
Tattoos must be relevent not only now, but forever.
Being in the military, I'm sure you've seen plenty of tattoos.. the good, as well as the bad.
My buddy "Fester" had biceps the size of my legs. He got them tattoo'ed; two huge tattoos of "Conan, the Barbarian".
Now, about 25 years later.... what's the significance?

Actually, T.C., I, as I always do, think that there are deeper issues involved here.
Why now, after 50 years of sanity, do you suddenly wish for a tattoo?
What will this tattoo be?
What is it's special meaning to you?
Where will you get it placed?

Will it be some place where all the patients you work with have to view it?
Hey, maybe you should get big eyeball tattoos (that's relevent for you) on your wrists... looking then like Alex from Clockwork Orange!
(See, I'm not totally against this)

But, as I was saying...
If it's on your "manly" chest... or your back... who will know?
Isn't the whole idea of getting a personalized pigment puncture pattern so that you can show it off?
I suppose the only time people would be able to view this would be when you go to the beach, and even then, the glare from your pale white skin would sort of ruin the whole effect, wouldn't it?

If you get it placed anywhere else.. what of the times when you don't wish to show it... when you wish to not stand out in the crowd... what then?
Gonna wear long sleeve shirts all the time?
Like that stupid skull I had indelibly inked on my middle finger. Sure, it was cool at 16...
Of course... years later, every time I had to get an official Dept. of the Army full length photo to update my records... I had to smear some of my wifes make-up over it so that it wouldn't show.

I think, T.C., that if you wish to make a personal statement to the rest of the world, you should just buy a T shirt like everyone else does.
That way, you can change your statement as the times change, or make multiple statements.
Your T-shirt statement will even fade over time like your skin statement. How cool is that!
And some times, you can make no statement at all.
(Which is what you wish I were doing right now)

No, T.C., this idea isn't for you.
No "tough guy" tattoos...(makes you about as "instantly tough" as the clown down the street who bought a Pit Bull)
No Chinese charactors...(unless it's the phone number for "The Golden Dragon's" take-out orders)
No tribal crap unless it's from your tribe... (which you don't have)
No bible quotes unless it's from Isaiah 36:12(Your minister will love you for that)

Better still.... instead of you posting tattoo photos here and us voting on them for you.....
Why not have us here, (those who know and love you) pick out photos of tattoos and have you chose from those?
That way... any tattoo that you get will match the image that people already hold of you.
All submissions should be of something that would hold relevence to, or display a personal trait of, T.C.

[BlkMage]

Actually, I have 5 total, but here's the good one.



Hence the screen name here and the plate on the bike.