Tattoos

[Heskey]

Mr POD said:

stigmundfreud said:

are we making the assumption that tattoo = chav?

It's not an assumption. (Runs for cover)

Oh no he di'nt! <Waves broom>

[lady topaz]

I saw one Saturday on a mechanic at a Harley dealer. He has a belt of bullets using the skin to interpret the belt and two long barrelled colt type revolvers going down his thighs. Couldnt get a picture without him dropping his trousers unfortunately. He had a sherriff badge on his chest and also hinges to the back of his knees.
A total looney and really nice guy.

[m4tthew]

If I was going to get a tatoo, Id would go the whole hog and have an arm sleeve done. I dont really like small random tatoo's, my mate has a small and craply done fish on his forearm, I mean wtf is the point in that, it looks dreadful.

Id love something like a Koi Dragon, or Koi & Tiger type sleeve, but Id only want it done by one of the best tatooist in the world, for fear of it looking poop, so really Im never going to have it done!

[MK4 Slowride]

Twincam16 said:

clonmult said:

Twincam16 said:

Neil_H said:

No I don't think all tattoos are chav, as long as they are tasteful and reasonably discreet I don't see anything wrong with them.

Quite. However, I think for too many people they're a fashion statement too far. They get them because some magazine or other told them to.

I think the saddest ones are the Disney characters. You're effectively branding yourself as the product of some big American corporation.

Cartoon characters can be seriously tacky; I never asked my (ex) father in law why he had donald duck on his forearm .... although he did have it done while he was in the marines .....

I think Donald Duck was some kind of army mascot, understandable.

I mean these women who get Minnie Mouse tattooed on their ankle 'because they love Disney innit'. Well I like Lotus but I wouldn't go walking round permanently advertising them.

Good or you'd look like the twerp who had a 'Diesel' tattoo across his back in big acrylic writing. Fashion victim NO1.

[King Herald]

Heskey said:

King Herald said:

Heskey said:

King Herald said:

I was wondering how long before the utterly, utterly predictable "I don't like tattoos myself blah blah...." post appeared on a thread about tattoos.

Wow. Since when did it become illegal to balance a discussion?

So, I can go on a TVR forum and state "I don't actually like TVRs, imagine what they'll look like in 40 years, all rusty and knackered" and it will be taken as a balancing statement will it???

Jeez, if they don't like tattoos what the hell do people even OPEN a tattoo thread for???? Seriously, do you sort of guys come in just to have a dig?

Shall I go to the Kit Car forum and tell them all I don't like kit cars, or the Jag forum and tell them they are rubbish????

Major difference being that this is a misc thread in a misc thread forum. going to a TVR specific website to do that would just be trolling.

So coming into a tattoo thread and saying you don't like tattoos is not trolling.

Er, okay dude, whatever.

[Heskey]

Oh please. You're trying to pass off differing views as trolling?

It's not as is this thread's initial purpose was for Pro-tattoo people only, it's just a discussion!

[stigmundfreud]

Heskey said:

Oh please. You're trying to pass off differing views as trolling?

It's not as is this thread's initial purpose was for Pro-tattoo people only, it's just a discussion!

tattoos are cattle branding for the lower classes

[Neil_H]

King Herald said:

Neil_H said:

King Herald said:

Heskey said:

King Herald said:

I was wondering how long before the utterly, utterly predictable "I don't like tattoos myself blah blah...." post appeared on a thread about tattoos.

Wow. Since when did it become illegal to balance a discussion?

So, I can go on a TVR forum and state "I don't actually like TVRs, imagine what they'll look like in 40 years, all rusty and knackered" and it will be taken as a balancing statement will it???

Jeez, if they don't like tattoos what the hell do people even OPEN a tattoo thread for???? Seriously, do you sort of guys come in just to have a dig?

Shall I go to the Kit Car forum and tell them all I don't like kit cars, or the Jag forum and tell them they are rubbish????

The thread wasn't opened to have a dig at tattoos, just one particular muppet - but people can dislike them if they want.

No, I meant 'open' as in why do people CLICK on the thread, not START the thread.

Ah OK

[King Herald]

Heskey said:

Oh please. You're trying to pass off differing views as trolling?

It's not as is this thread's initial purpose was for Pro-tattoo people only, it's just a discussion!

As I stated originally, how utterly, utterly predictable that someone would come into the thread and post "I don't actually like tattoos" and another would post "imagine what they'll look like when you're 80 years old".



That's all, off you trot.

[maxrider]

lady topaz said:

two long barrelled colt type revolvers going down his thighs. Couldnt get a picture without him dropping his trousers unfortunately.

Riiiight, so how'd you get to see them in the first place?

[stigmundfreud]

swerni said:

stigmundfreud said:

Heskey said:

Oh please. You're trying to pass off differing views as trolling?

It's not as is this thread's initial purpose was for Pro-tattoo people only, it's just a discussion!

tattoos are cattle branding for the lower classes

now thats trolling

I trolled myself and I never realised, I've got some form of ink on my shoulder. I thought it was cool, it meant something to me and was a design I had always wanted to have tattooed sinch a child.

It wasnt until after I had it done some smart arsed sister of mine took great pleasure at pointing out its the flip side to the head on a 1p piece

[r1ch]

lol@people who point out tattoo's will look crap when your old.

I'll be more concerned with not crapping myself and not dying rather than how fashionable my ink is when im 85.

[lady topaz]

maxrider said:

lady topaz said:

two long barrelled colt type revolvers going down his thighs. Couldnt get a picture without him dropping his trousers unfortunately.

Riiiight, so how'd you get to see them in the first place?

With a lot of modest lifting up of the shirt and rolling up his jeans leg to see the end of the barrels down by his knees. Well thats my story

[stigmundfreud]

swerni said:

lady topaz said:

maxrider said:

lady topaz said:

two long barrelled colt type revolvers going down his thighs. Couldnt get a picture without him dropping his trousers unfortunately.

Riiiight, so how'd you get to see them in the first place?

With a lot of modest lifting up of the shirt and rolling up his jeans leg to see the end of the barrels down by his knees. Well thats my story

He showed you his rusty sheriff's badge?
Doesn't sound very modest to me
;)

he managed to get off both barrels before she knew what had hit her

[stigmundfreud]

thing is if you were to just pluck 1000 people with or without tats off the street of london they would probably fall into the same category.

[moanthebairns]

Is it just me or at no point did the OP state that having a tattoo made you look like a chav?

was the point of this topic not to be about funny or just peoples normal tattoo's?

not who likes them and who doesn't.

I have one, everyone was surprised when I got one on my 18th but to be honest I dont even realise I have it anymore. Its sorta like having big ears you get used to them. why does it need 4 pages of debate!

[moanthebairns]

I stand corrected i took time to read the whole post and seen chav-branding!

[stigmundfreud]

mickken said:

swerni said:

mickken said:

stigmundfreud said:

thing is if you were to just pluck 1000 people with or without tats off the street of london they would probably fall into the same category.

Odds would be lessened....

if you did it in the square mile half would probably be builders and the other half brokers

Not on a Sunday.

its a ghost town after 5:30 on a Friday. Was down a few months back and was amazed just how dead it was

[clonmult]

moanthebairns said:

Is it just me or at no point did the OP state that having a tattoo made you look like a chav?

was the point of this topic not to be about funny or just peoples normal tattoo's?

not who likes them and who doesn't.

I have one, everyone was surprised when I got one on my 18th but to be honest I dont even realise I have it anymore. Its sorta like having big ears you get used to them. why does it need 4 pages of debate!

You've got big ears

This is always the way tattoo threads go on here, spiral totally out of control

[moanthebairns]

mickken said:

moanthebairns said:

why does it need 4 pages of debate!

It doesn't. Change your Preferences to 80 posts a page and it will be just over one page.

ha good one!

sorry if it seems like im being a fud and complaining, i just thought the topic would be full of pictures of stupid/cool tattoos not what class has the most!