Thread: Tattoos - The good, the bad, the ugly and the regrets.

I can recall a sailor who had 'I LOVE STEAK EGG AND CHIPS' tattoed on his forearm. Wonder what his grandchildren make of that now!

Originally Posted by Nignoy

Had a few tattoo,s when I was young and daft, a couple of thai buddhist ones done by monks up in mukdaharn, , a few months later while on R&R in Bangkok was billeted with some yanks from Korat, all week this gobby master/sgt from New York kept rabbiting on about gettinga thai tattoo to cover his back but he couldnt find any one to do it. Was that an invitation for a stitchup or what on our last night we took him out for a few sherbets and his tattoo, must admit he bore the pain very well , so we had a few more drinks and took him back to the billet, next morning at dark oclock as we were leavingwe woke him to praise his wonderful tattoo, Would love to have been there when he got back to Korat to find not a religous thai motif on his back but the Cutty Sark in full Sail and Rule Brittania written neatly underneath, we had the photo,s for years but mrs N number 2 burnt them with the rest of my stuff before the divorce :P

fuckmyoldboots - there's a coincidence; my Granddad had exactly the same story to tell about an American sailor in Burma .... and I didn't believe him either!

I have five - two on my chest, one on my lower back, one on my bicep, and one on my forearm.

I don't regret the hidden ones, but I do occasionally regret the one on my forearm. I occasionally think about getting it removed, and often feel self-conscious when people ask about it. Although now I'm in a career where it will hopefully be considered eccentric more than anything.

Got to admit there are a lot of good tats out there and some rate true artist accolades.. There's a guy who has been paid by some 'collector' to turn over his skin when he dies, suitable for framing, cause the tat artist's work is supposedly so unique...

There are a number of ' wimmen' in the Tat rags who have a good portion of their bod covered in ink, some of it quite impressive, but I got to think they'll be seen as quite odd round the retirement village when they hit 80 or so..[ then again.. randy old basterds in many of them might find it a late age turnon ]..

then there's always the cautionary tales of tats gone wrong/bad.. recall a 'famous' case of a young girl who was taken with a Chinese ' design' at a restaurant and had it replicated across one shoulder.

When dining out at another such establishment she was the cause of much mirth on the part of the Oriental staff.. turns out the device spelled out " One Sweet Dish " in the local lingo..

warning to all..

Originally Posted by Rocketeer

Got to admit there are a lot of good tats out there and some rate true artist accolades.. There's a guy who has been paid by some 'collector' to turn over his skin when he dies, suitable for framing, cause the tat artist's work is supposedly so unique...

There are a number of ' wimmen' in the Tat rags who have a good portion of their bod covered in ink, some of it quite impressive, but I got to think they'll be seen as quite odd round the retirement village when they hit 80 or so..[ then again.. randy old basterds in many of them might find it a late age turnon ]..

then there's always the cautionary tales of tats gone wrong/bad.. recall a 'famous' case of a young girl who was taken with a Chinese ' design' at a restaurant and had it replicated across one shoulder.

When dining out at another such establishment she was the cause of much mirth on the part of the Oriental staff.. turns out the device spelled out " One Sweet Dish " in the local lingo..
warning to all..

Mrs Ravers has a tat of a small chinese character on her shoulder. It means 'Mysterious' apparently. Having spoken to a Chinese oppo of mine it turns out it only means 'mysterious' in certain contexts and more commonly it means 'odd' 'bizzare' or even 'queer.'

Old housemate of mine was telling me about one of her colleagues - particularly slutty and not unattactive - who has her own name done across the top of her arrse. She probably got fed up of people forgetting her name when they'd rutted her...

One of my old mates from school who is now a bootie lost a bet with his muckers and had to have "Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot" down his leg
pi55ed myself when i saw it

None on me, at least so far and I am getting a bit old for that sort of thing. When in graduate school, when using the lockers at the swimming pool, that a number of young athletes had a dead bulldog, paws in the air, done in blue ink on their arrse as Harvard's main rival is Yale and Yale''s mascot is the bulldog, blue the school color. At around that time my wife told me that all of the Harvard women's water polo team has the same dead blue bulldog, also on the arrse. I never spent much time in the ladies locker room so cannot give firsthand testimony on this.

Actually the only time I was in the ladies lockers at Harvard was the time my 3 year old son locked himself in a locker and panicked. Wife called me. i told her call the Boston Fire Department and started over from Cambridge. When I got there no BFD yet and I could hear the kid screaming from the lobby so I grabbed a prybar from the car trunk. I entered while shouting "man coming in! " I got the door open in about 10 seconds but there is no way Harvard could ever fix the locker door.

Thinking back I should have promised the kid a big ice cream if he did it again.

Looking at some tatt's on the net and I come accross some para tatt's,On closer inspection of one of the 'totan pole' design's I noticed that this particalar tatt had all the tour's printed either side on grave stone's,looked very nice except 'afghanistan' was spelt 'afganisan' and some other's were also spelt wrong.
Hope the para chap did'nt have to close a look and notice the mistakes!!

I don't claim to be the most well educated chap,but a tattoo artist......????

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Be interesting to see how many of the Arrse Maidens pipe up on this one!

Funny you should mention that.

One large tattoo of a culturally significant religious icon on my shoulderblade (and it did look extremely classy in my wedding dress).

Three smaller ones: one a nickname that was given to me by the Swedes on my former hockey team, one originally drawn on a cocktail napkin in a dive bar when my best friend and I were drunk and discussing Australian aboriginal myths, and one that shall not be discussed.

NO ass-antlers.

I don't regret any of them because they all represent a different part of my life.

And yes, I do drink whiskey out of a boot. :D

Originally Posted by MrHappy

Got a mate who has the symbols out of a clothing tab. An iron, wash at forty degrees sign etc. Says he had it cos its 'original'. Righ down the inside of his arm. Doesn't look bad eaither!

Now that's individual. :D

I may get the "don't iron" symbol done on my arm, just below my blood group tatt.

Hmmm and maybe the 40 degree wash...

Anyone remember the dotted line and scissors across the throat, that was fashionable when Punk was all the rage?

When I was younger I had Auchtermuchty tattooed on my willy,now that I'm old it reads Amy

Originally Posted by Gungythree

When I was younger I had Auchtermuchty tattooed on my willy,now that I'm old it reads Amy

:D

Similiar one; Borrostouness (Bo'ness) shrinks to Bones.

The next one I'm getting when I get back from the sandpit is gonna be the Cross of Sacrifice on my back, going from just under my collar line to just above my waistline

Originally Posted by jimnicebutdim

The next one I'm getting when I get back from the sandpit is gonna be the Cross of Sacrifice on my back, going from just under my collar line to just above my waistline

And extending down to the wrists I hope?