Show us your tattoos

[Melissa]

So Sean basically you're a low class thug who will be judged for all eternity!

You know what's funny about this, I don't recall seeing a single tat on this man!! He must make
a huge first impression personality~wise!!

Really? I saw one and asked how many he had and saw the rest... don't worry, arms and legs only! He IS a nice low class thug

[Saint John]

But you LIVE in the boon docks!!! How can too many people be "upper classed" successful living there?? There aren't jobs there for that. The ones who get college degrees move to the cities where the jobs are. You know that highly paying jobs are few in rural areas. That doesn't prove anything really. Plus, I say again. Define success. If you can feed your family, put a roof over their head, and live a happy life, why can't you do that as a garbage collector with tatts, and be considered successful?? I don't measure success like you people apparently.

YOU people? You got a problem with Iranians?!

[Deb]

Totally agree.
And those highly successful that may have some ink , make sure the hide them from the public , which defeats their whole purpose of getting tatts in the first place.

Bahahaha!

You changed it too fast for him!! Was it cause Dean called them ugly??

Nah, Dean just didn't get the grungy backalley look the photog was going for. And it was also time for a more seasonal one.

I'm currently listening to What If........

Mine has been shipped already, I should get it today or tomorrow! CD & DVD quality.......can't wait! Been 10 years since MB have put out a new cd, 15 years for the PG era.

[Behshad]

OK , this discussion went from semi-serious to funny , ever since Lynn started to bring up the fact that BIKERS have tatoos and most of them are successful.





And I may live in BFE now (which believe it or not have more successful people here than OldVille FL where you live , but I have lived in big cities and it's the same everywhere! 90% of the people with tattoos ate behind bars. I dont judge people based on their tattoos. The society does and because of that , you see less and less successful people gettin tatts. Stop being stubborn , Mrs Parfait.

[StevePerryHair]

But you LIVE in the boon docks!!! How can too many people be "upper classed" successful living there?? There aren't jobs there for that. The ones who get college degrees move to the cities where the jobs are. You know that highly paying jobs are few in rural areas. That doesn't prove anything really. Plus, I say again. Define success. If you can feed your family, put a roof over their head, and live a happy life, why can't you do that as a garbage collector with tatts, and be considered successful?? I don't measure success like you people apparently.

YOU people? You got a problem with Iranians?!

YOU people as in YOU too Matt... are YOU Iranian??

[YoungJRNY]

Whatever Matt or anyone else are ragging on tattoo's, so be it, it doesn't make me feel like a convict . It's a person's choice to do whatever it is with their own body, and I'm simply addicted to the fact of the incredible artistic ability mixed in the fact of personal message's within tattoos. It is now said that tattoo's are as popular as ever and if you want to be DIFFERENT, DON'T get a tattoo. I got my first tat when I was about 17 or so (parent consent) and I'm still in the process of finishing my Superman half sleeve. I couldn't be happier with it due to the fact I have personal and deep roots to the Superman character & it sure is a conversation piece. However, I'll never get a tattoo in the places that will interfere with my working stability (forearm, calf, uh, face? haha.) Just arms. I'm getting my piece done after X-mas. I go big or go home, haha.

My request was for Superman to be flying out from the purple and pink night sky, but instead of the night setting with stars and all of that, I wanted Superman symbols of all shapes and sizes representing the stars. The buildings are reflecting off of a water scene and I will be adding more Superman symbols beneath to finish it off (blues, greens and gold color.)

[StevePerryHair]

OK , this discussion went from semi-serious to funny , ever since Lynn started to bring up the fact that BIKERS have tatoos and most of them are successful.





And I may live in BFE now (which believe it or not have more successful people here than OldVille FL where you live , but I have lived in big cities and it's the same everywhere! 90% of the people with tattoos ate behind bars. I dont judge people based on their tattoos. The society does and because of that , you see less and less successful people gettin tatts. Stop being stubborn , Mrs Parfait.

I didn't say most I said you'd be SURPRISED at how many are!! I LIVE in the biking capital of the world in central florida... hellooo!!! You said that you have tattooed friends. Have they all done time? Or are you just lucky and know the other 10%

[Saint John]

You said that you have tattooed friends. Have they all done time?

Behshad is outing his sleeper cell.

[Don]

Whatever Matt or anyone else are ragging on tattoo's, so be it, it doesn't make me feel like a convict . It's a person's choice to do whatever it is with their own body, and I'm simply addicted to the fact of the incredible artistic ability mixed in the fact of personal message's within tattoos. It is now said that tattoo's are as popular as ever and if you want to be DIFFERENT, DON'T get a tattoo. I got my first tat when I was about 17 or so (parent consent) and I'm still in the process of finishing my Superman half sleeve. I couldn't be happier with it due to the fact I have personal and deep roots to the Superman character & it sure is a conversation piece. However, I'll never get a tattoo in the places that will interfere with my working stability (forearm, calf, uh, face? haha.) Just arms. I'm getting my piece done after X-mas. I go big or go home, haha.

My request was for Superman to be flying out from the purple and pink night sky, but instead of the night setting with stars and all of that, I wanted Superman symbols of all shapes and sizes representing the stars. The buildings are reflecting off of a water scene and I will be adding more Superman symbols beneath to finish it off (blues, greens and gold color.)

You couldn't just buy a comic book?

[Behshad]

OK , this discussion went from semi-serious to funny , ever since Lynn started to bring up the fact that BIKERS have tatoos and most of them are successful.





And I may live in BFE now (which believe it or not have more successful people here than OldVille FL where you live , but I have lived in big cities and it's the same everywhere! 90% of the people with tattoos ate behind bars. I dont judge people based on their tattoos. The society does and because of that , you see less and less successful people gettin tatts. Stop being stubborn , Mrs Parfait.

I didn't say most I said you'd be SURPRISED at how many are!! I LIVE in the biking capital of the world in central florida... hellooo!!! You said that you have tattooed friends. Have they all done time? Or are you just lucky and know the other 10%

Out of the 6 people I know , 5 of them have done time , at some point in their lives. 3 of them live off of welfare. Again , I'm not saying their lowlives cause of their tatts. It's just you see more lowlives with tatts. Doesn't mean ALL people with tatts are lowlives.

[YoungJRNY]

Whatever Matt or anyone else are ragging on tattoo's, so be it, it doesn't make me feel like a convict . It's a person's choice to do whatever it is with their own body, and I'm simply addicted to the fact of the incredible artistic ability mixed in the fact of personal message's within tattoos. It is now said that tattoo's are as popular as ever and if you want to be DIFFERENT, DON'T get a tattoo. I got my first tat when I was about 17 or so (parent consent) and I'm still in the process of finishing my Superman half sleeve. I couldn't be happier with it due to the fact I have personal and deep roots to the Superman character & it sure is a conversation piece. However, I'll never get a tattoo in the places that will interfere with my working stability (forearm, calf, uh, face? haha.) Just arms. I'm getting my piece done after X-mas. I go big or go home, haha.

My request was for Superman to be flying out from the purple and pink night sky, but instead of the night setting with stars and all of that, I wanted Superman symbols of all shapes and sizes representing the stars. The buildings are reflecting off of a water scene and I will be adding more Superman symbols beneath to finish it off (blues, greens and gold color.)

You couldn't just buy a comic book?

I already have a ton of those. I just want to pile up as many rude comments as I possibly can. The count is at one. Seriously, you might not want to know me. I will slay anyone of people's children here in their sleep because I have tattoos. MR: BEWARE, I'm a fucking nut-ass Four Loko drinkin, tattoo wearin' junkie convict.

[Michigan Girl]

Whatever Matt or anyone else are ragging on tattoo's, so be it, it doesn't make me feel like a convict . It's a person's choice to do whatever it is with their own body, and I'm simply addicted to the fact of the incredible artistic ability mixed in the fact of personal message's within tattoos. It is now said that tattoo's are as popular as ever and if you want to be DIFFERENT, DON'T get a tattoo. I got my first tat when I was about 17 or so (parent consent) and I'm still in the process of finishing my Superman half sleeve. I couldn't be happier with it due to the fact I have personal and deep roots to the Superman character & it sure is a conversation piece. However, I'll never get a tattoo in the places that will interfere with my working stability (forearm, calf, uh, face? haha.) Just arms. I'm getting my piece done after X-mas. I go big or go home, haha.

My request was for Superman to be flying out from the purple and pink night sky, but instead of the night setting with stars and all of that, I wanted Superman symbols of all shapes and sizes representing the stars. The buildings are reflecting off of a water scene and I will be adding more Superman symbols beneath to finish it off (blues, greens and gold color.)

Point proven ...they are almost as lovely as you!!

[StevePerryHair]

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Out of the 6 people I know , 5 of them have done time , at some point in their lives. 3 of them live off of welfare. Again , I'm not saying their lowlives cause of their tatts. It's just you see more lowlives with tatts. Doesn't mean ALL people with tatts are lowlives.

Well, I know tattoed people and not one has done time. Many are cops and firefighters. Some are just mom's And none of them have done time and they are all successful in my eyes. I know what you say is true,about many lowlife people have them, but Matt acted like he knows NO ONE who is successful who has them. I think that's bull. I think because of the pressure to hide them, he cant' really know that. I think what you are seeing is a demographic for where you live really. I mean YOU are successful. With our without a tatt, you would be!! But I think it's kind of a lifestyle passed down by family. It's what they know and how they were raised. It's not much to do with the tatts. And Im NOT saying there aren't lots of successful people where you live! I just think smaller towns, you see more people who struggle with minimum wage work is all. But even that, I would never have the audacity to say they aren't successful. Depends on what they do outside of work to me.

[Jana]

I know professionals with tattoos, and it's more than you think, especially of the young professionals coming up the ranks. But it's not the norm.

But the young are definitely getting tattoos and call it artistic expression. It is in full swing. I don't even get the little tattoos on ankles of females. I have friends who have that. It looks like dirt. when I see Kelly Ripa's on TV, it never looks good to me. And, yes, all the yuppies in midlife crisis getting their Harley, many are getting little tattoos somewhere.

[Behshad]

I know professionals with tattoos, and it's more than you think, especially of the young professionals coming up the ranks. But it's not the norm.

Sorry , but your idea of professional is Neal Schon. Next

[StevePerryHair]

I know professionals with tattoos, and it's more than you think, especially of the young professionals coming up the ranks. But it's not the norm.

Sorry , but your idea of professional is Neal Schon. Next

[Jana]

I know professionals with tattoos, and it's more than you think, especially of the young professionals coming up the ranks. But it's not the norm.

Sorry , but your idea of professional is Neal Schon. Next

Bullies.

[G.I.Jim]

Whatever Matt or anyone else are ragging on tattoo's, so be it, it doesn't make me feel like a convict . It's a person's choice to do whatever it is with their own body, and I'm simply addicted to the fact of the incredible artistic ability mixed in the fact of personal message's within tattoos. It is now said that tattoo's are as popular as ever and if you want to be DIFFERENT, DON'T get a tattoo. I got my first tat when I was about 17 or so (parent consent) and I'm still in the process of finishing my Superman half sleeve. I couldn't be happier with it due to the fact I have personal and deep roots to the Superman character & it sure is a conversation piece. However, I'll never get a tattoo in the places that will interfere with my working stability (forearm, calf, uh, face? haha.) Just arms. I'm getting my piece done after X-mas. I go big or go home, haha.

My request was for Superman to be flying out from the purple and pink night sky, but instead of the night setting with stars and all of that, I wanted Superman symbols of all shapes and sizes representing the stars. The buildings are reflecting off of a water scene and I will be adding more Superman symbols beneath to finish it off (blues, greens and gold color.)

Point proven ...they are almost as lovely as you!!

Slow down Cougar!

[Michigan Girl]

Slow down Cougar!

Don't you think they're prettier than the guy w/the gut ...what, does he think he covering that thing up?!?
It really is lovely artwork ...

[Melissa]

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Out of the 6 people I know , 5 of them have done time , at some point in their lives. 3 of them live off of welfare. Again , I'm not saying their lowlives cause of their tatts. It's just you see more lowlives with tatts. Doesn't mean ALL people with tatts are lowlives.

Well, I know tattoed people and not one has done time. Many are cops and firefighters. Some are just mom's And none of them have done time and they are all successful in my eyes. I know what you say is true,about many lowlife people have them, but Matt acted like he knows NO ONE who is successful who has them. I think that's bull. I think because of the pressure to hide them, he cant' really know that. I think what you are seeing is a demographic for where you live really. I mean YOU are successful. With our without a tatt, you would be!! But I think it's kind of a lifestyle passed down by family. It's what they know and how they were raised. It's not much to do with the tatts. And Im NOT saying there aren't lots of successful people where you live! I just think smaller towns, you see more people who struggle with minimum wage work is all. But even that, I would never have the audacity to say they aren't successful. Depends on what they do outside of work to me.

I should tell my firefighter brother, the one who is well respected on his heavy rescue/special ops rig, as well as a fire academy instructor, what a low class thug he is for having 4 tattoos, especially for that one on his forearm in full visibility *gasp!*

[Don]

What happened to just drawing on paper? Thug firemen.

[Melissa]

What happened to just drawing on paper? Thug firemen.

I know! I'll have to tell him that, along with the cooking and recliner surfing they do all shift!

[YoungJRNY]

I also think that people who dye their hair is a DANGER to society. I mean, how insecure a person might be from accepting themselves for who they are and doing such a crime and putting all that gook in their hair for it to change a different color. Evil demons must torture their soul I think people who wear a essential amount of jewelry, earnings, and bracelets are trying to tell us something because bikers and esp people of different ethnicity and background wear similar wrong doings.

[Arianddu]

I've had this conversation with quite a few people over the years, discussing why to get tattoos, and if you get them, why have them in a place that is usually covered up. While jobs and first impressions are reasons, the one that I got from most people is that simply, people get tattoos for themselves, not the general public, so there is no issue with them being somewhere not usually seen. For many people, a tattoo is a reflection of something deeply important to them, something that symbolises an idea or a tradition that is indelibly tied up with how that person views themselves, or the world.

As for professional, succesful people having them? Well, let me think... amongst those I know:

a midwife (flowers on her calf and foot)
a chemical engineer (angel on his bicep)
two surgeons (one has a flaming sword on his bicep, the other has a tattoo of runes on his chest)
a very successful sales man (name of his deceased son over his heart)
a computing engineer (butterfly done in a stained glass window style on his shoulder blade)
high ranking naval chaplain (anchors with the ropes circling each forarm, a crucifix on his left shoulder)
a lawyer (a chained leopard on his thigh)
a senior Australian federal police seargent (heraldic arms on his chest)
a registered nurse (the logo of the motor cycle he used to ride, on his bicept)
a mathematics professor (that I know of, a mathematical equation that was part of his PhD work, an ankh, and he has two more but not anywhere I'm going to look.)
a theoretical physics professor (the initials of his wife over his heart)
a paramedic (marine corp tattoo and the American flag on his biceps)

I suspect there are more people out there with tattoos than you'd think, but they choose to keep them generally private. And I wouldn't make too much of people covering up their tats for professional reasons - I don't see many of the professionals I know going to work wearing the same clothes they'd wear at a bbq or to go clubbing, and for much the same reasons.

[steveo777]

Why do black people get tattoos in black ink?

I saw this big black woman with huge melon tits and she had black tats of dog paw prints on the top of her tits. She was wearing a spaghetti strap top.

[Arianddu]

Fascinating what a little research throws up. Here's a list of famous people who had/have tattoos:

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a tattoo of his family crest on his chest. (Suspected to be a Roosevelt family tradition)
US President John F. Kennedy had a shamrock tattoo on his foot, and a tattoo of a dagger on his bicep.
Former US Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, George Schultz has the Princeston mascot tattooed on his butt.
UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill had an anchor tattooed on his forarm (and his mother had a tattoo of a snake on her wrist - tattooing was an upper-class trend in Edwardian times.)
Both George IV and George V of Great Britain had naval tattoos on both forearms.
Thomas Eddison had a die showing number 5 tattooed on his arm.

[Angel]

I have no problems with people that have tattoos-it's their body they can do what they want with it. People tend to have tattoos for one of a couple of reasons (IMO)-something that's personal and describes them or in some way "tells their story" or simply for attention. I tend to think that people with multiple tattoos on their face, neck and every other inch of skin on their body do it for attention and shock value. Lots of my friends (successful and not so much) have tattoos. I'm not sure I could ever get a tattoo simply because I'm too fickle-I tend to change my clothes three times a day-I'd get tired of it and wish I'd never done it. I'm sensitive to most metals so I have a hard time wearing jewelry so I HAVE considered a tattoo on my left ring finger...but that's way too permanent.

[YoungJRNY]

I have no problems with people that have tattoos-it's their body they can do what they want with it. People tend to have tattoos for one of a couple of reasons (IMO)-something that's personal and describes them or in some way "tells their story" or simply for attention. I tend to think that people with multiple tattoos on their face, neck and every other inch of skin on their body do it for attention and shock value. Lots of my friends (successful and not so much) have tattoos. I'm not sure I could ever get a tattoo simply because I'm too fickle-I tend to change my clothes three times a day-I'd get tired of it and wish I'd never done it. I'm sensitive to most metals so I have a hard time wearing jewelry so I HAVE considered a tattoo on my left ring finger...but that's way too permanent.

To me, personally, I got a tattoo in a form of expression, not attention. In fact, when I'm at the gym, out running, or have a tanktop on in the middle of summer, I kind of dred when people come up to me and want to talk about how sweet my tattoo looks, who I went to to get it and how much it cost. Like I said earlier, it's a great conversation piece but I didn't get it for people to come up and form a "first impression" over it. I got it because I love the artistic ability that it portrays within my own personality and the expression to put it on my body through tattooing is something more personal than anything other than what other people think of it or me. If I wanted attention, I'd grow my hair down to my ass, shave the sides, and glue my hair out to a 10 inch mohawk. Tattoo's are a common thing in today's society and I think people get them to form a sign of expression or tribute (deaths, meaning, remembrance, success, tragedy, pride, etc.)

[Angel]

I have no problems with people that have tattoos-it's their body they can do what they want with it. People tend to have tattoos for one of a couple of reasons (IMO)-something that's personal and describes them or in some way "tells their story" or simply for attention. I tend to think that people with multiple tattoos on their face, neck and every other inch of skin on their body do it for attention and shock value. Lots of my friends (successful and not so much) have tattoos. I'm not sure I could ever get a tattoo simply because I'm too fickle-I tend to change my clothes three times a day-I'd get tired of it and wish I'd never done it. I'm sensitive to most metals so I have a hard time wearing jewelry so I HAVE considered a tattoo on my left ring finger...but that's way too permanent.

To me, personally, I got a tattoo in a form of expression, not attention. In fact, when I'm at the gym, out running, or have a tanktop on in the middle of summer, I kind of dred when people come up to me and want to talk about how sweet my tattoo looks, who I went to to get it and how much it cost. Like I said earlier, it's a great conversation piece but I didn't get it for people to come up and form a "first impression" over it. I got it because I love the artistic ability that it portrays within my own personality and the expression to put it on my body through tattooing is something more personal than anything other than what other people think of it or me. If I wanted attention, I'd grow my hair down to my ass, shave the sides, and glue my hair out to a 10 inch mohawk. Tattoo's are a common thing in today's society and I think people get them to form a sign of expression or tribute (deaths, meaning, remembered, success, tragedy, etc.)

I think you missed my point. If you had a huge tattoo of a Superman across your entire face, that would be the type of attention seeking/shock value tattoo I'm talking about.

[YoungJRNY]

I have no problems with people that have tattoos-it's their body they can do what they want with it. People tend to have tattoos for one of a couple of reasons (IMO)-something that's personal and describes them or in some way "tells their story" or simply for attention. I tend to think that people with multiple tattoos on their face, neck and every other inch of skin on their body do it for attention and shock value. Lots of my friends (successful and not so much) have tattoos. I'm not sure I could ever get a tattoo simply because I'm too fickle-I tend to change my clothes three times a day-I'd get tired of it and wish I'd never done it. I'm sensitive to most metals so I have a hard time wearing jewelry so I HAVE considered a tattoo on my left ring finger...but that's way too permanent.

To me, personally, I got a tattoo in a form of expression, not attention. In fact, when I'm at the gym, out running, or have a tanktop on in the middle of summer, I kind of dred when people come up to me and want to talk about how sweet my tattoo looks, who I went to to get it and how much it cost. Like I said earlier, it's a great conversation piece but I didn't get it for people to come up and form a "first impression" over it. I got it because I love the artistic ability that it portrays within my own personality and the expression to put it on my body through tattooing is something more personal than anything other than what other people think of it or me. If I wanted attention, I'd grow my hair down to my ass, shave the sides, and glue my hair out to a 10 inch mohawk. Tattoo's are a common thing in today's society and I think people get them to form a sign of expression or tribute (deaths, meaning, remembered, success, tragedy, etc.)

I think you missed my point. If you had a huge tattoo of a Superman across your entire face, that would be the type of attention seeking/shock value tattoo I'm talking about.

I got what you were saying about the tattoo shock attention factor. I just went off on why I got one personally. I actually have 2 other one's on my left arm, I'm going to make those 2 into a half Steelers sleeve, one that in-cooperates in with my dad and what he means to me as well as football being a big part in our relationship as father and son.