I just don't get it. Tatoos just look so trashy (to me). Why would anyone want to destroy their beauthiful bodies with a nasty ink stain?

To each their own, I guess.

One more time I'll say that I'm not putting anything on my body that I can't take off if I change my mind.

Pretty nice.  I have seen that place, I drive by there all the time.  How were thier prices?  Fairly decent?  I've been thinking of getting my first one and after getting sticker shock in Vegas last weekend, I am just curious. 

I agree with witbee and Nancy, I've never liked the looks of tats and have, in fact, turned down mutiple offers of free ink.

My 19 yo nephew  has ink on the brain and comes proudly displaying each new piece, seeking my opinion. I have stated time and time again that I'm not impressed and if he MUST continue, to try and keep them where they can be covered with a shirt. He is bewildered that I made it through 4 years in the Marines and didn't get a single tat.

I nearly got one about 20 years ago. I even had it narrowed down to two choices, the Maui & Sons shark logo with a pair of RayBans to be placed on my bicep (Thank GOD I didn't do that one) and a lawnmower on my chest (in which I would need to shave a patch of chest hair off regularly) which I STILL think is funny.

I may relent and get the Dodgers logo on my arm if they ever win the World Sderies again, but for now, I remain a blank canvas.

I'm still fantasizing about getting my second tattoo. I know almost exactly what I want and where I want it, just have to get around to actually getting it done. I may need to check this place out. 

I have 4  my favorite is the black widow on my arm.  But I made sure they can be covered up.  What I don't  understand is the women that get full sleeved or people who get them on their neck and face!  That's over the top to me.  it will look hideous when they are in their 80's.

Tattoos were really cool during my early 20s, in the middle of the grunge era.  So were piercings.  Nearly everyone I knew had nose rings, tongue studs, "tribal" tattoos, etc.  I just never did.  Mainly for the same reason Nancy cited:  permanency is too permanent for me.

Not to mention I have enough "beauty marks" (which other people call blemishes) as it is.

Now if they had "plastic surgery parlors" in town, it might be a different story.

Too funny Cat! I agree with you on the permanence. Tastes change...the only thing that HASN'T changed about me in the last 25 years is my sense of humor and my love of the Dodgers (43 of my soon to be 47 years)

spamcode--WIFFS, one letter away from a strikeout!

I only have one currently, and it is a memorial for my youngest boy who is now gone. I know for a fact that I will never regret it. The one I want later is along the same lines, but it will be for all my kids. Neither are as big as Alex's. My advice is to never put someone's name on your skin unless it is one of your kids' name. Think through every tatt idea you have, VERY thoroughly. It took me two years to decide on one, and Alex took about the same time.

My nephew's largest is his son's hand and footprints with his DOB and name in the middle of his back. It's nice but if he has more kids, he's out of room!!

 I love them! I would be covered from head to toe if I were a touch more crazy :0)

Dwayne Johnsons tattoo is to die for! Or maybe it's just because it is on him! Mmm cute!

http://www.mostbeautifulman...

Who's Dwayne Johnson?

The Rock

I agree he's gorgeous~  I mean his tattoos are gorgeous~ LOL

Yeah, I had to study those pics very, very carefully...you know, to evaluate the tattoo.

I think tats are great. 

For other people. Not me.

I've seen some nice butterflies on the small of some very elegant backs.

--virgil

Oh, HIM!!! Yummy! I'd like to check him for ticks...! ;P A guy that sexy deserves a better name than Dwayne.

Would probably never get a tattoo, but have one picked out just in case.   Hexagram 23 from the I Ching.

But perusing geek tattoo sites I start to waver...a caffeine molecule, maybe?  Nitroglycerin? 

I once saw a geek tattoo, well:

(Presumably under the hat is a < head >  tattoo...)

Rickldo,

A lawnmower tattoo on your chest IS funny. In fact, it's flippin' hilarious! I think you should do it.

Sorry to hear about your love of the Dodgers, though.  ;-)

 His tats are exquisite! ;-P'''''''''''

He has a very cute personality too..

He was on Leno last night and he is very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...  ( 3:42 is the best!)

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

 If a tattoo is done correctly and with some thought it can be awesome.

Some people will put just about anything on their body's. You can just tell it was totally drug and/or alcohol related lol!

BAD-http://www.hahastop.com/pic...

NOT SO BAD-http://i.ehow.com/images/Gl...
 

It probably looks better then the front.

I admit I've got a crush on an actress with multiple tattoos.  I overlook them because she's the fifth-most-dangerous liberal in America.

(And cute as a bug otherwise...)

Lana , LoL ... makes me laugh !

Thanks!!

--virgil

Your welcome virgil. ..........;<))

 I've seen some nice butterflies on the small of some very elegant backs.

I've heard that those are called "Tramp Stamps"

" I've heard that those are called "Tramp Stamps"

I suppose it depends on who's wearing it ...

--virgil

...or who sees it.

or, mabey who puts it on!

--virgil

I love to see my fellow youth buck conformity by getting tatted like all the other youth. Rock on in your unique and rebellious skins!

or as House says, "you want to be a rebel, go hang out in the library with all the asian kids who don't care what you think about them....of course they are there because of intense pressure from their parents, but the point remains"

(paraphrased) 

So far younger daughter (having dinner with her tonight!) has resisted getting a tat.  (I may be behind the knowledge curve on that).

Still 14 piercings as of last update, though...

I never wanted a tat because don't want noticeable markings in my profession.  I like to be icognito.

Unless you're defining "youth" as people under 50, you're probably not spekaing to the majoirty of folks on here who are thinking about getting tatted. Got my first one at 21 (back in the 80's), and have been wanting another ever since. Back then, I was a rebel.

"I never wanted a tat because don't want noticeable markings in my profession."

That's why tats especially are a moral thing for ya, huh?

--virgil

Got my first one at 21 (back in the 80's),

I was 21 four years ago, most tats are pretty lame (insert chinese symbol which for all whitey knows could be "I love c****)

A lot of guys I know get them because they think it makes them the biker/tough guy image (if one needs a tat for to feel masculine then they've got other issues going on). I don't know why girls get them, but rebellious it aint. A woman's body is the mona lisa and I for one would never deface the Mona Lisa.

 Back then, I was a rebel.

Back then?

Disillusioned when Cindy Lauper when out of style eh? I hear it's making a comeback in some LA circles

Moral?  Who said anything about morals?  When you're out on patrols in say, Iraq, bad guys watch you and kidnap soldiers (hopefully someone in the leadership)  and cut thiers heads off and put it on the news for the world to see.  For that reason, I wear no name tape, no tattoos, No religious preference on my dog tag, or any type of marking that would allow the bad guys to clue in on me.  It's not about morals at all unless you are inferring survival in some wierd way.

right ...

--virgil

There are, reportedly, lots of misapplied Chinese characters out there. 

There's an old urban legend about a woman who knitted some Chinese characters she copied off a restaurant menu into a sweater design.  Supposedly when translated they meant "cheap, but good."

Imagine *THAT* as a tattoo...

Why do you think they give us velcro nametapes, Virgil? Morals?

um ...

--virgil

oh ....

--virgil

jf~ that's interesting. I had a friend,now deceased,who was a Viet Namm vet. He hated "tats" but had his intials on all of his limbs~ in case he was "relocated" from any of them.

Alex is one handsome young man ghost! You know how I feel about tats,money is all that is keeping me from having one.

Not too be too gruesome but the tattooing would be merely wishful thinking in this war as usually there are very few discernable parts when there is a "relocation".  We have really good DNA teams to identify though, just in case.  We also tie dog tags to the boots.

jf~ that is what I always said, that the body might not be in such swell shape~ back then DNA was not so good.He was young,headed off to a dangerous place~ I think it was more an act of hope than desperation....

Here's some morality for you ...

http://www.afterdowningstre...

perhaps a bit OT ( yes, off tats).

--virgil

* don't go to link if you're offended by war graphics.

All the more reason not to wear noticeable markings...

No.

Just all the more reason to think about what's really important.

--virgil

Right.  Like some butterflies on the smalls of some elegant backs. That's really important.