Tattoos, Got one?

[Annabelle]

Liriel so If i get one on my hip will it hurt and can you tell me jokes and slip me MM while they do it?
I don't know if I can do this!!!!! We will have to talk about this at Bethlehem! I want to know more

Annabelle

[oldraven]

Well, it's settled. I'm getting one on the 11th. In New Glasgow. Some guy named Sailor Pat, or something like that. Ange got a rose on her ankle from this same guy, and from what I've heard, from a few sources, he's world class. Clean, and proffesional.

My cousin Jason is setting it up, and He, my brother Troy, and I are getting it done all at once. Well, one after the other, but all together.


(I just did a spell check, and every single word up there is supposedly spelled wrong. )

[silverdragon]

"Thinking about it" and "My Parent/Spouse/Significant Other Would Kill Me" should not be mutually exclusive....

[Sea Dog]

My middle son just showed us a new "banner" design across the top of his stomach. So far just the outlining has been done. He is saying not only is it still hurting, but hurts a lot more than the outline on his arm. (Neither has begun to be filled in yet. OH JOYS) I mentioned it will hurt even more when they start filling it in. I also mentioned to his Mother that it will really look interesting when he gets a beer belly. After she stopped laughing, he assured us he would never get a beer belly - To Be Continued.

I may or may not have mentioned I am working at a major Amusement Park this Summer, I can tell you from a lot of recent experience and observations poorly selected and/or done tattoos on overweight folks don't look good, they get worse when they get bigger or older. Tats, navel rings and other body art on ladies that have figures like mine shouldn't get displayed in public. The men with jibs cut like mine aren't great either, but most appear to have been that size when decorated and the tats aren't too bad, but some of the ladies are well never mind.

Let's just say there are a few people that really shouldn't be wearing crop tops, and low cut shorts.

[urian]

I have 13 total but here are the ones I could get a clear shot of.

[TheCarolinaScotsman]

What's the one next to the blazing sun that looks like a Japanese or Chinese symbol?

[urian]

Symbol for dragon
I have 4 dragon tats total plus that.
Lots of reason for the dragons
one is that its one of my totems
and the dragon represents the best and worst of the human soul but I choose to concentrate on the best..longjevity, patience, kindness, intelligence, nobility

[celtica]

Beautiful tatoos ! Is it another dragon near the phoenix ? I don't see very well...

[Shadows]

That one you ask about appears to me to be Thunderbird!

[celtica]

I don't think so. You called thunderbird what I called phoenix, I was asking about the other tatoo near the thunderbird...the black one.

[urian]

the black one is a thunderbird...one of my first ones..kinda tiny

[celtica]

Really ? So I'm afraid I don't know what is a thunderbird... . An ancient god or something like that ?

[oldraven]

The Thunderbird comes from pacific coast American Native (don't know the tribe) folklore. Lived in the caves on the coast and would do battle with the Killer Whale out on the ocean, causing ocean storms.

Brought to you by your local thunderbird fanatic. Let's see if I can find some sort of link, and how bad my memory is.

Legend of the Thunderbird

As for the tread!!! Can I change my vote to HELL YEAH!



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[celtica]

Thank you very much for the legend oldraven ! I didn't know it.

Your tatoo is very beautiful indeed !
Isn't it too big for a first one...should have hurt

[oldraven]

Yeah, it's way too big for a first. I almost passed out twice. ALMOST! We had planned for it to be about three inches high, but Jerry, the tat man, said we would loose too much detail at that size. So they're friggin huge.

It took 2 hours, and I went first. My two brothers, Jimmie and Troy, my cousin Jason, and I all got them done, identically. By the time Troy got his done, Sailor Jerry had cut the time down to an hour and a quarter.

Yes, it hurts.

The outline is the worst, and when he gets to the long straight ones, you'll feel the burn. About half way through the outline I asked him to hold off for a minute, and I just about lost it. He handed me a glass of water and told me to lean forward. After about five minutes of intense cold sweats, I was back under the needle. Got up and walked around the room before the shading started for a minute or two, then planted my arse until it was done. It's just starting to peel now.

After about twenty minutes, it starts to go numb though, so it's really not that bad. Once you convince yourself that it's just a bit of burning, and it's not going to kill you, it'll be easy as pie. Before it was finished, I was thinking of what to get on the other arm.

I'm really enjoying it now. I call it my new paintjob. Somehow I see this as a new family tradition.

Here we are, in order. Jason, Me, Troy, and Jimmie. Don't we look baddass now?

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