Reply With QuoteI am ink free but the wife is up to 5 tats so far.
IMG_1607..jpg this is Barney...it works for him, he's a bouncer in Tampa area and ex pro wrestler... a good friend to have and one heck of a good drinking buddy.
I am ink free but the wife is up to 5 tats so far.
My wife just HAD to have one a few years back... and got the obvious tribal influenced crap in the typical tramp stamp location. She assumed that I'd think it was sexy once it was there. I didn't care. But after she got hers, I just got one for the hell of it. I forget about it from time to time, and after about a week I just thought... well, that was kind of stupid. It's a VW logo; at an angle casting, a shadow. It's not the art I regret, it's the "okay, big deal" feeling I get out of it. Extra "who cares" points for it being on my left shoulder blade. -where of course nobody can see it except when I'm at the public pool or something, and THAT's not likely the reason they are taking up a collection to pay me to put my shirt back on.
I got one, no big deal... not that it's not big deal that I have a tattoo, I mean that it was a pointless endeavor for me. It's not expression of who I am, an important part of my life or some symbolic/idealogical piece. For anyone that knows me well enough to discuss what my tattoo is and why, the fact that I've owned 29 various classic VWs says much more about how much I like them than ink that I had done for the hell of it. I hope that my kids always pick up on the fact that I get nothing at all out of it, and that it takes excitement right out of it. Wishful thinking I'm sure.
I've often (very often actually) heard that the whole Chinese symbol thing meaning 'something' or being 'misunderstood' has less to do with the meaning of the symbol, and more to do with the most common usage of the person interpreting it at the time. Typically, these symbols, like "strength" and "unity" do not appear alone in their culture, and are entirely dependent on context to have any meaning at all. Those walls of symbols are put together to make people feel like they are getting a tattoo that means something, so that they are less likely to leave with their cash in their pocket. They are easy to do, are quick money makers, and make people think they are getting that particular one for a reason. For that alone, it's the most likely translation of all of these symbols is "gullible/typical American moron".
Bryan
1991 Mariner Blue | I Hate Everything
Nice I like tats on my women :)Originally Posted by Titus
2004 Saturn Ion Redline
Wrong Wheel Drive
1992 Grey MX-5
Right Wheel Drive
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I was born without nipples so I had them tattooed on.
M3 is always the answer.
rofl!?
"Fast cars are my only vice."
You're seeing Titus' wife????
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93' LE #1136 - FM II
250k miles
My Father was in the Navy and I saw when he had his removed.
No they can't just laser anything off.
He had to have the skin stretched and they cut the tattoo off.
Now he just has a wicked scar.
He got them removed due to not getting promotions and such in his career.
That ordeal cured me of getting a Miata tattooed on my a$$.
+1
Bobby
RED RULES!
90 Miata, 04 Rubicon, 05 Boxster
Yeah military tattoo regs are getting stricter and stricter. In the Marine Corps now I can't have anything that is visible while in PT gear shorts and a T-shirt. If you apply to be an officer anything that is visible is now automatically disqualifies you. They don't even want tattoos on drill instructors any more.
2004 Saturn Ion Redline
Wrong Wheel Drive
1992 Grey MX-5
Right Wheel Drive
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Most professional jobs do not want visible tattoos, either.
The Navy just had me complete and sign waivers for each of mine, stating that they weren't derogatory, offensive, or anything other than just "art" to me. My only "visible" tattoo is around my wrist, and is very easily covered by long sleeves or a watch (which is exactly the reason I got it where it is and not an inch more towards my hand like I wanted at first - A+ for a 16 year old kid thinking ahead for once). Most people also think it's just a bracelet.
A friend I used to work with had to wear long sleeves ALL the time to cover his ink. I've always thought that would really suck.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess. Having a tat is a really fast way to lower peoples opinion of you in my experiance. It is also a way for those who never progressed beyond coloring in school to have a job I suppose. Better than my tax dollars supporting them.
Stripe Das Sape
We are leading the world to democracy by example.
Bahaha!
I have the same feelings.
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
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