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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Tattoos Anyone? (ARCHIVES): Archive through August 02, 2005 users admin

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
So Tabby, your boss knew what you looked like naked!?? (as well as inside & out!)

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I did want to say that I like all the tat's in this thread...very cool (or kewl of you speak cyber.)

Though, I'm not sure I would ever want a half-sleeve like Shadoe has (it is pretty)...that's what they call it right? All the arm is a sleeve and half the arm is a half-sleeve? And al lthe body is a body-suit...

I'm not up on all the tat lingo.

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Nick, my half sleeve is the colored one on my left arm because it goes completely around the arm. The black and white lotus one on my right is not yet a half sleeve as the inside of my arm has not been done yet. The full sleeve is usually to the wrist. Your lingo is just fine
As for the body suit, there is no way I am going that far. Too many parts of the body that are not ready for a tattoo gun.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
OK -- all this talk of tats has made me want to share. My first one I got when I was 17... I had moved away to go to school and was living with my BF. He was heavily tattooed (home jobs, no less, done by guys 'fresh from the joint') and was adamant that I was not allowed to get any. So one day after a nasty argument I went down to the tattoo place in Victoria, and to spite my BF, got a tattie of my own. A little red maple leaf in the small of my back... being freaked about the permanence of tattoos,I knew if anything I'd never be ashamed of my country.

A few years later I got this one... I got the symbols out of a Taoist meditation book. As far as I know (you never do know when getting chinese symbols! LOL) this says, "Laughter, Happiness, Be." As in, if you can laugh, and you can love, you can be. It's perfectly placed to run right down the inside line of my right shoulder blade (it 'slumps' into the spine of my back if I press my shoulder blades towards each other)



I like the idea of matching tattoos, but my man and I are going for 'almost matching'. In keeping with the theme of the Asian characters, I am going to be adding a monkey hanging by his tail off of the top character, with a tiger lazily watching from the 'ground' at the bottom. In the Chinese zodiac, I am the year of the monkey, he is the year of the tiger. I think his is going to be a monkey getting a ride on a tiger's back... symbolize the fact that he's always carrying me and looking out for me.

I'm also been wanting a wreath of daisies around my ankle bone... you know the round piece of bone that sticks out, yeah. A half wreath around the bottom of that. Sigh, so addictive, tattoos are...

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
 B.B. King's wife wants to surprise her husband for New Years. So she decides to get a tattoo on her butt. She goes to the tattoo parlor, pulls her pants down and tells the tattoo artist to put a big "B" on her left butt cheek, and another big "B" on her right butt cheek to stand for "B.B." in B.B. King. So the tattoo artist does so.

Mrs. King runs home with her new tattoo and says "Honey, I have a surprise for you!" She pulls down her pants to show her husband. Mr. King looks at her butt in confusion. He asks "Who is Bob?"


Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
I TOLD YOU GUYS!!!!

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
HAHAHAHA!!!! Bob you are HILARIOUS!!!!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 12:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
I am so loving all of this tattoo talk! My fiance wants to get one eventually. It will be quite expensive and be on one of his upper arms. He wants to do something to commemorate 9/11 and include the fact that he has served in Iraq. He's had some really good ideas. I guess he just may need to wait til after his next tour if he has to go.


Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 5:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Aw geeez Bob, BB King will never sound the same to me now! Don't you be starting on Bobby Bland now!

Saxy, that is a wonderful idea you fiance has. He should gather up all his ideas and go for a consultation with the tattooist. Many times we have some vague vision of what we want but just can't put it down into a tight picture that represents how we feel. The tattooist should be able to do that for you, and may even have some ideas to add. For my leg, I once asked mine to draw up something with cats and frogs and he went from there. About the price - I don't think it will be quite expensive. It all depends on how large, how long it will take, and how the artist charges. Most charge by the hour, and if it's quite big, you can always do the work in sessions. Once you decide on what you want, you will get a quote on the total cost.

There's a good saying about tatts:

A good tatt ain't cheap, and a cheap tatt ain't good.



Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
hahaha

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Karen, I like your idea of Chinese zodiac symbols. Cool!

Bob, you are too much!

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
ok, i'll share mine, too. under the condition that they PLEASE NOT MAKE THE UPDATE. (thanks in advance). :-)

here's my first one i got...tweety bird, he's on my lower abdomen on my right side...got him my first semester (1996) of going to a christian college. LOL

tweety bird

the next one is a celestial sun...i got it in 1998...both this one and tweety bird i got after selling my books back from my classes, this one is just above the bone on my right ankle...i recommend this, as the closer it comes to the bone, the more it hurts.

sun


my third one is a small butterfly on my lower back...it shows over low-waisted jeans. i got it in gulf shores, alabama on spring break 1999 with 3 other girls. we all got different ones.

butterfly


and my last one is the chinese symbol for strength and it's on the back of my neck. the ink is supposed to be purple, but it looks more like navy blue...it means the most to me of all of my tattoos. i got it a little over a year ago. (oh, and just so everyone knows, it's very difficult to take a picture of your own back of the neck. lol)

strength


Ddr
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08-19-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
Well crap Jbeanie, that would have made a great update game...Guess the Tattoo!

I don't have a tattoo, yet. I'm thinking about getting one on my foot. Silly, I love the one in your pic that goes across the toes. Is that one yours?

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I remember when you got the one on the back of your neck Jbean. :-) I like it and I like the symbolism. One of mine means "strength" also.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
jbeany, I love Tweety Bird!

I knew you had a tatt on your ankle - I saw it at Spy's wedding and meant to ask about it, but then the Cosmo's kicked in...lol!! I didn't realize that you had Tweety, the buttefly or the Chinese word for "Strength". Awesome & sweet choices!!


Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Seems like alot of us needed strength.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I need all the strength I can get! :-)

Is that what your wrist tattoo means?

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yep. It's a kanji symbol for strength.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Oh, I like that. It's neat, too, how we all got them from different sources. Jbean's is Chinese, mine is Native American and yours is Kanji. Cool!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Okay.. Ya'll are makin me want to get another tattoo.. Crazy ey? I had actually thought about getting tweety when i first thought about getting a tattoo. I'd like to get some somewhat matching with Jonathan someday. He said that what we should do someday is pick a tat for each other.. Could be interesting! lol

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I like the idea of ya'll picking out tats for each other.

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
i don't know why but tattoos are addicting! i'm wanting another one....this is what i want:

monkey

it's actually keith urban's little symbol thing for monkeyville, but i just think it's so cute (i know you guys think i'm obsessed), i just love tattoos. i'd get it in either red or dark pink, because my cousin has a tribal symbol in that color and it looks awesome! the only thing is, i think i've run out of good places to get them and have no idea where i'd get it...maybe on my hip or something.....any ideas?

anyway, i think everyone's tat's are cool....thanks for sharing. :-)


Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Jb, that's an interesting choice, but I can't suggest where you may put it - maybe your ankle?

I just watched an amazing show about tattoos - I have always wanted a traditional one of the Borneo type that are done by a tapping.

Here's the link to the site for the show I watched.
http://vanishingtattoo.com/


Hussy
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08-06-2004

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hussy a private message Print Post    
I let a friend start a tattoo on my lower back. You notice I said start. that is cause it hurt so bad i never got it finished. So all I have is ....badass hussy... tattooed and I don't have it filled in or the frog i wanted with it...lol call me a wimp I guess...

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Hussy,
Every tattooist has his/her own touch. Some are very HEAVY with the guns, while others are soft like a feather.
Most tattooists know how they work; you can always ask around at a few shops - just say you're a wimp but you want someone with a light touch to finish it for you.