I'm not a fan of tattoos and don't have any of my own. I think seeing my brother get Tintin & Snowy inked onto his upper left arm put me off for life.
As a teenager I briefly considered some stylish Chinese typography, but the urban myths were too ridick. I wonder, are there people in Asia with "FISH N CHIPS" tattooed in Arial Bold on the smalls of their backs?
If I was ever to get a tattoo, however, then it'd be an anchor, or a swallow, or "I love Mum". Because I believe in tradition. And I do really, really love my mum.
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ReplyDeleteI love your mum too mate xxx
I've always wanted a tattoo. Nothing to outrageous. Just a tiger prowling on my shoulder blade.
ReplyDeleteSadly my Doctor says no. Damn my oversensitive skin.
Tintin and Snowy? Ye gods.
ReplyDeleteI'd consider a Captain Haddock, though.
All your tatoo choices point to having a boy answering to the name of Tom for far too long...
ReplyDeleteIf I were to get a tattoo, it'd be
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Best tattoo I ever saw: an old-fashioned rotary push mower just the width of a single swipe with a disposable razor...right in the middle of a (male) co-worker's chest. He mowed it every day.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting until transfer tatoos come into fashion. Then I can have 'Mum' one week and an image of a glass of gin the next. I like to share my love.
ReplyDeleteI would get an enormous dragon that covered half my body, but I'm scared of needles.
ReplyDeleteI can safely say that your mum loves you too, and she loves The Most Beautiful Girl in The School. She told me!
ReplyDeleteShe also told me that she's quite fond of Truculent Horse.
ReplyDeleteI want to get the Rebel insignia from Star Wars (Episoe IV) on my back, right between my shoulder blades. Might still do it. Been thinking about it for over a decade.
ReplyDeleteI have a fatty lump on my shoulder and I call him plod (there is a point to this). If I were ever to get a tatoo, it would be a smily face on plod.
ReplyDeleteI think however that my boyfriend would kill me. Plod freaks him out. Also, I dislike pain!
wierdo - are you serious about your fatty lump? I have one on my torso and was refused an operation to remove it as it was considered cosmetic surgery! Another one has now appeared on my arm - should I be concerned?
ReplyDeleteAs for the tattoo, I've been meaning to get around to getting me one in tribute to my taid (who was covered in tats) since he died a couple of years ago. I want it either on one half of my chest or the lower part of my leg, I just haven't thought of the perfect design.
I had one of those lumps on my hand for about a year. Bjarni has had one on his finger since forever. It's called a ganglion and the only way to get rid of them is to hit them really hard with a book, which is why they're called "bible bumps".
ReplyDeleteI never thought about drawing a face on it. Probably because I thought it was "hand cancer".
I must take a picture of Fergus's Tintin & Snowy tattoo next time I see him.
Oshi, do you remember when we hair-dyed a question mark onto the back of your head?
The doctor called mine a lipoma -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoma - actually but thanks for reminding me that Wikipedia can be just as informative as visiting the doctor.
ReplyDeleteI remember the story about the question mark on my head. I don't really remember sporting it though.
I must have looked proper cool.
I had a lipoma on the back of my neck for about two years christianoshi - one day it just seemed to be gone, though I don't know where. Into my brain, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteOh right, I didn't know there were different types of lumps. Mine just disappeared one day too. I kind of missed it after it had gone.
ReplyDeleteNot love and hate across the knuckles then?
ReplyDeleteI meant "to having been a boy" - oh dear, that will teach me to touch type and try to eat at the same time!
ReplyDeleteSaw your comment re bank accounts on TM, that is pure mental! I switched banks recently, opened a new a/c straight away. Is the waiting time until you have proof of address/id or anything? They are super strict on that now: utility bills + passport for me. Leave a comment back, and I will check it out; used to work in bank!
ReplyDeleteLove the blonk (and the photees!)
Hello anonymous Scottish person and thanks. No, the waiting time isn't because of proof of address or anything, it's just because they're "short staffed". Feh.
ReplyDeleteAh, Mum. Yes, I would have I love Mum tattooed on me. In fact, I may have it tattooed on my children, perhaps while they sleep? Then one day, people will think how sweet they are, that they love their old mum.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good plan to me.
Mate of my OH had an Indian squaw tattooed on his arm. Trouble is he was really hairy so unless he shaved her face every day she looked more like a bear.
ReplyDeleteI've got four tattoos. I'm common as muck, me. I would tell you all about them, but they're none of your business.
ReplyDeleteTattooists are the new Agony Aunts.
Anonymously Irish! That is ridiculous re 3 months, never heard the like! I opened new one with BOI, just popped and did it there and then! And TSB seem do on the spot a/c opening too, according to friends. Weird and a pain for you that you are being told 3 months, I'd take my paltry business elsewhere!
ReplyDeleteYup me too. Got my TSB one there and then. Even bypassed the unfeasibly large queue by using the customer service desk. Got to wait 6 months for a Laser tho...ho hum
ReplyDeleteI'm going to wait 4 weeks and open a Halifax current account, as soon as they become available.
ReplyDeleteI've got a fatty lump just below my ribcage. It gets bigger when I drink lots of beer, or eat pizza.
ReplyDeletechinese tatoos: I've not seen "fish and chips" but some of the tatoos I have seen leave me scratching my head. 1. the calligraphy is rotten, so it looks like a kid scibbled it; 2. they are direct translations from english, and it sounds weird in chinese. One I saw was supposed to be 'mother' I guess, but the character used was also the character used for female animals, which is really, really strange.
ReplyDeletewhy did I spell tattoo with only 2 't's? microsoft spellcheck has ruined my life. Also, 'scribbled' not 'scibbled'.
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