No kidding. When people have to unravel the sags and wrinkles to show you what their tattoo looks like, it is probably better to pass.

I save the leather chaps for leisure play.

Ha!
Same story here.
First one done at age 15 at a local joint called the Rebel Tattoo Parlor in Front Royal, Virginia. Dude's name was Bubba.
The tattoo, or at least the idea that I had about the tattoo, is the original Carroll drawing of the Cheshire Cat. It’s on the top of my left foot.
Needless to say, Bubba had some slightly different interpretations of the Cheshire Cat than I did.
Don’t regret it now and never will.
Looks like hell, but I love it anyway.

"First one done at age 15 at a local joint called the Rebel Tattoo Parlor in Front Royal, Virginia. "

hey, that's fairly close to were i live! my tat was done at state of the art tattos in winchester.

I like my tatoo. I could care less if others see it.

I keep it hidden most of the time, not hard as it is on my upper arm. Nothing lower, as I hate long sleeve shirts.

I think fucked up tattoos are a good thing. If nothing else, they serve as a time marker in your own personal history. Some people forget they used to like the Grateful Dead, but if you have some stupid Jerry Bear on your ankle, it always reminds you of who you were, which I think is kind of cool. (unless of course you have your x-boyfriends name tattooed on your ass, but I'm assuming nobody here is that white trash).

My 2 tattoos are on my right arm, one is a black scorpion in a red circle, the other is Edward Gorey's "Doubtful Guest", which is black w/ a red & black scarf. The only problem with getting the Melies's Trip to the Moon tattoo is the owner of the company I work for already has a tattoo of that, and I hate copy cat tattoos.

When I was drunk once (really, I've been known to get to that state) I went to this hole in the wall place and said "Hey, do you do tracheotomies here?" The guy said sure, for a price, so I....

... I didn't do anything. No tats, nothing pierced... just plain old boring.

Yup, that's me. Plain old boring.

Sometimes I'm addressed as Mr. Plain Old Boring though which I think is kind of cool.

Between Lambchop and 2Louche, I'm getting a little pang of homesickness... Been out West about 10 years now but I was born in Manassas and I grew up in Pucellville.

Porkio-The Doubtful Guest is an excellent,and highly unusual,choice for a tattoo.

The Doubtful Guest is also one of my favorite E.Gorey tales.

I also like The Insect God very much;Perhaps I will get that character done in
henna on the back of one hand.

No tattoos.I agree with several of you about how they might appear in one's later
years.No piercings.

I have drawn dragons for several people to be used as designs for tattoos.

Thanks. It's one of my favourite books too. Every time I read the part where he drops the watch into the lake to protect it, I fall over laughing.

The insect god or perhaps Figbash is another logical choice for the next one...

I got my tongue pierced when I was 19. Why? cause the GF thought it was cool. I took it out a couple years later when it started to chip my teeth.

only on the outside, old chap.

some of us know just how cool you actually are.

i'm always a bit afraid of the mysterious, "too normal" types, like you.

Me-nuthin'.

Dogboy has "Organ Donor" above his
heart.

"I got my tongue pierced when I was 19. Why? cause the GF thought it was cool."

my GF from a few years ago had her tongue pierced and on our first date during dinner one of the ends of the barbell came off and she accidently swallowed it, she was prepared, she carried an extra barball and excused herself and replaced it. she was also pierced in a couple other places and i liked them all!!

did she recycle?

Just hope she don't lose one O' dem other piercings mid coitus.

My ex girlfriend has her navel pierced with a 6 foot spear. Couldn't figure out how else to get her to stay on the wall.

Hey you, and A. B. Normal:
To the extent that I actually grew up, I did it in Marshall.
Small fucking town.
Small fucking world.

nice back piece

When tasteful, I like it on other people's flesh.

On myself, I find it too permanent, which goes against my phylosophie and general view of life and death. If anything I would get a tatoo of a recycle sign but that would not be very esthetic so I'll pass.

A good friend of mine has a tattoo in the middle of his chest of the recycle symbol overlaid with the Tibetan character for "karma."

"did she recycle? "

i hope not.

"Just hope she don't lose one O' dem other piercings mid coitus. "

close but false alarm. one morning she asked if i had seen where she put one of her rings, she had apparently had put it away somewhere she normal didn't, i think it ended up in a dresser drawer. before we had found it i asked her "um, you don't think that...?"

"To the extent that I actually grew up, I did it in Marshall."

near da' plains, right? i prolly drove right past ya' when i worked in middleburg.

Prolly did, 'cause that's right where I was.
In 1989.
Hit the road in '90 and never looked back.

now she's wanted.


on a steel horse she rides.

dead or alive, baby.
dead or alive.

you spin me right round baby, right round.

my first tattoo was also around the age of 15, ~300lb hairy biker guy named 'tramp' did the deed... dead kennedy's logo... i figured they couldn't sell-out or start sucking cuz they were already history...
--
sancho
too punk rock for my own good

oops!

!!!!!

hehe

the best laid plans of mice and men...

tattoo idea for Lars.

i like your motley crue tattoo better

i aims to please...

and i please when i aims...

etc

is it really?

a motley crue tat?

not intentionally

i'm a big fan of irony and kitsch and such, but i ain't 'down with the crüe'
--
sancho

i have all of their LPs.
i really dug them when i was a young teen. then i bought their last couple so i'd have a complete set. i think the last one i bought was dr. feelgood. did they do anything after that? lammy, i'm sure you'll know this...

oh, sancho, so what is the mask tattoo on your arm?

that's the sad face...

there's a smiley one on the other side...

my tattoo artist is a hispanic man who does primarily black and white work... learned his craft in the pen... the whole deal... so i went with some ol school hispanic stylez art...

i have this thing for cliché

the comedy tragedy masks.

I am not a Mötley Crüe font of knowledge, but I at least know that they released a lot of albums after Dr. Feelgood. Go here for more info:

http://www.absolute-motleycrue.com/


I LOVE your new avatar. Are we still voting? I vote for that one, ona'cause it looks just like you.

I like it too...maybe Rimbo could "clean" it up?

damn, i guess i DON'T have all their records.

they made 8 more after i left them in 89. who knew?

i think i remember now that they had a different singer for awile and then the bloated vince neil returned.



yeah, once i saw the gif i knew it had to be my new avatar.

and i'm sure Jack will like that i'm finally coming out as a bear.

hehehe.

posted before i did even.

Porkio

How about The Black Doll(on a rail cart?)as your next piece of body art?

Or perhaps the entire E.Gorey alphabet down one arm?That way,in your older years,you can remind yourself of how the alphabet goes.Of course, you'll have to stretch out those wrinkles to make it legible.(Or pay a pretty nurse at the home to do it. )

I don't know how to edit a gif I didn't create...

Frame by frame...

if you don't know what program to use... try adobe imageready...

the last version of photoshop i installed came with it... so you might have it...