the swallows are super super traditional tattoos (but it's really a portrait of me and my lurverly grace). I know at least 5 or 6 ppl who have them. Mr. McGrath is not unique! I think Neuro's tattoo is gorgeous.

it's a nautical thing:

Bluebird – The bluebird is a nautical tattoo with a long maritime history going back more than a century. Some people believe that the bluebird is actually supposed to represent a swift.

After a long, often dangerous journey at sea, the sighting of land birds, which the blue bird (or swift/swallow) represents, was seen as good luck. When a sailor had logged 5,000 miles at sea he would get a bluebird on one side of his chest. After logging 10,000 miles he would get a second bluebird tattooed on the other side! A pair of bluebirds is the sign of the well traveled.

i'd like to get the 6 of hearts as my next tattoo.

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not the whole card mind you, just the art.

I think it's wicked. Especially with the mirror image thing going on.
I'm a big fan of 2d floral patterns... as you can see...

the best part? female tattoo artist!

Ahhhh, now THIS makes more sense and a lot less girly. See? All I needed was an explanation.

wow that does look like a vagina

That's really nice work. I walk by this place all the time:



and I've always dug the birds.

Waste of perfectly good beer money.

people are still getting tatoos?

They do in those moments when they forget they're going to get old someday.

fuck that. tattoos are so common in our generation, it won't be so weird.
plus, my dad just got his first one at age 56.

Totally.

Mine wasnt exactly some spontanous drunken thing... I thought about for about 3 years beforehand and got it just last year before I turned 30.

People forget that adorning their body is an ages old concept.

Totally.

And Aural... best. avatar. ever.

Isn't it great? Everytime I see the little kitty, he makes me bob my head and dance with him.

old people with sagging skin look ridiculous with tattoos regardless of when they got them. and a bunch of people having them just means there will be a bunch of people looking ridiculous. not to mention you'll probably cover it up with clothing in old age so your grandkids don't think you look gross.

Maybe we should start doing the plate-lip-stretching thing then.

and get on the back of a zebra sporting a FUCKED UP Angela Davis afro.
hey, it worked for oomfufu.

The Cap'n speaks truth.

I dig the tattoo(s). I'm still seeking the correct one to wear the rest of my life. Obnish is being douches these days.

quick question. Why do people who don't understand the tattooed feel the need to impress their own opinions about it on people who already got inked?

No matter how ready you think you are, when you're at the parlor, you're wondering all kinds of things, but then you went there for a reason, and when it's all done, it's yours and for you.

And really, that ought to be all that matters.

Duh...because we're opinionated bastards.

word.

as long as no girls get dolphins or butterflies, everything will be o.k.

How about a dude with horsies?


(from that link I posted above)