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To want a tattoo

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EthelTheTank Wed 07-Oct-20 13:15:18

I'd love a tattoo but at the tender age of 73 I don't know if I'd be able to suit one. My son Sherman thinks it is an awful idea for me to get a tattoo but I can't help feeling like I'm missing out. What are your opinions on tattoos? Should I go for it?

MissAdventure Thu 08-Oct-20 20:04:55

Time to go and paint me plinths, I think.
Nice meeting you Ethel, give my regards to Sherman.

Ps. I really think you have to get a tattoo now, just to prove yourself. wink

FannyCornforth Thu 08-Oct-20 20:11:05

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MissAdventure Thu 08-Oct-20 20:15:50

The point is that nobody cares.
It's been a nice thread, with lots of different people posting, and it had lasted all day with no unpleasantness, and that's pretty rare here lately.

lemongrove Thu 08-Oct-20 20:19:01

Lisagran

^”Blue rinse and inked"^ Love it!

Perhaps lemongrove could open a tattoo parlour round the back of The Argy........

Can’t be done! Tattoo Terence who ran the tattoo parlour in
Gasworks Alley across the road is a good friend of The Argy until he retired to a bungalow in St Leonards recently.His son,
Tattoo Travis now runs it, and he eats lunch every day in our bar.It would be churlish to cause trouble ( not to mention, dangerous!)
I get my own tatts done at Dodgy Den’s down the dock.?

Theoddbird Thu 08-Oct-20 20:21:44

Go for it definitely

FannyCornforth Thu 08-Oct-20 20:23:26

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EthelTheTank Thu 08-Oct-20 20:25:38

I can promise I've not made anything up Fanny

Kandinsky Thu 08-Oct-20 20:33:34

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EthelTheTank Thu 08-Oct-20 20:35:32

Thing is I'm not making anything up though

lemongrove Thu 08-Oct-20 20:36:35

It was the introduction of the name Sherman, which taken together with your user name EthelTheTank had posters grinning.?A fun thread though....

FannyCornforth Thu 08-Oct-20 20:37:00

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Banananana Thu 08-Oct-20 21:30:09

I’ve got tattoos and love them, they’re not visible to anyone else, I got them done for myself, not for anyone else and who cares if someone thinks they are tatty. I used to do community care work and I’ve never forgotten how one lovely elderly lady said to me “ my mum can’t tell me what to do anymore and now I’m old I can do whatever I bloody well want” smile so If I were you Ethel I would go do whatever you want and have a lot of fun at the same time - Life’s too short not to smile

Lisagran Thu 08-Oct-20 21:38:01

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Chewbacca Thu 08-Oct-20 21:47:44

If you're going to have a tattoo, make sure you have no regrets. Like this chap does.....

Lisagran Thu 08-Oct-20 21:52:38

Dodgy Den’s down the dock, eh? Do they do discounts at dodgy dens down the dock, darling?

Llamedos13 Thu 08-Oct-20 21:52:46

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Tedd1 Thu 08-Oct-20 22:12:35

I quite fancy a butterfly tattoo but couldn't deal with the family response

Chewbacca Thu 08-Oct-20 22:17:44

Why not Tedd1? My son and DIL both had a small tattoo done and for some unknown reason were worried about telling me. I've no idea why because I firmly believe "your body, your choice". And when I saw them they were the smallest tats I'd ever seen! grin

EthelTheTank Thu 08-Oct-20 22:28:53

Tedd1, where would you get it?

twiglet77 Thu 08-Oct-20 22:56:51

Of course the decision is yours and yours alone. I hate tattoos, all tattoos on all bodies, and all age groups, I've yet to see one to change my own opinion that they're a really bad idea.

twiglet77 Thu 08-Oct-20 22:59:34

Sorry I am actually chuckling at the full thread, my post sounds snippy and I didn't mean it to!

Juneandarchie1 Thu 08-Oct-20 23:17:31

I’ve always fancied one on my foot, may still do, but not how things are at the moment

Callistemon Thu 08-Oct-20 23:22:29

I'd be frightened of infection.

I think I'll dye my hair purple instead.

OceanMama Thu 08-Oct-20 23:24:54

The kind of tattoo I just don't 'get' is eyeball tattoos. I've never seen one in real life though.