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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:23 PM
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Okay - who out there has a tattoo...
what, where and why? :)

I'm the curious type...I heard most tattoos have personal meaning(family, kids, etc) or political meaning.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:26 PM
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1. I have one
Edited on Tue Sep-21-04 02:27 PM by WindRavenX
It's the kanji for tsuru- "crane"- on my right shoulder.
It's important to me because I make chains of origami cranes for people- friends, family, atheltics, politicians (gave a string of 200 to Kerry!) for good luck and long life.
They are very beautiful creatures and have always captivated me.
I plan to get a tattoo of a wing on my other shoulder.
on edit:
The lucky properties of the crane was demonstrated by Kerry. I gave him the cranes a week before the primaries...and we all know what happened! (Sorry Dean fans).
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:27 PM
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2. Flaming Peace Sign
right shoulder blade. designed by RBNYC :D
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:27 PM
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3. Rattlesnake, left shoulder...
My father had tattoos, and I wanted one too.
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russian33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:27 PM
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4. i do, my initials, on my left shoulder
Always wanted to get one, didn't know what, so went with my initials, in old english style, got it like 6 years ago
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:27 PM
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5. Tattoo'd myself when I was 13 or 14...
Did it on my knee because I could see what I was doing and my Mom probably wouldn't know. Prison tattoo style with a needle and India ink.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:29 PM
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8. ouch - sound painful. I've heard knees and elbows are rough.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:28 PM
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6. I have to reply to my own question
red star with words "complete control" - left (of course) hip
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:28 PM
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7. Blue rose on my ankle
it's really small .

The meaning , well a childhood friend of mine
and I went through something at the same time .

the blue rose reminds both of us we are not alone
in our grief .
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:29 PM
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9. I have the preamble to the Constitution tattooed on my sack.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:32 PM
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12. I have a map of the battle of Tewkesbury underneath my left big toe.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:36 PM
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21. Prove it n/t
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:40 PM
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24. Here you go.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:46 PM
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29. I fail to see a toe in this photograph and as an aside, you have
way too much time on your hands! :7
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gpandas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:34 PM
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14. in order to form a more perfect union?
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:35 PM
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19. My sack provides for the common defense.
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gpandas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:41 PM
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25. i can't help it
provides for domestic tranquility?
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:42 PM
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27. It also promotes the general welfare.
Ask anyone. ;)
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:34 PM
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16. OUCH
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:32 PM
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10. I have a small peace sign on both of my shoulders
I wanted to be symmetrical. :)
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:32 PM
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11. Two


My Gecko ... the head is a peace sign and in the middle is a heart



My tribal band around my arm ...... yes that's Linda Blair
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:33 PM
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13. I have five
a large, stylized gecko armband on my right arm, Tigger and Pooh on my left arm, a star on my ankle, a heart in my pubes and a flamingo on my ass.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:34 PM
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15. Pooh?
Edited on Tue Sep-21-04 02:34 PM by matcom
wus :D
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:35 PM
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17. from my days
in a sissy biker gang
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:38 PM
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23. The Hell's Pooh's?
:shrug:
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:41 PM
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26. yup
we'd roar into a small town and steal all their honey. Oh motto was "Oh bother!"
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:43 PM
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28. Heathens!
i'll bet you raped all the hives too! x(
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:35 PM
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18. what's up with the geckos? you in the insurance biz?
:7
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:38 PM
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22. I don't belive you
I want pictures of ALL your tats!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:47 PM
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32. Kokopelli on the left side of my chest (pic included)
Edited on Tue Sep-21-04 03:11 PM by MercutioATC


Oops! On edit, this should have gone under the subject post, not as a reply...
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wolfgirl Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:36 PM
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20. Yes -
2...on the outside of each ankle. On the left, treble & bass clefs w/stars; on the right, treble clef with lines/notes & starts

Plan a 3rd in the near future (treble clef w/angel wings).

Why - if the "terra-ists" get me, I'll be easily identifiable (just a little humor there). Actually, I love music and thought they looked kinda neat. No special statement or ulterior motive. I just like 'em.
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:46 PM
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30. I have three
One on ankle - from way back when before they were popular. It's an orchid. Ex-beau and I really enjoyed certain scenes from the movie Wild Orchid. Ahhh to be that young and foolish again.....

Two - a rose embedded in barbed wire in between ta-tas. Not talking about this one.

Three - a butterfly on the small of my back. What the caterpillar sees as the end, the butterfly sees as the beginning. Got this one after having to let go of someone I cared about.
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Semi_subversive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 02:47 PM
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31. Tribal
around right biceps. Plan on getting End of the Trail on left shoulder soon
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 03:40 PM
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33. Mine's on my upper arm
goes all the way around.
It's full of symbols that mean something to me. There is me, two fishes (Pisces), a Moon and night sky with stars (Cancer rising), and a tree branch that starts out with leaves and then becomes barren as it goes to the underside of my arm (Taurus moon), on the underside of my arm is a wolf's face (represents the wild woman spirit, as in "Women who run with the Wolves). The outer part reflects the sunny side, the inner part reflects the shadow. Pretty deep, eh?
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:17 PM
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34. I have a large one on my back


:D
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:51 PM
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43. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
:7
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:23 PM
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35. If I got a tatoo I'd probably go to hell...
I don't know about the rest of you.

I got drunk once, and my girlfriend pierced my ear using a needle and a cold potato, but maybe that doesn't count.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:35 PM
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38. Oh I think that is a lot worse!!!! I've heard of that and it sounds
brutal. I actually got a bad case of the giggles when I got mine (it tickled under my ribs) and I kept telling him - "spelling counts, ya know." In fact, I refused to sign the waiver on the spelling issue even though they show you a stencil of it before they begin. He did the tat anyway and I love it. Oh, and people don't normally tell this, but you get the most amazing high afterward. I'm convinced that's why some people have sooooo many.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:33 PM
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36. There was a point in my life when I was militantly anti-tattoo
I think I was 10 or 11 at the time and my mom got a tat, and I remember being so mad at her because none of my friend's mom's had one (and you all know how kids want to fit in and ditch their "embarrassing" parents) but I gave her such a hard time about it. Now I'm older and I would consider getting one if I saw something cool enough. Unfortunately my mom would never let me live it down, she wouldn't be mad at me just would bust my chops to no end so I think that is keeping me from getting it.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:34 PM
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37. I have 13 and will begin getting a "sleeve' next month.
too many to describe and explain. sorry. :shrug:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:36 PM
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39. I have a crescent moon and 3 stars above my left breast
for all the world to see.

I want to get a crab on my ankle soon.
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stupid grin Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:37 PM
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40. I got my first tat this summer!
It's a seahorse I designed. It's my totem and I've never wanted anything else, it's beautiful. I got it the same weekend dh and I conceived our baby! Good timing.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:53 PM
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44. how sweet and welcome to DU
:hi:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:38 PM
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41. Here's mine...in 5 years...
:D
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:42 PM
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42. I have a tribal on my left shoulder
Most people ge their tattoos in their twenties. I got this one well into my thirties. It was pretty much an impulse but I don't regret it. I'mm thinking about getting an armband just beneath it.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 04:58 PM
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45. I've got 5 right now
1) Rt. bicep-kanji for "aiki" from when I was studying aikido
2) L. Shoulder-kanji for "water"
3) L. bicep-kanji characters for "year of the rabbit" and year of the tiger", connected with a circle
4) Rt. shoulder-kanji for "sword"
5) L. shoulder below water tattoo-zodiac symbol for Aquarius (2 wavy lines): my only color one
I will be getting more too. I want my Scottish Clan badge over my left upper chest, and a snake eating its tail ("Ouroborus") on my rt. arm as a wraparound.
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Krupskaya Donating Member (689 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:15 PM
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46. I have the 1917 White Sox Logo
...on my right shoulder blade. It's black and about four inches high.

I hate the White Sox now. I'm a huge Twins fan. But back when I got the tattoo, I wore this 1917 White Sox hat All. The. Time.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:16 PM
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47. only one...so far...
my family (sullivan) motto (lamh foistenach abu) in a celtic font along the length of my inner forearm

saving money for MORE
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furrylitldevil Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:17 PM
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48. Beethoven's 9th
Musical notation running up the length of my left arm. I'm pretty sure you can see it on my DU gallery pic.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:27 PM
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50. oh send a pic - it sounds great
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furrylitldevil Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:29 PM
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51. If you check in the DU gallery
I'm pretty sure you can see it, though not very clearly. I don't have any good pics of the tat, just ones with the tat in them.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:32 PM
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52. Okay - I'm still fairly new here and have to ask...
we have a gallery? How do I get there?
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furrylitldevil Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:40 PM
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53. yup
just go to www.democraticunderground.com/gallery
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:51 PM
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54. and there you are! My you have lovely blue eyes! Who's the guy
in the picture with you?
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furrylitldevil Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:14 PM
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56. I dunno, some dude
wandered into the frame and took all my spotlight. I bit him in the ankle afterward though.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:55 PM
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60. lol
He's ruining your close up :7
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 05:17 PM
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49. I have two...
a crescent moon and shooting star on my left shoulder designed by my niece and a spiral sun on my right hip.
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happyasaclam Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:08 PM
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55. I was wondering
How much does it actually hurt to get one?
I have been told by some friends that it hurts a lot, and then by others that it doesn't hurt too much. Which is the truth?
I have been wanting to get one done of a little green and red dragon.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:38 PM
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57. Depends on a couple things
One, your tolerance for 'sharp' pain. It's a very sharp kind of pain, like if you poked yourself with a pin or such. Some people deal well, some don't.

Two, where you are getting it. Some areas (spine, feet, underarms, neck) are more sensitive. My feet ones hurt a crapload more than the one on my back, which does cross my spine.

If you want it enough, you can deal with the pain! :)
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:53 PM
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59. Again, I laughed getting mine.
He got under my rib cage and I couldn't stop giggling. I also got some headphones and blared some music - it helped a lot. Again, major rush afterward - lasted for hours.

I think it depends on where you get the tat. I've heard feet, toes, knees and elbows are brutal. Mine is on my left hip which really wasn't bad.

I asked the guy when he was finished if the worst was over and he said, "well, it will begin to feel like rug burn and we all know what that feels like." He was right. :7
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 06:41 PM
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58. I have three...
My back (always wanted something tribal there, with a certain feeling, saw this one and knew it was what I wanted):



And now for the most unflattering pictures of my feet :)
Strength:


Perseverance:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:05 PM
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61. Here's mine:


Why? I have no clue... must have been a midlife crisis.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:14 PM
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66. That's cool
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Maleficus Donating Member (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:23 PM
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62. No, but I'd love to get this one:


or this one:


Or hell, even this one:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:13 PM
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65. Go for it!
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CRK7376 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:44 PM
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63. Heart and Scroll
with my wife's name on the scroll, my kids name in a diamond shape around the heart with an arrow going south to north through the heart. On my left, upper bicep. Red and green.
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POed_Ex_Repub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:54 PM
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64. Seven of them, all on my back...
The rest I'll leave without comment
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