Tattooist must be making fortunes

A Barman told me he paid £300 for an arm tattoo

They look a bit silly but I don't judge people by them.Plenty of good eggs sport them.

They look bloody horrible - especially on women.

I'll take a bet that tattooist removers are making far more money than tattooists - and if not at present, most definitely in the near future.

Especially the splodgy ones above the arse crack. Tramp Stamps as they're known in the trade.

They're all vile on women.

Even if a woman isn't very good looking the least thing she could consider is someone having a scrawl in indelible ink in her body.
Do they really think it makes them MORE attractive?

Just what the hell are they thinking about?

Insane.

*on her body

agree they look terrible on women especially on legs ! so if an arm tattoo costs around 300 some of these kids must be spending a couple of grand on backs necks and legs...crazy

You don't see many intelligent folk sporting them.

These gossipy, judgemental, bitchy women don't gather together to pour scorn over photos of people, whether celebrities or 'friends', and say "Wow, look at the tatts on that!" do they?

Nor do any men, as far as I know.

It's one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century - just like people eating McDonalds muck.

I agree wiv Tommy.

I fackin hate them. There's a really cute girly on Babestation who has the backs of her thighs tattooed to fack (i kid ye not)

Sounds like a departure from the classy lass typically shown on Babestation.

Mikael D'Haguenet
19 Jan 16 23:35
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You don't see many intelligent folk sporting them.

That's hardly true Easter. Zelda, a forumite from a few years back was covered in them, apparently,and she was as bright as a button, as well as being an extremely conpassionate lady.

I realise you said many, not any, so you're right there probably.

Guinness, to me it just shouts out "I'm thick, I am." Whenever I see a woman with one.

They might not be - but that's the first impression you get, and we all know how much first impressions count.

To bugger your body up with something so permanent must mean you're bloody thick actually though.

If you fancy a tattoo, why not just scrawl something on your body with a felt pen and not wash that area for a week or two and see what you think of it then?

So simple, it's unbelievable why people don't think about doing it first before they desecrate their bodies.

Who's the one on Babestation Guinness?

Mica

Prettiest one on there by far i should have clarified.

I wholeheartedly agree, Tommy.

Sorry, Rog. Mica Martinez.

Although not as bad, I think piercings can also ruin the looks of a beautiful woman. In the ears fine, but in the cheeks and around the mouth? They also leave marks when removed, so once done it's a permanent disfigurement

Ought to be compulsory on face for sex offenders, burglars, robbers

And anybody I don't like ... keep tattooists fully employed for 20 years!

I don't wish to be indelicate, but anyone who has a tattoo is filth.

someone said to me i should become a tattooist as i was a graphic artist? As someone who personally hates tattoos I just agreed and moved on.
tattoos were the mark of the slave in past centuries. slaves and sex workers were tattooed, the chinese still tattoo their sex workers as a mark of ownership.

Can't imagine having one myself but so many of them seem to be badly executed. I suppose you have to pay top dollar for the best tattooist.

They charge between £55-£70 an hour.

I know nothing about tattoos but do they chrge depending how big an area they have to cover ...

for example, if Cheryl Cole wanted a rose on her @rse then that's a much different proposition than if Diane A turned up for one ... must cost £thousands.

and that's not counting the cost of scaffolding

Imagine more than one tattooist req for Diane's jacksy

the high cost is a status symbol amongst peasants. I recall someone with an arm tattoo saying it was like a permanent £1500 accessory

A single mother I know has been on benefits for many years but thinks nothing of spending £2-300 pounds on another tattoo.

hitler and stalin must be furious, after all the effort he went to, turns out now everyone voluntarily hands over ALL their personal information on facebook and not only go in to get themselves tattooed but are even happy to pay for it.

Suspect it didn't take much to make Hitler & Stalin furious, but I agree with your point

more to the point if mrs cole puts a stone on her arse and the tat,gets bigger does she owe the tat painter a rebate

Tommy Toes
19 Jan 16 23:51
Joined: 20 Apr 04

Guinness, to me it just shouts out "I'm thick, I am."

..this made me chortle (in agreement) quite loudly. 

My neck one was fairly cheap

Well done Tommy on those bravura comments. Absolutely revolting to see ANY tattoos at the best of times, worst of all of course on a woman. (Apart from that sexy darts walk-on girl who has "I Worship Alun2005 and Count Ted equally" tattooed on her pert derriere, naming no names).

I don't doubt that benefit payments have funded a fair sized proportion of the tattoos committed to skin this last 20 years or so. Now we have the reality of the taxpayer also paying for the removal of them. How insane is that?

You see, our already overstretched International Health Service is funding some tattoo removal. Widely reported over the last few years, an example link below.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3006447/NHS-slammed-sheer-waste-money-spending-330-000-laser-tattoo-removal-hospitals-stretched-ever.html

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cathy+ward+twilight+fan&espv=2&biw=1280&bi...

I know this woman personally and people actually encourage her, they look awful

Doesn't having them on her back lend weight to the view that it's a bit silly.

on the plus side there must have been an increase in work for people doing tattoo removals?

WONDER IF ANY tattooist as ever witten **** or **** on someones back,lad at work has a big dice on his arm sides dont even add upto 7 on it

Sporting a tattoo sends out a message and it's not a good one.
To many people, they always create a negative impression.

I saw one once with ''Fighting Irish'' tattooed on his back.

I wonder how many scrapes that got him into.

Dr Crippen    21 Jan 16 19:23 
I saw one once with ''Fighting Irish'' tattooed on his back.

I trust you had the common courtesy to give him a reach-around?

I know someone who has a tattoo of an owl on his back and posted a pic of it on the internet, at the twitter address @tweettattoo

I've posted this photo before but I think it's quite appropriate I post it again - for anyone out there with a wife, girlfriend or daughter thinking of having a tattoo.

Just show them what's to come:

http://45.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnpmgfXir1r0sr2yo1_500.gif

The subject matter always surprises me, I imagine there are millions of skulls out there and enough flowers to shame Kew Gardens. Wonder what the most frequently used tattoo design people ask for?

Mikael D'Haguenet,

Go away you piece of filth.

I know the mother of the Cardiff defender Matthew Connolly and recall him opening a Tattoo shop a few years ago even though he had no tattoos himself.  Thought at the time that was a shrewd idea.  Jack Wilshere was one of his clients.  Enough said I guess

just googled that mica, nice bod but bang average face. Babestation must have gone downhill since I last watched it.

Not only do most tattoos look ridiculous and cost loadsamoney, but also the inks could contain heavy metals known to cause cancer, birth defects, and other reproductive harm.
Heavy metals used for colours include mercury (red); lead (yellow, green, white); cadmium (red, orange, yellow); nickel (black); zinc (yellow, white); chromium (green); cobalt (blue); aluminium (green, violet); titanium (white); copper (blue, green); iron (brown, red, black); and barium (white).

Manufacturers are not required to reveal their ingredients or conduct trials, and recipes may be proprietary. Professional inks may be made from iron oxides (rust), metal salts, plastics.
Homemade or traditional tattoo inks could be made from pen ink, soot, dirt, blood, or other ingredients.

I think most (not all lol)  people have spend a  lot of time   reaching the final decision on their tattoo designs, I wonder how much time they spent before hand researching the ingredients of the ink from  their tattooist.

Interesting MMH. Seems tattoos do have a purpose!

Yes Mikael, it's a fine example Darwinism working in today's society if ever there was one.

I'm in the minority here, but I don't see the problem with them. I have no idea why people would get generic designs though. Something that is very personal to you and perhaps a reminder of a person/event seems quite fitting.

tattoos are an excellent way to say "i vote for labour / greens", not just in election month, but on every day of the year.

I might get 'All Tories Must Hang' on the inside of my forearm.

polybot
tattoos are an excellent way to say "i vote for labour / greens"

The most tattooed person i know, shocking green tattoos up his arms, a;ways covered in embarrassment....also the most right wing Tory i know.

I might get 'All Tories Must Hang' on the inside of my forearm.

yep, sounds like something a liberal would do, either that or a random kanji symbol, or a derivative maori motif

The most tattooed person i know, shocking green tattoos up his arms, a;ways covered in embarrassment....also the most right wing Tory i know.


hard to know what you mean by "right wing Tory" as the left routinely refer to the socialist radical progressives like mussolini or hitler as a right wing tories. if you are meaning the most conservative person you know then it's possible that you only know one person which could explain the discrepancy.

I have a full sleeve tattoo and I don't vote Labour or any of that caper. I drink red wine and open doors for people and all sorts. Had a **** in some bushes once when I was a kid but dug a hole for it and filled it in after.

The stars are in place of a swear word for 'poo', just to be clear.

schloapenbop?

mememe    20 Jan 16 15:32 
and that's not counting the cost of scaffolding


To disprove the opinion I have no sense of humour ( completely untrue)

Your post made me laugh