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Good for you dg I too have none ,
The fashion here in Thailand seems to be for young girls no doubt influenced by us foreigners to get covered in the ghastly things....
Colin in Thailand | 06.05.08 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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Draw one on with biro.
Debster | 06.05.08 - 8:44 a.m. | #
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I've never got a tattoo done, not that I've never wanted one, I've got nothing against them, just I've never got round to it. I'm 41 now, so maybe too old to bother! But maybe one day a Dulwich Hamlet Football Club crest on my arm.
I've nothing against tats, but I think they should be 'hidden', as in not on your face, neck or hands. So if you have any regrets you'll be able to cover them with clothes.
As for those chinese type ones, or the barbed wire things, don't people realise a tattoo is for life & not just a fashion accessory?
Proper ones can be works of art, but can anyone remember (how can you forget!) the pillock who got Kelly Holmes splet wrong on their back when sh won gold (& I'm not even sure if I've just spelt it right!)
Indeed I know of a fool who has got DHFC on one set of knuckles, and 1893 on the other. He doesn't go Dulwich anymore, and on his blog says he is getting them lasered off. At least he's a pikey Gillingham fan, and they were also, luckily, also formed in 1893!
The Fatalist | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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I've not got one and I don't want one.
Mark Garth | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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No doubt about it, your tattoo would have to be a jack of diamonds. You could hide it up your sleeve.
Great Aunt Annie | 06.05.08 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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Naah, tattoos are so passé. You want one of those subdermal implants. Your comely features could only be enhanced by a 3-D image of Tower Bridge on your forehead.
Hg | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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I'm tat free, as is my OH. I keep thinking of getting my nose pierced but haven't got round to it.
Gert | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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I'm tat free too. Fortunately I've always recognised that I'm very flighty and a tattoo is permanent ergo we wouldn't get on.
Elaine | 06.05.08 - 9:38 a.m. | #
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What about various nodes and arms of the tube map (Patterson or otherwise) scattered around your anatomy,dg? Would look great in business meetings.
felix | 06.05.08 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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Tattoo's are rubbish. A mate of mine got one done whilst on holiday and drunk. It cost about £30 - he's just spent a year and the best part of a grand having laser treatment to get rid of it ...
Johnny Topaz | 06.05.08 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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Just because you're not an individualist like everyone else...
AlyxL | 06.05.08 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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Tattoos are only as rubbish as the people who get them.
And the people who generalise about them, of course.
That's why mine are fabulous and you are right, you're probably better off without them.
Jack | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 10:56 a.m. | #
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Still, you've always got your Prince Albert.
Chris | 06.05.08 - 11:10 a.m. | #
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Tattoo removal is the business of the future, just wait and see.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 11:29 a.m. | #
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And it's Union Flag not Union Jack, in that situation.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 11:30 a.m. | #
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I have skin blemishes that are entirely natural - and they make me very unique.
Bina | 06.05.08 - 11:38 a.m. | #
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For anyone interested, a great blog charting the terribleness of fake and poorly-translated Chinese/Japanese tattoos is at: http://www.hanzismatter.com/ - an antidote to all the "LOL don't Chinese people write English funny on their signs and instruction manuals" mockery - at least the Chinese don't ink it in permanently on their skin.
Chris Applegate | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 11:41 a.m. | #
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Cheer up, DG, most sensible people don't have tattoos.
Can you still get those wet & slide on skin transfers which were popular around forty years ago? Come to think of it, didn't something like that make a comeback as a gizmo in cereal packets a while back?
Seem to remember dear Daughter sporting a Girl Power look-alike (transfer) she'd found in a cereal packet. Hope she's outgrown the 'I'd like a Tat' phase now!
Bronchitikat | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 1:42 p.m. | #
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Gosh what a topic.
"most sensible people don't have tattoos" ... and here I thought I was sensible.
I have two, both mark points in my life, when they fade I'll still know what they represent to me, which is all that matters.
I've never understand why people don't like them, but then I guess they maybe haven't spent any time understanding why (some) people get them.
Gordon | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 1:51 p.m. | #
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I was sure that 'top of the deck' picture in your blog header was part of your tattoo.
rashbre | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 1:54 p.m. | #
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And don't forget the obligatory base of back tattoo on teenage mums. Worn with low slung jeans or shell suit bottoms and a cropped top. Oh and the phone permanently glued to one hand
ambermoggie | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 1:54 p.m. | #
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It is possible to be sensible and have tattoos.
I have 2 and I sometimes think I have been too sensible for much of my life. I got them when I turned 40, in places that won't sag or wrinkle and can be easily covered if I want to, and they are pretty flowers. Some of these comments remind me of what it's like talking to my mother. Sheesh.
Betty | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 5:03 p.m. | #
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I don't have tattoos.
I have scars.
Lots of 'em.
Everyone tells a story.
Some remind me of my bad past judgement.
Others, well....
bgw | 06.05.08 - 6:38 p.m. | #
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No tattoos on me, nor do I ever feel any inclination to have one. I think they look ugly, and disfiguring.
John | 06.05.08 - 6:38 p.m. | #
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i was going to have kylie minogue tattooed around my foreskin but i couldn't decide whether to go for renaissance gothic or victorian palace script
tristan forward | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 6:48 p.m. | #
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As a person who has three tattoos and I'm in the process of getting my 4th started at the end of the month, I wont ever push anyone into getting on and if you don't get one then the world still moves on.
However why not go for the easy option and get one of those kids tattoo packets, it's certainly costs less then the real thing and will rub of within a few days
Station Supervisor | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 6:49 p.m. | #
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Don't bother mate. I have no tattoos as personally I don't see the point. Why spend a small fortune on getting some symbol emblazoned over your epidermis, particularly when you'll have to pay yet another astronomical amount to get it removed if you decide you didn't want it after all? In my opinion, tattoos spoil a person's appearance rather than enhance it.
There's more of us tattoo virgins out there than you think, DG! 
Andrewh | 06.05.08 - 7:44 p.m. | #
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I've got one tattoo, have had it now for 12 years, and still love it. It took me the best part of a decade to decide what I wanted and where - and finding the right place to do it.
So when I got it done, I'd already (mentally) lived with the design/idea for ten years, and knew it would be something I wanted to keep.
At the time it cost me £60, and so far the colour hasn't even begun to fade. That makes it worthwhile to me.
I do want another one - but again I've been thinking about it for years. And it would be only for private viewing, as is the one I already have - it's only ever seen by people I want to see it - to me it's a private choice, and that's how it is.
I wholly agree though about most of the ones that're on permanent (or even just regular) display - and particularly the ones that have faded/sagged and just look manky. But you can't tar all tattoos with the same brush. Not all of us got them to be trendy...
Lyle | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 8:25 p.m. | #
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Fellow tatlacker. No earring either. Ours must have been a deprived childhood, Diamond.
Blazing | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 9:15 p.m. | #
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I'm tattoo less, but make up for it with natural are slightly unique skin blemishes.
That said when I was in New York last week I was tempted to finally get one, but even at 38 the little voice kept telling me ' what will mam say?' so I decided against it.
gareth H | Homepage | 06.05.08 - 10:18 p.m. | #
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I've got a dragon on my right ankle... done about 20 years ago now, and it's a little whispy around the edges, but I still like it. I'm looking forward to 2 more... a caligraphic tiger and a winged heart, once I get the time. Maybe a bit of what happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas this year....
DefSufi | Homepage | 07.05.08 - 2:26 a.m. | #
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Tatlacker - my new favorite word.
Betty | Homepage | 07.05.08 - 3:54 a.m. | #
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Do you still get them in individually wrapped bubble gum?
ieatcurry | Homepage | 07.05.08 - 3:08 p.m. | #
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Odd one out? Dear god DG, where do you see your shirtless men?
Don't get a tatoo. Ever. Please. If there is one less tatooed person in the world, it will be just that little bit of a nicer place.
Keep it ink-free!
london ducky | 07.05.08 - 4:07 p.m. | #
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Hooray, good to know there's at least one fella left in the UK without body art! Whip off that shirt, baby, flaunt it! Hopefully you'll start a trend.
You should get yourself to the dentist, though -- consider yourself cajoled 
Red Rover in Canada | 07.05.08 - 6:44 p.m. | #
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Why no tattoos?
Look at this URL (SFW):
http://www.jacatu.de/wbb2/t7850-
...nightclubs.html
Compare the English girls with the Swedish. Note the Swedish girls lack tattoos (and weight). When it comes to the girls I'm hanging with the Swedes not the English. No tattoos for me....
bgw | 09.05.08 - 11:15 p.m. | #
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