M.Magis
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This is certainly true. Of all things out there worth worrying about, other peoples tattoos are pretty low on the list.
Are Tattoo's free?
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kenny thomas
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I guess im not as much against tattoos as I am against a lot of the deadbeats I see wearing them and me knowing that they never work so we must be paying for them.
jshep
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In the past we had to pay th go to the Circus, but today the Circus has finally come to us. 
Travlr
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We all find a "uniform" that fits us and tells people about us. Bikers claim to be free of convention and independent, but when have you ever seen one without a dew rag and black leather?
The tats are another look, just like the piercings and plugs, the pants and exposed underwear, and the Chicano flannel shirt with only the top button done up.
I used to wear rough-out, cowboy boots with my Levis long and frayed on the bottom and dragging the floor, and my shirt tails untucked. The people I hung around with wore things similarly.
All the uniform of the people you hung with.
Tattoos are fine if you don't want to change your look, but they are too permanent for me. And the whole "pain as symbology" thing reeks of weirdness to me.
The tats are another look, just like the piercings and plugs, the pants and exposed underwear, and the Chicano flannel shirt with only the top button done up.
I used to wear rough-out, cowboy boots with my Levis long and frayed on the bottom and dragging the floor, and my shirt tails untucked. The people I hung around with wore things similarly.
All the uniform of the people you hung with.
Tattoos are fine if you don't want to change your look, but they are too permanent for me. And the whole "pain as symbology" thing reeks of weirdness to me.
Rafter S
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Not me, and I've never been tempted to get one. As I tell my wife "You don't put a bumper sticker on a Maserati." (One of these days that woman is going to roll her eyes so hard they will make a complete circle.)
The nurses thought it said swan. Head nurse comes out with a big smile and says girls it's Saskatchewan
TexasJerseyMilker
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This is about tattoos and if squeamish don't read it.
There are home made signs by the road all all over this county saying "Justice for (his name). A year ago a guy disappeared and a week later his body was found floating in the Coquille river at low tide. He had been stabbed several times in the back and shot in the head, weighted down with cinder blocks tied around his ankles. Word on the street was he was a druggie. This sounded like the work of a drug cartel to me. Justice for_ _ _ _ _ _ signs everywhere on the street. Facebook, want ads, complaints that the Sheriffs don't care and aren't doing anything, etc. I read an official description of him from when he was missing. It described a tattoo on his neck that said Go _ _ _k Yourself.
There are home made signs by the road all all over this county saying "Justice for (his name). A year ago a guy disappeared and a week later his body was found floating in the Coquille river at low tide. He had been stabbed several times in the back and shot in the head, weighted down with cinder blocks tied around his ankles. Word on the street was he was a druggie. This sounded like the work of a drug cartel to me. Justice for_ _ _ _ _ _ signs everywhere on the street. Facebook, want ads, complaints that the Sheriffs don't care and aren't doing anything, etc. I read an official description of him from when he was missing. It described a tattoo on his neck that said Go _ _ _k Yourself.
It amazes me the people that follow others in the fad world. Everyone now has a total arm covered in tattoos. I see so many women covered in them now. I think, if I like a symbol or a picture that much, I would find it in a print and frame it; hang it on my wall. But on my skin? No.
Mark Reynolds
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@kenny thomas, it's later in the day of my Thursday so I'm getting pretty rested to go to work this weekend. I feel like I end up making my income while 'resting' during the week. I also tend to say I've got to go back to work on Monday to recover from working non-stop over the weekend.
What you said right at the end of your post struck me as funny. You had just said you work 3 part time jobs because the young people won't work, and then you said "When I see them......I go off." I instantly questioned: Go off WHERE? To find another part time job to work because you saw them again not working?
kenny thomas
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A figure of speech.
Going off in hillbilly terms usually means fussing and cussing.
And yes if I had enough time I would find another part time job but my schedule is pretty full right now.
Named'em Tamed'em
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My Grandpa used to tell me he had gotten a rooster tattooed on his chest in prison, must have been bad ink because everything faded away except it's Butthole. Then he'd lift his shirt and point to his belly button!
I tell that joke occasionally today and most always get a laugh except my wife. Don't show people your belly!
I tell that joke occasionally today and most always get a laugh except my wife. Don't show people your belly!
kenny thomas
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I can't do that because my belly button was taken away when it had several colon surgeries. My niece used to ask me if my belly button would come back when I was better.My Grandpa used to tell me he had gotten a rooster tattooed on his chest in prison, must have been bad ink because everything faded away except it's Butthole. Then he'd lift his shirt and point to his belly button!
I tell that joke occasionally today and most always get a laugh except my wife. Don't show people your belly!
Its not a pretty sight. Lol
