I can't wear a sleeveless shirt because of a disagreement with a tatoo artist. I was getting my wife's name on my upper arm. He tried to up the price 3/5 of the way through. I got pissed and left. So now I can't uncover my arm. My wife's name is Gayle.............................
I usted to travel back and forth to Honduras as a teenager. Over there at the time was one of the most violent gang wars going on with ms13 and 18steeet and the government. The gang ms13 had kidnapped, tortured and killed the at time Presidents children. So they passed a law saying if you had tattoos, jail first and state your case later. In the eyes of the Honduras government only a gangster would tattoo himself. I remember once being laid out on the floor by two government guerilla types with ak's and searched because my pants were to baggy. Needless to say I ran to my uncle and used his tight wrangler jeans the whole trip. That really did it for me because I always wanted to visit again. Later I was going to tattoo both my hands when I was in LA in my 20's. Glad I didn't. Scars are my tattoos. So many dead friends and cousin I would need two backs for all the rest in piece tattoos. My neighbor has no job, 30 years old, lives with his dad arms all tattooed up and all he can talk about is putting his gang on his neck. Around here not having tattoos has saved me from the cops and gangs Every time I get in a bad place in the wrong time i lift my shirt and show my hands and say, "I ain't no gangster I don't have tattoos. I get alot of respect in my neighborhood and everywhere I go, and it ain't the tattoos. I feel bad for homegirl with that dumb tattoo. No guidance, and the cycle will continue. She will have children that deserve a real mom not some chick who runs the street getting high and getting by. Also blame the dumbass tattoo artist for that word filtered through his brain too. Just to put it out thier I don't look down on tattoes, I just can't do them as life has given me the ultimate tattoo. Brown skin in South Central LA, I'm branded already so why add to the stereotype
No ink for me either. I'd thought about getting a "W" on each butt cheek. No piercings either. I have enough trouble with, and from, the holes in my body I was born with.
I'd thought about getting a "W" on each butt cheek... WOW!! I heard of a guy that was inside lookin' out and the cellmates thought that was pretty neat LOL, until he was bunz up kneeling and it read "MOM". I guess that detered "most" of them... ws
Thanks for giving me a good chuckle this morning. Priceless... Amazing how that works; I had a lot of respect for an executive of ours, she was professional and always well turned out, intelligent and well spoken. Then one day she was bending over and I couldn't help but notice the tramp-stamp she had. A lot of conflicted feelings went through my head then, and I found that the tramp-stamp really coloured my opinion of her, and it took a long time to look past that. I see a tattoo as an inappropriate intimacy with a person that I neither requested or desired; I wish people would begin to understand that. But in this "me"-centric generation people see one as an expression of their individuality and attitude or beliefs. But if I'm meeting someone or working with someone for the first time I don't care to know that nor do I want to listen to the explanation. Tats are great when you're 18, drunk, or in the Navy, but in the working world they're a liability for the reasons I mentioned above. However, that's a modern "Elephant in the room"and should not be suggested.
What I said was true. I am happy that I never decided to get a tattoo. I just want to point out that I know how to spell the word decisions. I also spotted the your/you're mistake and the for/four mistake in the picture posted. If someone wants to get a tattoo, it's fine with me. I try not to judge someone because of it. Unless of course it's a giant neck tat or gang related. I find it hilarious when someone has a word misspelled, when getting one. Not only did the person getting it approve, the person doing the "art" didn't notice it either. I'm not the greatest with spelling or punctuation, so I have to work a little harder than most. That's the reason you don't see many long posts coming from me.
