I admire this guy. Not only for his talent, but the fact that he was a very troubled youth and applied his tallent and now owns a multi million dollar enterprise.
And hes got some nice tats.
And hes married to sandra Bullock...
Posted on 07/26/2006 11:51:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
FOR SHAME, SINNER! /s
Sounds good. Not that tattooing is good, but that acceptance will remove the stigma. Kind of Heideggerian, make visible by being useless.
I think he's a punk, and a showboat, but a damn good salesman. Good on him for making a mint out of crap.
OK< So the "Pay up sucker $$$" tat on the palm of his hand is interesting, but I'd never get one.
OK I would like to be a "punk" and a "showboat" if it meant me owning a $$$$$millions$$$$$$ enterprise and having my own TV show and having hot monkey love with Sandra Bullock.
Yep, I'd do it.
Shave the scalp, get that tattooed, and let the hair grow back. Nobody will know about the tattoo until the person is too old and white-haired or bald for it to matter.
Seems like every chick with tribal tattoos weights 90 pounds and can dance like there is no tomorrow.....
If somebody wants to go get a tatoo - guys anyway, that's ther business, you have a right to anything you want in a free country even if it means making an a$$ of yourself.
As for women, I find tattoos on them repulsive unless its quite small and discreet and even then I don't like them. It should be a capital offense to tatto a woman - especially a beautiful one - its like defacing a natural work of art.
The message you want to send when you are 25 is NOT the same message you want to send when you're 55...or 65...or 75...and definitely not the same one you want to send when you're 85.
I know folks who are getting tattoos at 40 and 50. The world and attitudes have changed. I may get one yet.... I know what I want, just haven't found the time to go get it.
Heh... also, Addams Family attire and makeup.
They won't look so good when all of the parts head south at different speeds.
;-)
Otzi the Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummified man uncovered in the Austrian Alps in 1991, bore at least 57 tattoos.And he wound up getting killed by a rival gang when he got separated from his peeps. :')
Sure there is...rivets in the face.
I think the recent popularity of tattoos is analogous to the grooming choices of the 60s generation, and has the same kind of "I want to prove to everyone that I think for myself" motivation. Or maybe it's from all the magazines skimmed by the barely literate children who say "whatever" when they don't have a coherent response. ;')
Honestly,
I've seen some in nursing homes that still look pretty good.
The art has changed, the inks, dyes etc...as well as we as humans. I know some 70 year olds that still have pretty good muscle and skin tone.
It should be a capital offense to tatto a woman - especially a beautiful one - its like defacing a natural work of art.Ah, I think that depends on the woman. :') But generally I'm not a big fan of tats on anyone. I just saw an online singles ad (yes, ladies, I'm available ;') where the first or second thing in the "seeking" list was "tat". At first I thought I was in business because my eyes are going and it looked like "fat"...
Well, "pretty good" isn't good enough for ME to consider it.
Have at it...we differ.
I don't understand this "Think about how awful it will look in the nursing home!" mentality. Odds are, between wrinkled, pasty skin, varicose veins, thinning hair, ever expanding nose and ears, hair in wierd places, incontinence, an inability to chew hard food, bed sores, and dementia, my tattoo will be the least of my worries.
It might be the only thing that gives me joy, if my kids decide not to visit me because I smell funny.
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