Are tattoos tasteful?

[BrilloPad]

Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison and George Orwell didn't do too badly.

I did say on average.

[ZARDOZ]

I did make a wild generalisation based on my own predjudices.

FTFY

[DaveB]

Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison and George Orwell didn't do too badly.

Orwell was the only one with visible tattoo's. Both Churchill ( an Anchor ) and Edison ( 5 dots resembling those on a dice) has theirs on their arms.

Orwell had grapefruit shaped blue tattoo's on the knuckles of each hand. He got them in Burma and they are throught to have been areaction against the Britishruling class there, of which he was (by choice) never a part.

[ZARDOZ]

Orwell was the only one with visible tattoo's. Both Churchill ( an Anchor ) and Edison ( 5 dots resembling those on a dice) has theirs on their arms.

Orwell had grapefruit shaped blue tattoo's on the knuckles of each hand. He got them in Burma and they are throught to have been areaction against the Britishruling class there, of which he was (by choice) never a part.

They still had tattoos...this is interesting for all you tattoo snobs

"Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, had a snake tattooed on her wrist.

It became fashionable in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for aristocrats, including women, to be tattooed. At the time, tattooing was very expensive and people paid large sums for their designs. Later, as the costs were reduced, tattooing was adopted by the lower classes and the practice fell out of favour with the social elite."

Nothing ever changes things are lauded by the upper classes until the middle classes can afford them and similarly by the middle classes until the working class adopt them.

[sasguru]

Nothing ever changes things are lauded by the upper classes until the middle classes can afford them and similarly by the middle classes until the working class adopt them.

Quite. So what you're saying is, nowadays, tattoos ARE for chavs
See that wasn't so hard, did we really have to go so many posts to get there?

[DaveB]

They still had tattoos...this is interesting for all you tattoo snobs

Yes, but the pont you replied to was about people with "Visble Tattoo's". Two of the three examples you quoted didn't have them and the third is arguably the least successfull of the three.

[ZARDOZ]

Quite. So what you're saying is, nowadays, tattoos ARE for chavs
See that wasn't so hard, did we really have to go so many posts to get there?

No that's what you are saying. I would expect (wild generalisation time) the upper classes are still into them, although they don't need to shout about it.

Yes, but the pont you replied to was about people with "Visble Tattoo's". Two of the three examples you quoted didn't have them and the third is arguably the least successfull of the three.

What's a visible tattoo if your job invloves dressing formally? Not many people will have a tattoo on their face or hands.

[Spacecadet]

Yes, but the pont you replied to was about people with "Visble Tattoo's". Two of the three examples you quoted didn't have them and the third is arguably the least successfull of the three.

But still a million miles away from being unsuccessful

[Gibbon]

Bless you.

Why?

[d000hg]

A person with a tattoo on display will not do as well on average as someone without.

When you say on average, do you mean a true global average, or an average of all UK citizens, or what? And how are you quantifying "do as well"... annual earnings or something less objective?