Are tattoos tasteful?

[sasguru]

FFS. CUK's very own cat lady.

Quite.

[NotAllThere]

...I think everybody is entitled to his opinion, some people like artistry on canvas, some like it on their body.

I like both. But not all paint slapped onto a canvas is art.

Sorry, Gentile, I'm sure what you wrote was an eloquent putdown, but I got bored half-way through the first sentence. But hey - take it as read that I'm suitably chagrined by your intellectual prowess.

[Sysman]

There's another difference. A person without a tattoo can get one quickly and cheaply. A person with a tattoo can only get rid of it (relatively) slowly and expensively.

I used to have a neighbour who specialised in removing tattoos via laser surgery. His customers were mainly those who had risen to respectable jobs and didn't think they were suitable any more.

I don't in fact care, though I don't have one myself. I'm amazed how touchy some people with tattoos are when you needle them about it, even faintly suggesting that it's a bit silly. A touch of protesting too much... And then you get some ugly mutt with tattoos that would disgrace a nursery school child's scribbling book, banging on about "body art".

Though, admittedly, some tattoos are good enough and original enough to be considered art.

I know a genuinely nice couple who are covered with tattoos, and yes they are artistic. He runs a tattoo shop so I don't think he's exactly worried about it affecting his employment prospects.

There is even a selection of magazines on the subject.

[Gentile]

I like both. But not all paint slapped onto a canvas is art.

Sorry, Gentile, I'm sure what you wrote was an eloquent putdown, but I got bored half-way through the first sentence. But hey - take it as read that I'm suitably chagrined by your intellectual prowess.

Oh, dont be like that.

[Sysman]

It depends on the tattoo and the canvas.

I've seen some rather good ones on some ladies. There was a fashion hereabouts a few years for a horizontal tattoo on the back exactly where you could see it when jeans and tops don't quite meet. Some looked better than others.

My favourite was a cat on a young lass's shoulder. It was cute, just like her.

It can easily be overdone though.

[Sysman]

And tattoos are normally associated with the working classes, not chavs. The two are very different.

There's a different attitude in Europe as well. I was in a bar with some Yanks a few years ago and and they got really anxious when some heavily tattooed types came in. The Yanks thought a fight was inevitable, but we assured them that they were harmless.

[EternalOptimist]

Gentile, when is your birthday ?

[Gentile]

Gentile, when is your birthday ?

You know fine well.

[EternalOptimist]

You know fine well.

I was thinking of getting you a present.

Three commas, two full stops and a few paragraphs.


just to make your stuff a bit more...well...readable.

[Gentile]

I was thinking of getting you a present.

Three commas, two full stops and a few paragraphs.


just to make your stuff a bit more...well...readable.

Now, now, glass houses and all that old chap.

That thread did make me think of this as a gift for you, though.