erm.... after that last post this is very lame
I got a special "tat" on my left arm put there by a member of the UVF, to show I was a "friend" as back in the early 80's we had a mobile disco, and one of the jobs we did on a regular basis was in a social club in Belfast, frequented by UVF members. the tattoo It took the form of just 3 simple dots in a triangle, almost invisible to the naked eye, but under UV light clear to see (a bit like the laser sight from predator)

This was fine, but we never told them that our work often took us into the middle of "bandit country" on a regular basis, we never cared who we worked for, as long as the cash was forthcoming :-0

One day in deepest deepest bandit country (well... Dundalk to be exact)I was talking to a bloke on the door when loading up after a gig, he somehow noticed the dots and then went very white for a few seconds.... he looked at me with strange eyes and asked "was i one of them?" I asked what he meant, and he pointed to the dots... eh? said I? (looking for the quickest escape route) what does that mean? he then went on to explain that the local gay community used something like that to identify themselves.

Oh how we laughed on the way home..... from that day on, I have a plaster over the marks. What a choice... show yer "colours" and get shot or bummed.
( TBL I posted this on, Sat 2 Dec 2006, 2:31, Reply)