I'm desperate to get a new tattoo but I'm waiting till I'm in a happy place and then it will be a reminder of good times.
What body art or objects do you have that remind you of good times?
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:24, 126 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I have some scars to remind me of youthful high jinks

( M o D, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:26, Reply)

I have none :-(

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:27, Reply)

Everything
I even keep bus tickets from special days.
I'm getting therapy from Nana and dj to cure this hoarding disease.
Ich bin ein Hamsterer.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:27, Reply)

therapy stuff thrown in the bin when I'm not looking
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:47, Reply)

You're in cahoots with Nana aren't you?
I'm doing the best I can.
I think I need to hire a skip.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:49, Reply)

I used to be like you
Then I had to move country, with 20kg allowance, and realize that nothing is better than memories.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 16:22, Reply)

Pack Rat!

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:19, Reply)

I don't have any body art.
I'm also not very sentimental with objects, this thread does nothing for me.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:27, Reply)

You're just a hollow shell of a man aren't you.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:28, Reply)

he prefers to be referred to as a bastard-coated bastard with a creamy bastard filling

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:29, Reply)

Nope, I'm awesome.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:32, Reply)

^why isn't this on the popular page?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:04, Reply)

QOTW doesn't endorse lies.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:05, Reply)

You didn't like four lions,
I'm not talking to you.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

Is it boss?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:15, Reply)

I really liked it,
Kitty found it offensive or something because she's an idiot.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

you should get a picture of my face, in your cleavage, pulling a popeye face.
What person wouldn't be happy with that?

I get an ear ring every time I've had my heart broken to remind me. I don't know why.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:27, Reply)

or a picture of me, on the inside of your thigh, punching you right in the pobber.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:36, Reply)

Hot Office Girl
has a picture of a tiny aeroplane coming in to her landing strip.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I finally threw away a small square mirror that I used to keep for cutting up drugs.
I've had it over fifteen years but I finally chucked it a few weeks ago. Quite liberating really.
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:30, Reply)

My new tattoo.
I bloody love it. It reminds me of my 30th Birthday, which was the best EVAR.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:31, Reply)

I like your tattoo
I can't remember if I clicked the appropriate button on facebook
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I NEED VALIDATION!
Thanks!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I want to get one
and I'm pretty sure I know what and where, but I'm having trouble getting over the next hurdle
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:36, Reply)

Your mum?

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:36, Reply)

/ac

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:37, Reply)

Which is?
Finding a decent artist?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:37, Reply)

the nearest people to me are pretty good by all accounts
www.freewebs.com/inkgimptattoo/

this guy is just at the top of my road.

it's more a question of getting the gumption to go and do it. and then having to deal with my brother being annoying about it, and then him telling my folks who will be annoying about it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:40, Reply)

They have a son with a good job and a wonderful future wife.
A tattoo is hardly going to wreck anything.
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:44, Reply)

it's not the disapproval
it's the lack of understanding. my bro and parents have the same view, that people only have them because they want to be "different", but because so many people have them it doesn't make you different anymore. This means they will ask me annoying questions.

whereas my view is that some tattoos are awesome, and it is nothing to do with anyone other than the individual. I can put this view across easily to sensible people....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Tell them they're talking out of their arse.
There are hundreds of reasons why people get tattoos.
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:50, Reply)

we know that
try telling it to a 65 year old lawyer. his is a hard mind to change.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Punch him in the cock.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Remind him that it isn't so long ago the good stuff was the preserve of the professional classes.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:22, Reply)

Humans are annoying.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:44, Reply)

Especially the old ones.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:45, Reply)

Haha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Fuck off!
I'm irritating at best. I'm too lazy for annoying.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:23, Reply)

DiT's tat is ace
if a bit hippy-bollocks

I want to get a plain Saltire (just four simple triangles) and the red 'e' from this pic. But like Vipros I would stumble to go through with it and get my first one evah!
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Oh my god
It's Noodle Dave's Prince symbol all over again :(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:53, Reply)

It is *not* hippy!
It is VIKING stuff.

You should get it done. But maybe without the Erasure 'e', you don't want people thinking you're a shirter now, do you?

I hope you had a Happy Birthday.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:54, Reply)

shirter Glaswegian ecstasy-muncher
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Weegie!?
Take that back! I'm 100% east-side.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:58, Reply)

But an 'e' in a Saltire...
Am I destined only to have boyfriends with homosexual tattoos?
That's 'Vegetable' flavour noodles, if you're looking for a gift.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:02, Reply)

They'd be separate tattoos (and it's not a drug reference)
I could get a Manowar one too if you wanted me to be more manly. Manowar aren't gay in the slightest bit. Oh no.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

a friend's brother has a manowar tattoo
apparently he is straight, despite the tattoo, and the fact that he wears tight white jeans and a white cowboy hat.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:09, Reply)

my ex's brother had
Wanted Dead or Alive and a skull on his arm, 80s metal clothing, and a plait, earring, cowboy hat combo.
He raved abut Peter Andre's pecs (this was the 90s) and had ALL of his shirts and t-shirts altered shorter to show off his biceps.

He got a teenager off his bus-route pregnant and is now a father of three.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:12, Reply)

Oh I seeeee
The 'e' will still look well-drugz tho.
Wow, yes, get the Manowar one. I'm dripping already.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:10, Reply)

It was ace thanks mate
Sorry I missed yours. Stupid parents of ours shagging at the same time.

I'm always out in Stockholm for work these days, they still consider themselves Vikings (hippies). Roota literally used to think I was gay because of my love of Erasure. I love being a metal fan who listens to gay synth.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:57, Reply)

I still do.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:31, Reply)

That's just wishful thinking
You're not getting anywhere near my ring of joy
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:50, Reply)

....apart from with my jackboot of hate,

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:04, Reply)

people who use the word gumption
aren't cool enough to get tattoos.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Haha, our form teacher Nelly used to say gumption a lot

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

It is rather cool and has spurned me on to get mine when this black cloud shifts.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:33, Reply)

Go do it, Woman!
Even a black cloud's gotta have a silver lining, right?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:37, Reply)

Maybe after the bash in June.
I'll be high on B3tan love then.
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:40, Reply)

pictures mostly I guess
I kept a lot of concert tickets and wrist bands over the years but they don't really mean much to me
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:34, Reply)

I'm trying to remember things without keeping objects.
I'm not getting rid of my teddybear.
I'd quite like to keep my Morris Minor hubcap too.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I had a little knitted yellow duckling that my second girlfriend gave me.
I think I threw that away too : (

I hope not because I'm regretting it now. I'll have to check when I get home.
( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:38, Reply)

I've got a sign that was stuck to the bottom of my shoe when I lost my v card

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:41, Reply)

Aw that's sweet.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I also have some beads from the last sexual encounter
apparently I'm a pro at getting souvenirs
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Showing your tits to pissed up students on Mardi Gras
does not count as a sexual encounter.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:15, Reply)

clever
I'd like to go to mardi gras
if only to be able to throw beads at bitches
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:22, Reply)

I've watched too much Naked Wild On Camera.
*lonelies*
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Oh dear lord I'm turning into BGB.
Quick, more perforations!
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:30, Reply)

is that like girls gone wild?

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:37, Reply)

It's like a shit collection of spring break tit-clips
on low budget digital channels.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:41, Reply)

considering I live with lesbians there is a distinct lack of this sort of thing in my house

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:50, Reply)

sad times

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:00, Reply)

Hah, somewhere I think I have a leopard-print chick from my ex gf
Its name is 'Lovely' because it's fucking gruesome..
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:50, Reply)

What is it with lesbians and poultry?

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:52, Reply)

When really you'd expect...
*bawks*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:54, Reply)

hmm...I don't actually think I could look at anything I have and be able to conjure up some awesome memory
I like to collect and keep things because I like them and it makes me happy to have them around, like sand and seashells and skeleton keys
having them and being able to look at them and touch them makes me happy
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:40, Reply)

I hate people who wear all the wristbands of festivals they've been to
they might as well wear a tshirt saying "I go to musical events! I'm cool!"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Eeeh, the fella in our cafe wears all of his
I can't order sandwiches any more in case he makes them.
Manky.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:03, Reply)

A few of my friends do
I bet they smell horrible and are filled with aids.

EDIT: The wristbands, not my friends. Although...
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:04, Reply)

Oh the stench

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I wore my Download 2009
band for over 6 months until it came off during a game of football. I washed it everyday and smelled of fresh manliness.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:17, Reply)

fruity sod

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

hmm, well, I just cut them off and put the date and place I wore it to
I might as well just throw them away
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

My tongue stud reminds me that being in a really bad mood for months can be cured
by having a bit of metal jammed through a tender part of your anatomy.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:41, Reply)

Yay for adrenaline rushes.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:44, Reply)

that was easily the most painful piercing I've ever had
and made me talk like a spack for three days.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Really?
I found the labret hurt more, but not for as long.

The tongue stud made me sound Dutch for about three days. "Schtop! Thisch piersching isch not ready yet!"
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:16, Reply)

It made me sound like the down syndrome girl from Family Guy

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:24, Reply)

HOT

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

I've decided I want a double-helix band around my wrist or ankle or upper arm or somesuch.
I'm tempted to get it around my right arm just above my elbow.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:48, Reply)

do it
I like your other tattoo. couldn't tell that it had been cocked up first time ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:49, Reply)

Result.
I reckon I'll do it sometime over the next month depending on the price. Edit: images.clipartof.com/small/24631-Clipart-Illustration-Of-Three-Twisting-Double-Helix-Dna-Strands-Spanning-Horizontally-Over-A-White-Background.jpg
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:50, Reply)

Get you, you geek.

( girlinthehole, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:53, Reply)

I'm very proud of it.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:55, Reply)

My first tattoo was my daughter's name in Chinese.
Original, I'm sure you'll agree. My second was on my left arm as a reward and reminder for big improvements in my mental health over the last three years. I think I might get the next one just because I want it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:55, Reply)

I bet it really says
"Sweet and sour crispy duck"
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:00, Reply)

I've been fortunate enough to have it validated
by a random chinese guy outside a restaurant a few years back who said 'Who's Sophie?' when he saw it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:02, Reply)

I read an article about validity of foreign language tattoos
one girl found out she had the word supermarket tattooed to her hip. That made me laugh so much, the fact that it wasn't even a dirty word, it was just silly.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:03, Reply)

I got the original template from a chinese market in Kuala Lumpur
so I was reasonably assured of its accuracy.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:05, Reply)

I coud so eat sweet and sour crispy duck right now

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

Jesus woman
Noel's just there, don't be making gay-plays for his jailbait daughter now!
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:10, Reply)

my mate was ordering chinese a couple of weeks back
and I was so close to getting him to ask for the cream of sum yung guy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:12, Reply)

No Stairway.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Denied

( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:15, Reply)

^he blows goats. I have proof

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:19, Reply)

^this man has no penis

( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

a sphincter says what?
doesn't really work when typed....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:23, Reply)

type something that doesn't make sense
and then mouseover the sphincter says what. One day it might work
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I've got a chip on my shoulder to remind me of EVERY LITTLE FAILURE
*ahem* You'll have to excuse me...it's my problem and i'm dealing with it...
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:52, Reply)

I can't believe I forgot this.
I've got some pretty heavy scarring on my left shoulder and upper arm from my darker days. They are a regular reminder to never go back there again.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I reject memorabilia.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:13, Reply)

you people have no soul

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:19, Reply)

I'd like a tatoo
But I'm a coward.

I used to keep all type of crap, like Roota, but I'm much more practical now.

I have enough with pictures and memories.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 16:20, Reply)

I'm getting there mentally
But physically it may take years to clear.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I was forced
By Ryanair.

But still I have a full wardrobe and 2 desks of crap in Tenerife. My mother keeps begging me to clear them up, but I can't go through them. I might ask her to just bin everything.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 16:31, Reply)

My crap from my parents' house arrived at mine on a truck last week
Hell
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:33, Reply)

Great!
Enjoy your fun!

I don't think my mother will send it to me, it'd cost her a fortune. But, I have to deal with her on the phone asking me when I'm going to tidy it up almost every day :(
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 16:37, Reply)

When Roota moves south
she's allowed to bring what she can fit into my car. I'll make a special roof rack for a transparent catbox so her cat can have all the fun of travelling 200 miles in a couple of hours.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:48, Reply)

ERM
So my brand new very expensive bed won't be needed then?
We'll have sleeping bags and your 'waffer'-thin pillows, shall we?
And you do that to Tigger and he won't need my asistance. He will eat your balls like kibble.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:52, Reply)

I'll give him a flying lesson.

( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:56, Reply)

I'm picturing him with Biggles goggles and a flying jacket
and whilst that image has made me piss myself laughing...
NO.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:57, Reply)

5000+ records and a collection of frankly terrifying bank statements.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

you obviously didn't listen to Baz Lurhman's sage advice

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 11 May 2010, 16:44, Reply)

baz Lurhman is massive cunt of such magnitude that he has little cunt planets floating about in his cunty head cunt

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:02, Reply)

POTD

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:04, Reply)

Nostalgia eh?
Not what it used to be.

(Couldn't disappoint my lovely readers could I?)
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:31, Reply)

I have 3 tattoos.
First one on my right bicep "rebellious yet socially acceptable zone) that's all swirly and celtic. Also, it's a little patchy from when my then-girlfriend went "Ohh, tattoo!" *POKE* while it was still healing.

Second is on my left bicep and says "female warrior" in Japanese after the all-women jiu-jitsu dojo I used to teach at.

3rd and final covers about 2/3 or my back and is a big, celtic-style rose thing. One of the wierdest sensations ever is having a tattoo needle go over your spine. Fortunately I like wierd, so it worked out well.

All my tattoos mean something, even if it's just "my first tattoo, huzzah!"

My dad equates tattoos with self harm. We have argued about this. Heatedly.
(Biscuit Burlesque wants to be Dita von Teas, Tue 11 May 2010, 19:17, Reply)