Quote WIZEB="WIZEB"I had 8 pint of Stella. Does that count?'" Here's the one I mentioned. This is designed by me and the artist Nick Skunx (who has tattooed Joey Barton, Chelsea Clinton and others) and was actually done by him. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater It's Huginn and Muminn – Odin's ravens – and the design above them is a symbol for Odin, being three interlocked drinking horns. I am currently planning more work – particularly cover-up stuff. So if you want any ideas/advice. please contact.

Quote WIZEB="WIZEB"I had 8 pint of Stella. Does that count?'" Here's the one I mentioned. This is designed by me and the artist Nick Skunx (who has tattooed Joey Barton, Chelsea Clinton and others) and was actually done by him. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater It's Huginn and Muminn – Odin's ravens – and the design above them is a symbol for Odin, being three interlocked drinking horns. I am currently planning more work – particularly cover-up stuff. So if you want any ideas/advice. please contact.

Funny enough on holiday in Cornwall last week I was thinking about tattoos down at the swimming pool (it was amongst my less misanthropic thoughts). Partly due to how prevalent they are these days amongst both men and women, but particularly due to the number of heavily tattooed women with the sort of random ink that would once have been associated with crusty old sailors (think Amy Winehouse). I can actually appreciate the art in some well considered and highly personal examples, but some are more like 'body graffiti' than 'body art', and some appeared to have no more thought than the sticky on ones my kids like. Then of course there were the old smudgy ones, like a faded Tweety Pie that might have looked cute on an eighteen year old but looks a bit sad on a forty something. A friend of my wife has spent a fair bit having one removed quite recently, having a random cartoon dayglow fish on her arm obviously seemed cool twenty odd years ago, but now she's a head teacher and had to keep it covered if she wanted to convey gravitas and authority. Now, what people want to do with their bodies is their business not mine, but such permanent body modifications do say a lot about the person making them, so it's probably well worth following Minty's advice and putting some real thought into how it will work for you, rather than just going for something random, generic or something that's en vogue now but might date quite badly later.

Totally agree with this. Whenever I wanted a tattoo I always asked my self "Would I still want it in 10 Years?" If the answer was anything but a definite yes then I wouldn't get it. This has also led me to being in my forties and not a having a single tattoo.

That's my thoughts on it too.

With tattoo's, you either get something personal & considered like Mintball speaks about, or something that's fashionable at the time.

My mate about 12 years ago went for the latter. A huge tribal design down one arm, shoulder and chest, when tribal/celtic designs were all the rage. Looks dreadful now. I remember lot's of girls getting the "deer antlers" at the bottom of their backs too.

These days its "sleeves", which I reckon in 5-10 years will look pretty naff too.

Tattoos used to be a symbol of individuality and personal expression; they seem to have been appropriated by the mainstream now, to the extent that not having any is more of a symbol of individuality and free thinking expressionism than the ubiqutous sleeve or sailor tats.

I'm not especially ar$ed, and I certainly don't favour curtailing people's right to do what they like with their own body, but I can't help thinking that the 18-25 year olds who are covered in ink now as a fashion statement, will have some serious buyer's remorse when they enter the grown up world and want/need to be taken seriously.

Fashions change and a lot of the tattoos I see on young'uns these days are purely fashion statements. Will those full sleeves down both arms or the retro sailor look still look good in 10 years time, especially if they decide they no longer want to work in a barbers shop or be an expressive creative?

I mulled over a tattoo about 12 years ago and did pretty much the same as what Orrell Lad advises. It took me quite a while to decide what I wanted but when I was set on it I gave it a year of thought and decided I'd made the right decision by not getting it done. Now I look back and thank my lucky stars I didn't go through with it, I'd have looked a right wally!

Going back to the OP. Rhinos related? What if they drop the Rhinos moniker in a few years time? It's just happened with Wakefield and I've seen loads of the (now) old Wildcats logo tats at games over the years.

That's kind of my point; as a child of the 80's, I have made some truly horrendous fashion statements, particularly during my new romantic phase. Thankfully, I'm not stuck with the eyeshadow and enormous hair for life - which seems to be the fate of those who choose tattoos as a fashion statement.

Tattoos... yuk!
A tattoo is tat too.

I was going to get a tattoo for my birthday but i don't think the neighbours would appreciate bagpipes