# Show me your tat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124 "2007-12-24T14:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/1 "2007-12-24T14:16:26Z")
[Here’s mine.](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/tattoo/?action=view¤t=DSCF2626.jpg) It’s on my right shoulder blade, and is about 3-4 inches across. I got it as a Christmas present to myself three years ago. I had always wanted one, but my ex wouldn’t “let” me get one. So when we were no longer together, I got one! I’m a Scorpio, and female, so I wanted to soften the scorpion with the rose. It’s my design. I wish I had gotten a darker color for the scorpion though. I might have it touched up one of these days. (My new husband likes it. :)) So I showed you mine, show me yours! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/2 "2007-12-24T15:54:13Z")
Nicey! [Here’s mine.](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=229010&l=cc084&id=551442651) My design, too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/3 "2007-12-24T16:48:13Z")
[This post has a link to a pic of my tattoo, and the story behind it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8176364&postcount=55) It’s about two inches by two inches, and it’s just above my right elbow. I’m pretty sure I want to get a second tattoo - a Sacred Chao in black and gold on my left shoulder - but I’ll need some time to save up and convince myself to go through the healing stuff again. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/4 "2007-12-24T17:00:42Z")
**Marley** , I wouldn’t ask most folks, but is the 2/3 arrangement of your tattoo by design? I mean, obviously as explained it’s based on your nuclear family and all, but I’m wondering if you were thinking of that as well. (The “fringe” around mine is made up of the alchemical symbols for “gold” and “silver” - 23 of each.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/5 "2007-12-24T17:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] **Marley** , I wouldn’t ask most folks, but is the 2/3 arrangement of your tattoo by design? I mean, obviously as explained it’s based on your nuclear family and all, but I’m wondering if you were thinking of that as well. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure what you mean. You mean, did I deliberately include the fraction 2/3? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/6 "2007-12-24T17:23:47Z")
…d’oh. I mean, based on your username and your occasional references to discordianism, I wondered if the way your tattoo conforms nicely with fanciful diversions like “The 23 Enigma” and “The Law of Fives” was intentional or purely incidental. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/7 "2007-12-24T17:53:28Z")
Ah, I getcha. It was one of those Law of Five-style coincidences, but I caught it before I actually got the tattoo done. The original idea was just to get III, for me and my two brothers, but I decided that was boring and sort of incomplete. After I came up with the design I realized it was literally a 23, and I still think that’s cool. I was really re-examining the whole Discordian thing at that time, as I got the tattoo two weeks after Robert Anton Wilson died. I had my girlfriend read to me from the Principia Discordia while I was getting the work done. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/8 "2007-12-24T17:56:07Z")
Jesus. I thought the tread title was “Show me your tWat”. I’m very disappointed. Merry Christmas anyways, I guess. :: walks away shaking head :: ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/9 "2007-12-25T05:15:20Z")
I like both of your tattoos. So much meaning behind them! I want a second one, too, but I have to think hard about what I want. It’s definitely going in a place I can see, though. Sometimes I surprise myself when I turn a certain way in the mirror. “Oh, yeah, I have a tattoo!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/10 "2007-12-25T05:16:49Z")
here is my [tattoo](http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd978aa79ff9cc00d414148a36685e-pi) It’s on my right lower leg above the ankle. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/11 "2007-12-25T05:43:19Z")
Very cool! Are they the Siamese kitties from _Lady and the Tramp_? I love the colors! ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/12 "2007-12-25T05:50:50Z")
[Right arm](http://www.flickr.com/photos/womanofscorn/1843650974/) [Left arm](http://www.flickr.com/photos/womanofscorn/1843644436/) [Together](http://www.flickr.com/photos/womanofscorn/1843654236/) ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/13 "2007-12-25T08:20:49Z")
This one is on my [hip](http://a551.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_2566bef244ab22b20fb910a7e8814126.jpg). [These](http://a488.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/l_dd9b0b83755f9361263d8f0f7c9fdd5f.jpg)[two](http://a877.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/35/l_1e67d59e2bcc694a02bdfd6c9db6a614.jpg), seen together [here](http://a18.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/l_6a04e63e2fee397616a77f3217880649.jpg), are part of a bigger back piece I’ve designed which I’m still working on putting on me. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/14 "2007-12-25T20:28:45Z")
[Look, and be amazed.](http://www.cartoonresearch.com/tat.jpg) [sub]Rick ASTLEY ain’t got SHIT on ME![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/15 "2007-12-26T00:42:36Z")
I have shown these before but I am always happy to show them agian [etgaw1’s Tats some Might Not Be Safe For Work](http://www.flickr.com/gp/14779453@N03/n592T4) Here is a quick run down of what the tats mean Dragon on Shoulder - The dragon is strength, The scroll if for knowledge and the staff is for the desire to travel Drop of blood - For my late Aunt Marsha Vine - is for growth and my connection to nature 3 Ants - For my 3 friends in college Fairy - For my best friend growing up Spider - For my Father Marijuana Leaf - For my Brother Frog - For my Mom That is what I have so far but I am far from finished 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/16 "2007-12-26T01:31:41Z")
Isn’t the traditional trade “tit for tat”? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/17 "2007-12-26T02:43:11Z")
Well then, I showed you my tat… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/18 "2007-12-26T13:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=coffinjumper] This one is on my [hip](http://a551.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_2566bef244ab22b20fb910a7e8814126.jpg). [/QUOTE] Dammit Janet, that’s a nice tattoo. [My favorite,](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/tat.jpg) it’s on my left forearm. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/19 "2007-12-26T18:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Jesus. I thought the tread title was “Show me your tWat”. I’m very disappointed. [/QUOTE] Oddly enough, prior to the post I’m making right now, this thread was directly beneath a thread about merkins. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124/20 "2007-12-26T19:31:52Z")
[Here’s mine…](http://www.flickr.com/photos/74153009@N00/2139159798/) Tattoo I got in Hawaii last Spring based on a turtle (“honu” in Hawaiian) petroglyph there, with blue and green swirls in a ying and yang pattern. My first one. Didn’t hurt at all. Was going to get it further up my arm near the inside of my elbow but had a bit of sunburn there so I got it lower on my left wrist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-tat/431124.md?page=2)