I took a Sunday afternoon ride down to the Raygo to fill up on the $3.51 gas, cheapest around. For a little country mini-mart, it was boomin’ busy, gas and last weekend beer sales. Outta my fave Tabasco peanuts, though.
What made up for that was the guy in line at the next register: he was shirtless, and had this incredibly detailed tattoo of a car engine on his back, as viewed from above, about 8 x8". Then, on his left side, he had his grandmother !!! tattooed… very well done reproduction of a ‘60’s era BW headshot, with a little ribbon banner under it, “Vera”, and her birth and death date. This just tickled the mess outta me… he had a bunch of other tats, and I’m kickin’ myself that I didn’t get to a good look at the others.
I’m amazed at tattoos, and like good quality ones, though I’m to much of a pain wuss to get them myself. What great tattoos have ya Dopers seen?
I don’t know if her name was Vera … but I saw a woman at the grocery with a full-leg tattoo. One. Her other leg was entirely bare.
I don’t know if she intends to do up the other leg, or she likes the one-legged look. I might have asked her, but she was several aisles over. She was quite thin, maybe in her late-30s, early-40s, had on short-shorts … well, except for the vine-and-flower covered leg. So it looked like she had one one pant-leg and one short-short.
It was such a weird combination of ugly, pretty, lopsided and wacko.
The one-legged woman may be saving up for the other leg. Tattoos are expensive.
My son had to kick out one set of roommates because they would suddenly decide to invest in a tat instead of paying rent. “But it was our anniversary! We had to commemorate it!”
Apparently, he was being unreasonable to insist on being paid under such circumstances.
Handy tip for tattooed roommates. If you’re stiffing the roommate with his name on the lease, don’t tell him how much each new tattoo cost you.
elelle, those were very creative tattoos. Thanks for sharing.
Yeps, I’m in the Redneck Quaker county of the Piedmont
Another tattoo I love is one of my coworker’s: Her whole back is a fantastic bird skeleton, mostly, but feathered wings spread out, and the detailed bird skull coming up the back of her neck. It’s gorgeous, but, wow, a lot of work and patience to sit for that. Very brilliant gal, used to work in a research lab with birds. She left recently as she was hugely pregnant and had to finish the bun. I asked “E, do you have tats on your belly?” “No, I knew I would have kids, so, that would be asking for a mess!”
::Waves to ellele from the northeastern part of the county::
The Wal-Mart near where I live is a great place for tattoo-watching. A couple years ago I was standing in line there waiting to pick up a prescription when I noticed the guy next to me had a tattoo of a bar code on the side of his neck. I was tempted to ask him to get the cashier to scan him.
I saw a young woman in New Orleans a few years ago who had an entire inch-wide choker tattooed around her neck, with tattooed jewels hanging off it. We’re talking about a solid inch of black all the way around her neck. She had a lot of other tats as well, but that one really left me shaking my head.
I was in a homeless shelter once with a guy who claimed to have been a dealer in Vegas. He had a tiger tat on virtually his entire back and was in the process of getting it inked.
… but I saw a woman at the grocery with a full-leg tattoo. One. Her other leg was entirely bare.