tattoos

[Nate]

I heard that you're not allowed to tattoo your hand in most western countries 'cos they're lots of blood vessels going through there.

Strictly speaking I think that they are closer to brands anyway. Scars caused by pseudo-mystical sparks at the very least.

[Disgruntled Intern]

Hand tattooing isn't illegal anywhere.

It may be a some sort of social taboo in some sort of backwater culture, but it's certainly not illegal.

[thatbluebastard]

yeah dude, my girlfriend has two on her wrist, which is where it would be illegal[if it was, which it is not].




i don't know how they do things in australia, but in america, we're all about rock and roll.



hand tattoos, stage dives, getting down with groupies, and shit.

[Rich]

i don't know how they do things in australia, but in america, we're all about rock and roll.

hand tattoos, stage dives, getting down with groupies, and shit.

Lol. Australia is cool. They have hats with corks. And Marsupials!

I'll never get a tattoo. I don't want one. I also don't want piercings. I like to keep my body in it's original state.

[thatbluebastard]

i was just kidding.



i know some fine Australians.




but seriously, what the hell is up with Australia?

[TheRaisin]

They're the only nation that's also a continent? They've got the largest rock formation in the world? They're the only place in the world where you can find wild kangaroos, wallabies, and other such marsupials? They're home to the only two species of mammals in existence known to lay eggs? That's a fraction of what's up with Australia.

[thatbluebastard]

They're the only nation that's also a continent? They've got the largest rock formation in the world? They're the only place in the world where you can find wild kangaroos, wallabies, and other such marsupials? They're home to the only two species of mammals in existence known to lay eggs? That's a fraction of what's up with Australia.

sar·don·ic (sär-dnk)
adj.

Scornfully or cynically mocking. See also: sarcastic.

[Havoc]

Hand tattooing isn't illegal anywhere.

It may be a some sort of social taboo in some sort of backwater culture, but it's certainly not illegal.

Its more like dis-adviced since youl have a lot more trouble finding a decent office or other high ranked job with tatoo's on visible places. Its not illigal, but somewhat banned from bussiness live.

[TheRaisin]

sar·don·ic (sär-dnk)
adj.

Scornfully or cynically mocking. See also: sarcastic.

Yeah, I know. I'm a pedant. Deal wif it. Plus I have a love affair with Australia, though I've never been there. It's a long-distance relationship, but it works.

Where'd you get that pronunciation? I think it's missing a syllable.

Those Maori tattoos are absolutely the coolest things I've ever seen. They're all buh-BLAOW! I'm not sure how they're done traditionally, but if it's anything like the traditional Hawaiian way of tattooing, they use a reed sharpened to a needle point and dipped in ink, and they do a sort of quick succession of sharp taps using a mallet type of thing (think chiseling, sort of) to drive it into the skin. And that's really cool, eh? I saw some documentary showing how its done and I was simultaneously going "Ouch" out of empathy and "I want one!" because of the sheer coolness.

[thatbluebastard]

Maori tattoos are ridiculous, though.



if you can sit through that, you've earned the tattoo.




and i'm a fan of the Australia, as well.





hooray quanza or whatever.

[Nate]

I think that was the whole point of the Maori tattoos, it's a test of manlihood.

But my theory on the whole hand tattoo-thing I got from TV so it's hardly reliable information. I was actually talking about the back of the hand rather than the wrist anyway.

[Rich]

But my theory on the whole hand tattoo-thing I got from TV so it's hardly reliable information. I was actually talking about the back of the hand rather than the wrist anyway.

Good to hear that, because it's certainly not illegal over here.