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How many of you have tattoos?
May 29^th, 2008 at 10:47pm

How many RO denizens have tattoos? No, owning a copy of "Tattoo You" doesn't count.

Second question: Did any of the Stones, past or present, get tattooed? There may be a difference in how/when they were raised, and in what they have wrought.

Put down your age or decade (40s, 50s, etc.) - let's see if the younger fans have more tats. Also list the age/decade in which you were first tattooed.

I thought of this when a friend said, "I'm surprised you don't have that tongue tattooed on your arm." Non, mon ami - eet ees on mah heart!

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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2008 at 10:50pm Nope. No tatoos here. No smoking. No nothing. lol I'm 55 and I'm alive!
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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #3 - May 30^th, 2008 at 6:53am I got 3 and planning my next one in about a month or two. And yes, one of my tatts is the Stones tongue.
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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #4 - May 30^th, 2008 at 10:23am

If the tattoo craze had started in the 80s, when I was in college, I probably would have gotten the tongue. It's why I'm asking ages/decades - the farther back one goes, I suspect, the less likely one has tattoos - like, I think, all of the Stones. Slash has tattoos; Keith does not.

My friend is right, though - the tongue would be top-of-the-list, had anybody brought it up in college. But nobody did - not even Billy Idol had tattoos, then. Darby Crash? Bet he went out without a single tat. Ian Curtis? Lou Reed? Maybe Lemmy had tats in the 80s. I bet "Tattoo You" inspired a disappointing number of tats, compared to what it would have done for the tattoo business if released more recently.

If I could construct the poll over again, I'd have age categories built in:

50s - Yes
50s - No
40s - Yes
40s - No

etc.

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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,130 aTx Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #5 - May 30^th, 2008 at 11:35am I'm 40. I have tats and none are Stones related... I do have two Einstrusende Nuebauten tats... Go figure!
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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #6 - May 30^th, 2008 at 12:35pm

Pdog wrote on May 30^th, 2008 at 11:35am:

.. I do have two Einstrusende Nuebauten tats... Go figure!

I hope your tattoo has a better spelling than your post, lol
it's ...Einstürzende Neubauten - I know these guys.

oh and "Einstuerzende"...is also correct.

I don't have a tat, neither do the Stones - as far as I've heared.

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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #8 - May 30^th, 2008 at 3:49pm

open-g wrote on May 30^th, 2008 at 12:35pm:

Pdog wrote on May 30^th, 2008 at 11:35am:

.. I do have two Einstrusende Nuebauten tats... Go figure!

I hope your tattoo has a better spelling than your post, lol
it's ...Einstürzende Neubauten - I know these guys.

oh and "Einstuerzende"...is also correct.

I don't have a tat, neither do the Stones - as far as I've heared.

Luckily I don't have the name spelled...lol. I always have to look up the correct spelling if i want to get it correct.

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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #9 - May 30^th, 2008 at 4:04pm

I would never have a tattoo, why does anybody have one???????? to show how much they love anyone???? how about expressing it in words??? I'd never have the Police pick me up & know me by my Tattoo, it's a easy give away for the CSI team, does this mean you're more butch???? I think that if that is what you want, by all means go for it.

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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #10 - May 30^th, 2008 at 5:25pm

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 30^th, 2008 at 4:04pm:

I would never have a tattoo, why does anybody have one???????? to show how much they love anyone???? how about expressing it in words??? I'd never have the Police pick me up & know me by my Tattoo, it's a easy give away for the CSI team, does this mean you're more butch???? I think that if that is what you want, by all means go for it.

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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #12 - May 31^st, 2008 at 4:56am Shit, the cops are gonna id me cause of my tatts! Fuck...I better get some acid onto them. sandpaper perhaps? Then my mugshot. Then my prints. Then i better knock my teeth out to get rid of the dental records. Oh Christ! My blood type. How do i change that? Then i gotta destroy my dna somehow. What a dumb ass.
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #13 - May 31^st, 2008 at 12:33pm What a dumb ass. [/quote] It takes one to know one.
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steeldrivinghammer Ex Member	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #14 - May 31^st, 2008 at 2:40pm I've always wanted a tongue on my ass.
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MrPleasant Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 2,677 Xalapa, Veracruz, México Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #15 - May 31^st, 2008 at 6:49pm I once had a dinner with this hell of a crazy woman. She was talking about having her back tattooed with dolphins. I asked: her "why not a whale instead?" She hasn't returned my phone calls.
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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #16 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 3:57pm

I have 2tatts and one of them of course is Stones related , done when I was in the South Pacific, I was 19 yrs old ........ 43 now and still proud of wearing it

quote: "I'd never have the Police pick me up & know me by my Tattoo" Blank Frigging Stare

, that's a good boy there , just so you know this is Rolling Stones FANS forum You rock!

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fireontheplatter Ex Member	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #17 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 7:32pm Sioux wrote on May 29^th, 2008 at 10:50pm: Nope. No tatoos here. No smoking. No nothing. lol I'm 55 and I'm alive! as far as i know...you can have a tat, drink and smoke and still be alive. but to answer this threads question. no i do not have one and i have no weird piercings either. i feel so alive.
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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #18 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 10:28pm

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Sioux wrote on May 29^th, 2008 at 10:50pm:

Nope. No tatoos here. No smoking. No nothing. lol I'm 55 and I'm alive! Grin

as far as i know...you can have a tat, drink and smoke and still be alive.

Boy, you are right. Just look at Keith Richards! Amazingly enough, HE'S still alive {last time I checked Wink

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I guess, more amazingly, I lived through the 60's and I remember every single second of them. And I'm glad about that.

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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #20 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 3:53am

I have been wanting a tattoo for years, but never seem to get around to doin' it. I'm obsessed with crosses, so who knows, I would love the Stones logo

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Re: How many of you have tattoos?
Reply #21 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 6:21am

Pdog wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 12:26am:

I don't remember most of the 80's...

Neither do I! Very forgettable decade for me---guess I was too busy having babies... Roll Eyes

The hair was bad, the fashions were bad.....a lot of the music was.....interesting. Tongue

I DO remember the Berlin Wall coming down! And the Challenger disaster... Sad

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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #22 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 6:57am The 80's? What did Austin Powers say?? All that happened was a flock of seagulls, and thats about it.
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memory_motel Rocks Off Regular Offline Keith Richards Steals My Heart Away Posts: 23 Gender:	Re: How many of you have tattoos? Reply #23 - Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 8:53am I've always wanted a tongue tat on my ankle. But I'm chicken.
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Question: Do you have any tattoos?
Yes 15 (34.1%) No 29 (65.9%) Total votes: 44 « Created by: andrews27 on: May 29^th, 2008 at 10:47pm »