I'd have a hard, hard time claiming either!
Posted on 04/03/2006 8:42:51 PM PDT by presidio9
You're being ridiculous. Nobody is saying that "all" tatoos or "all" piercings are disgusting or inappropriate. But you're awfully naive, Grandma, if you think that none are.
Tattoos, especially tribal sorts, in the small of the back on young girls have a name among the young. Do you know what it is?
A ball stud piercing of the tongue serves a purpose. Do you know what it is for?
As *my* grandmother told me... "If you're going to dress like one, don't be surprised when you're treated like one."
I did not say that you shouldn't "look" at the cover. Perhaps this is an analogy you can comprehend from my point of view. I've made some ugly looking pies in my day, but when one got past the "looks", the inside was deeeelicious. LOL
Perfect example, garandgal! I was feeling pretty lonely on this thread. LOL I remember years ago when my father thought that a young man I was dating must be a "hoodlum" because his hair fell past his ears. That young man turned out to be very successful "in spite of his hair". Some folks are just stuck with mud on the brain when it comes to opening their mind to the possibility that the person in front of them may be a blessing from the Lord, in spite of what they may think about his/her appearance.
LOL, when they are 90yrs old they can reminisce about how much 'this one hurt' and where they got 'this one done', etc.
I think I'll email that to my grandaughter as a warning!!
No I think what is on the inside is reflected by the choices we make, I served in the US Navy and saw first hand what happens when a sailor gets drunk in Singapore or Hong Kong, and wants to commemorate their visit.
I knew many older career men who regretted their decisions when they were unable to move up the ladder. Some were resigned to wearing long sleeve shirts buttoned at the wrist, sadly many had been foolish enough to decorate their hands, and they couldn't be covered. Most were repentant, some weren't. Of course that was over 40 years ago, I have no idea what goes on now.
I hear that. My fiancee is in the process of growing out his hair. It was half-way down his back before he had to cut it for his job last summer. He currently has 4 tats, and 7 piercings. When he wears the clear plastic barbells in his tongue (that accouns for 2 of the piercings) you wouldn't even notice them. When he wears a clear plastic earring in his ear, it's not noticable. His 4 tats are only visible if he's wearing shorts and a wife-beater, which is never.
Aside from his hair, I bet any one posting on this board would have no problem hiring him, and would be shocked to find out he has tats.
If both pie fillings are the same, I would rather have the one that looks presentable on the outside too.
It sure would be embarrassing to have to 'claim them' as your kids or grandkids, lol.
I hired teachers for a living. I wonder if the tolerant folks on this thread want either one of the kids in your post #81 teaching their children.
I'm still here and I saved that picture because it was so awful. I wouldn't want a teacher looking like that!
ROTFLOLOLOL!
"...can you picture anyone hiring these people?"
Sure, I can.
A circus...;o)
Well, tats on the small of the back might as well be a bulls-eye.
Also, most guys don't care if you've got a tongue ring or not. I've known more guys with tongue piercings than I have girls.
Alot of guys in frats have prince alberts of various other types piercings, so it's not just girls.
Your friend had love in her heart for her baby brother and expressed it through a tattoo. I feel quite confident that God would smile on that act of love. I'm very sorry for her and her family's loss.
You can't expect people to take you seriously when you "strain at a gnat," but they see you "swallowing a camel."
Leti is a very strong young woman. She recently turned 18 and is enlisting in the army after she graduates.
Kind of makes you wonder how many of our troops in Iraq have tats, and are being condemned by posters on this thread.
From what I understand, that's exactly why Fred Rogers wore that longsleeve shirt all those years!
I read he was a Marine and tattooed from wrist to shoulder on both arms.
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