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Noticed quite alot of under 16's (some have looked under 14) wondering around with tattoos.

When i got my tattoo the legal age was 16 so under that had to be home done ones but these look to good to be DIY.

so how do they get them or is there a home DIY tattoo machine available from argos these days? Just curious as they look way to good to be non-professional!

In reply to epik:

Are they stick on ones?

In reply to epik: i dunno but u can buy urself a stencil and a can of aerosol paint n hav a semi perminant one for a few weeks

In reply to epik: Did it say 'Britney', or something stupid like that?

In reply to epik:

Dunno, my kids and I use the stick-on ones.

In reply to epik:

Nah.. at 24 you're just getting old.

There was a girl behind the bar at the pub in Baslow that we stopped off at on our way back from Millstone on Sunday, and she looked to be about 15 - but was a) working behind the bar and b) had several tattoos on show...

So I guessed she must be a at least 18 and a bit...

In reply to Dominion:

Maybe i am getting old - god i hope its not happening already!!!!!!!!

they were definetely not stick on ones, and were not the normal blobs of ink as i remember home done ones always turn out like. seen quite a few and today a girl in the supermarket with her mum had one on her arm which was a celtic band and no way fake. she looked 14 tops!

In reply to Cooper:

no most of the ones i notice are celtic or tribal and either on arms or small of back. tattoos are all becoming too fashionable now. i dont like being associated with chavs they should be made to have burberry tattoos so there is no mistaking them.

In reply to epik: aye the legal age for a tattoo is 18,

In reply to epik:
Maybe you shouldn't have had one then, you knew that you'ld have it for life and that fashions might change.

In reply to mac_climb:

no its not! under 18 you need parental concent so most tat shops dont do under 18's as principle but there is nothing illegal about a 16 year old getting one (i got mine when i was 16, it was a 17th birthday present from my mum). under 16 i think its something to do with legal concent and it being assault for a person to do it but im no lawyer just know its 16.

In reply to epik: In my view all tattoos are chav tattoos.

In reply to mwerner:

i know fashions change thus i went for something very old like celtic artwork and i wouldn't change it. dont even notice it most the time (will get another when can afford it, only one more mind) and the burbery was a joke (though would be funny).

In reply to epik: oh for god sake, drinking aint illegal under 18 if oyur with your parents, smoking isn't under 16 either just buying them is,

In reply to sloper:

thanks for your contribution even if it was a very small one!

In reply to epik: yeah they could get C-H-A-V across their knucles right or left hand, doesn't bother me!!!

In reply to mac_climb:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/n6m/index/family_parent/health/young_people_h...

In reply to epik:
Celtic Tattoos went out of fashion ages ago :¬)

Best comedy tattoo I ever saw was a guy who had door hinges tattood on the inside of his elbows...... cool!

In reply to mac_climb:

what is your point? selling alcohol to under 18's is illegal. selling tobacoo to under 16's is illegal. selling/applying a tattoo to under 16's is illegal. so your original comment was wrong whichever way you look at it.

thus the original question how they get them as they are too good for home made and a pro shouldnt do it to under 16's!

In reply to soveda:

thanks i stand corrected, things have changed! so makes the question even more relevant as i definetely dont believe they were 18.

In reply to epik: I said that drinking wasn't illegal if you are with your parents. and smoking was kinda wrong yeah. But drinking is another example.

In reply to mwerner:

some mates have got those tribal ones with special ink that shows up under certain lighting so stands out in clubs really well. not sure i like the idea of glowing ink being put under my skin but......

In reply to epik: It's such a laugh isn't it! In many field visible tatts will stop you getting a job.

In reply to epik:

Not all pros play the game right.
I know of somewhere who has tattooed a 14 year old at least twice. (His mum went with him the first time - she said she'd rather know where he was getting tattooed that him just go somewhere 'dodgy' - although in this case dodgy is obviously a relative term...)

In reply to mac_climb:

dont worry you were right i was wrong (i should learn to keep up to date).

In reply to TN:

true! having seen the mess home made jobbies can make its good that the mother knows whats going on at least but 14 is young though im a fine one to talk (though you can only seen mine when i have my shirt off!)

In reply to sloper:

feel your having a dig at me for some reason but i'll just ignore that!

Very true though. worked with someone who had a woman on his face (why?) and said he found it hard getting jobs (no bloody wonder) but no fear i'd never have one visible with a shirt on so employers probably notice my earrings more than tattoos. still never stopped me getting a job and i wouldnt want to work for a company that employed on basis of looks.

In reply to epik: Not having a dig at all, as far as I know I've nevr met you.

I have very good friends with tattoos, some of which are (as far as tatts go) very well done.

I just don't like tatts and take the view that many people have them done at haste and then repent at leisure.

What's with the 'bird' tatts, do you really want to advertise the fact that you've served a prison sentnce? I was talking to my mother's plumber a while back about Tatts and he was saying that he'd never hire anyone with visible tattoos as his customers wouldn't want them in their houses.

In reply to sloper:

I agree entirely on that point - I've seen people walk into a tattooists, look through the picture books, discuss with their mate and then point and say 'I want that one' - after no more than 10 minutes thought. Stupid!
Although sometimes you think about a tattoo for ages (About 4 years, in my case - until I was old enough to get it done legally!), have it done, love it and then after a while outgrow it. That hurts! Oh well - lesson learned.
All mine are in areas I can hide as easily as I can show them.
I wouldn't consider having anything that I could not hide if I felt it was not appropriate (I work for a company that deals with law firms and I don't think that world is quite ready for my art yet!)
The only one that gets regular daylight is the one on my foot but most people don't even notice that one anyway, unless I'm barefoot...

In reply to sloper:

The bird tats have always surprised me, proud of having served time in prison?

There was a guy at the local breakers who had teardrops tattoed down his face.

Must have been a very sad man.

In reply to epik:

There's a plasterer in Asfordby who also does tattoos. It is funny seeing his two vans side by side.

Oh and there's a tattoo place in melton mowbray that has a REALLY badly painted sign (it MAY have the word "tattoo" spelt wrongly, actually), not very reassuring really...

In reply to sloper:

Agree there, know lots of people who have changed their mind later but luckily i took years working out what i wanted (and still want). can not understand the ones on knuckles and face though as took months to stop automatically trying to wash mine off so on your face would drive me absolutely mad.

I like my tattoo and g/f likes it (many past g/f's havent liked it at all but who cares what they thought ) and i'd get another one but i understand people who dont like them. It is personal preference but then drink and fags are far greater evils and no-one has shut down all the breweries and tobacco companies yet.

Still kids getting them seems wrong but there are worse ways for them express themselves (drugs, fags, booze)! Peer pressure and all that!

In reply to Kenny:

having words on me would scare me enough without a badly spelt shop sign

In reply to arctickev:

Shows your rock 'ard! Also give the police an easy way to ID you if you ever misbehave again

Had a mate at school who put a wu-tang-klan sign on his arm until he realised police used it as an easy way to pick him out so he had to change it to a ying yang sing. looked bloody horrible and the local bobby soon updated teh records.

In reply to arctickev: known as 'murderer's tears', charming!

In reply to epik:

Just seen a pregnant chav wearing a crop top with a sun around her belly button.

classy and timeless....

In reply to Helen ~Taylor:

Timely and classless?

In reply to epik: could you get arrested for looking at underaged girls tatts?

In reply to gear boy:

guess it depends where they are!

In reply to epik: hopefully not as low as their waist yet!

In reply to epik: Just get a W on each arse cheek - a cheeky bend-over reveals WoW! Probably better on a bird with a nice ass - than a hairy arsed dude.

In reply to Helen ~Taylor: I saw a woman in town, with her daughter (who looked about 15) and a baby in a pushchair. Grandma (I presume) was wearing a vest top and had a tattoo on her upper arm of, I kid you not, an ejaculating dick with the name Cyril written under it. I actually did a total double take as I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Nim

In reply to TN:


This would make a great Little Britain sketch!
"Right - ill ave that one"
"Yes but this tattoo says i like to rape kittens"
"I WANT THAT ONE!"
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."I don't like it"

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Do you watch the catherine tate show?

sketch does something like

"i cant believe it you've got his name tattood all over your body and hes just dumped you"

"yeah but......am i bothered"

In reply to epik:
I believe it's 'boVered'. Harcore chav

In reply to just_me_3:


does epik look bothered?

In reply to Morgan Woods:
Yes very good! Just to clarify, I'm not saying that I am a hardcore chav. Perish the thought...

In reply to Cooper:


That reminds me of that awful (well rather good) joke that goes roughly as follows:

A wife who's into tattoos decides to surprise her husband with a new tattoo for their wedding anniversary. So she goes to the tattoist and says I want a really sexy design with flowers on my bum.

The tattoist is somewhat taken aback by this lame request. 'Flowers? I don't do flowers, sorry.'

'How about some birds then?'

'No I don't do those either, but I can do bees.'

'Oh, OK, then, that sounds pretty sexy. Do one on each cheek.'

When she gets home she strips off dramatically for her husband, bending right over, baring her bum. Her husband's jaw drops, he's obviously shocked.

'Who the f*ck is Bob?!'

In reply to just_me_3:

just out of interest what is a hardcore chav? burberry seat covers in his nova?

In reply to epik:
That can be one way to earn the title. Other methods include extended loitering periods, record intakes of Embassy Number 1s and extensive use ov replacement letters (see what I did there?)

In reply to just_me_3:

you seem to know alot about it for someone who claims to not be a hardcore chav? or are you just a chav that hasn't made it into the big leagues yet

In reply to epik:
No I'm just plagued by them in my town. They stand by my house and spit chewing gum at cars...

In reply to epik:

Has anyone else heard tell of the Hell's Angel who had "Ace of Spads" tatooed across his forehead?

In my view anyone who has tattos on their face is in need of psychiatric help.

In reply to Removed User:
I don't really understand tatoos at all. I'm quite happy sticking to biro

In reply to Removed User:

did it say SPADS and not SPADES?

In reply to Removed User:

Oh aye, in reply to the original question DIY tatoos are done using ink and something sharp such as a pin or the sharpened nib of a pen.

Generally they look bloody awful.

In reply to mik:

Yes.

In reply to Removed User: tattoos are so CHAV

In reply to Removed User:

now that sort of makes it special doesnt it?

sure make him specialy stupid.

In reply to Removed User:

was that aimed at me? these aren't home done jobs i know what a home made job looks like and these are too good so guess must be a pro braking the rules. guess once one kid has one word would spread quickly in a school as to where to go to get one.

p.s. as a sharp object you could even use a needle god knows how no-one got ink poisoning as sure people stab too deep sometimes when your young and foolish! ink was always just normal ink aswell but i have no idea what tattoo people use as ink?

In reply to Removed User:

You often hear of people doing home done tattoos with names using mirrors to get a better view. the stupidity of it

In reply to epik: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4158522.stm

nothing like parental responsibility

In reply to sloper:

the parents were hardly to know! it is an allergy from the dye (never realised the black was dye not henna) so be the same as dying your hair and getting a rash.

maybe they should ban black henna though as its a bit of a con and parents shoudl read the signs but then everything has the standard disclaimers on nowadays so like most of us they probably ignored them as routine!!

In reply to epik: agree, i didnt know that either. had a few henna tatoos "in my younger days" - lucky i dont seem to be allergic to it- that boy's burn looked nasty.

In reply to epik:

My neice had one done on her ankle in Goa and had a similar reaction - she has a fairly interestingly shaped scar now...

In reply to sloper:

I hope they got their £7.00 back.