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eliz
Citizen
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 704
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 10:46 pm: |     |
Ok I was ignorant and then I googled and now I wish I was still ignorant  |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 457
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 10:54 pm: | |
Tom, you're not that prissy if you were at a nude beach! |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 2039
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 10:59 pm: | |
Not at all. I didn't give myself that name! I'll take nearly any name people give me, though.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 458
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 11:06 pm: | |
snowmom,
I found this for you...
The Prince Albert piercing is named after Prince Albert who was the husband of Queen Victoria of England. He was reputed to have had this piercing done prior to his marriage to the queen around 1825, at that time Beau Brummel started the craze for ultra tight mens trousers. Because the pants were so tight, the penis needed to be held to one side or the other so as not to create an unsightly bulge. To accomplish this some men had their penis pierced to allow it to be held by a hook on the inside of the trousers, this piercing was called a "Dressing Ring" at the time because tailors would ask if a gentleman dressed to the left or the right and tailor the trousers accordingly, tailors to this day will ask if you dress to the left or right. Queen Victoria probably didn't mind the extra little stimulation - unless Mr. Prince didn't warm it up enough before they got it on.
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susan
Citizen
Username: Ssstitcher
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 2:50 am: | |
Just had my nose done at the tender age of 42. Love it. Went to a tatto palor in Montclair. JINX PROOF on Midland ave. They were clean profesional and more importantly proofed the younger people we saw. Been in buisness at least 20 years.highly recomend then if you are looking to spice up your image. And if not why are you posting on this site? |
us2innj
Citizen
Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 982
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 3:54 am: | |
Wow, I didn't know Maplewoodians were so punk. |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 922
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 9:23 am: | |
Oh my goodness, the things one learns online!
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Redsox
Citizen
Username: Redsox
Post Number: 405
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 11:41 am: | |
a tart from hyde park comes to mind...... |
gozerbrown
Citizen
Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 335
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 11:59 am: | |
I thought a Prince Albert was named after the wrestler of the same name! You learn something new everyday! |
Frost French
Citizen
Username: Frost
Post Number: 9
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 2:57 am: | |
I had my eyebrow pierced last summer...it was pretty painful (and I have a high pain threshold) but the worst part was the sound it made as the needle went through; there was the initial POP of the flesh breaking and then a sort of gristle-y grinding sound as the needle drove through the meat of my eyebrow and then a final POP as the flesh on the top broke. I was prepared for pain and lightheadedness, but not for the sound effects.
Sadly, I gave the piercing a few days and ended up disliking the way it looked (it gave my face a disturbing dissymmetry, having a big old ring on one side only) and had my husband remove it with pliers about a week later. The metal they used for the piercing was very inflexible, plus there was the ball to disconnect, plus I was still sore...that was a night to remember.
My best male friend has a Prince Albert and I think it looks fantastic, almost like it is supposed to be there and is missing on everyone else.
So now I just have the regular ear piercings (5) and one through the upper cartilage. One tat on my hip, a dove. My husband has two tats; a union jack and a celtic cross. |
steel
Citizen
Username: Steel
Post Number: 408
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 11:44 am: | |
I have a new tat which will be on display at the Maplewood pool this summer. -Call for reservations. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1975
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 12:40 pm: | |
I've always wanted a tattoo, but I could never settle on a design that I was pretty sure I would want in 20 years. I'm glad now that I didn't do it when I was younger, because I would probably have a hammer & cycle on my upper arm. Or, more precisely, it would now be hanging under my arm.  I still may get one, but on my upper back or something.
Piercings: I can't even look at a nipple piercing, much less consider getting one, but that's just me. I had a friend years ago who had her... um, uh, how do I say this? Her uh, female part that rhymes with twit pierced. I asked her if it hurt when she fooled around. She replied "that's the point". I didn't ask her a lot of questions after that....
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shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 925
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 1:39 pm: | |
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CioBella
Citizen
Username: Ciobella
Post Number: 30
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 11:39 am: | |
For my 40th Birthday I got a tattoo of a rose on my back. It only hurted a little bit. I am thinking or getting another one but not sure what I want. |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 171
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:35 pm: | |
call me old fashion (just don't call me old) but i just think this is all unbelievable. I rationalize that ear piercing is fine because I grew up seeing it, so does that mean our children will rationalize that the ghastly piercings of today will be "normal" or OK? ugh
maybe I am old |
ligeti
Citizen
Username: Ligeti
Post Number: 78
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:46 pm: | |
Vor - I definitely AM old. Instead of piercing every conceivable orafice and fold of skin on my crumbling body, I express myself by listening to Mahler, reading Goethe and drinking port. That's what grownups are supposed to do. |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 2115
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:52 pm: | |
We ARE old. I think all piercings other than one per lobe on women are disgusting. But that's my problem and maybe yours. I don't expect anyone to share my view.
My mother used to think even a single piercing on a woman's earlobe was disgusting. She came around about ten years ago when she was in her 60's. Change happens to some people more slowly than others.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 373
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:53 pm: | |
ligeti - |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 700
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 6:27 pm: | |
"Nipple piercings were once considered a sign of strength, virility and endurance. The natives of central America once pierced their nipples as a mark of the transition to manhood. The honor guard of the Roman Caesars would also pierce their nipples to show their strength and duty to protect their emperor. It was said that it was their nipple jewelry that held their cloaks in place! In the 1890's it was all the rage for Victorian women to pierce their nipple with jewelry sold by the famous jewelers of Paris. Some even had both nipples pierced and hung silver chains from one to the other. Now in the new millennium, it is becoming far more common.
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If you were 124 years old you'd think this was no big deal.
http://www.gembaby.com/help/edu_piercing_history.asp |
Wendyn
Citizen
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 112
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:30 am: | |
I told my husband I wanted to get tatoos of my daughters' names on my shoulder (like maybe in little hearts) and he was grossed out. Thinks it is tacky. Trying to decide whether to do it anyway, but I figure it is not worth pissing him off. Honestly I think once it is done he might like it. 
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ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1938
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:40 am: | |
Can I just ask? What is the attraction of having a tattoo? I think the colors are sort of murky and dirty looking. Whenever I see one, especially at the beach, it looks like dirt or a big blemish or smudge on otherwise beautiful skin. So do people do this for themselves or do their mates get off on it too? I always have the urge to go over and clean them off, kinda like those "rattails" on men's hair, I just want to go up with scissors and cut them off.
Suppose tattoos lose their popularity will you still like the darn thing when you're 64? |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4636
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:23 am: | |
My nieces sister in law, a perfectly respectable suburban Mom complete with an MA, had a desire to have a dolphin tattooed on her fanny. My niece, ever practical, pointed out that when she was 80, living in a nursing home, with her butt hanging down to her knees she might not be so enthralled with the idea. 
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shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 934
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:35 am: | |
Please...my mother-in-law got a tattoo of a butterfly on her ankle the same day I was in the hospital giving birth to her granddaughter. Maybe she just wanted to empathize with my pain. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4641
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 2:03 pm: | |
Premature Alzheimers is such a horrible thing!!
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themp
Citizen
Username: Themp
Post Number: 498
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 6:19 pm: | |
I am getting a lawnmower tattoed on my chest because I love the suburbs.
Then I'll shave my chest hair so it looks like cut grass. Maybe I'll throw in a birdbath.
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themp
Citizen
Username: Themp
Post Number: 505
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 5:03 pm: | |
Done. |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 140
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 12:23 am: | |
themp,
You got tattooed between Feb 12 & 13th? |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 2472
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 9:31 am: | |
"Suppose tattoos lose their popularity will you still like the darn thing when you're 64?"
Yes! BTW, they will never lose their popularity...
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Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 2159
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 9:34 am: | |
And if you get one today, Art, it won't have much time to sag by the time you're 64.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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