Thread: lets find a hat for carl

I never attained rank (never aspired to it I suppose), although I was often given the unofficial role of Lance-Jack, which gave me the opportunity to yell at people too. I understand your joy. I had one bloke during fire and movement training that kept lagging behind. My #4 rifle. He hated me because I would make him get up and go until he finally fell into his correct position, I got to make him do push-ups, star-jumps etc. I also got to drill another bloke...But that was mine and another blokes choice, because we got sick to death of being made to do 200 push-ups in his stead when he proved incapable of learning how to march, dress off, salute, you name it, he couldn't do it. He didn't last. He took it into his head that he was going to knife one of the corporals, which didn't fly well with the NCO's, so that was him gone.


Mick

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I guess all of the tattoos mean something. I would be worried if you had tears tattooed on your face.
I have a sunflower on my right shoulder and a green man face on my left upper arm.

What?! Like a bloke who's sea sick or something?!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I never attained rank (never aspired to it I suppose), although I was often given the unofficial role of Lance-Jack, which gave me the opportunity to yell at people too. I understand your joy. I had one blqoke during field movement training that kept lagging behind. My #4 rifle. He hated me because I would make him get up and go until he finally fell into his correct position, I got to make him do push-ups, star-jumps etc. I also got to drill another bloke...But that was mine and another blokes choice, because we got sick to death of being made to do 200 push-ups in his stead when he proved incapable of learning how to march, dress off, salute, you name it, he couldn't do it. He didn't last. He took it into his head that he was going to knife one of the corporals, which didn't fly well with the NCO's, so that was him gone.


Mick

if you drill other blokes, that's your business.

Originally Posted by MickR

What?! Like a bloke who's sea sick or something?!


Mick

No, I have just discovered that photographing your own arm using a phone camera is tricky, but hopefully you will get the idea. It us not a cabbage.

Sure looks like a cabbage! Are you sure it isn't a cabbage disguised as a green man?!


I think Carl would have drilled more men than me for sure. You're allowed to do that in the Australian Army you know!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Sure looks like a cabbage! Are you sure it isn't a cabbage disguised as a green man?!


Carl would have drilled more men than me for sure. You're allowed to do that in the Australian Army you know!


Mick

As it should be provided it is consensual

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh for goodness sakes no, it's not a Southern Cross! That just says "I'm a white supremist who wants to bash [insert race]". And no, not six dragon tattoos. Some Polynesian tribal stuff on my arm (it looks like a cross between a road and a snake) A Chrysanthemum on my upper inner arm (that one HURT) a sun on my left bicep (I like that one), barbed wire turning into birds on my wrist and a hand on my hand. They're pretty bad. They look like prison tattoos. If I didn't dress up a bit at work I'm not sure they'd let me out at night...

(I really should have had second thoughts about the hand, but you live and learn and make mistakes; why cover them up?)

For maybe centuries tattoo's were something 'special', carried by those who worked as a 'not-so-respectable professions', say sailors or military or those who had been in jail. And shamans and religious leaders also carried some symbolic images on their skin.

Maybe those professions are still not so respectful here but for the last 50 years or so things have changed so much and nowadays it perfectly ok to carry tattoos without anyone giving you second look. So at least here. Even my wife has a symbol of Kuutar (sister moon, very old symbol here) in her chest.

Back in the army days there were few dudes at our troops who made decend tattoos. They used only butterfly needles and pen ink of various colors but still the results looked very professional and have stood against time very well. So i took some, just military tattoos or symbols we thought were cool back then. I had one covering my left arm and one on my both shoulders.

The one on my arm was Garmr, sort of a Kerberos along with the hammer of Ukko (Thor). That was very popular in our military back then but in time it started to look silly to me so i took a cover tattoo. Nowadays there's just blackbird under black moon.

The one on my left shoulder was too childish to tell here so nowadays there's another cover: Brown sparrow with a Red Lilium.
The only original there's still left is the one one my right shoulder, 'Sword Lion', a military symbol aged centuries. A lion with straight sword in it's hand, stumbling Pulwar (eartern style curved sword) in it's feet. Been thinking about covering it as well. It's still used by our military and police but it has become of symbol of those 'white supremists' as well and i do not want to have anything to do with these folks.

Might take pics some day but do not expect any from my wife lol.

Now as i started. Back many years ago i used to know a young woman, about my age. She had mr moon at the upper parts of her inner leg, looking up and smiling. She's dead long ago and remembering her always makes me sad. But the tattoo was really something, like the whole girl was.

Oh I don't think you should cover your tatts, they are what they are. It's like flags of some nations; like mine. A mish mash of flags from other times all patched together. You don't cover up the Union Jack. Maybe you add to the flag (I'd welcome that) but I like our flag made up of bits and pieces and I think one's tattoos as one gets them through life speak of a time and a decision made by you. Learn from them, but don't hide them and pretend they never happened.

The green man I have represents the four seasons, with 1/4 of his face being each season, but he has faded a bit now.
A few years back I was cycling and had a singlet on, and a person in a car was stopped at a junction about 10m away, they stopped and called out nice green man, they were the first person in about 4 years who knew what it was.
I would like to get my next tattoo done using the pointy stick and tapper method, I don't know the proper name for it. Its supposed to hurt less, though my other two weren't particularly painful, its more that it would feel traditional, and as they take more time, it would be more special.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

...It us not a cabbage.

It is clearly a cabbage. Not that there's anything wrong with that.