Pynch

Nothing fancy-like...just a devil-may-care, go with the flow, roguish little beastie, who'll serve the kindest Cap'n, if'n the price, drink, food and company is tae m' likin'. I'll sing tae ye, draw ye a pretty picture, mayhaps e'en fight for ye if need be (an if I like ye well enough). Basically, a ship-bourne deck-cat...who'll purr or scratch yer friggin' eyes out, dependin. :)

Feck! Can't view it on a Mac.... grrrrrrr......

Awwww...Bilgewater! Damn my luck, I just got back from NOLA and won't return till the end of the month. Shoot a cannonball fer me!

Hey Mourn, Forgive the impending, long winded, tattoo lecture...but you've just sailed into my waters! :) Ahem. ::clears her throat and stands on a barrell or rum:: Although tattooing has enjoyed popularity in all cultures, I'm assuming you're looking for dermagraphic art in Western European Culture. Pre-Celtic Iberians in the British Isles, both sea-going and landlocked, tattooed ceremonially. The Gauls, Danes, Norse and Saxons tattooed family symbols and crests. Unfortunately, this practice ended in 787 AD with Pope Hadrian banned the art form, bugger 'im. Tattooing still survived in Britain until the 1066 Norman Invasion. The Normans scorned the idea of marking one's hide for life. On a side note, legend has it that King Harold was heavily tattooed and when his body was recovered from the Battle of Hastings, it was identified by the tattoo of the name "Edith" over his heart. Tattooing reemerged in Western Europe in 1691 in "civilized society". William Dampier, sailor and explorer, brough Prince Giolo, a heavily tattooed Polynesian, to London where he became a popular attraction at exhibition. It was probably the first time in six centuries that anyone in London had SEEN a tattoo. Now sailors (any mayhaps latent Pirates) who had traveled to Tahiti with Captain Cook in 1771, began to come back with these intriguing, traditional tribal talismans etched into their hides, sparking the first tattoo rage in England, especially among Cook's upper class associations. The fad was short lived, due to the fact that this tattooing was done by hand and quite frankly, hurt like hell. The true popularity of tattoos cambe about after Samuel O'Reillly (places her hand over her heart for the blessed Irishman), invented the first electric tattoo machine. Tattoos became a little less painful, faster and easier to apply. By the turn of the 20th century, the tattoo trade in any port wa a brisk one, with the most popular flash (art displayed in a shop to choose from) depicted themes of the sea, bravery, and of course, women. Tattoos have long been identified with the tough, the fringe, and the non-conformist. That may be where the link to Piracy can be found, or more likely invented. Try as I might, I can not find any defined historical, piratical image for 16th-18th century alternative seagoing entrepeneurs. That's why I invent my own. Traditional sailors tattoos include sparrows, representing homecoming, pigs and chickens, propellers, anchors, ships of all sorts, and the ever popular Nautical star, like the one I wear over my shoulder... ::bows and jumps off the barrell to get back to work, afore Cap'n Pike keel hauls her:: sources: George Burchett, "Memoirs of a Tattooist", Oldbourne Book Company, London, 1958. Amy Krakow, "The Total Tattoo Book", Warner Books, New York, NY, 1994

thank ye Nigel. Ugh, those home-made rigs are the devil....glad to hear your artist used good equipment and good hygene. No use tattooin' yer sword arm if it's just gonna fall off from an infection, eh? :)

She'd be a fine an' welcome sight on the Chesapeake!

Heh...yep, I tend tae draw big. :) Where'd ye end up placing it?

OH MY GAWD!!!! It looks great Cap'n Mac...even blurrylike! I tip my hat wi' inky fingers to yer artist and I'm flattered that ye'd take my design to yer skin for life. I hope yer half as pleased as I am.

::scratches her head and wonders how she paid twice as much for one with half the leather.::

Well, point the way to the mp3's mate!

LOL!!! Was it really *that* bad?! Ah well, I can't say my tastes were all good at the age of 11. Not like they're much better at 39...

Well, there's the old 70's flick "Swashbuckler" with Robert Shaw (Captain Quint from "Jaws"). I loved that as a kid. Then there's "the Crimson Pirate"...:swoon:: Burt Lancaster! "Master of Ballantrae" with good ol' Cap't Flynn "Scaramouche" with Stewart Granger And a non-piratey but sort of seagoing classic, "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney.

got in marked in lobster blood on my calendar this time aroun'. ::scrawls June 111 with a dripping claw:: This year, I'm freeing myself from behind the counter to play a bit!

::pictures a group of chanteymen running about singing with their pants around their ankles and falls on the deck howling with laughter::

Ah tequila...formaldahyde for the living.

Damn.... well, I'm nigh on the big 40, have NOT outgrown an occasional gothic day, and have always enjoyed the rather "Ed Gorey-ish" side of my daughter, so I'm hoping someone in this house will realize that I'd really like to see that in my stocking this holiday!

::hides the fuzzy lobster toy on a stick behind her back and wipes off her moustache:: Oh soon, my friend...your art debuts within the week...

Oh that's it...I'm outta bizness in this port!

Oh boy...somedays (like today) I wish I had purchased the parrot you've pointed out, Isabella! At the moment, my huge, technicolor jungle chicken is screaming her bloomin head off cuz she knows I'm gettin' ready to work the deck for Capn' Pike. (translation, my harlequin Macaw, Kali, is shrieking like mad because she knows I'm going to work!)

Personally...much as I love a life at sea...I am somewhat enamoured with toilets, modern dentistry, and deoderant.

Just my two dubloons worth o' advice, Ace...ye may want to stick to the Sharpie Tat. Permanent ink is a helluva committment...'specially on such a visible area. Of course, this is coming from a woman who is seriously considering tattooing a dagger with "Death Before Decaf" on her calf.

Not one Patrick. None, Zero, zip. And I'd welcome a chance to do one. I like "old school" artwork.

I be mesmerized!

What....they don't match his handbag?

"Fast" be code, Merry...there are young'un afoot. ::raises her tankard to all the fit, good lookin, wise and sassy ladies on deck::