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Just wondering what, if any you old and bold had related to the corps?

Maybe some other wannabees have ideas what they will be getting after there 30weeks?

cheers, dave

I heard its a bad idea to get a corps tattoo while still serving and you can become the subject of unnecessary beastings. If you watch Cruel Holiday (Trouble channel, Sky digital number 607) the guy Marc has a 3 para tattoo, and no offence to him but it looks pretty stupid.

But thats just my opinion. Anyone is perfectly entitled to have corps tattos, it just mightn't be the best idea straight after your 30 weeks.

i heard its a def. nono during recruit training to get, wear or be seeing sporting anything remotley suggesting you have passed out, are going to or you a part of the ROyal Marines...

Did not thing it was a bad idea after passing out??

cheers, dave

What happened to your Rio Jesus on the back idea?

I'm off to watch Bo'selecta now.

It's proper bo I tell thee!

Just ideas at the moment as i am not old enough to get one, n whilst still at home i would have to listen to my rents wittering on!

i am still fancying that idea though

cheers, dave

On this RM documentary I saw someone with a RM tatoo.

You might think that I'm being an old fuddy duddy killjoy but I had some tats done just after I passed out at 18. It was the done thing.
What you have to think about is what will they look like 30 - 40 years into the future when the six pack has become a barrel and your getting to be a bit of a wrinkly. I can tell you - they look bloody awful.

Take my advice don't get any.

get something that keeps up with the times, like a "W" on the cheek of each Buttock, when you bend over it say`s,








"WOW"

Bootneck,
Gross
But to keep in thread I'm covered in the damn things.
Don't see them myself.BUT OTHER PEOPLE DO.
My opinion?
Save yer money!
Wholley.

Wholley, well said mate, most of mine were suprises after the alchohol had worn off

Bootneck.
First tattoo by Vic Shipton in the East end of London.
Tattooist so drunk he had to do the outline(black ink)twice.
Boy,does that hurt once you get close to a bone.
Mk1 Daughter told me she could not stand the pain of having her lower spine tattoo'ed so she never had it completed.I'm sure Vic is dead by now,so hopefully I won't get sued
Wholley.

" Adam " used to be popular - even though undoubtedly painful -
anyone remember ? Stretched out to Amsterdam..if you were lucky that is.

A lot of us in Recce had an eagle on our shoulder -
to remind us of the kite hawks up country.... I think.

Hinges seemed to be 'in' during my time... on all moving parts...

Perforated line around the neck - with "cut along the dotted line"....

Didn't seem to need any reference to the Corps - everyone else seemed to understand that you had to be one of us to be mad enough to have them....

WoW .... Remember the Fox and Hounds ? - tally ho !

Pilgrim,
Seem to remember,WTAY.
Did'nt work for me though,Tatt's had to go up one side and down the other. Ruined the effect really.
Wholley.

Just go the whole hog and go for the spider and fly. A great party trick watching them get bigger, then there was the famous zulu with the eyes on the rear which appeared on TV....
No it has to be Brit Bull Dog wearing the green lid for me and oposite arm your blood group.

Not forgetting watch the bastards sterilize the bloody needles, I had mine done in Deal when with 41, six months later Lympstone into sick bay on deaths door rushed to Plymouth and Isolation ward poor driver had to be kept in the even set fire to the metal bed I was in. twenty two weeks later I was out no alcohol and no SEX for six months, well thats what they told me to do, just like a diet couldn't keep to it for longer than ..... mmmm twelve hours.....