English People wearing earrings

timothy


Joined: 07/10/2010
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 21:42

As a newcomer to the island I was wondering how many Englishmen in Girne over the age of 40 wear earrings and are bald?

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 21:57

timothy. Do you fit that description and don't want to look out of place?

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 21:58

Good one WP

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:01

Timothy



ive got no earings,well non that you can see.



im a little over 40



and a little bald



do i look like a englishman

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:11

Timothy, have you come to the Island to carry out a survey?

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:28

Timothy Why dont you walk around and count them !!





Zerochlor . No you do not look like an Englishman . More like a beefy smasher (compliment ) and for 80 you sure are wearing well !!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:49

Message 1 - from what I've seen - too many. However, that does not apply just to Girne (unfortunately)

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:51

Zero, Pipie has obviously taken a shine to you. A liitle bald? Beefy smasher? Come on



Glad it's headed up "English", the Celts wouldn't stoop so low



Ian

Pipie


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:53

He's Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuvly our Dave !!

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:57

Ian.



She is only after my zerochlor

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 22:59

At least it will be nice and clean

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:01

thousands

I think they are all modelling themselves on the Mitchell Brothers from East Enders!!!!!!

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:06

Dash !! he's sussed me out !

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:09

well heres some answers for those interested!



http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-207405.html

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:09

Personally can't say I've noticed a single one. Maybe me just being unobservant or just not caring less ;-)



I have a full head of hair and not a single piercing or tattoo anywhere.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:15

Where has timothy gone, not stayed around for the answers.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
07/10/2010 23:27

Wind up ''tut tut'' Timothy

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 00:45

I have hair on my head and no ear-rings. No room for ear -rings as I also have hair growing in my large ears

alanka


Joined: 15/09/2007
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 01:51

'tis only the prats that wear earrings - especially the bald over 50 trying to look 25 as far as I am concerned, but then even the 25 year olds with earrings do my head in especially if they have earrings in both ears..... earrings belong to the sailors because then they look at least manly and 'exotic' - does not work when a man is wearing a cheap 'pretend' diamond in his ear, never mind both ears, the only thing missing is the handbag...

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 02:15

I must admit there is nothing more of a turn-off than an old bloke, bald (even worse when sporting a 'pony tail)' wearing an earring (or even two), a large chav-style gold necklace, chunky gold bracelet(s) and, to complete the outfit - Speedos.



A marvellous look, as I believe all the ladies would agree

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 02:52

Tattoos do my head in, especially on women and why on their back just above their bum? A provocative invitation to be sodomised? Beggars belief!



Richard

alanka


Joined: 15/09/2007
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 03:43

Brinsley - what really worries me is that these women will eventually be granny aged, the skin will sag, and so will the tattoo, so whereas it now points towards their backsides, it will eventually end up as a big blob on their ankles.



And actuallyy, why do they think they have to have a map on their backs to direct somebody/anybody towards their backsides?? What happened to 'here's me boobs and here's me arse'? When women were well dressed, and in there was no mistaking which part of them should be attractive.



Are the youth of today so badly educated they need maps, in the form of tattoos to show them the way??



Yours, in despare

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 04:06

Alanka

I concur 100% with your sentiments.



Richard

Jefferson


Joined: 17/05/2010
Posts: 360

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 07:22

Message 22. Totally agree. Looking "normal" isn't normal for the young.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 08:16

There was a lady ? in Girne with "Made in England" Tattooed on her back in 3 inch high letters

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 08:29

Pugwash... that surely ages her... nothing is Made in England these days...

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 10:10

Just to throw my view into the mix. Am over 40, Scottish, plenty of hair and have tattoos and an ear ring, real diamond although I doubt if anyone has ever been close enough to it to tell the difference.

I stopped wearing an ear ring for a while and my wife bought me this one so she must like it. That I suppose is my point, I don't wear anything to impress the people I don't know, I do it because it appeases the people I do know so if you don't like the look of me, don't look. I certainly only look extra hard at the things I like the look of but don't go around complaining to people that they don't look good to me, if I did I would have been strangled by several hundred oversized girls in lycra skirts and shorts by now.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 11:15

I am 49 years old Balding so I crop my hair to 1mm yes I am extensively tattooed a throwback from my youth, I too on occaision wear the earing my wife bought me and yes it is a real diamond. The difference between a Tattooed person and a non tattooed person is I don't mind if you are not tattooed.

I have over the years learned to forget that my tattoos are there I have had them that long, if you have hang ups about them that is your problem not mine.

When you can see my tattoos it is not trying to impress or intimidate it is because it is hot and I am wearing comfortable clothes for the climate.

When I am in the office yes, I am heavily tattooed and work in a professional environment Shock Horror, you can not see my tattoos yet I work on Billion Dollar contracts. Same professional ability Tattooed or not.....

dougskud



Joined: 04/04/2008
Posts: 356

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 11:32

re message 1



Not as many as English,over 40,shaven heads,earings and tats.!!



Doug

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 11:52

The only adornments I have ever worn in my life are military ID discs and a St Christopher which I had to wear as it was bought by my mother in law ! Have waited 48 years for my Wildebeest (bless her) to decide whether or not I am worth a wedding ring, and still waiting. I never wear a watch. Clocks on TV, PC, kitchen, lounge, bedrooms, car, buildings etc. I recommend "unwinding" by discarding watches so that you develop a sixth sense of the approximate time but your life is not driven by time

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 13:06

deputyd, part of the reason I even have an ear ring and tattoos is the military telling me for so long, NO, NO, NO, NO because it obviously affected my abilities, not.

fatboy



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 13:18

msg 1

are you that narrow minded you still judge the book by its cover,you saddo

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:14

Proger, I too was bullied and told to remove my moustache as I looked like a rat hiding behind a scrubbing brush ! I rebelled by wearing mickey mouse ratrap underpants.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:18

way too much info

branwell



Joined: 09/08/2010
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:18

It's a human survival instinct, isn't it, to 'judge a book by its cover'? I'd offer an alternative phrase -First Impressions are Lasting Impressions'

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:18

proger, I had always thought that there is no problem with tattoos in the military and this is often when many people had them done, through heavy nights out on the beer or peer pressure, is this no longer the case?

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:34

Pugwash, it is one of those strange military rules at least it is in the british army.

A tattoo, just like an ear piercing or a venereal disease or believe it or not even sunburn is considered to be a self inflicted injury and as such is a jailable offence.

I never actually heard of it being enforced for a tattoo or piercing, I did hear of it once for sunburn (the guy did it 3 times in a week and couldn't move) and 2 guys for having veneral disease being jailed and then discharched however that was more to do with them reporting to the medical centre on the same day and one had the disease in the front and one in the back and they shared a room.



In some branches of the military it is not advisable to have any obvious distinguishable markings.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:56

Paul, that is correct mate in the 70's whilst in the Army I was fined 75 quid after getting 3 new tattoos 25 quid each three charges of self inflicted wounds, strange as you also got charged the same amount if you had a hicky (lovebite) visible above the collar too.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 17:58

I had forgotten about the love bites Mike, nobody loved me that much I suppose.

Better that way than having syph o the ring

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
08/10/2010 18:03

Yep the barracks failed vetrinary surgeon oh sorry MO was not known for being very good with an umbrella, lol

proger1



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Message Posted:
08/10/2010 18:21

That was about as cryptic as you could get but it still brought tears to my eyes

PaulW



Joined: 20/07/2009
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Message Posted:
09/10/2010 17:31

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PaulW



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Posts: 651

Message Posted:
09/10/2010 17:32

Sorry it just takes you to my log in :(

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
09/10/2010 18:07

It worked for me and it was funny