question reguarding military and tattoos

[derek33 10+ year member]

in the air force there is a tradition that when the pilot recieves his/her first pair of wings they break them in half and give one half to their best friend/relative/someone they really trust, and they keep the other half.

I am personally very honored to be chosen, and i was considering getting my half of hte wings tattood on myself somewhere.

im curious if anyone thinks that getting my half wing tattoo'd breaks the tradition or is unlucky.

the explanation states the two halves should never meet before pilots death (god forbid). do you think the tattoo would count? since it is my half tattoo'd on my body, and i do plan on still seeing my brother...

im sorry if my question is unclear, but im basically just looking for opinions.

also, any ideas on quotes i could get with the tattoo. along the lines of "something something wingman", without making the tattoo like a memorial tattoo.

thanks,

derek

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[acreature 10+ year member]

As long as you don't plan on Spooning your Bro, I dont see a problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

There is no such tradition. Your brother made it all up, probably because he wants to borrow money from you. Don't fall for it. Trade it out with a stripper for a lap dance and send your bro pictures.

 

[btlking 10+ year member]

he actually just broke it on accident and wanted to make you feel better for stealing your gf

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

If he dies before you are you going to cut the body part of you got it tattoo'd on and bury it with him?

Sounds like a cool idea though, I would do it.

 

[derek33 10+ year member]

thanks for the opinion, i might just go ahead and do it.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

There is no such tradition. Your brother made it all up, probably because he wants to borrow money from you. Don't fall for it. Trade it out with a stripper for a lap dance and send your bro pictures.

i dont get it? is that supposed to be funny? im completly lost here

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

i dont get it? is that supposed to be funny? im completly lost here

What a shock.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

The tatoo would be a cool idea. Maybe with something like "Wingman by blood. Wingman by Birth" along the top and bottom?

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

I dont think your tat meeting him would hurt anything, because if the 2 peices are not supposed toi meet, then technically, your tat is a representation of the wings, not the actual wings.

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

I would stick with the tradition:thumbupw:

 

[derek33 10+ year member]

"wingman by blood" i like that.

thats also a good point, the tattoo is really only a representation of the wings, not the actual wings themselves.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

I wouldnt chance it though

but im actually pretty superstitious so pay me no mind

 

[derek33 10+ year member]

im in a way supersticious.

alot of things have happened to get my brother this far, that are un explainable.

only 1 person in the country recieved the f15e that given assignment night (new assignment classes about every month), and he was the one... but the other kid in his class that was definatly guaranteed the f15e broke his leg doing something stupid a few weeks before assignment and had to retake the class...

stuff like that.