Poll for the Guys: Are your ear(s) pierced?

Cloud · 03-14-2009, 02:33 PM

Just curious about the general population and Cellarites.

Lots of guys in the past several decades have gotten their ears pierced at one time or another. Of course I'm involved in all that, and almost all of the guys in the body modification world I talk to have lobe piercings, but I got to thinking about how many men pierced their ear(s) once than gave it up.

Stress Puppy · 03-14-2009, 02:53 PM

Yessum. I've had cartilage piercings, an industrial, and two lobe piercings in each ear. I stretched the bottom lobe piercings to 0 guage, but then took all the jewelry out. Now all but the stretched holes (hehe) are closed up.

jinx · 03-14-2009, 02:59 PM

Do you have a pic Stress? I always wondered what the stretched out lobes looked like when people got sick of them.

Cloud · 03-14-2009, 03:00 PM

Oh, I can find you a pic probably.

ETA: okay I can't find one handy. I could show you mine--they're at 8 gauge, which isn't all that big. Without jewelry, there's a definite hole there, though.

classicman · 03-14-2009, 03:40 PM

I have none and don't think I'll ever have any. Just not my thing. One son has a pierced lobe he went a long time without anything there, yet recently started wearing a stud again.

monster · 03-14-2009, 06:25 PM

I've heard sheldon wears studs ....out.

Beestie · 03-14-2009, 07:02 PM

Earrings are for pirates and sailors.

Way back when, the tradition was that sailor/pirate buddies would buy a pair of earrings and each would keep one. When one of the friends died, the other would start wearing the remaining earring.

Rhianne · 03-14-2009, 07:29 PM

Is "sailor/pirate buddies" a euphemism for 'gay lovers'?

Young men, all that time away from sea with few or no girls, it seems only natural that relationships would form.

Homosexuality was punishible by death in the British Navy at one point - was it Churchill who described the Navy using the phrase "rum, sodomy and the lash"?

lumberjim · 03-14-2009, 07:43 PM

i had my left earlobe pierced in the 8th grade. I was 13. I kept it in until 11th grade or so, and then i let it heal. I can still feel a bump there. I'm over that. I don't wear jewelry per se. just my wedding ring and wristwatch......

Radar · 03-14-2009, 08:29 PM

Had the left ear pierced in high school and shortly thereafter stopped wearing an earing. About 18 years later when I met my current wife, she noticed the hole (which had long since closed), took off her earing, and shoved it through.

Mmmmm ... good times.

I don't even wear my wedding ring or a watch anymore.

jinx · 03-14-2009, 08:35 PM

I didn't wear a nose ring for about 5 years, and the hole closed up but stayed clearly visible, so I had it redone. I wear a gold bone in it, and my wedding band, that's it. I love my wedding band... just a big, fat, but totally plain gold band.

lumberjim · 03-14-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

I didn't wear a nose ring for about 5 years, and the hole closed up but stayed clearly visible, so I had it redone. I wear a gold bone in it, and my wedding band, that's it. I love my wedding band... just a big, fat, but totally plain gold band.

me too....i'm almost glad i lost the first one

Radar · 03-14-2009, 08:53 PM

My wife and I never had matching rings. I bought a plain gold ring. I got too fat to keep wearing it and I really just didn't want to because she never wears hers. She doesn't wear it because she does nails and works with a lot of chemicals she things will mess a ring up.

She loves jewelry. I've given her diamond bracelets, necklaces, ear rings, etc.

I'd like it if we got very simple matching gold bands, though she likes diamonds so she probably wouldn't go for it. A nice platinum or titanium band would be cool too.

rfndong · 03-14-2009, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne

Is "sailor/pirate buddies" a euphemism for 'gay lovers'?

Young men, all that time away from sea with few or no girls, it seems only natural that relationships would form.

Homosexuality was punishible by death in the British Navy at one point - was it Churchill who described the Navy using the phrase "rum, sodomy and the lash"?

A submarine leaves port with 120 men and returns with 60 couples.

And no, it wasn't.
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/...cfm?pageid=112

SteveDallas · 03-14-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Do you have a pic Stress? I always wondered what the stretched out lobes looked like when people got sick of them.

There's a guy who works at our public library who has those.. the discs are almost an inch diameter. I've heard more than one person in line asking him about them.

View Poll Results: Men: Do you have, or have you in the past, pierced your ears.
Yes; currently	6	21.43%
Yes; but I don't wear jewelry there anymore	8	28.57%
No; but I've thought about it	0	0%
No; would never consider it	12	42.86%
Some other answer	2	7.14%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

03-14-2009, 02:33 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Poll for the Guys: Are your ear(s) pierced? Just curious about the general population and Cellarites. Lots of guys in the past several decades have gotten their ears pierced at one time or another. Of course I'm involved in all that, and almost all of the guys in the body modification world I talk to have lobe piercings, but I got to thinking about how many men pierced their ear(s) once than gave it up. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-14-2009, 02:53 PM	#2
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	Yessum. I've had cartilage piercings, an industrial, and two lobe piercings in each ear. I stretched the bottom lobe piercings to 0 guage, but then took all the jewelry out. Now all but the stretched holes (hehe) are closed up. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

03-14-2009, 02:59 PM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Do you have a pic Stress? I always wondered what the stretched out lobes looked like when people got sick of them. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-14-2009, 03:00 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Oh, I can find you a pic probably. ETA: okay I can't find one handy. I could show you mine--they're at 8 gauge, which isn't all that big. Without jewelry, there's a definite hole there, though. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-14-2009, 03:40 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I have none and don't think I'll ever have any. Just not my thing. One son has a pierced lobe he went a long time without anything there, yet recently started wearing a stud again. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-14-2009, 06:25 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I've heard sheldon wears studs ....out. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-14-2009, 07:02 PM	#7
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Earrings are for pirates and sailors. Way back when, the tradition was that sailor/pirate buddies would buy a pair of earrings and each would keep one. When one of the friends died, the other would start wearing the remaining earring. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-14-2009, 07:29 PM	#8
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Is "sailor/pirate buddies" a euphemism for 'gay lovers'? Young men, all that time away from sea with few or no girls, it seems only natural that relationships would form. Homosexuality was punishible by death in the British Navy at one point - was it Churchill who described the Navy using the phrase "rum, sodomy and the lash"?

03-14-2009, 07:43 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i had my left earlobe pierced in the 8th grade. I was 13. I kept it in until 11th grade or so, and then i let it heal. I can still feel a bump there. I'm over that. I don't wear jewelry per se. just my wedding ring and wristwatch...... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-14-2009, 08:29 PM	#10
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Had the left ear pierced in high school and shortly thereafter stopped wearing an earing. About 18 years later when I met my current wife, she noticed the hole (which had long since closed), took off her earing, and shoved it through. Mmmmm ... good times. I don't even wear my wedding ring or a watch anymore. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-14-2009, 08:35 PM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I didn't wear a nose ring for about 5 years, and the hole closed up but stayed clearly visible, so I had it redone. I wear a gold bone in it, and my wedding band, that's it. I love my wedding band... just a big, fat, but totally plain gold band. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-14-2009, 08:53 PM	#13
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	My wife and I never had matching rings. I bought a plain gold ring. I got too fat to keep wearing it and I really just didn't want to because she never wears hers. She doesn't wear it because she does nails and works with a lot of chemicals she things will mess a ring up. She loves jewelry. I've given her diamond bracelets, necklaces, ear rings, etc. I'd like it if we got very simple matching gold bands, though she likes diamonds so she probably wouldn't go for it. A nice platinum or titanium band would be cool too. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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