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Tattooed teen discovers the ugly truth (BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur ^
| June 8 2002
Posted on 06/07/2002 2:23:47 PM PDT by dead
A British teenager who thought he had "Love, Honour and Obey" tattooed on his arm in Mandarin received an unpleasant surprise when a waitress in a Chinese restaurant started laughing at him.
Lee Becks, 18, a hairdresser, paid £90 ($230) for the tattoo on his upper right arm and was thoroughly pleased with the result - until he found out it actually read: "At the end of the day, this is an ugly boy."
He realised something was wrong when the waitress started giggling and saying he was obviously trying to make people laugh. Mr Becks pressed her to explain and discovered the ugly truth, it was reported in Metro, a free paper distributed in London.
He returned to the tattoo parlour but found it had closed. "I suspect the tattooist knew he was closing and just wanted to get his own back for some reason," he said.
He keeps the tattoo covered, but on a recent night out he showed it off to friends. A group of Chinese girls began laughing. Mr Becks plans to spend £600 to have the tattoo removed.
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posted on
06/07/2002 2:23:47 PM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
ROFL!
Sounds like he's lucky he got something that mild!
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posted on
06/07/2002 2:25:28 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
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To: LindaSOG
That's hysterical.
Too bad nobody will ever see it - the thread's been moved to "chat".
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posted on
06/07/2002 2:34:15 PM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
I just saw the movie "Memento" last night...I recommend it highly!
To: stands2reason
I bought the DVD. That movie's great. Joe Pantalione is always such a funny creep.
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posted on
06/07/2002 2:40:57 PM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
To: dead
Chat is a fun place to be... don't be such a sour-puss!
To: dead
My wife has had some similar laughs at ding-a-lings sporting Chinese characters.
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posted on
06/07/2002 2:49:40 PM PDT
by
GingisK
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To: LindaSOG
Note to self- never get a tattoo in a language that I can't read.
Ok- I have learned this lesson at this poor sap's expense!
To: LindaSOG
"Love, Honour and Obey" tattooed on his arm in Mandarin...I wanna know what the Mandarin symbols are for "Blonde, Brunette and Readhead". ;-)
To: GingisK
Quite a few of the NBA players seem to be sporting the Chinese character-type tattoos. I'd love to know what they say. "I'm a big tall dumb person," maybe?
To: dead
"At the end of the day, this is an ugly boy." Funny, that's exactly what comes to mind when I see a tattoo on someone.....
To: ThinkingMan;dead
Note to self- never get a tattoo in a language that I can't read. My thoughts exactly. Silly man.
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posted on
06/07/2002 5:16:30 PM PDT
by
Teacup
To: LindaSOG;World'sGoneInsane;ugly biker;Geezerette;amom;MinorityRepublican...
LOL
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
LOL, well it is considered low class to have a tattoo anyway.
To: MinorityRepublican
Used to be considered low class anyway.
I'm having trouble not feeling alien in a popular culture that uses "pimp" as a compliment.
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posted on
06/08/2002 1:12:58 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
To: Mercuria
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To: dead; Snow Bunny; Alamo-Girl; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; onyx; SusanUSA; RonDog...
That's hysterical.
Too bad nobody will ever see it - the thread's been moved to "chat".
You really think so? (Humor time)..........
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my ping list!. . .don't be shy.
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