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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