"Tattoo" short story by Tracy Au (Creative Writing 2006)
Cut to a suana. An Asian guy named George enters and sits by a white guy named John.
George: Nice tattoo.
John: Thanks. I'm studying education in university so I got this tattoo to say "Learn Always" in Chinese.
George: That doesn't say "Learn Always."
John: What does it say then?
George: Beautiful.
John: No, I went to the parlor and the tattoo artist told me exactly what it meant. Great, so I spent $150 on a tattoo that didn't say "Learn Always."
George: Well at least it says "Beautiful" and not "I'm really stupid."
John: Technically it does say "I'm really stupid" because it's not the right tattoo. Well I hope people don't think I'm conceited.
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