Amusing Article - English homework

If you have ever considered getting a permanent tattoo and want to get a temporary henna tattoo to see what it looks like, you definitely SHOULDN'T.

So the other day I saw a man walking down the street and it is fair to say that he was a head turner for all the wrong reasons. No it wasn't because of his barbaric hairstyle or his collection of piercings however sporadically spread they were on his face. No, what struck me about this certain man was his large array of tattoos that covered him from top to toe. Now personally I don't see the appeal in covering your body in tattoos, the thought of being a pensioner covered in wrinkly 'art' will probably always be enough to put me off. However seeing that man did take me back to a distinct childhood memory of mine that occurred when I was on holiday in Majorca.

At the tender age of seven years old me and my family were walking down the harbour side of the popular Spanish island of Majorca. Like any family holiday destinations the streets are out swarmed by typical low budget stalls- most commonly selling cliche souvenirs that will be thrown away years down the line. We did stop at one stall however that did these henna tattoos. Now as a seven year old boy the concept of a henna tattoo was very appealing and after asking for my parents permission, they allowed me to get one done on my left arm. The man who did the tattoo, seemed like a very nice chap and you couldn't imagine anything he said would be false information, however, this was not the case.

 15 minutes down the line and the tattoo was finished with my eyes glowing down at it with utter delight. Despite the tattoo being complete the ink was not yet dry. My dad asked the man how long the tattoo would take to dry, the tattooist confidently told us it would take around ten minutes to dry. 10 minutes later and the henna tattoo seemed relatively dry so we carried on with the rest of the night blissfully unaware of what the consequences of the night would result to in the morning so without any question we went back to our apartment and went to sleep.

The next morning I had slept on my left arm , coincidently the arm that my henna tattoo was on and guess what, the tattooist lied. The ink was not yet dried and this made it smudge on to my face. I know what your thinking, two tattoos for the price of one. That may have been the case however the tattoo on my face was almost impossible to remove. When we did eventually get the henna tattoo off my face it left a massive red mark on my face that was not only extremely painful but also stayed on the face for the remainder of  the holiday.

There can only be one moral that you can take from this rather unfortunate story, never trust owners of market stalls of any calibre.