[ WP ] You run a successful tattoo parlor . Each week , the same customer comes in and requests the same tattoo : a tally mark added to an ever growing tally chart . Today , you finally decide to ask what they are counting .

I see him enter, same day, same time! Damn he makes me nervous, he is huge and looks like he could snap my neck just by looking at it! He takes off his leather jacket and settles down on the chair his muscles flexing under the spot light! 99 times he has been in, this will be the 100th tattoo, and it's getting to me, I got ta know! 
 `` Say man, I got ta ask you something that's been bugging me'' 
 he looks and me and grunts, he does n't look happy, fuck! 
 `` I've been adding notch after notch to your arms, and curiosity is getting the better of me, what the fucking are you counting?'' 
 He looks lived, he stands up stares me straight in the eye and says, 
 `` SHIT, YOU HAD TO ASK!'' 
 `` I'm sorry I just got ta know'' 
 I'm shitting my self as he walks closer to me 
 `` OK, I WILL TELL YOU'' 
 He smiles 
 `` IT WAS A BET, I WAS DRINKING WITH SOME BUDDIES AND WE DECIDED TO ALL STICK £100 IN AND WHOEVER GOT THE MOST NOTCHES TATTOOED WITHOUT GETTING ASKED WHY WOULD GET THE CASH, PLUS WHOEVER REACHED 100 WOULD GET IT DOUBLED'' 
 I start laughing with relief, a weight had been lifted off my shoulders 
 `` That's hilarious, I was worried you were some kind of serial killer'' 
 `` HA HA, NAH MAN, JUST A NORMAL DUDE WHO ALMOST EARNT HIMSELF £1000, I GUESSE £500 WILL HAVE TO DO'' 
 He left without the 100th notch. What a disappointing end to the last 99 weeks!
