diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ec1eca4..65e0678 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 	b.AddHandler("talker", plugins.NewTalkerPlugin(b))
 	b.AddHandler("dice", plugins.NewDicePlugin(b))
 	b.AddHandler("beers", plugins.NewBeersPlugin(b))
+	b.AddHandler("counter", plugins.NewCounterPlugin(b))
 	b.AddHandler("remember", plugins.NewRememberPlugin(b))
 	b.AddHandler("skeleton", plugins.NewSkeletonPlugin(b))
 	// catches anything left, will always return true
diff --git a/plugins/counter.go b/plugins/counter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98866a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/counter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package plugins
+
+import "bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/bot"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"labix.org/v2/mgo"
+	"labix.org/v2/mgo/bson"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// This is a counter plugin to count arbitrary things.
+
+type CounterPlugin struct {
+	Bot  *bot.Bot
+	Coll *mgo.Collection
+}
+
+type Item struct {
+	Nick  string
+	Item  string
+	Count int
+}
+
+// NewCounterPlugin creates a new CounterPlugin with the Plugin interface
+func NewCounterPlugin(bot *bot.Bot) *CounterPlugin {
+	return &CounterPlugin{
+		Bot:  bot,
+		Coll: bot.Db.C("counter"),
+	}
+}
+
+// Message responds to the bot hook on recieving messages.
+// This function returns true if the plugin responds in a meaningful way to the users message.
+// Otherwise, the function returns false and the bot continues execution of other plugins.
+func (p *CounterPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
+	// This bot does not reply to anything
+	nick := message.User.Name
+	channel := message.Channel
+	parts := strings.Fields(message.Body)
+
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if message.Command && parts[0] == "count" {
+		var subject string
+		var itemName string
+
+		if len(parts) == 3 {
+			// report count for parts[1]
+			subject = strings.ToLower(parts[1])
+			itemName = strings.ToLower(parts[2])
+		} else if len(parts) == 2 {
+			subject = strings.ToLower(nick)
+			itemName = strings.ToLower(parts[1])
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		var item Item
+		err := p.Coll.Find(bson.M{"nick": subject, "item": itemName}).One(&item)
+		if err != nil {
+			p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, fmt.Sprintf("I don't think %s has any %s.",
+				subject, itemName))
+			return true
+		}
+
+		p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, fmt.Sprintf("%s has %d %s.", subject, item.Count, itemName))
+
+		return true
+	} else if len(parts) == 1 {
+		subject := strings.ToLower(nick)
+		itemName := strings.ToLower(parts[0])[:len(parts[0])-2]
+
+		if strings.HasSuffix(parts[0], "++") {
+			// ++ those fuckers
+			item := p.update(subject, itemName, 1)
+			p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, fmt.Sprintf("You have %d %s, %s.", item.Count, item.Item, nick))
+			return true
+		} else if strings.HasSuffix(parts[0], "--") {
+			// -- those fuckers
+			item := p.update(subject, itemName, -1)
+			p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, fmt.Sprintf("You have %d %s, %s.", item.Count, item.Item, nick))
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (p *CounterPlugin) update(subject, itemName string, delta int) Item {
+	var item Item
+	err := p.Coll.Find(bson.M{"nick": subject, "item": itemName}).One(&item)
+	if err != nil {
+		// insert it
+		item = Item{
+			Nick:  subject,
+			Item:  itemName,
+			Count: 1,
+		}
+		p.Coll.Insert(item)
+	} else {
+		// update it
+		item.Count += delta
+		p.Coll.Update(bson.M{"nick": subject, "item": itemName}, item)
+	}
+	return item
+}
+
+// LoadData imports any configuration data into the plugin. This is not strictly necessary other
+// than the fact that the Plugin interface demands it exist. This may be deprecated at a later
+// date.
+func (p *CounterPlugin) LoadData() {
+	// This bot has no data to load
+}
+
+// Help responds to help requests. Every plugin must implement a help function.
+func (p *CounterPlugin) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
+	p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, "Sorry, I don't really know what counter does.")
+}
+
+// Empty event handler because this plugin does not do anything on event recv
+func (p *CounterPlugin) Event(kind string, message bot.Message) bool {
+	return false
+}