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Student's Winehouse tattoo protest
10:33am Thursday 6th March 2008
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A STUDENT has made a striking protest against the alleged drug use of singer Amy Winehouse - in a tattoo covering the top half of one leg.
Matt Pearce, 19, has had a tattoo of the star with a pair of scissors up her nose - mirroring a famous 1970s anti-drug advertisement.
Photography student Matt of Queens Road, Princes Risborough, said: "People like Amy Winehouse are given all the chances in the world to make something of themselves and they just throw it away.
"When they do bad things they just get more attention. People almost idolise her and there are people out there who are stupid enough to go out there and copy her."
He said he took inspiration from a 1970s poster spotted in an art book of a similar picture with the warning "Noses weren't made for cocaine either".
His tattoo states No...no...noses weren't meant for cocaine either" - a play on the words of Winehouse's hit song Rehab.
The bestseller contains the line They tried to make me go to rehab I said no, no, no".
It also plays another of the singer's hits Black to Black, with the tattoo being captioned "Back to Crack" - a reference to a video allegedly showing the star using the danger drug.
The tattoo - which took two three-hour sessions - is his latest symbolic reminder of the dangers of life's vices.
Matt also has three faces on his arm representing vanity, obsession and possession.
An unfinished portrait of the Virgin Mary on his chest is among his other tattoos.
Matt, who attends Amersham and Wycombe College, said: "If you look at the positives and negatives of drugs nothing good ever comes of them - they just attract bad things.
"I was trying to put the message out there that if you're given a chance in life you have to make the most of it and not throw it away on drugs."
The tattoo would have cost £400 - but Matt got it for free from friend Sean Wood, Woody's Tattoo Studio in Octagon Parade, High Wycombe.
Matt - who got his first tattoo aged 17 when he was in Budapest - said his latest addition was already getting people's attention.
He said: "A lot of people have come up to me in the pub and said Are you the guy with the Amy Winehouse tattoo?'"
"And did it hurt?
"Put it this way, the more tattoos you get, it doesn't hurt any less."
The star entered a rehabilitation clinic in January.
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Elmo, High Wycombe says...
10:50am Thu 6 Mar 08
Mutley, High Wycombe says...
11:15am Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
11:25am Thu 6 Mar 08
Mutley wrote:He doesn't look like the sharpest tool in the box
A five-minute protest, good as it is, a lifetime of regret. Imagine in 10 year's time when Amy is a distant memory, you're still walking round with this on your leg. A poster might have been a better idea.
Read All About It, HW says...
11:55am Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It, HW says...
11:57am Thu 6 Mar 08
erm, ermsville says...
12:00pm Thu 6 Mar 08
"No...no...noses weren't meant for cocaine either"
I have a tattoo on my chest which says "No...no...bodies weren't meant for tattoos of amy whinehouse either".
People come up to me in the pub and snigger and offer me sympathy
It's a curse and a blessing sometimes
princess, High Wycombe says...
1:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
1:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess, High Wycombe says...
1:30pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe on 1:29pm today
It's what we do...
It's what we do...
I think you all need to get a life then really
erm, at tesco buying a life, BOGOF says...
1:37pm Thu 6 Mar 08
with the tattoo being captioned "Back to Crack"
He should have had her tattood on his bottom for a real back to crack moment
tom, marlow says...
1:45pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
2:07pm Thu 6 Mar 08
I think you all need to get a life then really
Yes, you're probably right, but till then I guess we shall just continue to mock.
Mutley, High Wycombe says...
2:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess wrote:As I already have a life (and quite a good one, actually), I thought I'd look up the phrase to see why princess thought otherwise, and found this in Wikipedia...
Elmo, High Wycombe on 1:29pm today It's what we do... It's what we do...I think you all need to get a life then really
The phrase is used by ignorant people as an aggressive response to someone with different hobbies, interests or attitudes to themselves: "You don't like the same things as me? Get a life!"
So now I know.
captcorbet, High Wycombe says...
2:32pm Thu 6 Mar 08
The problem is that tattoos are for life not just for Christmas!!! :)
She may become clean - the tattoo will stay
ronnie, says...
2:35pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Why are you all taking the p*ss out of him when tattoo's are a personal choice and a form of art? Matt is a lovely bloke and if you are all so small minded that you can't accept someone expressing themselves in a way that they see to be positive, then maybe you should keep your comments to yourselves- oh aren't students lovely. Art is art. Life is life. Still that will serve them well when asking 'do you want fries with that?'
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
2:47pm Thu 6 Mar 08
He might regret this in later life, however it is obviously a lifestyle for him, and so I completely believe he will never regret it. His many other tattooes show a wide interest in art, as well as political views, and people enjoy looking and commenting about them. However nobody EVER slates him about them because it is his own body.
I personally think it is a beautiful tattoo, clearly standing for views we have long such forgotton. Why are we slating him when he just wants to give light to the fact that celebrities do drugs and other bad things and we just ignore it and sell a story about it. The tattooist Woody clearly sets the bar for tattooists because this tattoo is particulaly outstanding in detail, and even when everybody has long forgotton Winehouse, the beauty of the tattoo will still be there.
I bet he is more than happy with all his tattooes and a few piercings, its blatently a part of him.
As a brilliant man said about piercings and tattooes 'Modification not mutilation'.
Oh and just because people are students does not mean that they will work at Maccy D's. I bet I'll earn more money than you ever will 'ronnie'. Grow up.
Marmite, HW says...
2:47pm Thu 6 Mar 08
ronnie wrote:From the look of him, I'm not sure even McDonalds would employ him. They have some standards.
Why are you all taking the p*ss out of him when tattoo's are a personal choice and a form of art? Matt is a lovely bloke and if you are all so small minded that you can't accept someone expressing themselves in a way that they see to be positive, then maybe you should keep your comments to yourselves- oh aren't students lovely. Art is art. Life is life. Still that will serve them well when asking 'do you want fries with that?'
Read All About It, HW says...
2:48pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It, HW says...
2:51pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
2:56pm Thu 6 Mar 08
So what if he has tattoes it's not liek he's an idiot or poor. He must be rich enough anyway, as tattooes are blimmin expensive.
And by the look of him he clearly is headstrong and knows what he wants in life.
Read All About It, HW says...
2:59pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
3:02pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Hey I'd just like to say how appauled I am of most of your comments. It's his body he can do what he likes with it, and I'm sure just because he had Amy tattooed on him does not mean he is a ****. Maybe you are the **** for being so small-minded and judgemental.
Isn't it Winehouse's body to do whatever she likes with - even doing drugs - without some idiot trying to get in the local paper by having a tattoo about her?
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:03pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:05pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Big Right, Wycombe says...
3:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tattoes are neither harmful nor illegal. And who's to say he did it to get in the paper? Get a grip, not everybody is so self-indulgent. Maybe he just did it as a private stand about the injustice and stupidity of some people. And just because he got a tattoo doesn't mean he is stupid. I'm sure half the population has a tattoo, probably more.
And what about the guy with the Dumbledore on him? Or the Jeffry Archer? It's their own choice what they get inked on them, they shouldn't have to get bitched at about it. It's practically racism.
ronnie, says...
3:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Oh and just because people are students does not mean that they will work at Maccy D's.- you are right - KFC, Burger King, Subway ... - limitless career opportunities.
Marmite, HW says...
3:11pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell wrote:If winehouse gets high on drugs it doesn't have any affect on me. However, if I saw this idiots tattoo it would. It would make me laugh and spend the rest of the day thinking 'what a ****'
Winehouse is clearly hurting herself AND it''s against the law she should be in prison but du to the fact she is a celebrity she it not. Injustice? Tattoes are neither harmful nor illegal. And who's to say he did it to get in the paper? Get a grip, not everybody is so self-indulgent. Maybe he just did it as a private stand about the injustice and stupidity of some people. And just because he got a tattoo doesn't mean he is stupid. I'm sure half the population has a tattoo, probably more. And what about the guy with the Dumbledore on him? Or the Jeffry Archer? It's their own choice what they get inked on them, they shouldn't have to get bitched at about it. It's practically racism.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:16pm Thu 6 Mar 08
...it's the nature of webforums.
odbyt, High Wycombe says...
3:17pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08
I am engaged to Matt so I should know him better than anyone. He does not work at a fast food place, nor will he ever. We both are not poor, or stupid, just for being students.
He is the most caring guy,and on eof the most creative I have ever met. He would do anything for me or one of his friends. He does not deserve to be called a **** purely because of a tatoo and a bad photo. I do not mind that he is covered in tattooes, it makes him him. We are best mates with Woody's and they too are some of the most loveliest people ever.
And all of them are brilliant tattooists and wonderful well-rounded people.
So stop slating, its upsetting and not really needed. Fair play if you think it is a stupid tattoo, but it doesn't call for being personal.
yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
3:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
3:24pm Thu 6 Mar 08
yummy mummy wrote:What's a "meddle"?
Winehouse is out there making out to our children that drugs are "OK" and here is someone who clearly does not do drugs and you slate him! Most college pupils end up with fantastic jobs, give the guy a break he clearly does not spend his life hanging around Mc S*** Someone give him a meddle for wanting better out of life than drugs!!! Well Done
Did you do an art course too?
Read All About It, HW says...
3:27pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell wrote:Why the fck did he go to the newspaper then ??
I'm only trying to make you guys see that tattooes,and what they are of, are purely personal, and do not deserve to be laughed at. I am engaged to Matt so I should know him better than anyone. He does not work at a fast food place, nor will he ever. We both are not poor, or stupid, just for being students. He is the most caring guy,and on eof the most creative I have ever met. He would do anything for me or one of his friends. He does not deserve to be called a **** purely because of a tatoo and a bad photo. I do not mind that he is covered in tattooes, it makes him him. We are best mates with Woody's and they too are some of the most loveliest people ever. And all of them are brilliant tattooists and wonderful well-rounded people. So stop slating, its upsetting and not really needed. Fair play if you think it is a stupid tattoo, but it doesn't call for being personal.
Read All About It, HW says...
3:27pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It, HW says...
3:30pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:32pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Big Right, Wycombe says...
3:32pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell wrote:Woody tipped them off. That's why they did it free- for a laugh.
He didn't, they rang him from what I remember. 8 times in fact to get the whole story. And THEN sent a photographer. So it isn't wanting his 5 minutes of fame it was the Newspaper wanting his story after findign out from someone, that's all.
Read All About It, HW says...
3:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
3:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08
It doesn't seem like the thing a normal person would do - and then there's the picture....
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
3:47pm Thu 6 Mar 08
kazza, high wycombe says...
3:50pm Thu 6 Mar 08
So glad he and Tinkerbell are engaged, wonder if the wedding rings will be real ones or tattooed on?
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
3:53pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08
If he's fishing for a reaction, then we're all a-wriggling on 'is 'ook.
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:01pm Thu 6 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:03pm Thu 6 Mar 08
yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
4:04pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:No, I am not heavily tatooed or pierced, or a student (which is why it has taken me a while to reply to your pathetic little comment - because I'm WORKING which is obviously a foreign concept to you). Matt is a friend of mine, as is Tinkerbell and as she said, Matt is a lovely person who has decided to modify his body to his personal preference. Its obvious that not everyone is going to like it, but it doesn't matter because it's HIS body and HIS life.
Tinkerbell, Princes - are you a heavily tattood student by any chance ?
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:11pm Thu 6 Mar 08
...it's not like anything here is too serious.
I was told earlier to get a life, advice that could be taken equally well by the advisor.
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:12pm Thu 6 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser wrote:And I'm guessing you were a bully
Tinkerbell and Princess - what ridiculous names. You must have been bullied at school
Read All About It, HW says...
4:18pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess wrote:Now who's judging !! Work a foreign concept - I happen to work in the accounts department for a multi million pound business - So no work is not a foreign concept but when you get to my level you don't have silly little restraints on when you can use the internet. Now i expect I will hear back from you tomorrow as I imagine you have used you're quata time for today.
Read All About It wrote: Tinkerbell, Princes - are you a heavily tattood student by any chance ?No, I am not heavily tatooed or pierced, or a student (which is why it has taken me a while to reply to your pathetic little comment - because I'm WORKING which is obviously a foreign concept to you). Matt is a friend of mine, as is Tinkerbell and as she said, Matt is a lovely person who has decided to modify his body to his personal preference. Its obvious that not everyone is going to like it, but it doesn't matter because it's HIS body and HIS life.
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:I can't respond very quickly, because I actually have work to do
princess wrote:Now who's judging !! Work a foreign concept - I happen to work in the accounts department for a multi million pound business - So no work is not a foreign concept but when you get to my level you don't have silly little restraints on when you can use the internet. Now i expect I will hear back from you tomorrow as I imagine you have used you're quata time for today.Read All About It wrote: Tinkerbell, Princes - are you a heavily tattood student by any chance ?No, I am not heavily tatooed or pierced, or a student (which is why it has taken me a while to reply to your pathetic little comment - because I'm WORKING which is obviously a foreign concept to you). Matt is a friend of mine, as is Tinkerbell and as she said, Matt is a lovely person who has decided to modify his body to his personal preference. Its obvious that not everyone is going to like it, but it doesn't matter because it's HIS body and HIS life.
goitalone, here says...
4:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08
yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
4:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It, HW says...
4:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:24pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:Oh grow up!! And to be fair, if those "students" weren't working in McDonalds, how would "big, powerful executives" like yourself feed their faces on a lunch break so that they don't have to sit down and crease their highly expensive suit. Just remember, a lot of jobs that students do are the jobs that you assume should be done. eg Barwork, how would you get your "hard-earned pint" if there wasn't a student behind the bar. Think about it.
Well fck off and do it then - No one forcing you to comment on here - If you don't crack on that burger might burn !
Marmite, HW says...
4:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08
He's a ****
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08
When are you people going to realise that life is all about first impressions. Express yourselves all you want - you'll spend half your life in the dole queue
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08
give us a clue though as to who you are lol
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:31pm Thu 6 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser wrote:Because my CV obviously has Princess written on it. And I take it that nobody you know has a tattoo, or a piercing, or a "different" hairstyle? Because if they did, then you obviously wouldn't be friends with them, because they'd be spending all their time in the dole queue...
Princess - I work in executive recruitment. If I received a CV with your name on it would go straight in the paper shredder. Likewise if Matt walked into my office I would call security. When are you people going to realise that life is all about first impressions. Express yourselves all you want - you'll spend half your life in the dole queue
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It, HW says...
4:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Big Right, Wycombe says...
4:36pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:37pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:Why are you judging him on his tattoo?
Tinkerbell - I thought you were having a go because we are judging Matt the tw*t. Why are you judging me on my job ? Fckin weirdo !
Marmite, HW says...
4:38pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:Matt the Tw*t.
Tinkerbell - I thought you were having a go because we are judging Matt the tw*t. Why are you judging me on my job ? Fckin weirdo !
Or
Matt 'I got a sh*t tattoo that got me in the local paper but my fiancee got upset cause everyone pointed out what a stupid idea it was' Pearce
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:38pm Thu 6 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:40pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:46pm Thu 6 Mar 08
And RAAB I NEVER judged you on your job. I don't even know or care what you do.
But I bet most of you are the most uninteresting people on the eather, working in offices with short brown hair, maybe a bit of gel in if you're feeling adventurous. I'd rather be tattooed than boring.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:48pm Thu 6 Mar 08
ajb100, Wycombe says...
4:48pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess wrote:the polish of course
Read All About It wrote: Well fck off and do it then - No one forcing you to comment on here - If you don't crack on that burger might burn !Oh grow up!! And to be fair, if those "students" weren't working in McDonalds, how would "big, powerful executives" like yourself feed their faces on a lunch break so that they don't have to sit down and crease their highly expensive suit. Just remember, a lot of jobs that students do are the jobs that you assume should be done. eg Barwork, how would you get your "hard-earned pint" if there wasn't a student behind the bar. Think about it.
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:49pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Oh and Read All About It, it was me that judged you on your job, hope you don't make those types of mistakes at work, because the multi-million dollar business you work for might go into liquidation.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:51pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
4:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess wrote:Did your cousin have tattoos?
you were kinda seeing my cousin for a bit too. Oh and Read All About It, it was me that judged you on your job, hope you don't make those types of mistakes at work, because the multi-million dollar business you work for might go into liquidation.
I think the point most people are making isn't the fact Matt has a Tattoo - it's the fact that it is a stupid one. A really, really stupid one.
princess, High Wycombe says...
4:55pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite wrote:yes he does, a lot of people have tattoos, personal ones that other people might find stupid or a waste of money, but it's their money to waste.
princess wrote: you were kinda seeing my cousin for a bit too. Oh and Read All About It, it was me that judged you on your job, hope you don't make those types of mistakes at work, because the multi-million dollar business you work for might go into liquidation.Did your cousin have tattoos? I think the point most people are making isn't the fact Matt has a Tattoo - it's the fact that it is a stupid one. A really, really stupid one.
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:58pm Thu 6 Mar 08
And it isn't a stupid tattoo if it makes someone think. There are over 80 comments on this page. Matt has obviously doen what he wanted and created a frenzy about a tattoo.
And hey darlin I've caught on ;) And hahaha 'WAS a friend of...'
Marmite, HW says...
4:58pm Thu 6 Mar 08
princess wrote:And that's fine. But don't get upset when it is in a newspaper and everyone says he looks like a ****. Which he does.
Marmite wrote:yes he does, a lot of people have tattoos, personal ones that other people might find stupid or a waste of money, but it's their money to waste.princess wrote: you were kinda seeing my cousin for a bit too. Oh and Read All About It, it was me that judged you on your job, hope you don't make those types of mistakes at work, because the multi-million dollar business you work for might go into liquidation.Did your cousin have tattoos? I think the point most people are making isn't the fact Matt has a Tattoo - it's the fact that it is a stupid one. A really, really stupid one.
Big Right, Wycombe says...
4:59pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Brash, classless and cheap.
I'm an actuary.
erm, ermsville says...
5:01pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Or perhaps he has a see through pair of trousers and pants, the ones were people can say "I can clearly see your núts"
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
5:03pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:04pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:05pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
5:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite wrote:I think he has - could you confirm for me please Tinkerbell
A serious question - does he have learning difficulties? It doesn't seem like the thing a normal person would do - and then there's the picture....
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
5:14pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Pathetic. So in case you have learning difficulties and have not got the jist of this comment, Matthew Pearce is NOT a retard.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:16pm Thu 6 Mar 08
erm, ermsville says...
5:17pm Thu 6 Mar 08
That's exactly the kind of dum-**** question I whose name is 'erm' and whose location is 'ermsville'. Christ.
So he takes his trousers off in pubs then? Guess my see through trousers joke went right over your head
Marmite, HW says...
5:19pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Political tattoo
It's Amy F*cking Winehous
He is a ****
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
5:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
5:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Tinkerbell wrote:But at least I don't have a political tattoo of some sh*t singer on my leg.
And your a judgemental pr*ck.
small dave, high wycombe says...
6:22pm Thu 6 Mar 08
erm, ermsville says...
6:36pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Concernable, Bucks says...
10:41pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Read All About It wrote:are you a **** idiot, look at him, he could kick the **** out of you!
Matt Pierce looks like a pretty fitting name for this bloke although I think w*nker would be an even better fit.
Concernable, Bucks says...
10:42pm Thu 6 Mar 08
small dave wrote:well you must have registered to comment DUMBASS!
bloody hell, you lot are so sad spending all your evening commenting on his tattoo, next you'll all be keeping fish, get a life, you wouldn't catch me registering for a site like this.bye.
Concernable, Bucks says...
10:46pm Thu 6 Mar 08
ronnie wrote:OI RONNIE! stfu mate. He's a student!
Oh and just because people are students does not mean that they will work at Maccy D's.- you are right - KFC, Burger King, Subway ... - limitless career opportunities.
he's not a **** homeless person craving for a story. you dumass if u just think omg he's got a tattoo all tattooed people are obviously burger king workers. yeah obviously because if you have a tattoo then u CANT get anywhere in life hmm
have you ever heard of MUSIC! hmmm ill try and count how many bands i know that have tattoos.. hmm 1.... 2....3... theres at least 7. are you freaking stupid. Its a political message you idiot. wtf is wrong with you
i bet your just scared of tattoos. Oh i mild needle what do i dO????
get a life
dick head
Mutley, High Wycombe says...
11:34pm Thu 6 Mar 08
I wonder what "a life" is that we are all missing. Is it one where we can only rant on without adding anything constructive to the discussion? Is it one where our grasp of english means that every other word has to appear as stars? Is it one where we're so concerned to listen to ourselves that we are unable to debate something, listen to others' viewpoints and then come to a reasoned decision?
If so, I'll stick with the life I've got thank-you - and I'm pleased to see that there are other regular contributors who also appear to "have a life".
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
8:37am Fri 7 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
9:11am Fri 7 Mar 08
Having slept on the issue. I still feel that it is a sh*t tattoo. He is obviously a **** for doing it.
His fiancee will no doubt come and spout some rubbish about it's his choice etc. - which it is - just like it is my choice to call him a ****.
We won't hear from her till after midday though, as all no student gets up before then.
Marmite, HW says...
9:12am Fri 7 Mar 08
'We won't hear from her till after midday though, as no student gets up before then.'
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
9:20am Fri 7 Mar 08
Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
9:58am Fri 7 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
10:19am Fri 7 Mar 08
I was thinking of getting a tattoo of Richard Bacon chopping up a line of cocaine with his Blue Peter badge.
Do you think it will get me in the Bucks Free Press. And more importantly, will you go out with me if I do?
LockeyNoS7even, Bourne End says...
10:22am Fri 7 Mar 08
Mutley wrote:most of this thread is filled with insults towards a genuinely decent bloke and that to me doesn't seem like a debate although it might do for some. And I feel I have to say that my colleagues,Matt and myself spent a good five minutes laughing about all the insults most of you have sent his way. How great it must feel knowing that you brightened what was otherwise a boring evening at work. :-)
So Concernable (who signed him/herself as "dick head") joins princess and small dave in exalting us to "get a life". I wonder what "a life" is that we are all missing. Is it one where we can only rant on without adding anything constructive to the discussion? Is it one where our grasp of english means that every other word has to appear as stars? Is it one where we're so concerned to listen to ourselves that we are unable to debate something, listen to others' viewpoints and then come to a reasoned decision? If so, I'll stick with the life I've got thank-you - and I'm pleased to see that there are other regular contributors who also appear to "have a life".
princess, High Wycombe says...
10:23am Fri 7 Mar 08
Marmite wrote:You do that, however, Tinkerbell was with Matt before the tattoo and still loves him after he had it. If that is how you want to exxpress your opinion, then do it, but be prepared for the onslaught of rude and nasty comments that Matt has suffered.
Morning Tinkerbell. I was thinking of getting a tattoo of Richard Bacon chopping up a line of cocaine with his Blue Peter badge. Do you think it will get me in the Bucks Free Press. And more importantly, will you go out with me if I do?
Neene, Princes Risborough says...
11:29am Fri 7 Mar 08
This boy obviously wants to put the message out there that it is not alright, and I for one salute him because of it. I would never have the guts to get a tattoo, let alone one of such a statement.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
11:48am Fri 7 Mar 08
sue, denham says...
11:57am Fri 7 Mar 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
12:08pm Fri 7 Mar 08
Heavily Tattooed Student, Inkville says...
1:08pm Fri 7 Mar 08
erm, ermsville says...
1:27pm Fri 7 Mar 08
huge kick up the backside to drug users
how can his tattoo make any difference to anything?
If he volunteered to help out at a drug counciling centre might do some good but not this
LillyMoe, High Wycombe says...
1:53pm Fri 7 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
2:22pm Fri 7 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
2:24pm Fri 7 Mar 08
Surely if this is given enough air time on national news, people will decide to stop doing drugs.
Shall I do drugs like Amy Winehouse, Kate Moss, etc. No that nut job from Princes Risborough has a sh*t political tattoo that has put me off drugs forever.
Pierre, HW says...
5:40pm Fri 7 Mar 08
I wonder at his ability to be objective in recruitment after calling Matt a Gay Nazi on no evidence whatsoever!
Heavily Tattooed Student, You're all lolheads. says...
7:46pm Fri 7 Mar 08
As a frequent crack-smoker myself I can tell you that this tattoo really has made me think about the choices I've made in my life with regards to getting hooked on Class A drugs. And to be honest, despite it being SO **** moreish, I'm gonna pack it in and go back to smack. Thank you Matthew, if you read this, for showing me the light. (Y)!
Tom, High Wycombe says...
4:16am Sat 8 Mar 08
I myself am a student, have tattoos, and do not work for any fast-food organisations. Further to this, I work for a registered charity helping to imrpove the community through art projects.
My tattoos have not prevented anything, and if anything have helped me discover more about myself.
Matt is a great guy, and it seems too many people wish to read articles and form forced opinions of others without actually getting to know them.
If we were all as concerned with our own lives as we are with others, we'd be able to live in a world with respect, for each other and for ourselves.
(And for those who will choose to pick me out as just another individual with too much time on his hands, consider this, I have 2 jobs and a degree course to be concerned with, and only visited this page after Matt had informed me of it)
Plus, its all quite funny really.
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
5:59pm Sun 9 Mar 08
StacieCakes, says...
6:42pm Sun 9 Mar 08
I like it!!!
StacieCakes, Stokenchurch says...
6:43pm Sun 9 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
9:50am Mon 10 Mar 08
Look at the bright side Matt - only the people who have seen this article will think you're a ****.
dentbox, Cardiff says...
11:53pm Mon 10 Mar 08
In fact during one moment of enlightenment in a drug ravaged state I decided to take a stand against binge drinking culture by carving an image Lindsey Lohan throwing up on my chest. This being such a political statement I trust nobody will offer their hurtful personal opinions of my private choice to publicly slate someone else's private life. That would just be unfair.
LillyMoe, High Wycombe says...
1:41pm Tue 11 Mar 08
GlynnCreaser wrote:LOL I like your sense of humour
Lilly Moe - I think Winehouse is cool and sexy. I'd smoke a crack pipe with her if it meant the chance to run my fingers through her lovely beehive.
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
8:50pm Thu 13 Mar 08
LillyMoe wrote:He'd get stung!
GlynnCreaser wrote: Lilly Moe - I think Winehouse is cool and sexy. I'd smoke a crack pipe with her if it meant the chance to run my fingers through her lovely beehive.LOL I like your sense of humour
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:13am Sat 15 Mar 08
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Marmite, HW says...
10:50am Thu 6 Mar 08
I'm just suprised they then don't plant a nut on the weirdo.