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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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Marmite, HW says...
10:50am Thu 6 Mar 08

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?'"


I'm just suprised they then don't plant a nut on the weirdo.

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
10:50am Thu 6 Mar 08

Piccy..?

Mutley, High Wycombe says...
11:15am Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

Marmite, HW says...
11:25am Thu 6 Mar 08

Mutley wrote:
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.
He doesn't look like the sharpest tool in the box

Read All About It, HW says...
11:55am Thu 6 Mar 08

Matt Pierce looks like a pretty fitting name for this bloke although I think w*nker would be an even better fit.

Read All About It, HW says...
11:57am Thu 6 Mar 08

Matt Pearce seems like a pretty fitting name for this bloke although I think Wan*er is fits even better !!

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

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.

Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Well that's his 5 minutes of fame over and done with...

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
1:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08

It's what we do...

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

nice one erm... I had the same thought but couldnt express it so eloquently

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:
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
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...
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

Unfortutely I think he may well regret this later, but it his body and up to him what he does with it really. I suspect you could say the same for Ms Winehouse. They are not asking for our approval.

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

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.

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:
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?'
From the look of him, I'm not sure even McDonalds would employ him. They have some standards.

Read All About It, HW says...
2:48pm Thu 6 Mar 08

nice one Multey - love the comment ! Keep up the good work

Read All About It, HW says...
2:51pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Tinkerbell, Princes - are you a heavily tattood student by any chance ?

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
2:56pm Thu 6 Mar 08

No I am not but it is clearly not your business to slate anyone for having different views about life and their own body.

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

Have you been looking at another picture to the one we have all seen? We are talking about the bloke pictured at the top of this story..

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

Yes I realise that and to be honest it probably is not a very good portrayal of him. And he does look headstrong.

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:05pm Thu 6 Mar 08

His head only looks strong due to the density of the bone...

Big Right, Wycombe says...
3:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08

You are right Tinkerbell, Woody does set the bar for the tattooists....The problem is he sets it very very low...That tattoo is ****...And that's my opinion- so stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

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:
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.
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 ****'

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:16pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Girls, girls, girls, I don't mean to patronise but the more you mither, the more we'll mock...

...it's the nature of webforums.

odbyt, High Wycombe says...
3:17pm Thu 6 Mar 08

More publicity for a self confessed drug addict.

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
3:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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

Marmite, HW says...
3:24pm Thu 6 Mar 08

yummy mummy wrote:
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
What's a "meddle"?

Did you do an art course too?

Read All About It, HW says...
3:27pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Tinkerbell wrote:
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.
Why the fck did he go to the newspaper then ??

Read All About It, HW says...
3:27pm Thu 6 Mar 08

if they are purely personal ?

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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...
3:30pm Thu 6 Mar 08

ahhh - I feel really bad now. Poor Matt. None of this is his fault. Tinkerbell - what a loyal girlfriend you are.

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
3:32pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Fianceé :)

Big Right, Wycombe says...
3:32pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Tinkerbell wrote:
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.
Woody tipped them off. That's why they did it free- for a laugh.

Read All About It, HW says...
3:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08

oooo - ark at you. CONGRATULATIONS TINKERBELL AND MATT EVERYONE !! Woo Hoo

Marmite, HW says...
3:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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....

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
3:47pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Matt Pierce looks like Phil Mitchell's batty boy brother. He's clearly mentally deranged firstly for wanting a tatoo and then secondly having one that he doesn't want for himself.

kazza, high wycombe says...
3:50pm Thu 6 Mar 08

He obviously has done this for fame - why else would he have said yes to the Bucks Free Press - we all know that they pay for their stories. Whether he approached them or not is irrelevant - he is still in the paper for covering himself in a tat of someone who will not be famous in 20 years time - he is gonna look so very silly then isn't he.? What career is he looking for when he is through being a student as I would imagine he not gonna get a 'high-flyer' job with the way he looks currently.
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

I think one of Daniella Westbrook would look good...seriously

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08

47 comments.

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

Elmo - I call it asking for abuse

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:03pm Thu 6 Mar 08

In fact this thread has gone on far too long. If we were having a pop at some Eastern Europeans gypsies for mugging an old war hero it would be closed down after five minutes.

yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
4:04pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Apparently Woody's offer a laser removal service so when Winehouse gets clean so can Matt!

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:06pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Tinkerbell and Princess - what ridiculous names. You must have been bullied at school

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:11pm Thu 6 Mar 08

...and everybody else is entitled to their own opinion. If he's going to put himself in the public eye then he (and his friends) are going to have to learn to live with everyone elses opinion of him...

...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:
Tinkerbell and Princess - what ridiculous names. You must have been bullied at school
And I'm guessing you were a bully

Read All About It, HW says...
4:18pm Thu 6 Mar 08

princess wrote:
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.
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.

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Read All About It wrote:
princess wrote:
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.
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.
I can't respond very quickly, because I actually have work to do

goitalone, here says...
4:20pm Thu 6 Mar 08

HAHA small minded opinions on anyone choosing to be slightly different from the norm or making a stand for what they believe in, from the people of High Wycombe, REALLY?!!

yummy mummy, High Wycombe says...
4:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08

HEY HEY HEY You have all forgotten that this is about a TATTOO - stop **** at each other!! Personally I would not have Winehouse tattooed on me but WOW look at the artwork.......

Read All About It, HW says...
4:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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 !

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:24pm Thu 6 Mar 08

I've not forgotten that it is about a tattoo, but the majority of these comments are slating people who choose to express themselves in a different way, and assume that they are poor, dirty students because of it. If you haven't noticed, tattoos aren't exactly cheap.

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

Marmite, HW says...
4:28pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Just because he's your mate doesn't mean that the majority of people on this topic are wrong.

He's a ****

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Mine wern't that much, but it is pretty cack.

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:29pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Really appreciating all your support princess...its starting to feel a bit of an onslaught against me to be honest.

give us a clue though as to who you are lol

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:31pm Thu 6 Mar 08

GlynnCreaser wrote:
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
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, High Wycombe says...
4:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08

You used to be mates with my ex "CM"

Read All About It, HW says...
4:33pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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 !

Big Right, Wycombe says...
4:36pm Thu 6 Mar 08

I wouldn't brag about working in Executive Recruitment.

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:37pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Read All About It wrote:
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 !
Why are you judging him on his tattoo?

Marmite, HW says...
4:38pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Read All About It wrote:
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 !
Matt the Tw*t.

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

...because it's in the news.

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
4:40pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Big Right - you'd would if you were earning the kind of money I'm earning

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:46pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Still can't think who you are lol! And Matt never got any money for it nor did he want fame.
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

Ah, but you've got it all to come...

ajb100, Wycombe says...
4:48pm Thu 6 Mar 08

princess wrote:
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.
the polish of course

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:49pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:51pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Offices all up and down the country a full of poeple who have failed to make their alternative lifestyle work. They are usually in baggy purple knitwear and have a desk full of pictures of cats.

Marmite, HW says...
4:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

princess, High Wycombe says...
4:55pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Marmite wrote:
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.
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.

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
4:58pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Alternative lifestyle? It's not alternative SO many people have tattooes or piercings. Look around? It's not just you lot in your own little world.

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:
Marmite wrote:
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.
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.
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.

Big Right, Wycombe says...
4:59pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Typical recruitment response.

Brash, classless and cheap.

I'm an actuary.

erm, ermsville says...
5:01pm Thu 6 Mar 08

does he wear shorts all winter so these people can comment on his tatoo or has he had a special pair of trousers tailored with a little zip/peep hole so that he can expose the piece of flesh in question when desired.

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

That's exactly the kind of dum-**** question I whose name is 'erm' and whose location is 'ermsville'. Christ.

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:04pm Thu 6 Mar 08

...wot?

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:05pm Thu 6 Mar 08

He actually has a touch of the Max Branning about him, the eyes mainly. has he ever appeared on Eastenders?

Marmite, HW says...
5:10pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Marmite wrote:
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....
I think he has - could you confirm for me please Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
5:14pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Do you honestly think he has got learning difficulties purely because he has got a political tattoo? Someone is different or a bit more extreme and you automatically think they have learning difficulties?

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

I tell you what, he's gonna have such a laugh reading all this, later, after he gets up.

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

And your a judgemental pr*ck.

Marmite, HW says...
5:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Tinkerbell wrote:
And your a judgemental pr*ck.
But at least I don't have a political tattoo of some sh*t singer on my leg.

small dave, high wycombe says...
6:22pm Thu 6 Mar 08

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.

erm, ermsville says...
6:36pm Thu 6 Mar 08

caught you!

Concernable, Bucks says...
10:41pm Thu 6 Mar 08

Read All About It wrote:
Matt Pierce looks like a pretty fitting name for this bloke although I think w*nker would be an even better fit.
are you a **** idiot, look at him, he could kick the **** out of you!

Concernable, Bucks says...
10:42pm Thu 6 Mar 08

small dave wrote:
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.
well you must have registered to comment DUMBASS!

Concernable, Bucks says...
10:46pm Thu 6 Mar 08

ronnie wrote:
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.
OI RONNIE! stfu mate. He's a student!

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

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".

Elmo, High Wycombe says...
8:37am Fri 7 Mar 08

Morning all.

Marmite, HW says...
9:11am Fri 7 Mar 08

Morning Elmo.

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

It must be a bit early for me too

'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

Small Dave - I must stipulate that I usually only use this site during office hours but I was tempted to have another when I got in last night. Anyway it's a bit rich of you to start making comments like that when you were one of the last to arrive at the party. Yes it is amazing how a story about an ugly mentally deranged bald **** can captivate so many so many people

Tinkerbell, Princes Risborough says...
9:58am Fri 7 Mar 08

He's not ugly nor mentally derranged. It amazes me how personal this is all becoming.

Marmite, HW says...
10:19am Fri 7 Mar 08

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?

LockeyNoS7even, Bourne End says...
10:22am Fri 7 Mar 08

Mutley wrote:
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".
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. :-)

princess, High Wycombe says...
10:23am Fri 7 Mar 08

Marmite wrote:
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?
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.

Neene, Princes Risborough says...
11:29am Fri 7 Mar 08

I am a mother and a wife of over 25 years. I feel that this tattoo is a huge kick up the backside to drug users who think its alright to abuse because celebrities do. Winehouse is hardly a celebrity, but there will be some children out there who will use her as a major ifluence, and a possible excuse for drug using.

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

I wonder if she'll ever know about it, and if her reaction will be any more than: hu?

sue, denham says...
11:57am Fri 7 Mar 08

At least the only abuse this young mans body is going to suffer is on the outside. He may have a strange way of getting his point across but I also salute him.

Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
12:08pm Fri 7 Mar 08

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Heavily Tattooed Student, Inkville says...
1:08pm Fri 7 Mar 08

You're all a bunch of lolheads.

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

Well there is a lot of B**ching going on here. He is young and he will learn, I have nothing against Tats and its not just students that have them. He has got a valid point though, Amy is a big F*@* up and she needs to grow up. Why do people feel the need to do drugs, it certainly does not make life any better, I have seen people on a high and then see them crash to a very hard low, how can that be enjoyable ! As for the Tat its a good statement, but I do not think Amy is worth that much pain.

GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
2:22pm Fri 7 Mar 08

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.

Marmite, HW says...
2:24pm Fri 7 Mar 08

Why hasn't this made national news yet???

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

GlynnCreaser ought to spend more of his time recruiting executives than spending his boss's time on the computer posting on the BFP site whilst at work.

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

To be honest though you can see his point. He DOES look like a big gay nazi.

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 have to say the comments on here do upset me. People's small-mindedness and intolerance towards the personal choice of getting a tatto, and people's opinions of tattood individuals, seems to be a particularly negative one.

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

Boring!

StacieCakes, says...
6:42pm Sun 9 Mar 08

I say fair play to the boy. If thats what he wants and he likes it what does it matter that you judgemental lot think.

I like it!!!

StacieCakes, Stokenchurch says...
6:43pm Sun 9 Mar 08

What not that sorry

Marmite, HW says...
9:50am Mon 10 Mar 08

It's a shame it didn't make the actual Bucks Free Press.

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

Tom, funny you should say that about tattoos - I've found that taking drugs hasn't prevented me from doing anything and has certainly made me learn more about myself too!! Cool hur?!

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:
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...
8:50pm Thu 13 Mar 08

LillyMoe wrote:
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
He'd get stung!

Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:13am Sat 15 Mar 08

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