Man To Tattoo Breakfast On Head

We normally like stories about celebrities on hecklerspray – Emma Bunton Pregnant, Helen Mirren Wins a Trophy, Dido Found in WH Smith - but when a 19 year old nobody from Coventry decides to cover his head with a tattoo of the most important meal of the day, you’ve gotta admit that too is worth five minutes of your time.

Dayne Gilbey is a man who likes his ink. He has four tattoos, and, as far as we know, has spent no time in a psychiatric institution. For 19 years on this planet he has resisted the urge to put his head in a gas oven and forget the matches.

Then it happened; he rolled out of bed, brushed his teeth, and decided to have a full English breakfast tattooed on his head. Of course, dinner on your bonce without a knife and fork would look stupid, so he’s having them scratched on too, one behind each ear to ensure symmetry.

The man in charge of not sneezing, getting hiccups or letting his mind run away with thoughts of Jade Goody is Blane Dickinson, a 32-year-old tattoo artist from Wales. He will etch sausage, eggs, bacon, tomato, beans and toast on Gilbey’s bald head before parading him round tattoo competitions in the hope of winning a Christmas hamper and two tickets to Holiday on Ice. Maybe a little cup as well, with a barcode sticker on the bottom. Offers Dickinson, presumably without a hint of irony:

"It's such a striking and recognisable dish. I like to push the boundaries. I like to make people think."

No such danger for volunteer Gilbey (nice to know he won’t get stumped for a bill, though maybe for the food, we don’t know), as thoughts clearly run no further than getting a free pint in the pub for keeping his head down and wearing the specials board around his neck.  

"I suppose it might hurt a bit, but why not? It's something different and perhaps I can raise some money for my favourite charity at the same time."

With charity being the rub, who can argue? His chosen beneficiary Birmingham City Children's Hospital doubtlessly needs the money and Dickinson needs his model. Happy all round. Except maybe Gilbey, when perhaps one day, as that side of bacon is resting just south of his eyebrow and the fork is sticking into his chin, he gets wind of something called a Fun Run.  

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