Understandably, he goes by the name of Captain Beany

Aug 10, 2015 21:52 GMT  ·  By

Barry Kirk, a man living in the town of Port Talbot in Wales, has several dozen baked beans tattooed on his head. 60 of them, to be more precise, and they all look just like the real deal. 

He got the quirky tattoo towards the end of last year, when he turned 60, and isn't exactly sorry about it.

“It was my 60th birthday last year, so I thought how about celebrating by having 60 baked beans tattooed on my head,” he explained in the latest episode of Channel 5's Tattoo Disasters UK.

At least he did it for a good cause

True, Barry Kirk and his passion for baked beans go back a long way. In fact, it was in 1986 that the man sat in a bath of baked beans for 100 hours straight and set a new world record.

Still, he didn't get the 60 seeds tattooed on his head simply because he couldn't come up with any other idea for an eye-popping piece of body art. He did it to raise money for charity.

For each bean that was inked into his scalp, Barry Kirk got ₤60 (€85 / $94), resulting in the grand total of ₤3,600 (€5,100 / $5,600). Whoever contributed got to have their initials inscribed in the legumes.

As for the money he made, the Port Talbot man gave them to a young girl struggling with cerebral palsy, a disorder whose symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, poor coordination, and trouble swallowing or speaking.

“I think this is the maddest tattoo that I've done but it's for a really good cause,” tattoo artist Craig Jenkins said in an interview.

Barry likes being called Captain Beany

There are few people in this world who actually like their nicknames. Barry Kirk, however, doesn't mind being called Captain Beany, Mirror reports. He quite likes it and says it makes him feel like a superhero, albeit one nothing like Superman and his lot.

He's even given up his computing job to have more time raising funds for charities, and says that he wants to use this Captain Beany alter-ego of his to do good.

The man is nicknamed Captain Beany
The man is nicknamed Captain Beany

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