A NORWEGIAN man has shown that his love for cheeseburgers and McFlurries goes further than most people after tattooing a McDonald's receipt on his arm.

Stian Ytterdahl, 18, from Lørenskog, southwest Norway, was told by his friends that he had been "too active on the ladies front" and as punishment had to get a tattoo.

His Monday night dinner is now forever etched on his right arm, but the student says it could have been worse - the alternative was a Barbie doll on his buttocks.

"Some of my mates thought I had been a bit too active on the ladies front recently and wanted to punish me.

"When we were in the restaurant on Monday, they said I had to tattoo a Barbie doll on my bum, or the receipt on my arm," Mr Ytterdahl told Romerikes Blad.

The student's first ever tattoo now covers most of his lower right arm, and unsurprisingly his parents are not best pleased.

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