As he placed the 16th spoon delicately on the end of his nose,
Joe Allison felt a huge rush of achievement.
For at the age of nine, he had broken a world record.
The schoolboy beat the previous record for balancing spoons on
the face, by just one.
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Spoon full: Joe, nine, during his successful record attempt
After his success yesterday, he said there wasn't really a
secret to the art, adding: "The spoons just stick on and I
don't really know how.
"It's something I can do easily and I know I'll
make 17 one day but I'll probably have to wait until I grow a
bit so there's some more space on my forehead."
Joe discovered his talent two years ago when his cousin
challenged him to balance a spoon on his nose.
His mother Fenella, 42, a swimming teacher, said: "I'm
really, really proud of him because he can do something that no one
else in the world can do.
Joe Allison: 'They just stick on'
"Apparently it's always youngsters who beat the record
because they have slightly greasier skin.
"It works even better if Joe's sweaty but I don't
let him get away without washing."
Joe, who lives with his mother and father Peter in Totnes,
Devon, is to appear on the TV show Britain's Got Talent - where
he will hang the spoons from his face and do a jig.
The previous world record belongs to Tim Johnston, 16, who
balanced 15 stainless steel spoons on his face for 30 seconds at
Havens High School, Piedmont, California, on May 28, 2004.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Tim balanced
"one on each ear, two on each cheek, three on his chin, two on
his lips, one on his nose and three on his forehead".
A Guinness spokesman said photographs and video of Joe's
record attempt would be examined before the record is made
official.
Subject: Boy Balancing 16 Spoon On His Face 
18/4/2009, 5:41 pm
