"News" Articles To Share
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:47 pmThought I'd start a thread for any weird/funny news articles that posters want to share, I'll start it off with the following:
Excuse me, there's a giant penis on your roof
DAVID MURRAY, LONDON
March 25, 2009 11:15am
A STUDENT has some scrubbing to do after his parents discovered he'd painted an 18m-long penis on their roof to get his home noticed on Google Earth.
Rory McInnes, 18, decided to make his family home stand out after watching a documentary about Google Earth.
Armed with a tin of white paint, he climbed on top of the $2 million home in Berkshire, south east England, and set to work.
His artwork remained unnoticed for 12 months until a helicopter pilot spotted it and swooped down low so his passengers could take photos.
Dad Andy thought it was a prank call when a British newspaper contacted him about the painting this week.
"It's an April Fool's joke, right? There's no way there's a 60ft phallus on top of my house,'' Mr McInnes told The Sun.
He confronted his four children, finding his answers when he reached Rory over the phone in Brazil.
Part-way through gap-year travels, Rory could not hold back his laughter as he confessed: "Oh, so you've found it then.''
The image has been compared to the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55m-high naked figure carved into the hill at Dorset which is said to attract couples seeking to have children.
Mum Clare said: "We don't want any more children, so the idea of sleeping under a giant fertility symbol is rather worrying.''
Mr McInnes added: "We don't want to lie in bed at night and hear couples at it above us.
"When Rory gets home he will be given a scrubbing brush and white spirit and he can go and scrub it off.''
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25239846-5006301,00.html
Excuse me, there's a giant penis on your roof
DAVID MURRAY, LONDON
March 25, 2009 11:15am
A STUDENT has some scrubbing to do after his parents discovered he'd painted an 18m-long penis on their roof to get his home noticed on Google Earth.
Rory McInnes, 18, decided to make his family home stand out after watching a documentary about Google Earth.
Armed with a tin of white paint, he climbed on top of the $2 million home in Berkshire, south east England, and set to work.
His artwork remained unnoticed for 12 months until a helicopter pilot spotted it and swooped down low so his passengers could take photos.
Dad Andy thought it was a prank call when a British newspaper contacted him about the painting this week.
"It's an April Fool's joke, right? There's no way there's a 60ft phallus on top of my house,'' Mr McInnes told The Sun.
He confronted his four children, finding his answers when he reached Rory over the phone in Brazil.
Part-way through gap-year travels, Rory could not hold back his laughter as he confessed: "Oh, so you've found it then.''
The image has been compared to the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55m-high naked figure carved into the hill at Dorset which is said to attract couples seeking to have children.
Mum Clare said: "We don't want any more children, so the idea of sleeping under a giant fertility symbol is rather worrying.''
Mr McInnes added: "We don't want to lie in bed at night and hear couples at it above us.
"When Rory gets home he will be given a scrubbing brush and white spirit and he can go and scrub it off.''
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25239846-5006301,00.html
...or is he the luckiest for surviving both...