From The HeraldSun:
A STUDENT has some scrubbing to do after his parents discovered he'd painted an 18m penis on their roof. 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.''
A STUDENT has some scrubbing to do after his parents discovered he'd painted an 18m penis on their roof. 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.''
