Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family home
A teenager got away with painting a 60ft phallus on the roof of his parents' home for a year before his parents found out.
Andy and Clare McInnes did not discover their son's rude artwork until a helicopter spotted it on top of their home near Hungerford, Berks.
Photo: KNS NEWS
12:07PM GMT 24 Mar 2009
Rory McInnes, 18, climbed on to the flat roof of his parents' home and daubed the symbol using a tin of white paint, after watching a programme about Google Earth.
Web surfers can view detailed images from satellites using the Google software, enabling them to zoom in on their homes to see them from above.
But parents Andy and Clare did not discover their son's rude artwork until a helicopter spotted it on top of their home near Hungerford, Berks.
The pilot called The Sun newspaper, which then contacted Mr McInnes to tell him.
Mr McInnes, 54, a company director, thought the newspaper was having a joke.
He said: "It's an April Fool's joke, right? There's no way there's a 60ft phallus on top of my house."
However, when he asked each of his four children if there was indeed the image of a phallus on their newly-completed roof, Rory owned up.
When Mr McInnes phoned his son, who is currently in Brazil on a gap year, the teenager said: "Oh, you've found it then!"
The boy's father appeared to take the prank in good humour.
But he said: "When Rory gets home he will be given a scrubbing brush and white spirit and he can go and scrub it off."
Not bad but think the kid could use art lessons. :)
I think it's funny he's waiting til the kid comes home to clean up the roof. Most people couldn't wait to get it off.
ReplyDeleteI agree Sunny. I'd hire someone to clean it off and make the kid pay for it even if it was a few dollars at a time. :)
DeleteFortunately, we don't have a flat spot on our roof, so I guess unless our daughter is motivated enough make rude crop circles or drawings we are safe......for now. And yeah, I admire the ambitious nature of his project, but in the execution of his masterpiece, his realism went to pieces.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the parents should have something really nice painted up there, like flags of the world or something. LOL
LOL Lillie - How do you make 'rude' crop circles? I think if the son wants to continue in his artistic pursuits, he definitely needs to attend art classes. LOL Flags of the world would actually look very nice. Just wouldn't let the son paint them - he could start an international incident insulting some country's flag! :)
DeleteIt is very interesting that he was a bit off on rendering his own anatomy. I once intercepted a drawing of poorly detailed female anatomy, drawn by a male HS student. That I can understand...! LOL.
ReplyDeleteROFL Minelle - Excellent point!
DeleteInteresting caricature! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGlad I don't have one of them.
(Don't ask, let your imagination run wild - my gift to you this very early morning!)
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Thanks for the gift Irishey - imagination running wide open and wild! LOL
DeleteToo funny, the boy is all class! Lol I agree with Sunny, waiting for the culprit to get home and clean if off? - good grief!
ReplyDeleteI agree Roz. I'd definitely get it off and make him pay for when he gets home!
Deletei suppose the dad must be taking it well if he's WAITING for the son to come back and get rid of it. I'd have called some professionals to come and sort it all out.
ReplyDeleteI think the dad did take it very well Fondles but sheesh - waiting? Nope. LOL
DeleteIt kind of looks like a torpedo...yeah yeah...joke away with that one!
ReplyDeleteI can see why he'd wait, I mean the 'thing' has already been there for a year, and it is not like it is right under their noses. I am sort of surprised that the helicopter pilot even bothered to phone anyone. :)
As for the rude crop circles, she'd have soooooooooooo much more room...the possiblities are endless!
Torpedo Willie? Really? Some imagination you have. LOL
DeleteIt's one thing if you didn't know about it but now you know it's on there and it's very bad artwork? Nope - have to come off. :)
Hmmm - could imagine one or two things you could do with crop circles (not that rude) but other than that? Unless you are inferring that you could get creative within the circles. LOL
Thankfully both of our boys are afraid of heights :-P
ReplyDeleteLOL June - good one!
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