AdelaideNow ^ | 3/26/2009 | DAVID MURRAY, LONDON
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:36:19 AM by SonOfDarkSkies
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.''
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You know, I live pretty close to an airport but I don’t think I have a big enough roof....