{"id":1819,"date":"2009-03-27T14:01:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T18:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2009-03-27T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T18:01:39","slug":"he-painted-a-giant-what-on-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/27\/he-painted-a-giant-what-on-the-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"He Painted a Giant What on the Roof???"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Sun<\/a>:<\/p>\n

CHEEKY student Rory McInnes did some DIY at the family home \u2014 painting a 60ft WILLY on the roof.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parents Andy and Clare were delighted when builders finished a new flat roof on their \u00a31million house.<\/p>\n

But Rory, 18, had just watched a documentary about Google Earth \u2014 which lets internet users view satellite pictures \u2014 and decided to make the property stand out.<\/p>\n

He grabbed a tin of white paint and climbed up to the roof, where he spent half an hour reproducing the best-known feature of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset.<\/p>\n

For the next 12 months only Rory knew about the giant manhood on the roof near Hungerford, Berks.<\/p>\n

But his secret was blown when a helicopter pilot spotted it, and hovered so his passenger could take photos.<\/p>\n

Company director Andy, 54, thought it was a wind-up when The Sun contacted him about the painting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bravo Zulu Rory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Sun: CHEEKY student Rory McInnes did some DIY at the family home \u2014 painting a 60ft WILLY on the roof. Parents Andy and Clare were delighted when builders finished a new flat roof on their \u00a31million house. But Rory, 18, had just watched a documentary about Google Earth \u2014 which lets internet users […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[198],"tags":[558,556],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-humor","tag-just-for-laughs","tag-rory-mcinnes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-tl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1685,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/17\/happy-saint-patricks-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":1819,"position":0},"title":"Happy Saint Patrick’s Day","author":"Jeff","date":"March 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"May your glass be ever full. 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