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baza wrote:
"The cartoon character Homer Simpson has been painted on to a hillside next to the famous giant at Cerne Abbas, Dorset. The biodegradable Simpson will be washed away by rain, unlike the giant who has stood proud, on and off, for centuries."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1184598005/img/1.jpg

I have had it upto here with these hill-figures being denigrated by being said to be "only" a few centuries old. This is not established fact, just latest evidence.

No it seems that the f***wits who painted the Homer next to the Cerne Abbas Giant used a water-based paint......forgetting that these days cars are painted with such paints and that, once dry, they are permanent.

Just to re-cap: those in the media are far too stupid, in terms of our ancient heritage, to be allowed near such sites. They don't understand them and have too much MONEY, combined with too little respect and sense, to be allowed the leeway they seem to be given on or near such sites.

Lesson learned? Probably not.

Did you see, you made the BBC magazine quiz?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6906488.stm

What's the situation now CW? Is the figure still visible after all the recent rain, do you know? Or has it in fact dissipated now?

I read an article that said it was painted using football pitch line paint, which does actually disappear quite quickly in the wet.

Not that they should have done it in the first place mind. The guy that did it was paid £15k by Fox apparently.