A recent story in the news is about a school in Sydney Australia where someone drew some phallic symbols and a rude message on their lawn. They apparently managed to remove the unwanted graffiti within hours, but not before it was captured in aerial imagery, which has since been added to Google Earth.
The offending image in Google Earth. Clancy Catholic College, Sydney Australia
It turns out this sort of thing is quite common and especially common in schools.
Bellemoor School, Southampton.
Harman-Geist Stadium, Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
Yarm School, Teesside, United Kingdom.
Fairfield College, New Zealand.
Koonung Secondary College, Melbourne, Australia.
A field on the Isle of Wight
There are probably many more that we have not come across.
It is not a new idea, with the Cerne Abbas Giant dating from at least the 17th century
Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset, United Kingdom.
There are also many examples of unintentional phallic symbols.
Newmarket Health Centre, Ontario, Canada.
A park in Des Moines, Iowa.
A housing estate in Hoylake, Wirral, United Kingdom.
A peninsula on New Providence Island, Bahamas
A Church in Dixon, Illinois.
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