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Title: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 15, 2014, 23:30:53 Erm ... it's from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28783990):
Quote Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76932000/jpg/_76932415_sbna_map.jpg) While one of the breweries along the canal praised the map as a "great graphic", its shape was compared with male genitalia on social media A map created to guide visitors around a Hertfordshire town has been mocked on Facebook for its phallic shape. The Canal and River Trust map of Berkhamsted features the town's castle, train station and Grand Union Canal. But while one of the breweries along the canal praised the map as a "great graphic", its shape was compared with male genitalia on social media. The Canal and River Trust said it might have been "a bit naive" in not noticing its shape prior to publication. One Facebook user said: "It looks like a willy tee hee!!" "You've got to see this," said a Twitter user. The map of Berkhamsted - where the English surrendered to William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066 - is one of scores created for the Canal and River Trust in the past year to promote the nation's waterways. Simon Salem, of the Canal and River Trust, said the trust had not noticed the shape of the map until it was pointed out. "This is one of about 100 maps we've been promoting. It does look, as the poster on Facebook says, like a willy. We didn't notice it. Somebody should have seen it, I agree. You could accuse of us of being a bit naive but canals are long, straight things, and when you draw a map it tends to be that sort of shape." He added: "If it gets at least one more person down to the canal then it has worked." Berkhamsted's mayor Peter Matthews said although the town council had no control over the trust's publications, it welcomed any effort to bolster tourism. Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: chuffed on August 16, 2014, 10:35:56 It would seem that some of our regular contributors are rather slow in coming forward to make comments about this. Obviously they don't want to be seen making premature ejaculations...........'
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: JayMac on August 16, 2014, 10:43:09 Someone dropped a b*ll*ck with that design. :P ;) ;D
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: SandTEngineer on August 16, 2014, 10:47:35 Huh thats nothing compard with a certain place in Plymouth called 'Admirals Hard' which is shaped like ..............well I'll leave it to you to look it up on Google Earth ;D ;D :D ;)
oh and by the way in a past life I had quite a few beers in the Rising Sun pub in Berkhamstead but never realised where I was sitting at the time ::) Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: eightf48544 on August 16, 2014, 10:49:06 At least it has made Berkhampstead famous for 15 minutes!
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: SandTEngineer on August 16, 2014, 11:15:33 At least it has made Berkhampstead famous for 15 minutes! ............there is no pee in Berkhamstead :oTitle: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: ChrisB on August 16, 2014, 11:25:17 That's because folk have been taking the P*** out of that town for years!
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: grahame on August 16, 2014, 11:26:41 Huh thats nothing compard with a certain place in Plymouth called 'Admirals Hard' .. Somewhere near the Hoe, right?Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: SandTEngineer on August 16, 2014, 12:10:15 Huh thats nothing compard with a certain place in Plymouth called 'Admirals Hard' .. Somewhere near the Hoe, right?Not quite: 50^21'56.4"N 4^09'51.1"W (Map Reference: 50.365676,-4.164187) Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 16, 2014, 19:08:28 Someone dropped a b*ll*ck with that design. :P ;) ;D It was obviously a complete cock-up. ;D Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: grahame on February 06, 2015, 01:07:55 It would appear that there are other places with similar geography
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/penis-shaped-map-replaced-after-red-faced-5106245? Quote Penis-shaped map replaced after red-faced rail firm pledges to publish 'cleaner' version The Toronto Transit Commission admits it did not notice the phallic nature of the map before it was put up ... Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: thetrout on February 06, 2015, 06:08:08 That looks more like the female variety to me... :-X
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 06, 2015, 23:36:57 I was going to say, 'you can't be serious' - but then I realised that might be misinterpreted, too. ::) :P
Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 31, 2017, 22:38:55 Simply to avoid taking the source post on the Coffee Shop forum off topic, I'll post this latest example here:
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/20171027_01.jpg) (does anyone know who's office that is and what they do there?) No, and no: but that looks like a phallus worthy of the Cerne Giant (https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cerne-giant) himself, to me. ;) :D ;D Title: Re: Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook Post by: chuffed on November 01, 2017, 05:27:02 Yet another (cough) member of this forum.....
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