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Erm ... it's from the BBC» : Berkhamsted 'penis' map mocked on Facebook While one of the breweries along the canal praised the map as a "great graphic", its shape was compared with male genitalia on social mediaA 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. |
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2014, 10:35:56 » |
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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...........'
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2014, 10:43:09 » |
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2014, 10:47:35 » |
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2014, 10:49:06 » |
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At least it has made Berkhampstead famous for 15 minutes!
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SandTEngineer
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2014, 11:15:33 » |
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At least it has made Berkhampstead famous for 15 minutes!
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ChrisB
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« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2014, 11:25:17 » |
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That's because folk have been taking the P*** out of that town for years!
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« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2014, 11:26:41 » |
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Huh thats nothing compard with a certain place in Plymouth called 'Admirals Hard' ..
Somewhere near the Hoe, right? |
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« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2014, 12:10:15 » |
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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) |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2014, 19:08:28 » |
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It was obviously a complete cock-up.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2015, 01:07:55 » |
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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?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 ... |
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2015, 06:08:08 » |
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That looks more like the female variety to me...  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2015, 23:36:57 » |
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I was going to say, 'you can't be serious' - but then I realised that might be misinterpreted, too.   |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2017, 22:38:55 » |
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Simply to avoid taking the source post on the Coffee Shop forum off topic, I'll post this latest example here:  (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 himself, to me.   |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2017, 05:27:02 » |
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Yet another (cough) member of this forum.....
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