Perhaps the most pervasive legacy of the five dreary years I spent at a minor public school is a keenly puerile sense of humour. I’ve never tried to suppress it. That’s why I was delighted to learn that the leavers at Rossall School had painted an enormous penis in front of the chapel, annotated with the Headmaster’s initials.
As my informant told me:
The most delightful thing happened last night (one must always be on guard when someone says that) - the Sixth Form leavers painted in white acrylics on the tarmac outside of our chapel an absolutely HUGE cock. And wrote the headmaster’s initials underneath. Mind you, the Head and Deputy found it amusing too, from what I hear. But the commercial department are royally annoyed - school’s image and all.
Strategic parking ensued in the morning, however, to cover it, because the little preparatory school had an end of year chapel service (with parents) and the image points straight into the entrance of the building.
Inevitably, someone has now posted a photograph of the outrage on the Wikipedia site. And equally inevitably someone will remove it. So, to preserve the thing for posterity, I thought I could do no better than to paste it below…
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Seem to remember something similar when I was at school - basic satire, but possibly more effective!
That is totally hilarious. Even when they scrub it out it will probably leave the mark of the giant cock.
Are you sure that’s a cock Quinkie and not just a banana on wheels?
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Pants
This is utterly brilliant. Not only because it continues the long tradition of Sixth Form leaving pranks, but also because I know T.W. very well and had the misfortune to work closely with him and his wife and I can attest that he is indeed a very, very, large cock. Seriously, this has put a huge smile on my face - talk about what goes around comes around!
Puss
(My favourite prank was the sixth formers who released two sheep on the school grounds, one with ‘1′ painted on it, the other with ‘3′ painted on it. Of course, everyone spent the day looking for number ‘2′.)
This is cracking! I went to Rossall, but left in year 9. It’s good to see the lad (or girls!) in my year left their mark behind!
Well, it got better folks! As one of the sixth formers there on hand, so to speak, and the purveyor of the fine quality photography you see, i feel i should make an ammendment. The area in front of the chapel was due to be used that day as a car park for the prep school prize day, so the first deputy head was forced to get members of staff to cover the penis with tarpaulins and then as he put it “strategically park” over it.
Problem was, it just drew attention to it!
Jim
Rossall. That name invokes memories of rugby games on windswept coastal pitches in north Liverpool. We used to do quite well against you lot, probably because in those days you began to play the game a little later than the rest of us. But you tended to catch up eventually and the games got a little tighter. Nice pic though. From an Old Crosbeian (Merchant Taylors, Crosby).
well as a current memeber of rossall school I can tell you that the cock so to speak keeps coming through the painted tarmac so th whole thing had to be re-tarmaced! Not only that everytime it rains you can see it beacuse the water highlights it out just nicely. Makes me chortle eveytime I see the thing. Leavers prank this year doesn’t sound too good. Painting pink spots on th pavillion? doubt that will be effective! If they want to make a real impact I think they should re attempt last years prank but in weedkiller on monis-lawn. BIG IMPACT!!!!!
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