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Where the UK rains came from…

July 30, 2007 Graeme Codrington Media tidbits No Comments

On the lighter side of life…

As part of the marketing campaign for the new Simpson’s Movie, the promoters drew a massive Homer Simpson on the hillside in Dorset, right next to the the Cerne Abbas giant – an ancient fertility symbol. See picture. As a Simpson’s fan, I thought it was genius.

UK-based pagan groups were incensed, though, and promised to do “rain magic” to bring the rains to wash away Homer (read Sky News report here). This all happened a few days before the most devastating rainfall and flooding in recorded history in Britain. Hhhmmm? Makes you think, doesn’t it?

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