When pressed by journalists to provide a rationale for the shark, he suggested the following:
‘The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation…. It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki.’
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I thought the nuclear cause was dated. Reading the article it makes sense that he said that in 1986.
…but engineers inspected the roof girders that had been specially installed to support it and pronounced the erection safe.
Heh, Heh. He said “erection”. Heh, Heh. 🙂
Everything old is new again 😉
I’ve been past that actually (its on the drive to Oxford). It’s pretty cool to witness, but it is attention whoreing.. especially when you know the guys background.
More civilians were killed by Samurai swords than died by bullets AND atomic bombs in WWII. Where are the anti-sword protestors???
Hell with reason and metaphor, I want a shark comming out of my house!
This sounds a little fishy to me. Must be an attention seeker.
LOL, I live in Headington, shame it was in the 80’s, that would have been funny to see on my way to uni.
It was still there last year Rob, or it might have been two years now cause I saw it myself…. And trust me, it’s not easy to miss. Ask someone local they will surely direct you to it.
Another attack of the dangerous Land Shark.