A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum has said.

The art work, titled "Complex Shit", is the size of a house.

The wind carried it 200 metres from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home, said museum director Juri Steiner.

The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said.

The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if "Complex Shit" would be put back on display.

Good job it didn't hit a fan.

Well, shit happens

Good job it didn't hit a fan.

I wonder if it went downhill.

P.S. Who would put their name on such an "art" form?

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

A crowd of optimists soon gathered............" It looks like shit, smells like shit, has the texture of shit mmmmmmmm?....... It must be chocolate, let's dig in lads !!! "

Apparently, local residents merely shrugged their shoulders and said "Shit happens". Others were seen scrambling for giant, Wal Mart sized rolling papers because they heard it was "good shit".

Others thought that the President was visiting when they heard that a "large shit" had hit town. One entrepeneur has started selling bumper stickers with the words "SOS - Save Our Shit".

A certain former Prime Minister and football club owner is rumoured to have changed his flight plans after hearing that a "big shit" had been brought down.

A certain former Prime Minister and football club owner is rumoured to have changed his flight plans after hearing that a "big shit" had been brought down.

:D :D

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

Ya sure it wasn't a NESTLES chocolate promotion?

hope they had a big bag to clean that shit up

Where's the 'pooper scooper' when you need it?

It could have turned out so much worse. Could have caused a "brownout".

What a " Turgid " thread.

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English. No - he's from Liverpool

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

No one's bitten yet - probably everyone agrees with you.

Meanwhile back at the Bat Cave.

"Holy shit batman our arch enema Richard the Third has broken free and is drifting downtown."

"Don't worry Boy Wonder this is a jobbie for the Gotham City wastewater treatment works. Complex shit meets shit complex."

To be continued next week, same crap time, same crap channel.

Bajs.

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

I'm 100% with you on that one....see my avatar.....

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

I'm 100% with you on that one....see my avatar.....

telecasters rule ok- personally I prefer my strat but teles are fun. Just detune it to open G and throw away the 6th string and suddenly Brown Sugar becomes much better

CB

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

I'm 100% with you on that one....see my avatar.....

telecasters rule ok- personally I prefer my strat but teles are fun. Just detune it to open G and throw away the 6th string and suddenly Brown Sugar becomes much better

CB

Smoking that shit will make you go blind CB

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

I'm 100% with you on that one....see my avatar.....

telecasters rule ok- personally I prefer my strat but teles are fun. Just detune it to open G and throw away the 6th string and suddenly Brown Sugar becomes much better

CB

Smoking that shit will make you go blind CB

count the strings on my avatar and you will see that CB is DAMNED right!

Anyway - what's an ex-Beatle doing dealing in shit? I thought that was the prerogative of the Stones?

The American artist's name is McCarthy not McCartney who btw is English.

Besides which the Rolling Stones rule - true rock and rock not plastic pop like the Beatles (that has gotta get the shit flying)

CB

I'm 100% with you on that one....see my avatar.....

telecasters rule ok- personally I prefer my strat but teles are fun. Just detune it to open G and throw away the 6th string and suddenly Brown Sugar becomes much better

CB

Smoking that shit will make you go blind CB

count the strings on my avatar and you will see that CB is DAMNED right!

Keith Richards is a master of open tuning playing. He definitely picked it up from Ry Cooder but made it his own. Richards has several telecasters that have been custom made with five strings. The neck width is the same as his 52 tele and the string gap has been widened accordingly. On the 52s he just omits the string. His playing style is to hit the top four strings anyway and leave the bottom end to the bass player which is not a bad idea.

Are you gigging now - last time we spoke you mentioned jamming at a bar

CB