Cheese maker causes stink by featuring the Cerne Abbas Giant on its packets — without his huge willy
A CHEESE maker has caused a stink by featuring the Cerne Abbas Giant on its packets — without his huge willy.
The Oxford Cheese Company is accused of turning the world-famous chalk figure non-binary.
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The Cerne Abbas giant intact – in all his gloryCredit: PA
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The Oxford Cheese Company is accused of turning the world-famous chalk figure non-binary with its depiction on it cheese packaging
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The company said the full figure was on all its cheeses except for those sold in one supermarket
It said it censored the label for one supermarket following a complaint but those living near the 180ft fertility symbol in Dorset were outraged.
The giant – thought to have been created by Anglo-Saxons on a hillside in Dorset – is said to be a fertility symbol.
Legend has it that couples who want to get pregnant should have sex on the phallus outline.
Vic Irvine, of Cerne Abbas Brewery, which uses the full figure, said: “It’s clearly a binary giant who has a large phallus. It’s that simple.”
“We love our giant here and defacing him like this is like throwing paint over Nelson’s Column.
“The whole thing makes me really cross, I’m incandescent with rage.”
The company said the full figure was on all its cheeses except for those sold in one supermarket.
Paul Watson, from the Oxford Cheese Company, said: “The original owner of the company chose that image because it is so memorable.”
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