# Stonehenge vandalized **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241 "2008-05-22T13:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/21 "2008-05-22T20:22:35Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s what everyone says when they see the Statute of Liberty. It always looks smaller without the apes on horseback around it. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/22 "2008-05-22T20:39:30Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] It always looks smaller without the apes on horseback around it. [/QUOTE] For that, you need to go to Flushing Meadow Park in Queens, where the [Fountain of the Planet of the Apes](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/492482988_6706344b6b.jpg?v=0) is located not far from the [Unisphere](http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/786/279666.JPG). (Really!) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/23 "2008-05-22T20:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] They got away. [/QUOTE] But their legacy remains, hewn into the livin’ rock… Of Stone’enge. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/24 "2008-05-22T22:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Total heels, anyway. [/QUOTE] I don’t get it 😕☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/25 "2008-05-22T22:46:50Z")
heel = cad. A play on being heels for chipping away at the heel stone. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/26 "2008-05-22T23:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] heel = cad. A play on being heels for chipping away at the heel stone. [/QUOTE] Thank you muchly. I knew the first part but had never heard of heel stone before. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/27 "2008-05-22T23:39:50Z")
You can see a picture of the heelstone about halfway down on the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge) entry. Of course, I also have to link to my pictures from when I visited in March: [Picture One](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/Stonehenge%20Sky.jpg) [Picture Two](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/Stonehenge%20-%20The%20Skies%20open.jpg) [Proof I was actually there!](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/stonehenge%26me.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/28 "2008-05-22T23:49:41Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] But their legacy remains, hewn into the livin’ rock… Of Stone’enge. [/QUOTE] What would they say to us if we were here tonight? ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/29 "2008-05-23T12:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] And for some reason it’s obligatory for all American tourists who visit it to say “Gee, it’s so _small_.” [/QUOTE] Is this before or after you say “Why did they build it so close to the highway?”? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/30 "2008-05-23T12:40:00Z")
[QUOTE=kferr] Is this before or after you say “Why did they build it so close to the highway?”? [/QUOTE] Or “It’ll be nice when it’s finished” ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241/31 "2008-05-23T13:32:06Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] What the heck? Were these souvenir hunters, or NewAge types of an unscrupulous sort , looking for relics? Or what? [/QUOTE] It’s Rapanui revenge for that [Finn who broke off part of one of thier statues](http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2008/03/26/tourist_held_over_damage_to_statue/) earlier this year. (Though why they’d attack Stonehenge is still a bit hard for me to understand.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge-vandalized/450241.md?page=1)