Even people who live in more ordinary settings sometimes can't resist doing something to make them stand out from the crowd. One extreme example of this is Bil Heines' house in Headington,Oxfordshire. Untill one morning is 1986, his house looked much like all the others in his street, when suddenly overnight a 7.5 m long fibreglass shark appeared to have crashed through the roof. The shark was a sculpture by local artist John Buckley. At first some people comlained that it might be danggerous or that it spoilt the look of the neighbourhood, the 'Headington shark' has become a well-known and popular landmark. It seems that no matter where you live you can alway do something to make sure your house says something about who you are.