A New Zealand city has unofficially renamed the local rubbish tip after John Cleese following the British actor's remark during a visit last year that he hated the place.
A sign bearing the title Mt Cleese appeared recently at the Awapuni Landfill in Palmerston North after a local satirist suggested it be renamed John Cleese Memorial Tip, with the tag line: "All manner of crap happily recycled."
Cleese, famous for being a member of the Monty Python comedy group as well as the 1970s TV comedy 'Fawlty Towers,' drew local ire during a show last year when he called Palmerston North the "suicide capital of New Zealand" and that he hated it.
Council waste manager Chris Pepper said officials did not erect the sign and the renaming was not official.
But they are in no hurry to take it down.
"Somebody had the sign made up as a joke," Pepper said. "Nobody has said ... pull it down. People just smile."
