Tasmanian seagulls and spiders show their appreciation to John Franklin's statue, April 2010. It is one of the [many] downsides to being immortalised in statue, the birds' appreciation. If I am going to be worshipped long after my death, I'd want something a little more classy than a bit of iron for the seagulls to crap on. Maybe a pyramid? The Taj Mahal? A day of the week? How would you want to be remembered?