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Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive (OF COURSE there's a picture)
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| July 6, 2007
| Melica Johnson
Posted on 07/06/2007 1:43:49 PM PDT by Stoat
Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive
Story Published: Jul 6, 2007 at 8:20 AM PDT Story Updated: Jul 6, 2007 at 9:06 AM PDT
By Melica Johnson and KATU Web Staff
KEIZER, Ore. - The City of Keizer is taking heat for installing a group of cement posts designed to protect pedestrians from cars, but which some say is a phallic symbol.
A total of 52 of the posts were installed at a busy intersection in Keizer and they are getting a lot of second glances.
A number of residents have complained to the city that the posts resemble male genitalia.
"I can't disagree with that," said City Manager Chris Eppley. "They certainly did not turn out the way we anticipated."
According to Eppley, the posts were ordered from a catalog and looked much different on paper.
"They're a standard style," Eppley said. "I think in the right context they look fine. They just happened not to (look fine) here."
The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, which they hope will change the look. If not, they said the posts will have to go.
"If that fix doesn't work and I still think they look inappropriate, we'll have wasted $20,000 and we'll have to do something different," Eppley said.
Of course, the city could always keep them up and use them for sex education, at least according to one woman we spoke to. "My son said he wanted to hang a sign on it that says 'always use protection,'" she said.
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KEYWORDS: keizer; militantfeminism; oregon; trafficposts
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To: Stoat
The residents of Oregon probably watch way too much pornography.
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posted on
07/06/2007 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: meyer
I found that picture in my husband’s collection of “gun porn.”
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posted on
07/06/2007 2:28:17 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
To: Stoat
If you have a dirty mind, it is a phallis.
If you have a clean mind, it looks like a concrete trash can.
If you have a Conservative mind, you have to wonder how much they could have saved if they had used painted, concrete-filled 4” steel pipes.
103
posted on
07/06/2007 2:37:15 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: Stoat
as we were preparing to open a new Naval Hospital in New Orleans in 1976 our female food service officer came into my office and insisted that she would be unable to use the toothpick holders which my purchasing agent had bought for use in the dining room. She would not say why and just kept inviting me to come look at them on my own. It turned out that they were flesh-colored, phallic shaped, and spring-loadded, with a hole in the tip. When you pushed the spring-loaded tip down toward the base a toothpick would pop out of the hole on the tip. I have no idea where my purchasing agent found those things and i suspect that that may the only batch ever sold by that manufacturer. I kept one, thinking about putting it on Ebay someday to see what it will bring.
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posted on
07/06/2007 2:37:44 PM PDT
by
fatrat
To: taxcontrol
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posted on
07/06/2007 2:39:55 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
To: Stoat
Looks like a taller version of R2D2 to me.
To: avacado
I was the model for those posts actual size. I am cursed freak of nature. ..Know what you mean. Cold weather does that to me, too...
107
posted on
07/06/2007 2:42:36 PM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
To: Stoat
Oh for good God’s sakes! If someone has a problem with that then they had better go seek help. Seems that’s all some people can think about these days.
To: ApplegateRanch
If you have a dirty mind, it is a phallis.If you have a clean mind, it looks like a concrete trash can.
If you have a Conservative mind, you have to wonder how much they could have saved if they had used painted, concrete-filled 4 steel pipes.
In all fairness, I would have to suggest that vertical 4" steel pipes would be a whole lot more dangerous for drunken pedestrians (a common fauna), erratic children and automobiles. The much larger diameter and rounded shape of these concrete posts will tend to disperse impact energy over a wider area on the impacting object (or person), resulting in a less-localized injury or damage event. These a probably a whole lot more substantial than a 4" steel pipe as well, which is an important consideration in this modern era of truck bombs. A heavy rig with a reinforced front end could probably plow through a small-diameter metal pipe, whereas a big cement thing like these might have a better chance of stopping it.
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posted on
07/06/2007 2:44:12 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: DainBramage
110
posted on
07/06/2007 2:44:24 PM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: Stoat
It may be short, but it sure is skinny!
To: reagan_fanatic
Extra-LOL! Brass ones would have been even better!
112
posted on
07/06/2007 2:45:58 PM PDT
by
NewLand
(Always remember September 11, 2001)
To: Shermy
Shiva Lingams everywhere.
To: Stoat
I live about 15 minutes north of Keizer. This looks like a job for SuperC**k!
To: Stoat
"What a day for a daydream..."
115
posted on
07/06/2007 2:48:36 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: T.Smith
Actually, the Park Service seems to pretend it doesn’t exist.
116
posted on
07/06/2007 2:49:19 PM PDT
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
To: Stoat
People have too much time on their hands.
To: reagan_fanatic
You can probably get some kid to paint one black and glue two bowling ball on the bottom. curbside.
118
posted on
07/06/2007 2:50:41 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: RockinRight
Now thats funny! I don’t care who you are, that’s a funny picture right there.
119
posted on
07/06/2007 2:55:03 PM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
To: Stoat
I saw two lesbos at the produce market last weekend. They were selecting an English cucumber as I passed them. I heard one say to the other: "Let's buy one to eat, too."
120
posted on
07/06/2007 2:55:34 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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