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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; pax_et_bonum
The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, which they hope will change the look.Eh, they'll just look kinky after that.
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.And if you have a complex personality, it looks like one of those phallis-shaped trash cans. :~)
To: Charles Henrickson
So those pictures are from Thighland? And, most likely ruled by a dick-tator.
To: Stoat
Oh Lord, you’ve got to be kidding me. (rolls eyes)
To: avacado
To: 1riot1ranger; al baby; albee; Argh; AtomicBuffaloWings; Bacon Man; beaureguard; bedolido; ...
Salacious Ping List ping!
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:14:32 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(I will always love you, Flyer.)
To: Stoat
All the uproar over that itty bitty thing? San Fran has a REAL phallus at Coit Tower...
It's claimed it's a fire nozzle, but we know better.
To: pax_et_bonum
I cant believe no one thought to just attach hands to them all.
You know, like on those wobblely weevil kids toys. /sarc
To: avacado
Hahahaha...
"I was the model for those posts actual size. I am cursed freak of nature."
That must be horrible to carry something that large on your skinny shoulders! :)
To: NautiNurse
My God that has to be the most ugly State capitol building I’ve ever seen. It looks like they ran out of money when it came time to erect the dome and all they could afford was that dinky column in the middle.
To: Stoat
The word for such a device is “bollard”, and I suppose if one goes around looking to see things as looking like a penis, it does. Of course so do many everyday objects.
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:19:13 PM PDT
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
To: Charles Henrickson; Stoat; martin_fierro
"Vat ve haff here iss a clahsic case of
Post Traumatic Distress Zyndrome..."
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:22:34 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Freudenschade)
To: Stoat
Ship the posts to Sin FreakSicko. They’d love ‘em!
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:27:20 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Stoat
No news is good news. Apparently the town only has stupid things to worry about.
To: Nightshift
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:33:37 PM PDT
by
tutstar
(Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
To: Stoat; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:34:22 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
To: Stoat
I guess they couldn’t get a picture of a complainer sitting atop one.
To: Stoat; Avocado; Xenalyte
Xena is perturbed and confused....
Decides she must sit on the problem for a while before deciding......
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:38:07 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Stoat
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:43:19 PM PDT
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tophat9000
(My 2008 grassroots Republican platform: Build the fence, enforce the laws, and win the damm WAR!)
To: Stoat
Hmmmm.
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