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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: Revolting cat!
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."LMAO!!
One can only imagine all of the photos that will be taken of these posts at 3AM by drunken high school and college kids........
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:00:44 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Women with wishful thinking................
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:04:04 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
(Unleash the Dogs of War as a Minority, or perish as a party.)
To: Stoat
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:04:37 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
To: Charles Henrickson
Now that post is a good post!
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:06:25 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: Thumper1960
Women with wishful thinking................Agreed; and also those with an only distant or nonexistent understanding of 'the real deal'.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:07:07 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Why obsess over the parking posts. We all know women prefer the produce aisles, anyway.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:09:43 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
(Unleash the Dogs of War as a Minority, or perish as a party.)
To: Gorzaloon
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good one!
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:29:42 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I would laugh if I saw them too, life is a lot easier when you are immature and can laugh at anything.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:32:19 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Never let the enemy pick the battle site. (Gen. George S. Patton))
To: Stoat
They don’t like traffic posts that look like bullets?
Would they prefer ones that looked like bullettes?
To: cripplecreek
To: Stoat
retro-fitting with metal collars and chains????
Sounds like a fruitless foray into what will look like SM and the punk look to me.
To: LukeL
“I would laugh if I saw them too, life is a lot easier when you are immature and can laugh at anything.”
I’m a retired musician. As a group, we’re notoriously immature! And, I enjoy laughter!
To: Stoat
"They're a standard style," Eppley said
Who is the prick that approved that one? LOL
Better yet, who is the prick that gave it substance and brought attention to it?
Man, its getting harder and harder to read the internet news articles and realize how zany, wacko and stupid our country is becomming.......
To: Stoat
This is good news! Finally, citizens and politicians, working together, focusing on the really important things facing the good folks of Keizer!
To: Recovering Hermit
To: COBOL2Java
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar!" And, sometimes a cigar is just a good smoke.
To: Stoat
Rename town to: Peckerhead, Oregon
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:01:10 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(Jorge Bush & his Marxist's Dim friends are enemies of the Republic with their amnesty Bill.)
To: 2Jedismom
LOL.... I won’t ask why you pinged me to this thread....
To: Stoat
“Sometimes a concrete traffic bollard is just a concrete traffic bollard.”
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:03:26 PM PDT
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
To: Stoat
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.
Just hide them under some sort of rubber covering.
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posted on
07/06/2007 4:05:39 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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