Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive (OF COURSE there's a picture)

KOMO-TV (Seattle) ^ | July 6, 2007 | Melica Johnson

[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.

[Michael.SF.]

LOL. Good one!

[swarthyguy]

Never mind the Bollards, here’s the Sex Pistols!

[ccmay]

Reminds me of the old lady who called the police to tell them, "My neighbors are having sex in the back yard where I can see them!" So the cop comes over and looks out her kitchen window and sees nothing. The old lady tells him "No, you can only see it from the bathroom." He looks out the bathroom window and still sees nothing. So the old lady tells him, "Well, you have to stand on the toilet and tilt your head like this, see?"

-ccm

[skepsel]

Another triumph of intelligent design!

[skepsel]

A friend used to tie an entire 40’ boat to his bollards, used heavy hemp cables and everything...

[Salvation]

I go to church in this little town and have not witnessed this atrocity. Truly ugly.

[Salvation]

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[Stoat]

I go to church in this little town and have not witnessed this atrocity. Truly ugly.

I'm very sorry to hear that this has caused you such sadness.

I don't know if it will be of any solace to know that the traffic posts on Pennsylvania Avenue just outside the White House are very similar, but I think that the Oregon posts would actually be safer for pedestrians than the ones chosen for D.C. because the edges are more rounded near the top and so offer fewer sharpened surfaces.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

They could have at least photographed it next to an automobile with a lot more class for such an erection than the piece of trash they have behind it...

[Stoat]

They could have at least photographed it next to an automobile with a lot more class for such an erection than the piece of trash they have behind it...

I think that the (socialist) driveby media (pardon the pun in this context) like to use crappy cars whenever possible in news photos so that they can rail against "the rich" in the next "news" article on the page.

[Clinging Bitterly]

...metal collars and chains (snicker).

Nah - it's clearly a small caliber auto pistol cartridge, 9mm Luger or something. Of course there are some in those environs who would be offended by that as well.

[Publius6961]

That's the best idea.
Put giant condoms on them and call it 'sex education'.

The perverts and their supporters will be tres happy.

Just saying.

[gundog]

A little gold paint and they could be made to look like .45 AC P rounds...guaranteed tooffend the people of Keizerkistan.

[Salvation]

This made Brit Hume’s laugh spot today at the end of Special Report. LOL!

[hummingbird]

“The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, “ That would be the “San Francisco style.”

Or, just drill a hole down the center and turn them into fountains. Problem solved!

[hummingbird]

Yeah I noticed they have no balls.

Easy to fix with after a frat kegger. Another problem solved!

[hummingbird]

Kinky!

Can't find a post able photo of Harvey Korman or of Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman in High Anxiety. Drat!