Phallic symbol or cement post?

[Jenn! 918]

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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[*JG* 2]

That one was kind of a no-brainer. Looks like cement to me.

I was kind of thinking the Washington Monument in D.C. looks kind of phallic to me, though.

[SqdnGuns 21]

Frivolous BS...............

Concrete Post

Don't people have better things to do then to ###### about a post that will end up costing THEM tax dollars............FFS

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Concrete post.

I guess the residents who complained must not use large, cylindrical dustbins anytime.

[Jenn! 918]

I think people from Oregon must have filthy minds.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

They are phallic but why the controversy? Is the human ####### vulgar?

[KarenCee 3]

They look like huge concrete trash cans.

[Clarky and Tarah 0]

I think people from Oregon must have filthy minds.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

I wouldn't send them back, they cost way too much.

[mawilson 2,133]

Phallic cement posts.

So?

[Fuzzness 2]

sorry, it does look like a #######

[mybackpages 0]

I think people from Oregon must have filthy minds.

But I'm not from Oregon

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Those are pee-pees!!!!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

They look like huge concrete trash cans.

Good point--have the residents never seen large dustbins?

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Those are pee-pees!!!!

ahap

Caro

[kisschick1976 0]

If someone's wiener looked like that, I'd say they better get themselves to a doctor quick...