Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive
 

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http://www.komotv.com/news/local/8355142.html
By Melica Johnson and KATU Web Staff
Watch the story 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.

Fer cryin' out loud. It looks like a trash can. :rolleyes2

or R2D2

Yup. It looks like a lot of things while a penis is one of them, it's not like it has an indent in the top or something. Much ado about nothing IMO.

How ridiculous! It's not like they're barstools. :p

I thought the were rocket ships.

I personally can't wait until they make a Clinton Memorial. Now that will be a phallic symbol!

Good Grief, but what does it say about the people who "see" the penis shape. Having a Freud moment. Anyways those are just trash cans or RS just like everyone has already said. At least until someone starts putting large rounded stones in front of them.

Do they honestly think that putting metal and chain's on it will make it look different? NO IT WILL JUST MAKE IT LOOK KINKY!!!!

I'm afreud they do a little.

Daddy, make the ^^^bad man stop...