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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds of sex toys dangling from power lines in Portland, Oregon
Hundreds of phallic sex toys have been seen hanging in recent days from power lines across Portland, Oregon, provoking laughter, blushing and lots of photos.
The large white and bright orange dildos appear to have been strung together in pairs, and have prompted numerous reports to the Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement, department spokeswoman Lisa Leddy said on Monday.
A spokesman for public utility Portland General Electric said he did not believe the rubber products posed a fire hazard.
In online forums, Portlanders posted photos of dildos swaying in the wind above a number of major commercial streets, and speculated about their origins.
Portland resident Lucila Cejas Epple said she first encountered the phalluses at a neighborhood street fair over the weekend.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/us-usa-oregon-sextoys-idUSKCN0PN2JK20150713?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
irisblue
(32,980 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Thing is, they are being wasteful.
Some of those are expensive as heck.
I know that there are some items that retail in the hundreds and up.
Must be nice to have that kind of scratch.
chalmers
(288 posts)Free box of dildos. Not kidding
Beacool
(30,250 posts)Who would want a box of used dildos?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But if you prefer the non-stinky, non-second hand ones, who am I to judge?
Beacool
(30,250 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Unless they're hanging on wires in public.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I'm not up on the current tax rules on dildo depreciation.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)True rubber has Negative Thermal Expansion, that is, it gets bigger as it gets cold. Not sure about latex or other polymers.
Beacool
(30,250 posts)I thought one did the civic thing by recycling them. Never thought of donating them to charity.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Those things aren't free, after all.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)I wonder who decided to create a public safety hazard by doing this?
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)looking at dildos instead of driving safely.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That's hilarious! And 'rearended' in this context is just an added bonus.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Hilarious!
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Sorry, can't work up much outrage over this.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...I just can't help thinking, "What a dildo!"
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)And, it takes one to know. Personally, I have no experience with dildos, hanging from utilities or otherwise.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)And those who protest about dildos usually tend to be those who have a lot of experience with them.
Beacool
(30,250 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)...is that in Portland, it's not really all that remarkable.
0rganism
(23,957 posts)considering the kind of weird Portland has on tap, this is pretty tame stuff
longship
(40,416 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 15, 2015, 07:54 PM - Edit history (1)
But here we have something unique.
We have "Darth Vader on a unicycle playing flaming bagpipes."
All I can say is "EEOTTA-EEOTTA-EEOTTA-EEOOTA!"
I desperately need a drink now.
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... I see "flaming bagpipes? - how does one even do that?"
... no, seriously, what's burning there, and how did it get into the bagpipes?
Beacool
(30,250 posts)In my town we got two guys going around on their bikes dressed as Batman and Robin. Robin has a radio tied to his bike, so you can always hear them coming. They go out in good weather and small kids get a kick out of them. They have done this for years.
There's an older Italian guy who looks like an aged Elvis, minus the excess weight. He wears the same sun glasses and sideburns. He dresses as if the 70s were just yesterday.
Since the town is the birth place of Frank Sinatra, there's more than one crooner hanging around too.
Eccentricity brings a smile to my face. It makes life a never ending wonder.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)OxQQme
(2,550 posts)are bumper stickers that I see daily here in the Rose City.
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)City of Portland
The City That Twerks
Omaha Steve
(99,658 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)A good quality dildo costs more than $100.
Just don't ask me how I know this........
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...didn't come with pictures.
TYY
Beacool
(30,250 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)walking with my grandson ( 10 years old ) theres this strap on dong and he asked what is was .I just blushed and said lets get ice cream .
Maybe its dildo season ?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Maybe CNN was on to something.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Okay, what sort of neighborhood street fair was this?
DebbieCDC
(2,543 posts)Gotta love my eccentric neighbors to the south
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)And some great Vietnamese food and nightclubs!
roamer65
(36,745 posts)I'm sorry, I couldnt resist.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)to have a stiff upper lip?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I feel your pain.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that drawer by my bed needed to be cleaned out anyway.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Your sacrifice is our gain. Thankyou.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that I don't give back what I receive
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)When push comes to shove, I have to agree with you.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that you get the massage.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)charged up! Now, that is a hot dildo!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I had to plug it.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you beat the dong?
Aerows
(39,961 posts)hard enough
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)All your dildos are belong to us!
neverforget
(9,436 posts)dongs
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Old joke.
What's the deal with sneakers on power lines anyway? Can somebody explain that to me?
LWolf
(46,179 posts)keep Portland weird.