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(3,569 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 03:51 PM Jul 2015

Hundreds of sex toys dangling from power lines in Portland, Oregon [View all]

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

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Hundreds of sex toys dangling from power lines in Portland, Oregon [View all] ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 OP

more creative then sports shoes irisblue Jul 2015 #1

I'll give you that. Xyzse Jul 2015 #3

They show up free from time to time on craigslist chalmers Jul 2015 #4

Ewwwww!!!!! Beacool Jul 2015 #19

What, you don't have a dishwasher? pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #20

I ain't using no stinky second hand dildo, thank you very much. Beacool Jul 2015 #22

Personally, I don't use dildos at all pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #26

Diversity in all things......... Beacool Jul 2015 #27

Dildos is one subject where don't ask don't tell may be a good policy pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #31

Yes, but you should donate your gently-used ones to an appropriate charity jberryhill Jul 2015 #32

Unfortunately, charities have some rigid rules about that pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #36

dildo depreciation. Is that like shrinkage? Thor_MN Jul 2015 #42

I would have to ask my accountant. Beacool Jul 2015 #62

And I thought "gently-used" would be the show stopper jberryhill Jul 2015 #64

ROFL! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #65

roflmao Xyzse Jul 2015 #69

Hilarious. I wonder who's behind this... MineralMan Jul 2015 #2

Poetry revised: 'I String the Body Erectric' pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #5

Oh damn. You owe me a screen cleaner. What, the beer thread wasn't enough for you? Hekate Jul 2015 #39

. Thor_MN Jul 2015 #43

Ha ha, what great fun. Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #6

A very, very minor hazard...[n/t] Maedhros Jul 2015 #8

It's a minor hazard until it is you that is rearended because some driver is Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #10

LOLOLOL! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #13

+1000 grasswire Jul 2015 #46

...or looking at people, or looking at their cell phone, or looking at their kids in the back seat. Maedhros Jul 2015 #16

Exactly. When someone overlooks a multitude of distractions to be outraged about just one... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #17

From whom are you getting 'outrage'? Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #47

Someone here seems to be VERY concerned about a "public safety hazard" pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #48

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Beacool Jul 2015 #63

The most remarkable thing about this... Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #7

agreed - i read the snippet and i'm thinking, "and? someone get hurt putting them up?" 0rganism Jul 2015 #9

If anybody had said, "Darth Vader on a unicycle" to me, I'd laugh. longship Jul 2015 #15

You see "Darth Vader on a unicycle" ... surrealAmerican Jul 2015 #24

Funny!! Beacool Jul 2015 #21

Maybe it's a scene for an episode of the next season of Portlandia?... cascadiance Jul 2015 #58

'Keep Portland Weird' OxQQme Jul 2015 #11

Said just right, this seems to say OxQQme Jul 2015 #12

I just had to click on this Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #14

A little extra pain relief just for you, Steve pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #18

What a waste!!! Beacool Jul 2015 #23

(NSFW) I can't belive this thread... TeeYiYi Jul 2015 #25

Hmmm, are the batteries included? Beacool Jul 2015 #28

omg Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #66

I saw one two weeks ago in Portland olddots Jul 2015 #29

Are we sure it's not ISIS? jberryhill Jul 2015 #30

"a neighborhood street fair" eh? jberryhill Jul 2015 #33

Only in Portland DebbieCDC Jul 2015 #34

I lived there for 7 years. Fun place! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #40

Only a real dick would do something like this. roamer65 Jul 2015 #35

Oh no you di'int! KamaAina Jul 2015 #38

I got nothin'. KamaAina Jul 2015 #37

Another flaccid response pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #41

Do you want us Aerows Jul 2015 #49

No way! You must be devastated by the robbery of all your toys. pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #52

Well Aerows Jul 2015 #53

And they look so much more attractive hanging on the wires pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #54

Never let it be said Aerows Jul 2015 #55

I think I get the thrust of what you're saying pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #56

I'm vibrating with joy Aerows Jul 2015 #57

I'm wondering if batteries are included? Hmmm, maybe they're rechargeable and getting RKP5637 Jul 2015 #44

This whole story is hilarious Aerows Jul 2015 #50

... RKP5637 Jul 2015 #68

Dongs, dongs, everywhere a dong Thor_MN Jul 2015 #45

You didn't beat it Aerows Jul 2015 #51

I lived in Portland for 7 years pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #59

just a bunch of swinging neverforget Jul 2015 #60

Due to the power shortage, citizens were asked to stand up... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #61

Hey! Who's been in my dresser...um...nevermind pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #67

The police are looking for hardened criminals. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2015 #70

Just doing their part to LWolf Jul 2015 #71