"It was huge".

It's not the first time. (Self link.) (No, not that kind of self-link -- I didn't build a snow penis!)

You too can have your very own snow penis.

That's the actual headline? What kinda rag is this? I'm surprised they spelled 'poll' correctly.

Police Whack Giant Snow Penis

Giant Snowman Grateful, Relieved

Good lord.

I really wish it would snow a lot here so I could build my own snow penis.

Penis.

Last time I asked the po-po to do that to me I spent a night in lock-up.

Penis, NOW!!!

Does it come(!) with it's own pair of jingle balls?

Wow. They cold cocked him.

Looking at the definition of obscene, I'd say that in #2, it's the feelings that are (according to #3) disgusting and repulsive, not the object that incites them. And that's based on your value judgement.

If a penis is erected in the forest and no one's around, is anyone offended?

And that is one horribly done penis. She must have been in a hurry.

That's the semantic definition of 'obscene,' Eideteker, not the legal definition. Obscenity laws vary in different locales, but most of them (that I know of) factor in whether something would be considered "patently offensive" by "community standards."

Do I think the snow penis should be considered obscene? Nope. Just saying -- it's a bit of a gray area, legally.

Just for this occasion I had some amusing pics of penises wearing clothes but im buggered if i can find the link now.

I understand that, mudpuppie. What I'm saying is that the people who were offended are wrong.

It's never polite to enforce your internal state or mood on the external world. Didn't Sartre say something about that? I should really bring my copy of Being and Nothingness on the plane with me to Aruba, in case I finish Cloud Atlas.

"Because I think it is wrong, it should not exist." No, because you think it is wrong, you shouldn't look at it and should form cogent arguments based on fact and logic and then equip those around you with that same reasoning (if you're of a proselytizing mind). Note that smallpox was not wiped out by a direct attack but rather by immunization. I'm tired of the nanny state that thinks it's not better to be exposed to things with a well-equipped mind. And other countries are laughing at us. It's like grade school, all over again.

ps - If you build it, they will come.

(get's coat)

Was it the one of the little guy in the Darth Vader outfit, UWS?

no. just shots of some geezer's todger in varying states of dress. im assuming he was the one who made the knobclothes, but the site didnt explicitly say.

i think it mightve been a "friends" link from audrey kawasaki's journal but i cant remember.

just imagine (or dont) a penis in a bomber jacket; youll get the drift.

MetaFilter: Like a Penis in a Bomber Jacket.

metafilter is a penis in a suit of armour.

mecha is the penis in a bomber jacket, and perhaps a lovely ballgown.

i am so making one of these

Ballgown.

*chuckle*