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Apropos of nothing: phallic imagery at the capitol

By admin Thursday June 30, 2005

From a tipster:

ok so i was being a tourist in the capitol last friday, and i walked up the stairs on the side of the senate chamber. well i looked on the ground and this is what i found.

Okay, it’s a slow day, folks. Give me some credit here. If you’ve got something better, send it on.



10 Comments
  1. Jake on Thursday 30, 2005

    Alert Talton’s office. They must know of this.

  2. hungovertoo on Thursday 30, 2005

    Ha! Speaking of Talton … that picture of him in PD’s school finance video is priceless. It captures the essence o’ Bob so well. Bluebonnet, can you post it? I want a copy.

  3. m.vindaloo on Thursday 30, 2005

    i think that’s coming right out of perry’s office

  4. bluebonnet on Thursday 30, 2005

    I know PD’s got it somewhere on the site and I can’t find it. Here is a link to the original pic: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-01-02/pols_roundup6-1.jpg
    What a great moment in time for Talton.

  5. hungovertoo on Thursday 30, 2005

    A p*rick coming out of Perry’s office. I’ll say. (And Muchos gracias, bluebonnet.)

  6. sarah on Thursday 30, 2005

    I’m afraid it’s a bit late to alert Talton. Justice Rehnquist already ruled that the phallic tilework can stay:
    “No exact formula can dictate a resolution to fact-intensive cases such as this. Despite the phallius’ sexual message, an inquiry into the context in which the image of the phallus is used demonstrates that the phallus also conveys a nonsexual message about proper standards of social conduct and a message about the historic relation between those standards and the law. The circumstances surrounding the phallus’s placement on the capitol grounds and its physical setting provide a strong, but not conclusive, indication that the imagery as used conveys a predominantly nonsexual message.”

  7. hungovertoo on Thursday 30, 2005

    A that message would be … the legislative salute to the citizens of the State of Texas.

  8. drinks at the stephen f on Thursday 30, 2005

    i’m SO glad i’m not the only one who thinks that about those tiles every FREAKIN TIME i walk in that place.

  9. emh on Thursday 30, 2005

    I knew I wasn’t the only one! Oh, and check out the gold railing on the stairwell too…

  10. Anonymous on Thursday 30, 2005

    Anton unknowingly audaciousness plain!meaning?rehearsed … Thanks!!!


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