Diva
05-08-02, 12:45PM
AnnaNova (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_583751.html) - A resident of a Californian street has complained about an allegedly phallic tree growing in a neighbour's garden.
Police were called to the house in Santa Cruz to look at the 20ft penis-shaped evergreen hedge.
Owner Gillian Greensite said the hedge, a eugenia, had not been specifically trimmed to reach its current shape.
Officers say there is nothing they can do as it is protected by its owner's right to artistic freedom. The hedge is said to resemble either a man's genitals or breasts complete with nipples.
Ms Greensite says she has been surprised by the complaint and that the hedge has been there at least 15 years.
Sergeant Brad Goodwin told the Santa Cruz Sentinel: "We contacted the city attorney. It could be interpreted anywhere from being free speech to being artistic. It's really nothing we have control over."first of all, it does look like a dick between two tits to me. Secondly, the woman's full of crap... saying it 'just grew that way'.
That being said, I think that the bottom line is that it's just a tree and to get over it. People are so overly PC that they think everything and anything that offends should be removed. I think they need to find a better hobby, and she needs to hire a different gardner.
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Police were called to the house in Santa Cruz to look at the 20ft penis-shaped evergreen hedge.
Owner Gillian Greensite said the hedge, a eugenia, had not been specifically trimmed to reach its current shape.
Officers say there is nothing they can do as it is protected by its owner's right to artistic freedom. The hedge is said to resemble either a man's genitals or breasts complete with nipples.
Ms Greensite says she has been surprised by the complaint and that the hedge has been there at least 15 years.
Sergeant Brad Goodwin told the Santa Cruz Sentinel: "We contacted the city attorney. It could be interpreted anywhere from being free speech to being artistic. It's really nothing we have control over."first of all, it does look like a dick between two tits to me. Secondly, the woman's full of crap... saying it 'just grew that way'.
That being said, I think that the bottom line is that it's just a tree and to get over it. People are so overly PC that they think everything and anything that offends should be removed. I think they need to find a better hobby, and she needs to hire a different gardner.
http://www.nochicktrix.com/fun/oth/vb/me/phaltree.gif