# Earth vs. The Olympic Bullet Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762 "2018-02-13T14:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/1 "2018-02-13T14:04:27Z")
This story suggests that the “Bullet Men” decorating the current Olympics are obviously phallic: > **[It's Really Hard Not To Notice All The Penises At The Olympic Ski Jump Center](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olympic-ski-jump-center-penises_n_5a8264e5e4b01467fcf0b20f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009)** > > The "Bullet Men" have developed quite the following. The HuffPost author clearly had a deprived childhood. It’s clear that the sculptors simply watched too much of the 1956 ray Harryhausen movie **Earyh vs. the Flying Saucers** : [https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ\_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=b2f2XQrbZDz23M:&spf=1518530385491](https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=b2f2XQrbZDz23M:&spf=1518530385491) > **[The Science Fiction Database - Earth Vs.The Flying Saucers Furata Alien Figure...](https://www.vampirerave.com/db/entry.php?id=25013&category=95)** > > Earth Vs.The Flying Saucers Furata Alien Figure | The Science Fiction Database | Vampire Rave [https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ\_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=5U3ZDbCGpkArhM:&spf=1518530549988](https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=5U3ZDbCGpkArhM:&spf=1518530549988) …and they wouldn’t put anything overtly phallic in a 1950s movie, right? Either that, or the Saucer Men from that film finally succeeded in invading the earth, and this time they feel so secure they’re not wearing their pants. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/2 "2018-02-13T14:37:17Z")
The Saucermen are a bit phallic, but the Bulletmen are much more so. It’s like they took the basic idea, and decided to just drop all pretense. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/3 "2018-02-13T16:20:14Z")
Especially with those lop-sided helmets. How could they be anything but phallic? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/4 "2018-02-13T16:35:14Z")
Apparently they are ribbed for your pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/5 "2018-02-14T14:28:19Z")
I don’t see anything circumspect. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/6 "2018-02-14T15:06:23Z")
After the games are over, they could [donate](https://www.oneweirdglobe.com/destination-haesindang-park-samcheok-gangwon-do-nsfw/) [the](http://alwaystrekking.com/penis-park/) [statues](http://kerryngoestokorea.blogspot.com/2012/06/penis-park.html) [to](https://hiveminer.com/Tags/haesindang%2Csamcheok/Timeline) [this](https://inokpo.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/saw-some-dongs-in-hae-sin-dang/) [park](https://www.the1960post.com/2018/01/penis-park-Haesindang.html). ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/7 "2018-02-14T15:48:57Z")
Since Lisa Simpson obviously isn’t starring in this year’s hot and steamy flick, I’d say it’s all been overblown. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/8 "2018-02-14T15:57:23Z")
If you want your own miniature statues, this model kit of the Flying Saucer from the film comes with two tiny bullet-headed aliens. They seem to be about the size of a penny > **[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Monsters of the Movies base-GS-](https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Earth-vs-the-Flying-Saucers-Monsters-of-the-Movies-base_p_3523.html)** > > Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Monsters of the Movies base-Monsters of the Movies style display base for the Atlantis kit. This set includes the base, n [http://www.culttvmanshop.com/Earth-Vs-The-Flying-Saucers--Silver-2nd-Edition-from-Atlantis\_p\_3420.html](http://www.culttvmanshop.com/Earth-Vs-The-Flying-Saucers--Silver-2nd-Edition-from-Atlantis_p_3420.html) Size isn’t everything. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/9 "2018-02-14T16:23:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > After the games are over, they could [donate](https://www.oneweirdglobe.com/destination-haesindang-park-samcheok-gangwon-do-nsfw/) [the](http://alwaystrekking.com/penis-park/) [statues](http://kerryngoestokorea.blogspot.com/2012/06/penis-park.html) [to](https://hiveminer.com/Tags/haesindang%2Csamcheok/Timeline) [this](https://inokpo.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/saw-some-dongs-in-hae-sin-dang/) [park](https://www.the1960post.com/2018/01/penis-park-Haesindang.html). Now I’ve seen everything. Bizarre, to say the least. I have to wonder if this is included in most of the tour packages. Reading the story of the fishing village and how the park was started, it would seem the story would have sparked an annual ceremony to kick off the fishing season. One where all the men go to the shore and…give their “offering” to the sea. Not unlike Groundhog Day here, I would think all the news agencies would provide coverage… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/10 "2018-02-15T10:07:54Z")
Those statues would not look out of place at the [Giger Museum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Giger_Museum.jpg) in Gruyères (Been there, lovely place). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/11 "2018-02-15T12:02:40Z")
They’re kind of vulnerable-looking; the headgear is not only an echo of the tingly parts, it’s also effectively a blindfold. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-the-olympic-bullet-men/808762/12 "2018-02-15T12:48:00Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > They’re kind of vulnerable-looking; the headgear is not only an echo of the tingly parts, it’s also effectively a blindfold. Not if they function like the helmets in _Earth vs. the Flying Saucers_ – those actually improved your vision (and hearing)