# Interior Decorating with your host, Sigmund Freud **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864 "2005-02-13T11:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/1 "2005-02-13T11:49:56Z")
So I finally got around to hanging some pictures up around the apartment today. My cunning plan when I got this place was to act like a grown-up and hang up some of my own photos that I’ve taken instead of the same old movie posters and such that I’ve had since college. Nothing weird about that. Until I got to printing out one of my favorites, a photo of [the fort in St. Augustine, Florida](http://www.spectrecollie.com/effluvia/StAugustine.jpg). I remembered a while back when I was detailing the plan to a friend of mine, and when we got to this photo, the following conversation ensued: “Hmmm.” “You don’t like that one? I thought it was kind of neat.” “It’s just kinda phallic, don’t you think?” “Wha? Phallic? You’re high.” “Dude, it’s right there.” “Look, I’m a gay man. If I wanted to look at a picture of a penis, I could take a picture of an actual penis and hang that up on the wall.” “It’s your call. I’m just sayin’.” So I obviously thought she was nuts, but now I look at the picture and that’s _all_ I can see. What do y’all think? There’s nothing wrong with that photo, right? Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to print out my pictures of Coit Tower and the Holland Tunnel… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/2 "2005-02-13T12:06:03Z")
It’s no more phallic than any other tower: they _have_ to stick up for architectural reasons. I suppose Beavis and Butthead might get a snigger out of it, but that’s about it - anyway, buildings shaped like vaginas just don’t give the elevation. Now, buildings shaped like breasts… ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/3 "2005-02-13T12:28:49Z")
Yep, that is rather penis-like. It’s the little cap on top that does it for me. I don’t think I would have thought that though if you hadn’t pointed it out. It is a neat photo. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/4 "2005-02-13T15:48:43Z")
You know, Freud was also quoted as saying, " Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/5 "2005-02-13T16:02:09Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You know, Freud was also quoted as saying, " Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." …when someone pointed out that Freud’s own habit of cigar smoking suggested an oral fixation. So, if _you_ smoke a cigar, you have an oral fixation. If _I_ smoke a cigar, it’s just a cigar. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/6 "2005-02-13T16:15:51Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > …when someone pointed out that Freud’s own habit of cigar smoking suggested an oral fixation. > > So, if _you_ smoke a cigar, you have an oral fixation. If _I_ smoke a cigar, it’s just a cigar. (I can’t believe I’m defending Freud…) The man saw reason and made a course correction. At least he admited to it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-decorating-with-your-host-sigmund-freud/289864/7 "2005-02-13T17:04:47Z")
Having grown up in Florida and visited St. Augustine a dozen times I don’t even need to open the picture to know exactly what you’re talking about, though oddly enough I’ve never thought of them as overtly phallic. Now that it’s mentioned, sure. As for putting it on your wall, go for it. If someone asks, explain its a photo you took. _shrug_