# Shoes dangling from powerlines? That's sooo yesterday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261 "2015-07-15T20:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/1 "2015-07-15T20:10:54Z")
Here in Portlandia [we’ve got hundreds of pairs of brightly coloured dildos dangling from _our_ powerlines.](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/15/sex-toys-dangling-oregon-power-lines-no-knows-why_n_7800022.html?1436957546)😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/2 "2015-07-15T20:15:11Z")
That is…odd. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/3 "2015-07-15T20:21:17Z")
That is…Portland. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/4 "2015-07-15T21:45:32Z")
Y’know, it’s bad enough having to watch out for rainwater dripping off the powerlines… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/5 "2015-07-16T01:30:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Y’know, it’s bad enough having to watch out for rainwater dripping off the powerlines… They ain’t the real thing, dukey butt. :rolleyes: And there ain’t that much of the other stuff. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/6 "2015-07-16T01:44:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is…odd. For Portland? That isn’t even _close_ to odd. If it wasn’t for visitors and tourists I don’t think anyone would have really noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/7 "2015-07-16T02:10:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Y’know, it’s bad enough having to watch out for rainwater dripping off the powerlines… I know. What a Dick Move…! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/8 "2015-07-16T02:13:26Z")
They’re selling street viagra. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/9 "2015-07-16T11:07:15Z")
We were discussing this last night. A inexpensive dildo wholesale is $6 or so. These don’t look really pricey (said my dildo expert) but they didn’t look bottom of the line either. Assuming you have someone who can get wholesale dildos, there is a thousand bucks invested here at least. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/10 "2015-07-16T11:26:41Z")
What else are you going to do with them when you’re done with them? It’s not like you can donate them to Goodwill… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/11 "2015-07-16T11:36:40Z")
The quality of dildo is not strained; They droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/12 "2015-07-16T14:57:55Z")
I told my wife about this yesterday. We will be driving through Portland tomorrow. Wonder if that’s why she had that grin on her face all evening. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/13 "2015-07-16T15:22:14Z")
Well, thank Og that’s just a dildo… Could you imagine how dangerous 765 kV could be in a vibrator!? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/14 "2015-07-16T17:04:37Z")
Well, we’re going to Portland in a few weeks, after just returning from there (taking our daughter to a summer art program). No dildos in sight. Of course, this might be related to the fact that we were at the one in Maine, not the one in Oregon… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/15 "2015-07-16T18:11:01Z")
Take away their goddamn airport carpet, and this is the kind of thing they have to resort to. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/16 "2015-07-16T19:41:34Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Well, we’re going to Portland in a few weeks, after just returning from there (taking our daughter to a summer art program). No dildos in sight. > > Of course, this might be related to the fact that we were at the one in Maine, not the one in Oregon… 😛 In Junior High School, Mrs. Halley taught us that the Pilgrims landed in Salem, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/17 "2015-07-16T19:51:34Z")
Around here the men are hung so the dildos don’t have to be. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/18 "2015-07-16T20:09:34Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Around here the men are hung so the dildos don’t have to be. You’ve checked this out for yourself, or your Wife told you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/19 "2015-07-17T03:31:25Z")
I suppose it’s one way to put a bird on it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261/20 "2015-07-17T13:06:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You’ve checked this out for yourself, or your Wife told you? > 🙂 Um, we read a lot? Actually, my wife is free to check out any other man’s equipment. As soon as she wears mine out! 😛