# Snow figure deemed "inappropriate."
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982 "2003-02-27T21:31:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/1 "2003-02-27T21:31:32Z")
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> [Beacon-Journal](http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/5238761.htm)
> After receiving an anonymous call of an “inappropriate snow figure,” Lynn was told by a Kent police officer to remove the breast of the snow woman or face possible disorderly conduct charges. Lynn decided to cover the breast of her snow woman with a cloth, a decision that satisfied the police officer.
I’m as confused as Ms. Lynn. Snow? Inappropraite? I might be able to understand if the figure had nipples but I’m at a loss here.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/2 "2003-02-27T21:36:27Z")
That reminds me of the time when I was a young whippersnapper and had a great big giggle when I re-arranged the carrot and two stones on my neighbor’s snowman into a cock’n’balls configuration.
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### Author:  [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/3 "2003-02-27T21:53:21Z")
After that complaint, I sure as hell _would_ give the snowwoman some nipples.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/4 "2003-02-27T21:58:36Z")
Whoever called in had a heart as cold as a witch’s tit.
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/5 "2003-02-27T22:02:19Z")
People who complain about such things are exactly what is wrong with this country.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/6 "2003-02-27T22:20:04Z")
Perfectly reasonable. Anything that reminds anyone in any way of sex, such as secondary sex characteristics, should be eliminated from public view. She should have put a friggin’ burqua on it.
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### Author:  [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/7 "2003-02-27T22:27:44Z")
Heh. I wonder what they would of thought of my sister’s snow woman with hairy armpits and other various parts.
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### Author:  [@Rug\_Burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rug_Burn)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/8 "2003-02-27T22:52:25Z")
Time to move to NZ, this country is just too uptight.
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/9 "2003-02-28T00:06:34Z")
Incredible. Apparently what we all need to do is simply pretend that sex does not exist. I’m reminded of John Ashcroft’s insistence on covering up the nude statues in the Congressional chambers. Betcha a nickel they were giving him erections.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/10 "2003-02-28T00:28:27Z")
Um, in Canada, it is perfectly legal for women to walk around completely topless. I’m guessing a topless snowwoman wouldn’t get much of a response from the police.
(And the person who felt the need to complain about the “inappropriateness” of that snow figure seriously needs to get their priorties re-evaluated.)
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/11 "2003-02-28T01:51:09Z")
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> \*Originally posted by pravnik \*
> \*\*Perfectly reasonable. Anything that reminds anyone in any way of sex, such as secondary sex characteristics, should be eliminated from public view. She should have put a friggin’ burqua on it. \*\*
Oh, you’re a fine one to talk. Ain’t much snow where you are.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/12 "2003-02-28T01:56:47Z")
Yeah, the Virginia tundra is prime for such things.
I’m thinking of setting one up with 44DD’s, myself.
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### Author:  [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/13 "2003-02-28T02:19:04Z")
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> \*Originally posted by featherlou \*
> \*\*Um, in Canada, it is perfectly legal for women to walk around completely topless. \*\*
Seriously? Holy shit!
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### Author:  [@Shame\_s\_Joys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shame_s_Joys)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/14 "2003-02-28T02:57:38Z")
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> \*Originally posted by featherlou \*
> \*\*Um, in Canada, it is perfectly legal for women to walk around completely topless. \*\*
Not only in Canada, but in [Ohio](http://www.topfreedom.com/ohiogen.html) as well. And New York State and the District of Columbia, too. The Topfree Equal Rights Association would certainly have something to say about this.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/15 "2003-02-28T03:21:22Z")
I see my campaign platform from the 2000 SDMB Elections (motto: Abolish Shirts!) is being propagated even in the wake of my defeat:)
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### Author:  [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/16 "2003-02-28T03:30:16Z")
does this remind anyone else of several **Calvin and Hobbes** comic strips? The snow woman, not the arrest.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/17 "2003-02-28T14:29:52Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \*
> \*\*Oh, you’re a fine one to talk. Ain’t much snow where you are.
> 🙂 \*\*
Hey, we get around an inch a decade…or so they tell me. 😉
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### Author:  [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/18 "2003-02-28T14:55:05Z")
You can point out to the good people of Kent, OH that they are a laughingstock [here.](http://www.kentohio.org/contact.html)
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/19 "2003-02-28T14:59:43Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \*
> \*\*After that complaint, I sure as hell _would_ give the snowwoman some nipples. \*\*
Pierced ones. With a chain connecting them.
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### Author:  [@Zhora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhora)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-figure-deemed-inappropriate/157982/20 "2003-02-28T15:03:11Z")
The women should build a ruler next to the penis indicating that it is 3" tall.
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