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August 13, 2005
LA County Circumcised for State Fair
Well, perhaps a little more than circumcised!
Visitors to the California State Fair may notice something peculiar about the map of Los Angeles County on display: It's no longer anatomically correct.Embarrassed by suggestions that the 3-D map resembles male genitalia, county officials this week ordered a small section near Malibu lopped off.
"We didn't want to offend the public," said Judy Hammond, the county's director of public affairs. "I know sex is a good advertising tool, but that's not really what we were going for." [Los Angeles Times]
I guess I've never looked closely at a map of Los Angeles County before (at least not in profile). I couldn't find the exact map that was used at the fair so I found one on the official website of Los Angeles County. So here it is.
Well, I couldn't have been more offended if it had been a map of Florida with the south end at the top.
If this map isn't big enough to illicit your wrath, a bigger one is available on the official Los Angeles County website.
Oh, by the way, despite the shortcomings of the map, the Los Angeles Times had good news, "Los Angeles' display won the gold medal and the 'best marketing presentation' award on Friday."
Via Hit and Run
Posted by Duane Smith at August 13, 2005 12:55 PM | Read more on Humor |
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