Post #274730 by Brittanie on Sat, Dec 23, 2006 5:13 PM

Some theorists think tikis are basically phallic symbols right? Many tiki represent fertility and almost all (even the Korea statues above) have that familiar masculine shape.

These aren't tiki but they're interesting. On the Korean island where we live, an old man owns a place called something like Natural Happyland. It's basically a botanical garden full of the native plants that grow on Geoje. Also, there is a baboon in a cage.

One of the man's particular interests is collecting rocks that in their undoctored state look exactly like penises. There is a huge section of this park full of lovingly displayed penis rocks, probably four or five hundred of them in all shapes and sizes planted in planters with ferns and flowers. Korean men (especially the older ones) are big on the belief that certain foods and other items are, as they say, "Good for stamina." I think these rocks are supposed to hold that same power.

Anyway because deep at heart I'm really a 12-year-old boy, I took pictures. Lots. Here's just one: