The main problem is keeping it erect
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Engineering marvel built for a cultural event at the University of Alaska Fairbanks:
“With the climax of the play, we needed something to properly represent Oedipus” struggle for order in an order-less world. Then, whoop (gesturing two parallel lines running upward with both arms), it comes to me. 40-foot penis,” said “Rex” director Anatoly Antohin. “And I couldn”t be more happy with the results.” …
The penis sports one of the most complicated interiors UAF mechanical and civil engineers have ever undertaken. UAF Civil Engineering Head Dr. David Barnes explains the situation. “What we”ve got is a matter of too much stuff in too little a space. The penis, to be frank, is too small from an engineering standpoint to do all the things that [Antohin] wanted it to do. For that, we”d need something like ninety to a hundred feet, easily,” said Barnes.
