Size Matters

Oh sure, we've all heard this discussion. You know, does size really matter? Well, it certainly does in Des Moines, the capitol of Iowa. They have an area called a "detention basin" ostensibly to hold up rainwater to avoid stressing the drainage pipe system during heavy rains. Oh, sure.

Brewer swears that consultants who work for the city did not design the $5.7 million detention basin to resemble anything, but recent e-mails to City Hall from area residents seem to have found "art" in the not-so-subtle phallic design.

"It's pretty functional," Brewer said. "There's no artistic statement in our detention basin."

You have GOT to see the aerial photograph.