Outrage over restaurant sign featuring bull with extra-large genitalia

A new sign at Barista’s Restaurant in Hurricane, Utah, featuring a bull’s extra-large male anatomy, is sparking outrage within the community. The sign, which was erected last Saturday across the street from Hurricane High School, is prompting fierce backlash from angry residents who are calling the sign offensive and inappropriate, saying the depiction of the bull’s genitalia is blatantly overdone.

“It looks terrible,” Hurricane City resident Denise Mackelprang said. “I could see the bull, but not the details of the sex. It’s R-rated to me, especially with young school kids seeing it and talking about it.” Several residents said they think the bull would look good if it were anatomically correct and the dimensions and proportions were appropriate throughout – more bull and less genitalia. “The giant bull is awesome,” Hurricane City resident Angel Janell said.

“The giant, weird testicles and penis are not even anatomically correct … that is my issue.” Barista’s Restaurant owner Stephen Ward said the real issue Hurricane City residents are having is with him and not the sign. “If I put Pinocchio up there, its nose would be too big,” Ward said. “It’s me. It’s me. It’s not the bull. It’s not the restaurant. They don’t like me. But you know what, where does it say in the world, in the Constitution, that they can prevent me having the right to do legal commerce in the United States?
“That is my dog-given right.” Ward said he went through all the proper steps to have the sign approved by Hurricane City before having the sign installed. Hurricane City Planning Director Toni Foran confirmed the sign was approved by the city before it went up. “We saw a depiction on a piece of paper probably about 3 inches tall that, you know, may not have had exactly the same proportions,” Foran said. Many Hurricane residents are now planning to attend the next Hurricane City Council meeting to express their concerns about the sign.