“But where will we get our fills of schlong sightings?” asks the narrator of New Media Animation’s take on the news that San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors gave initial approval to a ban on exposed genitals on city streets, plazas, sidewalks and other public spaces.

Next Media Animation‘s Taiwan Branch sent this video to local news organizations this morning, perhaps assuming (correctly in our case) that though it’s not terribly accurate, it’s just odd enough to merit attention from folks (like us) who are counting down the hours to Thanksgiving vacation.

For a more measured approach, we hope you’ll also explore coverage from [Bay City News] [SFist] [AP via Fox] [SFBG] [Chron] [NYT] [AP via Chron] [Chron- Matier and Ross] [Ex] [ABC7] and the [BAR]. After you watch the video, of course.

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the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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