12-05-2011, 02:07 PM
How can you possibly prefer "median"?
It's so... average.
It's so... pedestrian.
Not me, mate, I'll be taking to the bollard: a spawn of the mythic
(and actually quite real as well) deep. Say it aloud, roll it off your
tongue, splash it with your spit; can't you just taste the very flavour
of the sea itself?
And so many types: Maritime bollards (the original), road bollards,
movable bollards, bell bollards, traffic bollards (especially interesting
are the internally illuminated ones), bollards for physical security,
bollards for fire emergencies, bollard lights, and (wouldn't you know it)
bollard sculpture!
More on bollards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard
P.S. (from wiki)
Wevie Stonder (under the pseudonym Wevie de Crepon) has a song called
Ton Wah, in which bollards feature quite heavily.
An obstructionist character named Bollard appears in "Rumpole of the
Bailey". (Wonderful series BTW.)
P.P.S. Instead of "and make friends with the median" you could use:
"and acquaint myself with a bollard"
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions