At 5 feet 11 and 130 pounds, Abdirahman is more telephone pole than cactus.

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For those unfamiliar with the object, the caber is a heavy pole, or log, about the length and girth of a telephone pole.

WSJ: From Kilts to the Caber

Three nights before that, recently-signed point guard Jason Kidd slammed into a telephone pole around 2 a.m. and was arrested on a DWI charge.

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Just give me a flying telephone pole.

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Wells Mason's chairs, benches, and tables are simultaneously playful and--with their stark joining of organic and man-made materials (such as the Baltic birch, stainless steel, and fiberboard embedded in a telephone pole in the Shelf Life chair, bottom)--aesthetically and intellectually challenging.

FORBES: Above photo courtesy of John Langford

Umasi, a collection of work by artist Wells Mason, blurs the line between sculpture and furniture, with man-made materials such as stainless steel and tempered glass colliding with organic (exquisitely finished woods) and even obviously salvaged materials (a telephone pole, recycled rubber, bicycle parts).

FORBES: Above photo courtesy of John Langford

At one point, he tried to call the Poxley volunteer fire department, but the creosote pole that supported the telephone wire had already gone up like a torch, taking his service away.

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