Boston Blotter: Penis for Lunch in Dedham!

--Now that will get your attention for sure! Some prankster hacked into a flashing electronic road sign and changed it to read "PENIS FOR LUNCH" instead of "ROAD CONSTRUCTION AHEAD" on Route 1. Please don't arrest this person. This person is funny. Apparently a lot of other people thought so, too, since the authorities didn't find out until later yesterday afternoon.

One transportation rep said, "Some people might see it as a joke, but this is a road that is traveled on by families and children and there are some people that don't find it funny." Maybe because the sign is next to a Toys 'R' Us. Oops.

All we're saying is that the rep should feel lucky the sign didn't display a Mooninite. News outlets were a little shy when discussing the sign. Fox 25 didn't think the public couldn't handle the word "PENIS," so they blurred it out. Even the Herald, which can be as gory and as naughty as it pleases sometimes, called "PENIS" a "certain part of the male anatomy."

--We just needed something from the lighter side after a rough weekend. The Globe has two intense stories about the lives of the late 21-year-old Samuel DoCanto, who was killed in Dorchester this weekend, and Jose Gurley, the high-school athlete shot to death in Brockton.

Both men had dreams that were cut short because the police can't seem to figure out how to get guns off the street. DoCanto just got a job and was at a party, apparently minding his own business and having a good time, when some idiot started shooting and hit him. As for Gurley, not only was he an amazing athlete, but he was going to be the first in his family to attend college. Unfortunately, now he is the second member of his family to die of gun violence.

--More trouble with guns and knives. The BPD blotter shows a 23-year-old arrested for firing three or four shots in Mattapan; someone got shot in the rear end in Dubois Street (two 18-year-olds arrested for that one); and someone was stabbed in the back on Lamartine.

Thank you to the anonymous commenter for the pointer to this picture from Rob Larsen, which we won't censor since we're not Victorian-era shrinking violets like the folks at Fox25.