Another good Portuguese idea

The Portuguese are well known for their designs for traffic island displays. We have everything from a set of table and chairs, nurse's with babies, ships with fountains for sails, people looking at aeroplanes and many many more.
The latest that I have come across is the one in the picture on the left, an enormous 40 foot high palm tree, ...........with a twist.
What do you think of it?

This palm tree is in the centre of a traffic island just down the road from where I live in Praia da Luz. I really can't believe that it’s a Portuguese idea, but it sure is better than those normal ugly mobile telephone masts that are a blot on the landscape and are being erected in ever increasing numbers in most countries around the world.
Yep, that’s right, it’s a mobile phone signal mast, not a real palm tree.

In fact the second picture is a mobile mast by a golf course near where I used to work in Leicestershire, in the UK. It seems that if you make enough noise about what a blot on the landscape they are, you really can get something done about it.
The original Portuguese one was only 40 foot away from where the new one stands and was of the conventional radar type right outside someones lounge window. The local residents continuously complained and I think someone also tried to set fire to it. Eventually, the telephone company relented and put the palm tree mast up in its place, result.

Anyway, I think I prefer the Portuguese version.

Either way, anything has to be better than this monstrosity.