"Oh God, you're right, it DOES sound a little, um, phallic. But, when you think about it, maybe it was actually intended to sound like that and... I'll just stop there. o-o"

I'd suspect that to be the case, except that it's far more subtle than what she usually goes for, not to mention that I doubt someone who can't tell the difference between "threw" and "through" and thinks color drains from eyes when a person is upset would know about phallic symbols.