I will now never ever be able to use/hear the phrase "Drop it like it's hot" without smirking:
"In deference to our genetic interests, our bodies subconsciously thermoregulate our balls by flexing the cremasteric muscle and drawing the scrotum up closer to the body when it gets too cold and dropping it when it’s hot."
To demonstrate that I have learned something in my 40-some years, I feel like proposing that Mental Floss follow this up with an article entitled "Why Having a Baby Hurts More than Getting Hit in the Nuts."
Completely coincidentally, Rob Neyer linked to this glorious 1946 promotional video for the Pacific Coast League -- if you skip to 22:43 and watch as they introduce the first of the three OFs warming up for the Hollywood Stars, you'll see the relevance to this topic.
Because you're getting HIT IN THE NUTS. Is why.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly, why is it so funny when it happens to someone else?
ReplyDeleteI will now never ever be able to use/hear the phrase "Drop it like it's hot" without smirking:
ReplyDelete"In deference to our genetic interests, our bodies subconsciously thermoregulate our balls by flexing the cremasteric muscle and drawing the scrotum up closer to the body when it gets too cold and dropping it when it’s hot."
To demonstrate that I have learned something in my 40-some years, I feel like proposing that Mental Floss follow this up with an article entitled "Why Having a Baby Hurts More than Getting Hit in the Nuts."
ReplyDeleteAnd never more so than when a football is involved.
ReplyDeleteMy mom, who delivered two children, one without any drugs, said passing a kidney stone hurt worse.
ReplyDeleteI have passed a kidney stone (twice) and I've been hit in the nuts (at least twice). Kidney stone by a mile.
ReplyDeleteTo review the anecdotal evidence:
kidney stone > natural childbirth
kidney stone > nut shot
Behold your pain champion - kidney stone!
Not sure you're working with a valid sample size.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I'm not.
ReplyDeleteIf passing a kidney stone is only half as bad as this scene from Deadwood (language NSFW), I'll take a nut shot every day.
ReplyDeleteCompletely coincidentally, Rob Neyer linked to this glorious 1946 promotional video for the Pacific Coast League -- if you skip to 22:43 and watch as they introduce the first of the three OFs warming up for the Hollywood Stars, you'll see the relevance to this topic.
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