# Ancient dopers got their kicks from raw testicles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170 "2012-08-02T13:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/1 "2012-08-02T13:43:23Z")
That’s the actual headline ftom Yahoo News. I couldn’t resist posting it. Although, as an Ancient Doper, I could easily resist the Raw Testicles. Yuck. > [@](#): > > LONDON (Reuters) - Forget anabolic steroids in easy-to-swallow tablets, or EPO in clean syringes. Ancient Olympic dopers got their pre-Games hormone boost from chewing on raw animal testicles. > > … > … > … > **[Yahoo Health: Advice and Reviews on Nutrition, Fitness, Sleep, Aging, Well...](https://health.yahoo.com/)** > > Yahoo Health is your trusted guide for women's and men's health, fitness memberships and equipment, nutritional food and supplements, healthy aging, restful sleep, and personal well being. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/2 "2012-08-02T13:52:04Z")
Hopefully they were already detached! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/3 "2012-08-02T18:30:39Z")
I prefer my testicles cooked. Then again, I’m a youngster. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/4 "2012-08-02T19:20:56Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I prefer my testicles cooked. Then again, I’m a youngster. You wouldn’t rather prefer _someone else’s_ testicles (raw, cooked, or otherwise) ?? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/5 "2012-08-02T20:46:29Z")
By definition it would have to be someone else’s, I’m of the female persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/6 "2012-08-03T07:42:01Z")
I knew teabagging would lead to this! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/7 "2012-08-03T08:08:58Z")
Since we’re talking about food, shouldn’t this thread be moved to Cafe Society? 😃 \*Not serious, mods. Please don’t move it. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-dopers-got-their-kicks-from-raw-testicles/630170/8 "2012-08-03T08:30:05Z")
Sorry, but I wince whenever I see the title just for having the words “kick” and “testicles” in the same sentence. But this reminds me of the story about the English tourist in Spain who sees a restaurant advertising the “Corrida Special”. He asks about it, but the waiter’s English is poor and the tourist’s Spanish non-existent, and all he is able to understand is that it is “very delicious” and something to do with bullfighting. So he orders it and when the dish is brought to his table it is some kind of very large meatball in a rich sauce. He tucks in, it is delicious as advertised, and when he has finished he calls the waiter over. This time the waiter calls the owner, who speaks slightly better English, and he manages to convey that after the bullfight certain extremely masculine parts of the bull are served as as traditional local delicacy. Despite slightly queasy feelings, the tourist finds that he enjoyed the unusual meal, and he schedules his next year’s holiday for bullfight season and books a table at the same restaurant. This time however when the “Corrida Special” arrives the meatballs are still delicious but much smaller than the previous year’s, so he calls for the owner to come and explain. And the owner gives a philosophical shrug and says “_Señor_, the bull does not always lose…”.