# 'Course they'll win! I'd bet me balls on it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928 "2005-02-08T02:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/1 "2005-02-08T02:46:30Z")
[Cruel Cut for Welsh Rugby Fan](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/07/WalesTesticles.reut/index.html) Oh, bollocks. > [@](#): > > Friends at the club in Caerphilly, south Wales, thought he was joking. > > But after the game [Geoff] Huish went home, severed his testicles with a knife, and walked 200 metres back to the bar with the testicles to show the shocked drinkers what he had done. And Darwin scores! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/2 "2005-02-08T04:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > But after the game [Geoff] Huish went home, severed his testicles with a knife, and walked 200 metres back to the bar with the testicles to show the shocked drinkers what he had done. I’m thinking he was a little less than sober at this point. Just a little. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/3 "2005-02-08T13:14:24Z")
Yeesh, and this is _before_ England institutes its 24-hour pub opening law. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/4 "2005-02-08T13:17:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Police told the paper he had a history of mental problems. Ya think? Now, that is one devoted fan. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/5 "2005-02-08T13:17:46Z")
As this story involves rugby it also, as a matter of course, also conatins a male exposing his private parts to other males. He’s just taken it a bit farther than usual. Men who like rugby tend to have a lot of _unexplored issues_. Owl - lives in SW London and as such is surrounded by rugger-buggers and wishes evil on them all. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/6 "2005-02-08T14:03:29Z")
A real man doesn’t welsh on a bet. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/7 "2005-02-08T14:58:00Z")
‘A History of mental illness…’ as the Yahoo tale goes. No shit… ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/8 "2005-02-08T15:26:55Z")
Well, it took some balls. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/course-theyll-win-id-bet-me-balls-on-it/288928/9 "2005-02-08T17:26:35Z")
So they had beer nuts at this pub.