FWIW, Mrs. Prefect makes it very worth the risk… 
You owe me a new keyboard from the coffee I just spit on it! That story was articulated phenominally.
The skin on the scrotum is relatively thick, and doesn’t cut from a razor blade very easily. I don’t even use shaving cream, just water. Have never cut myself once down there (and I still cut my face all the time).
How’s that saying go? “You can shave your friends, and you can shave your balls, but you can’t…”
Yes, regularly. Mostly this is because the things strike me as fairly disgusting with long hairs sprouting from them – I just assume that women would feel the same way, so I figure it’s the courteous thing to do. Not that there’s been any need for that kind of courtesy in . . . a few years now. 
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Also, the area definitely seems to retain less sweat (and, hence, less stench) when it’s shaven.
20 minutes??? I only shave the lower region (trimmed above), but how can it take that long? I just do it in the shower every few days. Takes about 30-45 seconds. I think I’ve nicked myself exactly once, while drunk.
With the same razor?? :eek:
NO @#$%ING FOOLING?!?
:smack:
So remember kids, don’t drink and shave your balls. 
I’ve done it before, and the only thing that stood out that I can recall is that the boys were far sweatier than they had been, to the point of being mildly uncomfortable. They’d try to stick to one or the other leg, etc…
I took to baby-powdering them after getting out of the shower. Girlfriend didn’t like the taste of that, so I ultimately quit the shaving.
I shave my balls fairly regularly. I like the feeling of a smooth scrotum. It’s comfortable. I’m not doing it for anybody else’s benefit (God knows I’m not - FUCK!).
Yes. What’s so shocking about that?
Sweet Baby Jesus! Shaved balls? If I’d ever seen shaved balls on a man I was “with,” it would have scared me senseless…
OH GOD! Nooooooo…must…get…image…out…of…my…mind…
Aye. I agree with HazelNutCoffee. Anything that helps to prevent the ol’ short and curlies from having to be removed from between my teeth is an A-OK prospect to me. And I’d even go so far as also appreciating a bit of a trim around the flag pole too. The only part that can throw me for a loop is completely shunning the surrounding crop of grass. Without it totally (as opposed to spruced up), it strikes me as not quite right and feels like banging the 15 year old babysitter (or something). However, I’m guessing there may not be an appropriate way to find a balance amongst the two. Does it look hella weird to have one but not the other? Is it necessary to bald everything? Regardless, I do like the best of both worlds and if I get to pick on my preferred aesthetics…
Fret not little one. Just think of the Amazon Rainforest, and your mind will be soothed.
Yes, I did-once. And not for 20 minutes back in 1962. It was in 1978, when I was in the hospital for a double inguinal hernia repair. The nurse brought in the prep kit, and I decided that I’d rather be the one controlling a razor next to my pink bits. Into the shower with the razor I went, and emerged hairless from nipple line to knees. Post surgery, I had a helluva time suppressing the urge to hump telephone poles, my privates itched so badly.
Just to elaborate on why I shave, this is sort of what the area looks like in my mind’s eye when unshaven.
Yep. When I had my vasectomy.
Yeah, I’ve shaved the avocado a few times. I liked the way it felt and looked and I never seem to have itching or stubble from it. But it was never that big a deal so I’ve only done it on rare occassions. It’s not like anyone else is ever affected by it anyway.
This is actually a common misconception. I don’t know if you’ve seen Al Gore’s new movie, but unshaven balls are one of the major contributors to global warming.