# Good lord. They blurred a dogs gonads on Discovery's Dirtiest Jobs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014 "2005-11-02T02:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/41 "2005-11-03T17:25:21Z")
[somewhat off topic] Ok, the talk of dog anuses reminded me of a Native legend. Yes, it’s a real Native legend, albeit a silly one. Ever wonder why dogs always sniff each other’s assholes? One day all the animals were called to the lodge for a council meeting. As the animals were entering the lodge, the dogs were stopped. They were told that they had the smelliest assholes of all the animals and might offend the others in attendance, so could they please hang their assholes up at the door? The dogs were a little offended but did as they were told. During the meeting a spark popped out of the fire and landed on the wall of the lodge. Nobody noticed until smoke started coming out. Everyone panicked and headed for the door. In the confusion, the dogs just grabbed a random asshole on the way out without checking to see whose was whose. So today, when you see a dog sniffing another dog’s ass, he’s really saying, “Have you got my asshole?” [/back on topic] ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/42 "2005-11-03T17:38:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Nowadays I understand they make arm-length gloves and plastic sheaths so you don’t have to get covered in cow poop, but they used to go in bare-armed back then. The last time I was shoulder deep in a cow or horse was back in vet school. Even back then (mid 80s) we had shoulder lenth gloves, however at the end of the day the odor had transgressed the barrier. I do not miss having a right arm that reeked of cow shit. ---
**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/43 "2005-11-03T18:47:55Z")
Here’s how I see it. If you weigh someone’s need to see dog genitals on TV against the possibility someone’s gramma might be offended. I say err in favor of gramma. But of course that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/44 "2005-11-03T19:20:23Z")
> [@jimpatro](#): > > Here’s how I see it. If you weigh someone’s need to see dog genitals on TV against the possibility someone’s gramma might be offended. I say err in favor of gramma. But of course that’s just me. The way I see it is that TV shouldn’t worry about causing me or gramma offense, but rather that I or gramma should rely on ourselves to protect our own sensibilities. People have a hard time growing up if culture insists on over-parenting them. I still think I could make a fortune marketing dog anus snoods, though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/45 "2005-11-03T19:51:58Z")
> [@Purd Werfect](#): > > The way I see it is that TV shouldn’t worry about causing me or gramma offense, but rather that I or gramma should rely on ourselves to protect our own sensibilities. People have a hard time growing up if culture insists on over-parenting them. > > I still think I could make a fortune marketing dog anus snoods, though. I don’t entirely agree. Television is a business, and your dollar is as good as your gramma’s dollar. A television has every right to go after whatever audience it thinks is most lucarative, and if they decide that there’s more money to be made from the audience that doesn’t want to look at a canine anus than there is from the audience that doesn’t mind seeign (or actively _wants_ to see) a doggy butthole, then they’re well within their rights to go after that more lucrative audience. In short, TV does need to worry about offending their audience, if they want to keep that audience. It’s the government and the professional busybodies like James Dobson and Jack Thompson who need to mind their own business, and let the media cater to the demands of whatever audience they think they can most effectively reach. ---
**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/46 "2005-11-04T00:38:48Z")
Blast business! Whatever happened to caring about peoples feelings. If said gramma is cruising along watching said program, the genitalia pop up and what? Now she changes the channel.When it’s too late? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/47 "2005-11-04T00:56:54Z")
I watched that episode of Dirty Jobs last night. The shaving didn’t bother me but watching him take care of a dog’s anal glands made me ill. I’m quite glad that they blurred that out, didn’t really need to see anal pus getting squeezed out and squirted all over the place. Maybe it’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/48 "2005-11-04T04:23:37Z")
Yeah, it’s just you. 😃 Anal Pus - Band name! (Anal Cunt already has one-up on that, though…) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/49 "2005-11-04T05:11:12Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I’m quite glad that they blurred that out, didn’t really need to see anal pus getting squeezed out and squirted all over the place. Then perhaps you shouldn’t watch a show called _Dirty Jobs_. I don’t know how’d you deal with the myriad segments involving some new and exotic form of shit. Me, I like to watch episodes of _Dirty Jobs_ and _Mythbusters_ during dinner. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/50 "2005-11-04T23:51:45Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > But yeah, I thought that was just sad. I was expecting 8 little blur points for the nipples as well. Boy doggies have nipples? Heck, our female dog at three years old doesn’t seem to have any. (I’m guessing early neutering has something to do with that.) But yes, it does seem odd that they can show a turd floating in the sewer, but not show a dog’s butt. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/51 "2005-11-06T06:07:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know, when I see the word “dog penis,” my mind doesn’t immediatly jump to “sexually exciting.” Not that I’m judging! I’m very open minded, and if that’s your reaction, I’m cool with that. I’m just saying, I don’t really want to see a large, erect, dog penis on my television set. Similarly, I don’t really want to see, say, hatching insect larva, or thorassic surgery. It’s gross. Not icky-sexy, just icky-icky. It’s not that I go looking for pictures of dog dick, I just think it’s silly to blur it out. They could put a warning on after the commercial break, saying, “OMG they might totally have nekkid animals with like boners and stuff!!!11!!! Change the channel if you are a l4m3r 5|\_|xx0r!!!11!1!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/52 "2005-11-07T21:16:10Z")
I am cowed by your cunning use of faux-leetspeak. Your inane mixture of letters, numbers, and random punctuation has roundly defeated my secret puritanical scheme to sanitize American media by removing any hint of animal nudity from television. Had my plan proceeded beyond pixelated dog cocks, I would one day have realized my ultimate goal of putting pants on Donald Duck. Well, you win this round, Mr. **sturmhawke**. Enjoy your victory… while it lasts! ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/53 "2005-11-07T21:39:45Z")
Many moons ago, I saw a comedian who showed a short clip of an amoeba undergoing asexual reproduction, while “Let’s Get It On” (or some such song, I forget which) played in the background. The comedian went on to explain that that clip had been censored from a TV special he had just done. Apparently the network was concerned about inciting the lustful desires of amoebaphiles. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/54 "2005-11-07T22:32:49Z")
> [@lonesome loser](#): > > So now they can’t show an animals reproductive organs?? You must have missed the episode where he harvested sperm from a stallion. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/55 "2005-11-08T04:28:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I am cowed by your cunning use of faux-leetspeak. Your inane mixture of letters, numbers, and random punctuation has roundly defeated my secret puritanical scheme to sanitize American media by removing any hint of animal nudity from television. Had my plan proceeded beyond pixelated dog cocks, I would one day have realized my ultimate goal of putting pants on Donald Duck. Well, you win this round, Mr. **sturmhawke**. Enjoy your victory… while it lasts! Er, thanks? I wasn’t aware we were sparring, I was more making fun of the network. But if you were to put pants on Donald Duck, what kind would they be? I’m thinking something like [this](http://www.warhammer-empire.com/gallery/album37/mystery3). ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/56 "2005-11-08T11:19:50Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > The last time I was shoulder deep in a cow or horse was back in vet school. Even back then (mid 80s) we had shoulder lenth gloves, however at the end of the day the odor had transgressed the barrier. I do not miss having a right arm that reeked of cow shit. Heh… > [@James Herriot (pen-name of veterinarian Alf Wight)](#): > > Siegfried put it with his usual succinctness one day. “James,” he said, “there is more to be learned up a cow’s arse than in many an encyclopædia.” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/57 "2005-11-08T22:20:17Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > It’s not that I go looking for pictures of dog dick > [@Billy Shakespeare](#): > > “Methinks he doth protest too loudly,” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/58 "2005-11-08T22:21:39Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Heh… Them’s some crappy 'cyclopedias. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/59 "2005-11-10T00:39:05Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > In the woods? Which reminds me, they need to pull those Charmin ads showing bears in the woods. Next thing you know, they’ll show them wearing bishop’s mitres sorry… Seriously however, I’ve always been amazed they could use bears to advertise toilet paper, due to the obvious allusion to a saying and a joke that are quite coarse to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014/60 "2005-11-10T07:04:04Z")
One thing I found rather amusing is that they went through the trouble of blurring out the stallion’s erection, but didn’t do anything about the mare’s vagina. You heard it, folks- downright sexism by the Discovery Channel! Apparently you can show a man fisting a mare, but not masturbating a stallion. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-they-blurred-a-dogs-gonads-on-discoverys-dirtiest-jobs/329014.md?page=4)