# Heads or Buffalo Balls?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-buffalo-balls/310291>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-buffalo-balls/310291 "2005-06-28T23:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-buffalo-balls/310291/1 "2005-06-28T23:54:32Z")

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I overheard two kids say this while I was shopping at Wal-Mart while flipping the new nickel. This is soooo much better than “Heads or tails?”

Who wouldn’t choose “Buffalo Balls?”

Spread the word.

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**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:** [June 29, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-buffalo-balls/310291/2 "2005-06-29T11:30:48Z")

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That sounds like a great name for meatballs dowsed with hot sauce, by analogy with “Buffalo Wings”.

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**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:** [June 30, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-buffalo-balls/310291/3 "2005-06-30T18:33:46Z")

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I wonder if _this_ is the reason for the slang:

> **[Buffalo Nickel](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anatomically-correct-change/)**
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> Are buffalo nickels being recalled because the bison depicted is anatomically correct?

Although I note that only a “prepuce tassel” (which could easily be taken for a penis), rather than testicles, are in evidence.