# Man castrates self after rugby game. (TMI.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322 "2005-11-16T16:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/21 "2005-11-16T19:49:25Z")
Gives whole new meaning to “nut case”. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/22 "2005-11-16T21:07:27Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > All together, now: > Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! OY! OY! OY! IIRC, the guy was Welsh. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/23 "2005-11-17T01:28:06Z")
I thought this sounded too familiar to have happened twice (or three times). A shamless plug of my own thread from back in February (separate from **AHunter3** ’s link): [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301218&highlight=rugby](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301218&highlight=rugby) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/24 "2005-11-17T01:42:17Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > Which leads one to wonder, is there any act so bizarre, so self-destructive, or so painful that somebody, somewhere doesn’t feel an obsessive compulsion to do it? Don’t think so. Remember this guy in Germany who not only agreed to be killed and eaten, but also got to taste his own fried penis before dying? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/25 "2005-11-17T02:42:46Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > Which leads one to wonder, is there any act so bizarre, so self-destructive, or so painful that somebody, somewhere doesn’t feel an obsessive compulsion to do it? The internet really does have everything [http://www.eunuch.org/](http://www.eunuch.org/) with v bulletin message board goodness ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/26 "2005-11-17T04:25:18Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > heh. If someone kicks him in the balls he can just stand there with a wicked grin on his face. If someone wants to kick his balls, he doesn’t even have to be in the _room_. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322/27 "2005-11-17T04:52:06Z")
Am I the only one who smells a faint waft of bullshit on this entire story? I demand a follow-up cite! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-castrates-self-after-rugby-game-tmi/331322.md?page=1)