# Masturbation = decapitation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355 "2002-07-17T05:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/21 "2002-07-17T17:10:07Z")
[quote] [quote] And, pray tell, what nation, in your estimation is an example of a “bizarre bassackwards nation”? > [@](#): > > Lessee, Guam… No need to tell me about Guam. I’m just concerned that me or somebody I know might be from a “bizarre, bassackwards nation.” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/22 "2002-07-17T17:11:21Z")
… that **I** , of course, **I** :smack: ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/23 "2002-07-17T17:43:01Z")
**Vending Machines, Condom Sales in Maryland** [Title 10, Subsection 52, Chapter 04 (Condom Vending Machines) of COMAR](https://constmail.gov.state.md.us/comar/dsd_web/comar_web/subtitle_chapters/10_Chapters.htm#Subtitle12) (code of maryland regulations) states > [@](#): > > Scope10.52.04.01. > A. This chapter applies to a condom offered for sale or sold by means of a vending machine or other automatic device, and to a vending machine or other automatic device used for selling condoms. B. This chapter does not apply to a condom sold person-to-person in a business establishment. > > Approved Condoms… 10.52.04.02. A condom that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device may be sold or offered for sale by means of a vending machine or other automatic device. > > Labeling of Product… 10.52.04.03. A novelty device which resembles a condom but is not intended for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy and is not FDA approved as a medical device shall be clearly marked: "This item is not intended for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy. [House Bill 11](http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/billfile/HB0011.htm) was passed and signed by Governor Glendening earlier this year. > [@](#): > > 33 10-104. SALE OF **NONLATEX** CONDOM BY VENDING MACHINE. > > 34 (A) PROHIBITED. > > 540 HOUSE BILL 11 > > 1 A PERSON MAY NOT SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE A NONLATEX CONDOM BY MEANS > 2 OF A VENDING MACHINE OR OTHER AUTOMATIC DEVICE. > > \ > > 14 10-105. SALE OF CONTRACEPTIVE BY VENDING MACHINE IN SCHOOL. > > 15 (A) PROHIBITED. > > 16 A PERSON MAY NOT SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE A CONTRACEPTIVE OR A > 17 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE, WHETHER OR NOT ADVERTISED AS A PROPHYLACTIC, BY > 18 MEANS OF A VENDING MACHINE OR OTHER AUTOMATIC DEVICE AT A > 19 KINDERGARTEN, NURSERY SCHOOL, OR ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. It may very well be likely that a specific county or city in maryland has made it unlawful in their jurisdiction to sell condoms in vending machines, but in no way is that true for the entire state. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/24 "2002-07-17T18:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > And, pray tell, what nation, in your estimation is an example of a “bizarre bassackwards nation”? Sudan, the Congo, Somalia, and Afghanistan spring to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/25 "2002-07-17T19:56:54Z")
Quoth **Sno[sup]5[/sup]py**: > [@](#): > > What if a Bahrain doctor is doing a pelvic exam of a female VAMPIRE? The mirror thing wouldn’t work! Well, then, that would be the genitals of a corpse, so he wouldn’t be allowed to, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Muslim\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Muslim\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muslim_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/26 "2002-07-18T00:02:59Z")
You called? In general, in Islam no one is supposed to look at another person’s genitalia. (An exception is made for husband and wife making love, of course!) The general principle is that private things are supposed to be kept really private. As for using a brick??? Beats me. Either that was made up, or it’s one of those culture-specific ad hoc things that someone just made up somewhere and wouldn’t apply in another country. Who knows which country that item referred to, and what the local practices are there? Once, just once, I wish the jokers who compile these e-mail factoid lists would include citations of their source material! So Dopers poring over them could get some idea of the context as well as the validity of the reports. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355/27 "2002-07-18T00:37:32Z")
Last time I visited Maryland, I spotted a prophylactic-vending machine in the restroom of a University. This goes well along with the earlier-quoted statute (no sales in K-12 schools) in showing that the original e-mail was full of it. And people, ya got to chill a bit. I read **tlw** as pointing out that Guam is a part of the Greater USA, not some dark and unknown region of strange ways (aka “bizarre and bassackwards nation”. Example: Taliban Afghanistan. TELL ME that was NOT a “bizarre and bassackward” state). _NOWHERE_ do I read **tlw** insinuating that being non-USA was what made a nation “bassackward”, only that the Greater USA _isn’t_. [sub]I know, I know (and understand)… a lot of people in and out of the USA like to think it _IS_ “bassackward” (or certainly bizarre!) based on such things as executions, the 2000 election, the Bottafuocos, creationism and _Who Wants to Marry A Millionaire_ on FoxTV… but that’s another story.[/sub] jrd [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-decapitation/119355.md?page=1)