# Men! Cover your nutsack, for god's sake! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676 "2003-03-28T01:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/21 "2003-03-28T03:02:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > Would you rather see a 65 year old man’s scrotum against your leg? If it was Sean Connery’s, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/22 "2003-03-28T03:11:16Z")
I really have nothing to add, except for the fact that I was laughing my ass off because of MockingBird, BlackKnight, and Rooves. Thanks guys, I needed that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/23 "2003-03-28T03:15:12Z")
Can we nominate Pit threads for Threadspotting? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/24 "2003-03-28T03:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rubystreak \* > \*\* Gotta go, need to get a tissue to wipe the juice spew off the monitor… \*\* Erm, I think that’s the scrotumy goodness they were talking about! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/25 "2003-03-28T03:45:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rooves \* > \*\*If you’re ever really bored, stare at your scrotum for five or ten minutes. It’s constantly changing, you can watch it move and it happens all over without a central command post. \*\* Y’know, this is true. I was quite amazed when I discovered this…somewhere more than 35 years ago. It’s really odd to think that something is slowly and slightly, well, _writhing_ all the time and you don’t even notice it. Next time, **Ruby** , stare at it for a while to see if you can detect the motion. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/26 "2003-03-28T04:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a FUCKING SCROTUM! > > It won’t attack you. My scrotum has a licence to carry a concealed weapon. You don’t fuck with a nutsack packing heat. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/27 "2003-03-28T04:42:01Z")
…oh and I don’t think I need to tell you just _where_ he conceals it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/28 "2003-03-28T04:43:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > **…scrotumy goodness…** Um…yeah. I fear these two words will be stuck in my mind all day tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/29 "2003-03-28T05:04:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Y’know, this is true. I was quite amazed when I discovered this…somewhere more than 35 years ago. It’s really odd to think that something is slowly and slightly, well, writhing all the time and you don’t even notice it. Thats the word I was looking for …Writhing! It could put an independent double wish-bone suspension to shame. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/30 "2003-03-28T05:06:19Z")
Well, when you think how many of those little guys are all crammed in there, trying to get out… I’m not suprised there’s a little writhing going on. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/31 "2003-03-28T05:51:16Z")
:::::::::I cannot breathe::::::this is too funny:::::::::Where in the hell is the smilie for spewing all over the screen? I have this _vision_ of all the male dopers standing there naked, looking down at their genitalia watching it move independantly on it’s own. Follow the bouncing ball! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/32 "2003-03-28T05:53:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \*\*\*Follow the bouncing ball! \*\* Where’s the other one? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/33 "2003-03-28T06:59:09Z")
Bouncing ball? OWWWWWWWWWWW! ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/34 "2003-03-28T07:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*It doesn’t have a separate sentient drive … \*\* It doesn’t? I for one can relate numerous incidents in which said organ commanded me to act in ways that were contrary to all known standards of common sense. Furthermore, I have always found myself powerless to refuse these commands even though I knew carrying them out would result in me either being slapped, kicked, or called a pig. Your assertion is irresponsible and unresearched. If you would like to study the subject further please call 555-555-5555 ( when the hands-free kits came out I got mine its own cell phone). ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/35 "2003-03-28T07:49:18Z")
I believe that the separate sentient drive devoted solely to crawling towards you and spreading scrotumy goodness is known as the “man.” ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/36 "2003-03-28T11:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*I believe that the separate sentient drive devoted solely to crawling towards you and spreading scrotumy goodness is known as the “man.” \*\* Now **this** really _did_ make me laugh out loud. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/37 "2003-03-28T11:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rubystreak \* > **In case you didn’t realize this, the scrotum is not the most attractive part of the male anatomy, even with good lighting and a light dusting of talcum. It hardly bears saying that there is a time and a place for scrotum viewage. Also, it’s not too much to ask that a girl get to pick and choose the scrotums she has to see, considering their relative aesthetic value. It hardly makes me a Puritan that I don’t want to see some old guy’s mashed scotum. Honestly.** I’ve decided that I don’t want to see naked chickens in the supermarket; I want them to dress them all up in little cardigans; I’ll choose the one I like and undress it at home. Oysters? Don’t even ger me started on those! ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/38 "2003-03-28T11:47:35Z")
Actually, don’t oysters usually come in their shells? I wouldn’t know, I’ve only really seen them alive (and of course I have lots of interesting empty shells around, but that’s par for course). So, it’s not much of a comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/39 "2003-03-28T12:46:46Z")
Well, what oysters do the privacy of their own shells is really none of my business, but when the fishmonger insists on displaying them on the half shell, well! \ Obscene! ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/40 "2003-03-28T12:55:26Z")
Re: the writhing of the scrotum and the slow shuffling dance of the testicles. I can sit for ages and watch my bloke’s scrotum shuffle and writhe. It’s fascinating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676.md?page=3)