# Mr. Balls aka Senhor Testiculo mascot for Cancer Research. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610 "2013-06-10T07:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/21 "2013-06-10T23:56:50Z")
I got a little testy while reading this article. They ought to give this mascot the sack. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/22 "2013-06-11T12:07:20Z")
That would be a great user name here: Senor Testiculo. Dibs. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/23 "2013-06-11T12:37:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > THAT is one of the most grotesque looking things I have seen. Granted it’s in a good cause, but did they HAVE to make it so nubbly and hairy? Don’t those Brazilians have any wax? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/24 "2013-06-11T18:16:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > How is it _not_ disturbing to see a little girl standing next to a giant, hairy scrotum? Yeah. Nice try, Mr. Hansen! ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/25 "2013-06-12T01:47:55Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Another article. I didn’t realize there was a connection between steroid use and testicular cancer. While I can understand why you read it that way, I don’t think the article was implying a link. Rather, I think it was referring to the oft joked-about link between steroid use and [testicular atrophy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid_use#Adverse_effects). ---
**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:** [June 12, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/26 "2013-06-12T02:00:12Z")
Wouldn’t it have made more sense for him to be, ahem, singularly asymmetric? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/27 "2013-06-12T13:46:24Z")
Probably but then everyone might mistake him for a coin purse. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/28 "2013-06-12T23:35:02Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > \ Rather, I think it was referring to the oft joked-about link between steroid use and [testicular atrophy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid_use#Adverse_effects). ..or “Honey, I Shrunk The Balls”? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/29 "2013-06-13T20:01:41Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > While I can understand why you read it that way, I don’t think the article was implying a link. Rather, I think it was referring to the oft joked-about link between steroid use and [testicular atrophy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid_use#Adverse_effects). My testicles got atrophy once. Best in Show, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610/30 "2013-06-14T01:45:43Z")
I showed this to the Fella ( a T-cancer survivor) and when he quit laughing his ass off, he just shook his head and said “That’s just soooo wrong on soooo many levels”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-balls-aka-senhor-testiculo-mascot-for-cancer-research/660610.md?page=1)