# My husband's ball scratching is driving me nuts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571 "2005-10-17T07:07:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/61 "2012-03-24T17:15:02Z")
Zombie or no, that mispost made me laugh my ass off all over again. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/62 "2012-03-24T17:40:17Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Zombie or no, that mispost made me laugh my ass off all over again. Me too! April.C, welcome to the board! Just so’s you know, this thread is from 2005, so a lot of the posters aren’t even here anymore. We call these old threads that get resurrected “zombie threads”, and people like to make jokes about zombies in them. Don’t let it scare you, we’re really not totally insane (only mostly insane.) Hope to see you around the boards, April.C. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/63 "2012-03-24T18:23:27Z")
Today I learned what happened to **Mr Bus guy**! He now has a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/64 "2012-03-24T18:44:30Z")
I was looking for a thread I started last week, and this popped up. I was so confused. It gave me a happy tho’. Thanks April C.! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/65 "2012-03-24T18:45:27Z")
So what google search led you to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/66 "2012-03-24T18:47:28Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > So what google search led you to this thread? Maybe it was: My husband likes it when I scratch his balls, is this normal? Anyhow, I’m really glad April decided to resurrect this thread, the whole thing is just too great. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/67 "2012-03-24T18:58:38Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > I was looking for a thread I started last week, and this popped up. I was so confused. > It gave me a happy tho’. > > Thanks April C.! So? Updates? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/68 "2012-03-24T19:05:47Z")
Start picking your nose every time he does it. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/69 "2012-03-24T19:12:05Z")
Oh God, I may never look at mushrooms the same way again. What a fun revival this was. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/70 "2012-03-24T19:15:14Z")
This thread is Exhibit A for why I _don’t_ want to see some sort of automatic locking of zombie threads. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/71 "2012-03-24T19:23:25Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So? Updates? 🙂 No more excessive scratching. He had a very stressful job then, and we had a lot of money problems. I guess it was just his way of relieving the stress. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/72 "2012-03-24T19:29:23Z")
I don’t scratch my balls. It’s more like a pinch and roll of the nutsack. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/73 "2012-03-24T20:11:04Z")
I use a Slap Chop on my nuts. (Mushrooms too.) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/74 "2012-03-24T20:14:39Z")
> [@grey\_ideas](#): > > But if you are going to cross post accidentally you couldn’t have done it better 😃 > > I have a feeling you could even make it into the SDMB in-jokes with your post. > > grey\_ideas This is definitely worthy of becoming a SDMB meme. Let’s all go down to the quarry and grow mushrooms there! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/75 "2012-03-24T20:57:56Z")
I miss **Anastasaeon** and her accidental drive-bye posts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/76 "2012-03-24T23:07:50Z")
I agree wholeheartedly. Even if every time I get out of the shower, I worry I’ll slip and crack my head on the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/77 "2012-03-24T23:27:19Z")
I love when zombie threads like this one come up. This one popped into my new posts in subscribed threads list, and I thought to myself, “Surely I would never have posted in a thread about ball itchiness.” It’s a good humility check. Mushrooms. Hee. ---
**Author:** ![Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/78 "2012-03-24T23:52:31Z")
> [@April.C](#): > > I scratch my husbands balls, when we watch tv, or laying in bed,i did it one day and he loves it he says my nails are the right length and I’m a lot softer. He really enjoys it. and honestly I don’t mind as long as he’s happy. if only we could clone you. What a lucky man you have. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/79 "2012-03-26T03:22:16Z")
Oh man, I remember this thread, good times. I don’t think I have ever laughed as hard on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/80 "2012-03-26T19:08:41Z")
Me wonders exactly what kind of internet search **April.C** was conducting when she found her way to a 2005 ball scratching thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571.md?page=5)