# So why did they keep the mayor's testicles?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288 "2002-04-24T04:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/1 "2002-04-24T04:38:47Z")

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[http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/national/ivins/story/2327501p-2761427c.html](http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/national/ivins/story/2327501p-2761427c.html)

I don’t get it. Why? I understand being angry at him, and attacking him–not that I condone that behavior, but I don’t understand at all why they would keep the testicles.

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**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/2 "2002-04-24T04:54:06Z")

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The poor mayor! Let’s all chip in and get him a set of [Neuticles](http://www.neuticles.com).

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/3 "2002-04-24T05:45:49Z")

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Anyone else immediately think of _Fight Club_?

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/4 "2002-04-24T11:24:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lee \*  
> \*\*[http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/national/ivins/story/2327501p-2761427c.html](http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/national/ivins/story/2327501p-2761427c.html)
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> I don’t get it. Why? I understand being angry at him, and attacking him–not that I condone that behavior, but I don’t understand at all why they would keep the testicles. \*\*

You did understand that “him” is a billy-goat, right? Not that it answers your question…maybe they planned some “Fear Factor”-type picnic. What I want to know is how a goat can be mayor. Am I missing something? (I know the goat is!)

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/5 "2002-04-24T12:02:18Z")

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People who live in that part of Texas are fiercely independent and very self reliant–if they want a goat to be mayor, then by God, they will have a goat as mayor.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-they-keep-the-mayors-testicles/105288/6 "2002-04-24T16:06:41Z")

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Is this true? they really have a goat for mayor? And they actually ran a dog against him last election?