# Sympathy for Scylla right testicle **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089 "2000-12-18T02:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/21 "2000-12-18T12:52:18Z")
I realize that we’re all one, big happy family here and that we forge relationships that defy the norm, but criminy, Scylla, you’ve managed to drag that concept to an entirely different level. While I can offer sympathy to you in your distress, I’m also struggling to keep from saying: “ICK!! Have a little class, man!” Try to learn from my example - do you see me posting a link to the pic of the scars from my gallbladder surgery? OK, OK, pardon the rant. Poor baby! Hope you feel better soon. I’d offer to kiss it and make it better, but propriety demands… I think I’ll go now. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/22 "2000-12-18T13:25:48Z")
C’mon, man! Walk it off! Where are your macho points? Don’t you even care! I mean for God’s sake! That’s why God gave you two of them! Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/23 "2000-12-18T13:59:38Z")
Goodness gracious, great ball of fire! Take it easy and enjoy the pain meds Scylla. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/24 "2000-12-18T14:03:53Z")
**Scylla** , it’s a pain I know all too well. I was stricken with that very same condition when I was a teen. _In my sexual prime!!!_ Do not blame the testicle, for it is an innocent victim in this tragedy. Take heart, buckeroo! I recovered and so will you. Your testicle will right as rain in no time. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/25 "2000-12-18T14:16:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*Well, I feel stupid. I thought Scylla was a WOMAN. It’s the Spanish student in me. If it ends in A, it’s feminine. > > Lo siento, mi amigo. Uhhhh… > > Hope your ball bounces back soon! > > (They really SHOULD make Hallmark cards for these occasions) \*\* Go read [The Sperm Count of Doom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30938) for more fun with Scylla’s guy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/26 "2000-12-18T15:14:37Z")
lee, thanks for that link, freakin’ hilarious! Scylla, even with your swollen, painful ball, you are still my hero for so many reasons. Hang in there buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/27 "2000-12-18T17:01:46Z")
Look on the bright side: there are other reasons for swollen 'nads which are even nastier…☹ jr8 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/28 "2000-12-18T18:59:51Z")
“Bad right nut”…? And here I thought it was another George “Dubya” Bush thread… ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/29 "2000-12-18T19:24:31Z")
Hey, sorry to hear about this. Have you asked someone to kiss it and make it better? _No, you don’t want to hit reply…_ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/30 "2000-12-18T19:34:36Z")
Condemnation of the unacceptable behavior of Scylla’s right testicle. Sympathy for Scylla’s ignoble plight, and pain. I suffered from something similar, though not quite so painful, for several years before I figured out it wasn’t normal. A friend of mine woke up one day to discover the tube running to and from one of his testicles had twisted itself. I have heard few other things that could possible be more painful than this. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/31 "2000-12-19T02:13:20Z")
1. People sometimes say “Damn, that guy’s got some big balls!” They mean it as a compliment. From personal experience, I can tell you it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Thank God I only have one big ball. Big balls are bad. 2. On my way to the emergency room for the secons time (first time they thought it was a hernia,) I learned that my Chrysler Sebring has a governor on it, and won’t go faster than 120 mph. 3. The people of the SDMB are very cool. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/32 "2000-12-19T03:30:12Z")
Can ya’ do jumping jacks yet? ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/33 "2000-12-19T03:33:37Z")
There once was a Doper named Scylla Whose testicle hurt like a killa The drugs didn’t help And the pain made him yelp So he rested his ball on a pilla. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/34 "2000-12-19T12:37:57Z")
City Gent, I always thought her…er.HIS pseudonym was pronouced “SKY-LAH” Scylla, please clarify. Is it “Skill-ah” or “Sky-lah”? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/35 "2000-12-19T14:50:07Z")
Or indeed “Sill-a”, which is how I always imagined it. pan ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/36 "2000-12-19T15:30:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > **strangely enough, though, I know more about it than JDT…** For the same reason I know more about Christianity than Fred Phelps. And Scylla: Ouch. Hope your bollock gets better. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/37 "2000-12-19T16:20:02Z")
Just do what I do when I’ve got a blister: Poke it with a pin to let the gunk out. It’ll get better then. On a serious note, hope you feel better soon, man. Given the season, I’d avoid any productions of “The Nutcracker” if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/38 "2000-12-20T00:18:51Z")
Pronounced “Sill-a.” Scylla was a Beautiful nymph whose surpassing attractiveness and good nature offended the Gods, so they turned her into a monster (ain’t that always the way.) Thereafter she would waylay travelers and destroy ships and stuff. She even got six of Odysseus’ men. Scylla is also a rock. along a narrow sea passageway. On the other side of the passageway is a constant whirlpool known as Charybdis. Thus the expression, “between a rock and a hard place.” Scylla is also the code name Babe’s brother calls himself in **Marathon Man** and **Brothers**. Roy Scheider played Scylla in the former opposite Dustin Hoffman as Babe. You’ll recall Lawrence Olivier as the Nazi dentist. “Is it safe?” In the first book, Scylla was something of a unique character. He was the smartest and best agent, but he was also something of a flake. He could kill with either hand, but was overprotective of his brother, which killed him. Scylla’s boss, Perkins got revenge on Scylla for thinking he was so cool by giving him undercover identity in the name of “Elmer Snerd.” (I guess that would be a good sock puppet for me if I ever need one.) 😉 The three in one nature of Scylla as rock, beauty, and monster appealed to me in its paradoxical sense, so there it is. What this has to do with my swollen nut, I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/39 "2000-12-20T07:38:13Z")
Poor Scylla! Feeling a little testy, are we? I hope your medication makes a vas deferens and that we’ll soon be able to bag this whole discussion. And now it’s time for me to hit the sack! (Yow!) ---
**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:** [December 20, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089/40 "2000-12-20T22:46:11Z")
Aw, nuts! Sorry to hear of your overstuffed baggage, Scylla. Hey! That’s it! Baggage! What do you do when you’ve put too much in your suitcase and it won’t close properly? You set it on something firm and jump up and down on it! It kinda squishes everything down so it fits! Works every time. Um, did I ever mention that I’m not really a doctor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-scylla-right-testicle/46089.md?page=1)