# Testicle debacle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309 "2006-08-04T11:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/1 "2006-08-04T11:38:03Z")
> [@](#): > > A Croatian man got a nasty surprise when he tried to get out of his deck chair and found his testicles had got stuck. [Man finds himself in testicle debacle](http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1154543321173A551) …happens to the best of us. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/2 "2006-08-04T11:42:29Z")
BWA HA HA!! Sorry, the idea of the staff having to saw the chair apart to free this guy’s expanded balls… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/3 "2006-08-04T11:47:34Z")
_The women noted with glee that the latest model ManTrap had worked. It was now only a matter of time…_ ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/4 "2006-08-04T11:55:24Z")
Couldn’t they have just thrown some really cold water on him? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/5 "2006-08-04T12:18:34Z")
Do you realise how hard I prayed that that link **didn’t** contain a photo? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/6 "2006-08-04T13:21:37Z")
Shrinkage! And yes, I too wondered why he didn’t just jump back in the water for a few minutes. I’d certainly be a hell of a lot more inclined to do that than to have a freakin’ sawzall anywhere _near_ my junk. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/7 "2006-08-04T13:24:55Z")
That’s news? Sheesh, I get my junk hung up on stuff all the time, didn’t realize it was uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/8 "2006-08-04T13:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] That’s news? Sheesh, I get my junk hung up on stuff all the time, didn’t realize it was uncommon. [/QUOTE] If they hang _that_ low, you might want to think about a [nut bra](http://www.devilducky.com/media/34116/). ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/9 "2006-08-04T13:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] And yes, I too wondered why he didn’t just jump back in the water for a few minutes. I’d certainly be a hell of a lot more inclined to do that than to have a freakin’ sawzall anywhere _near_ my junk. [/QUOTE] Ditto. I’d rather tote the chair down to the water and let the boys chill for a while that risk a piece of sharp metal anywhere near them. ::Shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/10 "2006-08-04T13:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Shrinkage! And yes, I too wondered why he didn’t just jump back in the water for a few minutes. I’d certainly be a hell of a lot more inclined to do that than to have a freakin’ sawzall anywhere _near_ my junk. [/QUOTE] Well, the logistics might have been difficult. And the boys down there are not load-bearing members. A glass of ice water might have done the trick. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/11 "2006-08-04T14:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Well, the logistics might have been difficult. And the boys down there are not load-bearing members. A glass of ice water might have done the trick. [/QUOTE] Or a picture of Madeline Albright. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/12 "2006-08-04T14:26:15Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] And the boys down there are not load-bearing members. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure why, but this sentence just completely cracked me up. Thanks **Finagle**. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/13 "2006-08-04T14:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Well, the logistics might have been difficult. And the boys down there are not load-bearing members. A glass of ice water might have done the trick. [/QUOTE] All he had to do was support the chair with both hands while shuffling/waddling back into the surf. Heck, he’d just have to go knee deep, set the chair down and have a sit for five or ten minutes. He might get some strange looks, but I imagine they’d have been a great deal easier on the ego than having a crowd of people place bets on whether or not beach staff will nick his sack with the saw. And from a comfort standpoint, I have to imagine waddling your way back to the waves with your juevos wedged in a deck chair has to be a hell of a lot easier on the nerves than wondering if you’ll need to do a porn video to prove your recovered manhood in the event you require reattachment surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/14 "2006-08-04T15:30:10Z")
Need coffee…I read the title of the OP as Testicle debate. Opened the thread wondering what there could be to debate about them…then realized it was something else entirely. Back to my coffee now… ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/15 "2006-08-04T15:41:01Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Need coffee…I read the title of the OP as Testicle debate. Opened the thread wondering what there could be to debate about them…then realized it was something else entirely. Back to my coffee now… [/QUOTE] Well, there’s the whole boxers/briefs/commando debate. That one ultimately surrounds testicles. Pun, uh … not intended. Much. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/16 "2006-08-04T18:25:48Z")
That can’t be real, can it?.. > [@](#): > > He was eventually freed after he called beach maintenance services on his mobile phone and they sent a member of staff to cut the deck chair in half Maybe they shouldn’t use words like ‘member’ or ‘staff’ in a testicle article… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/17 "2006-08-04T18:40:40Z")
Warning: Those of a squeamish disposition (especially men) should _not_ open this box: I once had a friend who, when getting out of the bath, ripped open his scrotum after getting a testicle caught on the bath tap. Fortunately, subsequent surgery successfully corrected the problem. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/18 "2006-08-04T18:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Warning: Those of a squeamish disposition (especially men) should _not_ open this box: That is why I take showers, not baths… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/19 "2006-08-04T21:28:10Z")
Um, is this story hard for anyone else to believe? My nuts might retract in cold water, but I’ve never noticed them to shrink. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309/20 "2006-08-04T22:13:49Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Um, is this story hard for anyone else to believe? My nuts might retract in cold water, but I’ve never noticed them to shrink. [/QUOTE] Have a skinny dip with Condoleeza Rice and then get back to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-debacle/367309.md?page=2)