# The sad tale of a stupid man with a deformed 100-pound scrotum **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613 "2012-06-19T04:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/61 "2012-06-20T03:33:30Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Huh? What does this even mean? He developed gigantic testicles after “hitting his scrotum with his leg”? Um, I’ve done that before, numerous times; pretty much every time I get up off the toilet in fact. And I don’t have elephant balls. :dubious: Maybe it’s a prosthetic leg that he takes off and wacks into his scrotum all day to keep it inflamed? I know, too glamorous. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/62 "2012-06-20T09:02:31Z")
“I’m a star, I’m a star, I’m a star. I’m a big bright shining star.” ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/63 "2012-06-20T09:07:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > How could the surgery possibly cost $1 million? That’s like $10,000 per lb. It’s probably a conservative estimate based chiefly on: 1- Disposal of the organ 2- Disposal of whatever’s collected under the organ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/64 "2012-06-20T09:13:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The guy needs to buy a wheelbarrow. [Reference!](http://www.supersoulsound.com/fred/posters38/BusterGonad.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/65 "2012-06-20T09:48:48Z")
I’ve got several kangaroo scrotum coin purses. If I was him, I’d get the surgery and then have the excess made into carry on luggage or a backpack. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/66 "2012-06-20T13:14:56Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I would worry that they wouldn’t get the wrinkling correct after they remove all that skin. They have to look good. Yeah, it would suck if they looked a little unusual. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/67 "2012-06-20T13:26:26Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I’ve got several kangaroo scrotum coin purses. If I was him, I’d get the surgery and then have the excess made into carry on luggage or a backpack. I hear bean bag chairs are making a comeback. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/68 "2012-06-20T13:42:46Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Reference!](http://www.supersoulsound.com/fred/posters38/BusterGonad.jpg) Evebn earlier reference, although that’s a stomach, rather than testicles: [![](http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bytype/prints/brueghel/0002/265.JPG) ](http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bytype/prints/brueghel/0002/265.JPG) Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s 1557 engraving of “Gluttony” from the Seven Deadly Sins series. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/69 "2012-06-20T14:31:21Z")
What comes in pints? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/70 "2012-06-20T14:40:34Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > What comes in pints? Rhinos? I know elephants come in quarts. Learned that in 7th grade. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/71 "2012-06-20T14:54:56Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I’ve got several kangaroo scrotum coin purses. If I was him, I’d get the surgery and then have the excess made into carry on luggage or a backpack. Nope. A sack. I imagine him getting on a bus or airplane with it and sitting down next to someone, all the time thinking, “Ask me about the sack, ask me about the sack…” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/72 "2012-06-20T15:01:01Z")
He could always use it to cover a chair, or a barstool [http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get\_topic;f=24;t=001360;p=0](http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=001360;p=0) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mU4_B3T3R_c/hqdefault.jpg "Whale Foreskin Barstools") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4_B3T3R_c) > **[CHRISTINA O Mega Motor Yacht Charter Greece Greek Islands](http://www.yachting-greece.com/Christina_O.htm)** > > CHRISTINA O ex Aristotle Onassis Luxury Mega Yacht for Charter in Greece Greek islands Mediterranean Caribbean ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/73 "2012-06-20T15:13:47Z")
Lampshades or drapes anyone? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/74 "2012-06-20T15:43:51Z")
Oh, that “scrotum lampshades” thing is a myth. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/75 "2012-06-20T15:48:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Oh, that “scrotum lampshades” thing is a myth. Started by the Tiffany family. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/76 "2012-06-20T16:49:26Z")
It would be an appropriate container for holding the family jewels. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/77 "2012-06-20T17:05:02Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Oh, that “scrotum lampshades” thing is a myth. I always suspected you were one of those ballocaust deniers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/78 "2012-06-20T18:18:53Z")
Yeah, well, that’s just how I roll. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/79 "2012-06-20T18:32:40Z")
This tune has been stuck in my head since I first opened this thread: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkmEpvM6gIA) ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613/80 "2012-06-20T20:43:01Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Lampshades or drapes anyone? I wonder if this is the “fine Corinthian leather” that Ricardo Montalbahn was talking about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613.md?page=3)