# Why you should never name a cartoon character Buzz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622 "2008-04-24T00:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/21 "2008-04-26T07:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] I suspect it’s because you are right about it being a mistake due to late night recreation, and the person was just too embarrassed to get help. People will do nutty things to avoid embarrassment; I recall reading of a guy who gashed open his scrotum masturbating on a vibrating piece of heavy machinery at work, and tried to repair the problem with an industrial stapler. :eek: He was admitted later to the emergency room with an infected scrotum and rusty staples. [/QUOTE] He was a machinist, using a buffing wheel, and lost a nut in the process (which was never found). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/22 "2008-04-26T09:48:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] He was a machinist, using a buffing wheel, and lost a nut in the process (which was never found). [/QUOTE] It’s _bust_ a nut, not _buffed_ a nut! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/23 "2008-04-26T09:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] It’s _bust_ a nut, not _buffed_ a nut! [/QUOTE] In this case, I’d say it was both! :eek: ---
**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:** [April 26, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/24 "2008-04-26T14:13:19Z")
Was he sacked for playing with his tool at work? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/25 "2008-04-26T15:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] That link is more disturbing than mine. I just saw the picture of the x-ray itself; I assumed somebody was involved in a little late night physical recreation and things got out of hand (as it were). But your link provides the story behind the x-ray; it was taken at an airport not in some emergency room. So now I’m stuck trying to figure out why somebody would want to board an airplane with a Buzz Lightyear action figure shoved up their anus. [/QUOTE] :dubious: You might want to check the batteries in your Bullshit meter. My BS meter is going off with that “story” Since when did the TSA start X-raying passengers? AFAIK TSA does not use X-rays at any airports for passenger inspections. Your luggage yes, your carry ons, yes. You ? No. I vote either late night recreation, or some one is having fun with photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/26 "2008-04-26T15:30:40Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] :dubious: You might want to check the batteries in your Bullshit meter. My BS meter is going off with that “story” Since when did the TSA start X-raying passengers? AFAIK TSA does not use X-rays at any airports for passenger inspections. Your luggage yes, your carry ons, yes. You ? No. I vote either late night recreation, or some one is having fun with photoshop. [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/27 "2008-04-26T15:35:04Z")
Where’s Buzz’s screws? His face shows up too well, unless it’s lead paint on him, too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/28 "2008-04-26T16:35:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] I vote either late night recreation, or some one is having fun with photoshop. [/QUOTE] It’s GOT to be Photoshop. Have you ever seen that action figure? The shoulders are something like 6 inches across. There are some people who can take that kind of stretch in their rectum, but most of them are working in gay fisting porn… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/29 "2008-04-26T18:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] It’s GOT to be Photoshop. Have you ever seen that action figure? The shoulders are something like 6 inches across. There are some people who can take that kind of stretch in their rectum, but most of them are working in gay fisting porn… [/QUOTE] While I agree with you about the size of the action figure, I would mention one word **vagina**. A newborn baby is pretty good sized. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/30 "2008-04-26T18:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] While I agree with you about the size of the action figure, I would mention one word **vagina**. A newborn baby is pretty good sized. [/QUOTE] Is that supposed to be tucked into a vagina or a rectum? Because there are significant physiological differences between the two. If you’re going for a “That’s a woman in that x-ray”, I concede the possibility. If you’re going for a “A vagina could fit that so why not a rectum?” I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/31 "2008-04-26T18:39:36Z")
Also, looking at that x-ray again, the arms are actually spread out a bit. I could see the possibility if the arms were straight against the body because the walls of the rectum/vagina were squeezing it. I can’t buy that the arms would relax into that position once in. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/32 "2008-04-26T19:22:26Z")
That toy has a limited amount of articulation at the shoulders. That’s as ‘relaxed’ as they get. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/33 "2008-04-26T20:25:30Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] That toy has a limited amount of articulation at the shoulders. That’s as ‘relaxed’ as they get. [/QUOTE] So, you go to Phoenix much? :dubious: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/34 "2008-04-26T20:28:06Z")
The image I had was of someone trying like hell to get it “in there” shouting at the poor thing: You! Are! A! _Toy_! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/35 "2008-04-26T22:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Is that supposed to be tucked into a vagina or a rectum? Because there are significant physiological differences between the two. If you’re going for a “That’s a woman in that x-ray”, I concede the possibility. If you’re going for a “A vagina could fit that so why not a rectum?” I can’t. [/QUOTE] I was going for the only way it hell it would fit inside the human body is if the subject is female, and it is in the vagina. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/36 "2008-04-26T22:36:26Z")
IANARadiologist (or any sort of medical expert) but that looks like a male pelvis to me. A female pelvis is much rounder and wider on the inside. For comparison: [Female pelvis.](http://www.jupiterimages.com/popup2.aspx?navigationSubType=itemdetails&itemID=23283890) [Male pelvis.](http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlPrinter=true&xmlFilePath=journals/iju/vol4n2/calculi.xml) (Scroll down. Ignore the white circle - it’s a massive bladder stone, but the pelvis itself is normal and uninjured.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/37 "2008-04-26T22:39:08Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Ignore the white circle - it’s a massive bladder stone [/QUOTE] Totally off-topic, but OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOD! If I ever have a bladder stone that size I want my family to shoot me! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/38 "2008-04-26T22:41:02Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Totally off-topic, but OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOD! If I ever have a bladder stone that size I want my family to shoot me! [/QUOTE] No kidding! It’s almost as bad as having a plastic action figure with wings stuck up your arse! 😃 (Sorry, it was the only positively identified “male” pelvic x-ray I could find without fractures, arthritis or other deformations.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/39 "2008-04-26T22:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] I suspect it’s because you are right about it being a mistake due to late night recreation, and the person was just too embarrassed to get help. People will do nutty things to avoid embarrassment; I recall reading of a guy who gashed open his scrotum masturbating on a vibrating piece of heavy machinery at work, and tried to repair the problem with an industrial stapler. :eek: He was admitted later to the emergency room with an infected scrotum and rusty staples. [/QUOTE] GAAAAHHHh!!! I’m female, and but reading that, my naughty bits crawled up into my rib cage. You really, REALLY should have spoilered that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622/40 "2008-04-26T23:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] GAAAAHHHh!!! I’m female, and but reading that, my naughty bits crawled up into my rib cage. You really, REALLY should have spoilered that. :eek: [/QUOTE] Do you want to hear about what happened to the guy who shoved a lightbulb up his ass? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-should-never-name-a-cartoon-character-buzz/446622.md?page=3)