# Would you drink donkey semen for $50,000? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883 "2012-01-27T17:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/61 "2012-01-28T19:45:52Z")
I also hope it’s not like some bars, where if you order a Fat Tire, they ask if you want it “draft (draught) or bottle?” Because I think this is one case where I definitely would not prefer draft. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/62 "2012-01-28T19:56:23Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I would gag/vomit before it even touched my lips. I almost yakked just looking at the picture. And what do you do if one of the other contestants grew up in the mid-west and made a few ‘movies’ to help pay for college? You just know that there is somebody out there thinking I did that for $500, I’d kill to do for the chance at $50,000. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/63 "2012-01-28T21:16:38Z")
Those look like pitchers, not glasses. Buying a round for everyone? NFW. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/64 "2012-01-28T21:27:20Z")
It makes you think what challenges that _Fear Factor_ does not use. Collection of Donkey Semen sample? Using no hands? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/65 "2012-01-28T21:29:40Z")
Yeah, what makes me suspicious is the sheer amount they have in the pitcher. I sort of hope no one here knows for sure how much ejaculate comes out of a donkey. Maybe they found the Peter North of donkeys. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/66 "2012-01-28T22:16:40Z")
Imagine the stench of that belch after guzzling that whole pitcher down… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/67 "2012-01-28T22:20:23Z")
I would definitely be up for this, but only if the stuff comes straight from the source. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/68 "2012-01-28T22:45:59Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I would definitely be up for this, but only if the stuff comes straight from the source. Interesting point. How would you know that the crew wasn’t topping off the mug back stage? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/69 "2012-01-28T23:28:14Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Interesting point. How would you know that the crew wasn’t topping off the mug back stage? Indeed. And what about freshness? Surely it’d be hours old, probably sitting at room temperature, or worse, chilled, before the contest. Everyone knows that semen deteriorates quickly once it has been… collected. Only the freshest for me, please! ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/70 "2012-01-28T23:47:46Z")
I would need to spend some time with the donkey first. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/71 "2012-01-29T00:01:12Z")
I found the [winner](http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/14/article-1321276000482-0ECA5A9400000578-187745_636x882.jpg). > [@tr0psn4j](#): > > How could you pass up such an offer? That’s the yearly household income for half the country. Yes, well, there’s a reason I went to college. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Imagine the stench of that belch after guzzling that whole pitcher down… …and the bubble! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/72 "2012-01-29T00:02:57Z")
I’ll take “Donkey Semen” for $50,000, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/73 "2012-01-29T00:31:21Z")
Don’t call it a bullshit show. They’ll get ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/74 "2012-01-29T02:05:47Z")
There’s lots of things I’d be willing to try to consume for $50,000 - the problem is that I know myself and I know what I’m capable of. I have a very sensitive and delicate gag reflex which is highly responsive to the mere idea of what something is, whether it actually tastes bad or not. And the idea of drinking semen of any kind in large quantity out of a container (vs. a small amount directly from a penis I am fond of, something I’ve done many times and joyfully so) would have me retching before it ever came close to my face. I could never GET it down, much less KEEP it down. Same goes for pretty much everything I’ve ever seen them present for consumption on that show. I’d be barfing just watching other contestants do it. In one memorable case I’d be barfing AND screaming: the cave spiders. Holy shit. So I’d pass just to spare myself the horror of the attempt, knowing I’d never succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/75 "2012-01-29T03:39:54Z")
How good looking is the donkey? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/76 "2012-01-29T04:01:41Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Would you gain more self respect from not doing something disgusting over, say, donating a few hundred thousand dollars to your favorite charity? I mean, there has to be some point where the amount of money, including the good you could do with that money, would override the disgust. To hell with charity, I’m not guzzling donkey chowder to feed Ethiopia. They can drink their own damn donkey chowder, solve their hunger problem without my involvement. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/77 "2012-01-29T04:15:21Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > If you got used to it, you could make it an act and take it on the road. All you’d need is a catchy name… …the Aristocrats! ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/78 "2012-01-29T04:26:32Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > … Biologically speaking: Is there a big difference between Donkey Semen and a chicken egg. … you gotta eat it raw though right? are you allowed to pan fry it? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/79 "2012-01-29T04:42:04Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > you gotta eat it raw though right? are you allowed to pan fry it? I have consume raw eggs before. My point. An chicken egg is a product of hen’s reproductive system. Donkey Semen is a product of male reproductive system. Most people drink fluid that comes of cows mammary glands (or a goat). As disgusting as it sounds to consume donkey semen (and it is), many people consume things that are similar, every day. but they don’t sound disgusting, because it is the norm. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883/80 "2012-01-29T05:07:00Z")
Humans are also phylogenetically closer to a donkey than a chicken (or other birds), so it’s ickier. The only male reproductive fluids I have heard of being consumed by humans are fish semen, and I suppose pollen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883.md?page=5)