Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

See, I don't know about that. I mean, there are pluses and minuses to cutting one's dick off. It's true the problem at hand will become moot. But then you have the whole not having a dick thing. I know that would make me anxious.

And none of this addresses the "How" of the thing. Do you go with a paring knife or serrated edge? Scissors? Cleaver? How much Wild Turkey should one ingest in advance? Or should it be Oxycontin?

Should you have someone else cut it off for you? Maybe. But who? You can't just ask a friend at work. That could lead to some really uncomfortable situations.

So I don't think you can just go around willy-nilly suggesting Adder cut his dick off. There's a lot more to it than that. These things have to be vetted first.

One of the protagonists in the book I just finished, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (guess which one), used a string to tie off the member so as to cut off blood flow and then used a pen knife to slice through. He threw the discarded body part in the fire. There was, apparently, very little blood, though he did require some time in the infirmary afterwrds.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

One of the protagonists in the book I just finished, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (guess which one), used a string to tie off the member so as to cut off blood flow and then used a pen knife to slice through. He threw the discarded body part in the fire. There was, apparently, very little blood, though he did require some time in the infirmary afterwrds.

Jesus Christ. I'd heard that was a great book, but... But...

Well, you just don't expect that in the dictionary business.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Note that once again, I, with my porn-and-lotion prescription, am by far the more humane.

That isn't more humane, it simply prolongs the agony.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

See, I don't know about that. I mean, there are pluses and minuses to cutting one's dick off. It's true the problem at hand will become moot. But then you have the whole not having a dick thing. I know that would make me anxious.

And none of this addresses the "How" of the thing. Do you go with a paring knife or serrated edge? Scissors? Cleaver? How much Wild Turkey should one ingest in advance? Or should it be Oxycontin?

Should you have someone else cut it off for you? Maybe. But who? You can't just ask a friend at work. That could lead to some really uncomfortable situations.

So I don't think you can just go around willy-nilly suggesting Adder cut his dick off. There's a lot more to it than that. These things have to be vetted first.

I like your last suggestion. I bet he could find a vet who would be happy to do it.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by tmdiva

My fil and his partner have also done this, but they are, admittedly, old farts. Having achieved that goal, they now focus on new-to-them marathons, only repeating their home city's marathon, which they have run every year since it started. This year they ran an unsupported marathon in Mongolia, and a couple of years ago they ran the Great Wall marathon on my fil's 67th birthday. Crazy old farts.

tm

This post for some reason reminded me of a particularly offensive Yes On 8 ad that is running right now where a family in Massachusetts complains that because gay marriage is legal now their daughter is being taught in school that a prince can marry another prince and "she's in the second grade!"* -- like it is brainwashing kids to tell them that homosexuality exists at all if they are that young or something. Sometimes I wish that every homophobic bigot was forced to live with a gay family member who is in a committed relationship for some period of time so that they could finally get it that it isn't that big of a thing to tell to 8 year olds.

Anyway, your father-in-law and his partner must have some great stories to tell from their globe trotting (ha!).


*Oh, the odious way that the mother says that phrase. Egad.

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

One of the protagonists in the book I just finished, used a string to tie off the member so as to cut off blood flow

The protagonist wrote a book about his circumcision?

[barely_legal]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

One of the protagonists in the book I just finished, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (guess which one), used a string to tie off the member so as to cut off blood flow and then used a pen knife to slice through. He threw the discarded body part in the fire. There was, apparently, very little blood, though he did require some time in the infirmary afterwrds.

I started reading that book and couldn't get into it. I don't think I'll be revisiting it any time soon now.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I like your last suggestion. I bet he could find a vet who would be happy to do it.

Gelding is the term, no?

It's a harsh alternative considering all he probably needs is a lobotomy (I overthink a lot myself, and am now learning at this late age the sad truth of the axiom, "The stupid shall inherit the wealth") to make himself simple enough to soldier through this issue.

[Atticus Grinch]

In a development that will surprise no one who is familiar with America, the Chronicle is reporting that Nike will give Arien O'Connell a trophy and "recognize her as a winner."

I shit you not. "A winner."

ETA: Oh, and they're doing away with elite starts.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

I shit you not. "A winner."

And they'll hire the woman from Seinfeld to yell "You're all winners!"

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by barely_legal

I started reading that book and couldn't get into it. I don't think I'll be revisiting it any time soon now.

It's slow, but the chapter where the guy starves his penis of blood and then slices it from his pelvis is riveting.

I just picked up the ebook on RT's suggestion and it's already given me so many ideas on how to cut Chorizo for this new paella recipe I have...

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Gelding is the term, no?

stfu. wonk is hen-pecked, sure, but gelding is too strong.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Me either, but my question was what chip timing solves. Nothing, really. If elites want a stagger because a corral doesn't prevent jostling, then you run into the PLF concern of time trial versus race. Chips don't change anything about that--all they do is (a) monitor cheating and (b) provide non-elite runners starting back in the pack with a "real" time. But if you use chip time for all runners, then it becomes a time trial and no one knows who's really in the lead.

All of this is true. No argument here.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by dtb

I know a guy (he's the youngest American to run a marathon on all seven -- yes, seven -- continents) who ran a marathon in Buenos Aires wearing some totally ugly getup from the Antarctica marathon. I think it was a denim shirt or something equally un-runner-like. Anyway, at the start of that marathon, he sprinted ahead with the elites, and was actually ahead for about 90 seconds. The Kenyans/Moroccans/other-really-good-runners were all looking at each other quizzically wondering who the F he was.

Hilarity (naturally) ensued.

Good times, good times.

This guy is my new hero.

[tmdiva]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

This post for some reason reminded me of a particularly offensive Yes On 8 ad that is running right now where a family in Massachusetts complains that because gay marriage is legal now their daughter is being taught in school that a prince can marry another prince and "she's in the second grade!"* -- like it is brainwashing kids to tell them that homosexuality exists at all if they are that young or something. Sometimes I wish that every homophobic bigot was forced to live with a gay family member who is in a committed relationship for some period of time so that they could finally get it that it isn't that big of a thing to tell to 8 year olds.

Anyway, your father-in-law and his partner must have some great stories to tell from their globe trotting (ha!).


*Oh, the odious way that the mother says that phrase. Egad.

I am really glad not to be living in CA this year, for just this reason. As it is, I hear plenty from all my CA friends. At least there is cool No on 8 swag to be gotten. And I like the No vs Yes ads.

And yes, they do have fun stories to tell. And we get lots of cool presents from wherever they go. Someday when I have fewer ankle-biters I'll go cool places too.

tm