Comments on: Ow! My Balls!: The scientific survey http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 07:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patrick McGorrill http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572954 Patrick McGorrill Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572954  This. I want to know what percentage of injuries were caused by youths playing some version of the hit each other in the crotch game.  This. I want to know what percentage of injuries were caused by youths playing some version of the hit each other in the crotch game.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572687 SamSam Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572687 Oh my, this reminds me of the leg-crossing Vagina Monologue about the girl who broke her "coochie-snorcher." The best/most cringe-worthy part was when the girl's father tells her that they're going to fix her up and "get you the best coochie-snorcher money can buy, and when you get a husband, he's going to know it was custom made for him." [Paraphrasing, memory may be bad] Oh my, this reminds me of the leg-crossing Vagina Monologue about the girl who broke her “coochie-snorcher.”

The best/most cringe-worthy part was when the girl’s father tells her that they’re going to fix her up and “get you the best coochie-snorcher money can buy, and when you get a husband, he’s going to know it was custom made for him.”

[Paraphrasing, memory may be bad]

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572666 wysinwyg Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572666  <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/07/15/injured-by-a-spacecraft-theres-a-diagnostic-code-for-that/" rel="nofollow">Also good.</a>  Also good.

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572646 jandrese Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572646 Contrary to what TV or movies like Jackass tell you, most guys try to avoid getting hit in the jewels.  Contrary to what TV or movies like Jackass tell you, most guys try to avoid getting hit in the jewels. 

]]> By: Nat trax http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572645 Nat trax Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572645 Unfortunate pogo stick accident might be my favorite description of an injury ever. Unfortunate pogo stick accident might be my favorite description of an injury ever.

]]> By: mappo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572642 mappo Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572642  Lobbing soft balls like that, someone is bound to take a swing at them.  Lobbing soft balls like that, someone is bound to take a swing at them.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572632 Lobster Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572632 Tired of genitourinary injuries caused by ordinary bats?  New!  http://thumbnails.hulu.com/44/40039044/40039044_384x288_generated.jpg Tired of genitourinary injuries caused by ordinary bats?  New!  http://thumbnails.hulu.com/44/40039044/40039044_384x288_generated.jpg

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572622 Maggie Koerth-Baker Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572622 Mainly because, as a lady, such an injury has only really happened to me once (unfortunate pogo stick accident when I was in grade school). And I can't remember seeing it happen to any other ladies around me. Whereas, it seems like guys are getting smacked in the nuts all the time.  Mainly because, as a lady, such an injury has only really happened to me once (unfortunate pogo stick accident when I was in grade school). And I can’t remember seeing it happen to any other ladies around me. Whereas, it seems like guys are getting smacked in the nuts all the time. 

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572621 GeekMan Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572621 Wikiphilia? Wikiphilia?

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572618 Christopher Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572618 The whole point, though, is that it's about <i>give and take</i>... The whole point, though, is that it’s about give and take…

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572609 GeekMan Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572609 Those gags in 80s movies where a girl kicks another girl in the groin, and the other girl just smirks and says: "Not used to fighting other ladies, huh?" before laying her opponent out with a well-placed right-hook? Yeah... not so much. Nobody likes a kick in the junk.  Those gags in 80s movies where a girl kicks another girl in the groin, and the other girl just smirks and says: “Not used to fighting other ladies, huh?” before laying her opponent out with a well-placed right-hook? Yeah… not so much.

Nobody likes a kick in the junk. 

]]> By: MonkeyBoy http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572610 MonkeyBoy Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572610 Some people wind up needing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labiaplasty" rel="nofollow">Labiaplasty (NSFW)</a> due to injuries. (Wow some people have put a lot of work and pictures into that Wikipedia article, almost like they have a fetish) Some people wind up needing Labiaplasty (NSFW) due to injuries. (Wow some people have put a lot of work and pictures into that Wikipedia article, almost like they have a fetish)

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572606 jandrese Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572606 Why is that surprising?  Are womanly bits supposed to be indestructible or something?   While they are better protected than the guy versions, a wild swing of a golf club can do damage regardless.  Why is that surprising?  Are womanly bits supposed to be indestructible or something?   While they are better protected than the guy versions, a wild swing of a golf club can do damage regardless. 

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572592 Maggie Koerth-Baker Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572592 I figured I'd let you guys take that one.  I figured I’d let you guys take that one. 

]]> By: huskerdont http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572588 huskerdont Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572588 69%, you say? 69%, you say?

]]> By: DE http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/ow-my-balls-the-scientific.html#comment-1572586 DE Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191849#comment-1572586 69%, you say? 69%, you say?

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