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    This NOT a joke - but should it be?

     



    I was doing my morning look at the news and came on this little gem. I attached the link as "proof" as I really don't have enough imagination to write drivel like this:

    Iceland's Penis Museum Gets First Human Specimen

    http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...uman-specimen/

    LONDON — In life, Pall Arason sought attention. In death, he is getting it: The 95-year-old Icelander's pickled penis will be the main attraction in one of his country's most bizarre museums.

    Sigurdur Hjartarson, who runs the Phallological Museum in the tiny Icelandic fishing town of Husavik, said Arason's organ will help round out the unusual institution's extensive collection of phalluses from whales, seals, bears and other mammals.

    Several people had pledged their penises over the years — including an American, a Briton, and a German — but Arason's was the first to be successfully donated, Hjartarson said.

    "I have just been waiting for this guy for 15 years," he told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview.

    Hjartarson's museum started in Reykjavik but has since moved to Husavik, a small community better known for its whale watching. The Phallological Museum is an important part of the region's tourist industry, bringing in thousands of visitors every summer.

    Highlights of the museum's collection include a 170-centimeter (67-inch) sperm whale penis preserved in formaldehyde, lampshades made from bull testicles and what the museum described as an "unusually big" penis bone from a Canadian walrus.

    Hjartarson, 69, said his interest in what he calls "phallology" began when, as a youngster in rural Iceland, he was given a whip made from a bull's penis to help him herd cattle. Later, when he worked at a school near a whaling station, colleagues brought him whale penises as gifts.

    "That was how it started. I opened this museum 15 years ago with 62 specimens," he said. Now, with the addition of Arason's organ, he has 276, many suspended in formaldehyde or dried and mounted on the walls.

    Photos posted to the museum's website show small army of ghostly, whitish penises stuffed into jars, tall glass cylinders and large aquariums. There are sculptures, molds and other penis-related craft items. Outside, the museum has a large tree trunk carved into the shape of an erect phallus.

    Most items are donations from friends and well-wishers, people listed on the museum's website as "honorary members."

    Arason was described by Hjartarson as a former tourism worker who died Jan. 5 in the nearby town of Akureyri. Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, the medical director of Akureyri's hospital, didn't give a cause of death but said the specimen was removed from the body under the supervision of a doctor.

    The phallus was officially installed in a ceremony last week, Hjartarson said, adding that he saw nothing wrong with the idea of having someone donate their penis to be shown off to the public.

    "People are always donating some organ after they died," he said. "It's no more remarkable to donate a penis than it is to donate an organ like a kidney."

    Hjartarson said the donation fit with Arason's personality.

    "He liked to be in the limelight, you know? He was a funny guy," he said. "He was a boaster, a braggart ... he liked to be provocative."

    But the museum director was coy when asked about the size of his newest acquisition.

    "I can't tell you that," Hjartarson said. "You will just have to come and see it."

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...#ixzz1JPAey5Nv
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    Yeah, those guys have been after me for years now to donate, but I'm holding out for the highest bidder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post
    Yeah, those guys have been after me for years now to donate, but I'm holding out for the highest bidder.

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    You might have missed the bus,Don..We have the best candidate for that position,right here in NZ..One of our politicians,Hone Harawira,,AKA John Hatfield[Maori-English translation]...He has to be the biggest dick this country has ever seen...
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    Quote Originally Posted by lamin8r View Post
    You might have missed the bus,Don..We have the best candidate for that position,right here in NZ..One of our politicians,Hone Harawira,,AKA John Hatfield[Maori-English translation]...He has to be the biggest dick this country has ever seen...

    I don't know, we Floridians have a new Governor, Rick Scott, and from the way he is starting his term I think he might dethrone your guy.


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    Man I hate to start this one but the USA has the biggest one in the world and hes our fearless leader
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    Man I hate to start this one but the USA has the biggest one in the world and hes our fearless leader
    yep .......: he s a dick ..well there not getting mine any time soon
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    I'm taking Don's advice and going for the highest bidder - - - - at $1 a centimeter, I may be able to afford a clear thimble to put it in.
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    And all this time I thought Richard Nixon was the biggest of them all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trjohn57 View Post
    And all this time I thought Richard Nixon was the biggest of them all.

    Not even close, he can't hold a candle to Jimmy Carter
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    Man I hate to start this one but the USA has the biggest one in the world and hes our fearless leader
    Leader???? This country hasn't had a leader since Lincoln died!!!! Since then all we've ever had is one worthless professional politician after another!!!! There are no leaders anymore, just finger pointers and a bunch of professional politicians who only can tell what the other party is doing wrong and will never take a chance, make a comittment, and stand behind their choices as a matter of principle. If you should see a good leader somewhere, tell him the job as leader of this country has been vacant for decades!!!!!
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