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04-13-2011 05:20 AM #1
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/...#ixzz1JPAey5NvDave W
I am now gone from this forum for now - finally have pulled the plug
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04-13-2011 05:33 AM #2
Yeah, those guys have been after me for years now to donate, but I'm holding out for the highest bidder.
Don
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04-13-2011 12:46 PM #3
Micah 6:8
If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???
Robin.
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04-13-2011 01:10 PM #4
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04-13-2011 01:21 PM #5
Man I hate to start this one but the USA has the biggest one in the world and hes our fearless leaderCharlie
Lovin' what I do and doing what I love
Some guys can fix broken NO ONE can fix STUPID
W8AMR
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Christian in training
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04-13-2011 01:30 PM #6
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04-13-2011 02:03 PM #7
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..
" I'm drinking from my saucer, 'cause my cup is overflowed ! "
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04-13-2011 02:32 PM #8
And all this time I thought Richard Nixon was the biggest of them all.
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04-13-2011 06:32 PM #9
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04-13-2011 07:14 PM #10
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!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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