Under certain stimuli, such as a cold shower or, more entertainingly, a gentle stroking on the inside of the upper thigh, the "cremasteric reflex" takes over and the testes are partially retracted into the body.
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Do pads and helmets increase rather than prevent football injuries? Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Oldest « 1 2 » Newest Show all. Rise testicles! I can do this too, no problem. Oh great Fat guys and their balls. I won't even get into the retracting part. Cool, The Straight Dope gets an official-type gif. Now we just need one for Snopes.
Mad Ogre. Icy Hot Sickness. Not cool. Not cool at all. I like my guys hanging right where they normally hang. That kinda thing would help if sumo's rode bicycles.. That middle bar is a killer. Why would someone ask that question? Heck why would we want to know the answer to that question?
Ian Fleming lied to us! Does this mean the Japenese can't decapitate people by using just the brims of their hats? If they could do it with their man boobies, that would be cool.
It's possible, they just have to be kicked hard enough. It's not true? They can't do it! And here I have been living my life all these years thinking that Sumos could raise their testicles! What am I going to do now! They're supposed to be hanging I'm confused. Can sumo wrestlers see their own testicles? Even without them retracted, who could find them on some of those dudes. That is all. Years of allegations, ignored by the association, that young apprentices were violently and dangerously hazed to "toughen them up" climaxed in when a stable master was sentenced to six years in prison for beating to death a year-old apprentice, Takashi Saito.
Saito's family said the stable colluded with police and doctors to cover up their son's death. Those claims have confirmed for many what has always been suspected — that the climb to the top of sumo's greasy pole, and the riches and fame it brings, is not for the timid. A survey by the association itself found that beatings and punishments were common at most sumo stables.
Indeed, for many older fans, part of the sport's problem is that it can no longer recruit Japanese teenagers tough enough to withstand its bracing challenges.
But it is the palpable decline of the sport's cherished dignity that has tried the patience of the average fan. In recent years, several top wrestlers have been suspended for drug-taking, confirming the fear that the new breed does not know how to bear the weight of tradition outside the ring. Last month, two top-ranked wrestlers drunkenly fought at an Indian restaurant in Tokyo, smashing tables and glass partitions.
Sumo's only genuine modern superstar, Asashoryu, abruptly quit last year following another drunken fracas outside a nightclub in which he allegedly assaulted a man. The Mongolian wrestler had been a thorn in the side of the Sumo Association for years. In , the JSA handed him one of the toughest punishments in the sport's history, suspending him and slashing his monthly salary after he took sick leave to return home and play in a charity football match.
The brawls, the drug-taking claims and other scandals have all involved foreigners, confirming for some xenophobes that the sport's slide coincides with the end of local dominance. But yesterday's allegations, like Yakuza ties, are as Japanese as sushi. The police have no powers to investigate match-fixing, and few people are holding their breath waiting for the association to clean up the sport.
The beautiful game has been tarnished by a string of match-fixing allegations.
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