Jeff Mayner
2005-09-29 18:11:33 UTC
So we were sitting around at work, just bsing, and a fellow worker suddenly
brought up one of those web-sites that shows stupid things that people do,
like big-boys, etc. One of the guys said that when he watches things like
that, sometimes, and especially if they show someone getting thrown from a
bike or a skateboarding accident and they get bad road-rash, he gets a weird
tingling/feeling in his nuts. I told him, "Yeah, me too." I said I thought
it was "fight or flight", or an aspect thereof, kicking in, and it was just
your balls retracting in case you were threatened. Another dude says,
"Bullshit!" "You guys are just gay", or some such bit o' wit.
It got me wondering. So, as I often do in such situations, I thought what
better way to ask then to do a mini-poll on rec.motorcycles, and
rec.motorcycles.dirt? Here goes:
If you are watching an event and someone is injured, say kicked or struck in
some way in the balls or has a nasty slide on asphalt or concrete resulting
in significant road-rash, do you get a a sympathetic tingle or "feeling" in
your nuts?
Yes:
No:
Thanks for your support. When the mini-poll was conducted at work last
night, admittedly a very small sample amongst four people, it split 50/50.
Two yes, two no. I did not ask any women at work. I suspect some nipple
tingling going on but thought better of inquiring. ;-)
brought up one of those web-sites that shows stupid things that people do,
like big-boys, etc. One of the guys said that when he watches things like
that, sometimes, and especially if they show someone getting thrown from a
bike or a skateboarding accident and they get bad road-rash, he gets a weird
tingling/feeling in his nuts. I told him, "Yeah, me too." I said I thought
it was "fight or flight", or an aspect thereof, kicking in, and it was just
your balls retracting in case you were threatened. Another dude says,
"Bullshit!" "You guys are just gay", or some such bit o' wit.
It got me wondering. So, as I often do in such situations, I thought what
better way to ask then to do a mini-poll on rec.motorcycles, and
rec.motorcycles.dirt? Here goes:
If you are watching an event and someone is injured, say kicked or struck in
some way in the balls or has a nasty slide on asphalt or concrete resulting
in significant road-rash, do you get a a sympathetic tingle or "feeling" in
your nuts?
Yes:
No:
Thanks for your support. When the mini-poll was conducted at work last
night, admittedly a very small sample amongst four people, it split 50/50.
Two yes, two no. I did not ask any women at work. I suspect some nipple
tingling going on but thought better of inquiring. ;-)