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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:53 AM Original message |
why do men think courage comes from their balls? |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. cause thinking of losing them makes us shake in our boots. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. LOL :) |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. The perfect answer. Funny |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why do some people think WAY too much about phrases that have been around |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. maybe because it's MCP language |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm sorry, MCP? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Matriarchal Clown Posse? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. male chauvinist pig |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yeah, I wouldn't disagree with that |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Oh, THAT "MCP" |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Balls are our most vulnerable point. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. well technically testosterone would be what they're talking about |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. which would probably make "stupidity" closer to |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've always hated the metaphor too |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I know people who say ovaries. n/t |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Dang! Speech Police! |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wasn't aware that we thought that. |
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Kikosexy2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. them jewels.. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. If you hear one say that, just tell them, "Well to be accurate, liquid |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. balls make semen, not beer |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. HAR! |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Yep. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Had a discussion with some college kids the other day |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm just speculating, mind you but I believe the expression had its birth |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. But men's brains are in their "little heads" aren't they?????????? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. what prompted this question was reading, yet again, an article that |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. The same reason love comes from the heart |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. You lily livered so and so. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. LOL |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because of cremaster muscles. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. "Cremaster" is the ugliest word in the English language. |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. It used to be "you don't have the guts" |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. Courage comes from God. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:40 PM Original message |
please don't drag any god into this discussion |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because deep down... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because most stupid "courageous" things men do |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And they mostly start with the line "Hey y'all, watch this..." nt |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. And end up with somebody calling an ambulance |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. "I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinking" . . . |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. it isn't meant to be literal |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes and if you challenge them you are a ballbuster |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. NSMA, you ever think of writing for fortune cookies? That's a beaut! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I keep my balls safely protected where they belong ... |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not all men feel that way. |
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burn the bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. because the balls shrink up and pull up tighter to the penis when they |
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Les BOOGIE (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Huh? I thought it was temperature n/t |
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burn the bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. cold causes shrinkage too. You might notice anytime you get startled |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. It doesn't? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. I watched a surgery once (slightly graphic) |
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Don1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think it is some kind of folklore. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. It is another real stupid expression... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. You're quoting who? n/t |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes, the Cowardly Lion didn't want balls. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
52. The the phrase--"He's got balls," doesn't mean "He's got courage." |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I agree. The idea of "balls" has more to do with a reckless sort of |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. same reason love comes from the heart |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
55. good discussion - thanks everybody |
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