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[pharvey]

Safari Park Baboons ‘Armed With Knives

"The baboons at Knowsley safari park are notorious for vandalising the cars of those who pay to see them. They long ago grew adept at ripping off a windscreen wiper or mirror from anyone pausing in their enclosure.

Now workers at the Merseyside attraction say they have spotted the primates armed with knives, screwdrivers and even a chainsaw. Keepers have become suspicious in recent weeks that the baboons are being armed with weapons “for a laugh” by visitors keen to enhance their car-destroying abilities."

[pharvey]

"A father whose penis dropped off due to a blood infection became the first man to have a new one built on his arm - but delays mean it has been stuck there for four years.

Malcolm MacDonald, underwent a £50,000 NHS-funded procedure to have the appendage attached to his arm, after a long-term perineum infection caused his penis to turn black and fall off in 2014.

He told The Sun how he became a recluse and turned to alcohol after losing his manhood, but has found hope after pioneering surgery meant he could have 'Jimmy,' as he calls it, attached to his arm, in the hope one day it could be moved back between his legs.

The 45-year-old mechanic from Norfolk told the paper: 'Of course it is mad - having a penis on your arm. Not even I am used to it. But when you think about it, it's actually amazing.'

Mr MacDonald says he threw penis in the bin after it fell off, with medics telling him they could only roll up the remaining stump.

For the next two years he says he became a reclusive, turning to alcohol and saying he felt 'like a shadow of a man'.

His GP in Thetford, Norfolk then turned him onto Professor David Ralph, an expert in phallus construction at University College Hospital in London.

Professor Ralph, revealed he could have a new penis grafted onto his arm, where it would stay for two years before it could eventually be moved to his groin.

The father-of-two said he was blown away that medics were able to build him a new penis and attach it to his arm, and requested medics to add two inches to his old size."

Full Story: - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... years.html

[dtaai-maai]

Gives a whole new angle to the old "pull my finger" gag!

[pharvey]

Gives a whole new angle to the old "pull my finger" gag!

Good job it wasn't grown on his forehead.....

[dtaai-maai]

I wonder if he was allowed to choose the size...

[pharvey]

I wonder if he was allowed to choose the size...

Quote: -

"The father-of-two said he was blown away that medics were able to build him a new penis and attach it to his arm, and requested medics to add two inches to his old size."

[dtaai-maai]

A modest enough request... I wonder what the answer was?

[handdrummer]

A modest enough request... I wonder what the answer was?

The answer was: Why would you want more than the 9" you already have?

[pharvey]

A modest enough request... I wonder what the answer was?

The answer was: Why would you want more than the 9" you already have?

I asked the LHG why the hell would I ask - she's recommended changing my glasses.....

[handdrummer]

I wonder what caused the Dr. to become "an expert in phallus reconstruction?" How many would he do in a year? Is that a popular request?

[lindosfan1]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53692475

Nude German chases a boar

[PeteC]

Canada brewery apologises for beer named 'pubic hair' in Maori

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53706732

A Canadian brewery has apologised for unwittingly naming one of its beers after a Maori word that is commonly used to mean pubic hair.

Hell's Basement Brewery in Alberta said it released its Huruhuru pale ale two years ago, thinking it meant "feather".

But Maori TV personality Te Hamua Nikora pointed out the common interpretation of the word in a Facebook video.

The brewery's founder said the product would now be rebranded.

"We acknowledge that we did not consider the commonplace use of the term huruhuru as a reference to pubic hair, and that consultation with a Maori representative would have been a better reference than online dictionaries," Mike Patriquin told Canadian network CBC.

"We wish to make especially clear that it was not our intent to infringe upon, appropriate, or offend the Maori culture or people in any way; to those who feel disrespected, we apologise."

Mr Nikora also criticised a leather store in New Zealand for using the name Huruhuru and said he had contacted both the store and brewery over their use of the word.

"Some people call it appreciation, I call it appropriation," he said.

"It's that entitlement disease they've got. Stop it. Use your own language."

A spokesperson for the New Zealand leather store told the RNZ news site they had meant no offence by the name, which they had intended to mean wool, or feather or fur.

[Bamboo Grove]

We here in Finland need to change the name of one telephone operator as it's name is moi. You know the meaning in Thai?

[PeteC]

Yes, same as above However in tone deaf people like me it's also a girl's first name if pronounced correctly.

[Bamboo Grove]

Also, long time ago, when I went to Vietnam for the first time, they had a cigarette brand "Khan Hoi". When I returned to Thailand, I offered it to some of my Thai friends. They couldn't stop laughing. Again, I don't know the correct tones.