h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, they may make themselves popular with other cow hands but i guess the other bulls may have a thing or two to say about it.

Yes well, biting off ones scrotum might be rather painful. Not for the bull, but for the stupid fool that tried to secure a pouch and ended up with a horn up his

Surely that should be "scrota" ?

Pedant. You've clearly been drinking too much orange tea, Sonic Healer. Although, as a fellow linguist, I have to say that you are quite right. Even if you didn't know what a mirkin was.

Well I have to say, now that I've been duly enlightened, that I have not a shred of shame regarding my prior ignorance in this matter!

Two points for linguists who don't get out much:
1) "Mirkin" [sic] should be spelt "Merkin"
2) A "Wether" is the name given to a whip made from a (presumably dead) bull's penis. Traditionally, it is tied to the beam of a barn with a heavy weight tied to it, whereupon it stretches to become a pliable weapon.

Well, in awe of all of you, here is another piece of fact previosly ommited from the original article.
Following evidence from Indonesia, Bulls Scrotums, when pickled, can be stretched across two stout wooden beams to be beaten into a walking stick for the disabled in countries where they've used up all the forests.

And in fact, some areas of the world are even known to have replaced all their human inhabitants with Bulls' Scrotums of the sentient variety, because they thought the Scrota were smarter in comparison


having read this thread, I can understand why

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