Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Funny you should ask.

In the interests of equal time...

This afternoon I wrote about a heated bra. JeopardyGirl commented, "What will they think of next?"

Take it, Sister...
Seriously, how much do some dudes hate condoms?


Men in Serbia are lining up to have electric shocks delivered to their testicles as part of a new contraceptive treatment.

Serbian fertility expert Dr Sava Bojovic, who runs one of the clinics offering the service, said the small electric shock makes men temporarily infertile by stunning their sperm into a state of immobility.

He said: "We attach electrodes to either side of the testicles and send low electricity currents flowing through them.

"This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to sleep for up to 10 days, which means couples can have sex without fear of getting pregnant.

"The method does not kill the sperm permanently and it does not affect the patient's health."

Oh, I don't know about that...

1 comment:

jeopardygirl said...

Thing is, this is just another device people will be able to blame when the inevitable happens.

What if it's not hooked up properly? What if the technician is new and doesn't know what they're doing? What if the man moves and the shock hit something OTHER than what it's supposed to? In any of these scenarios, he wouldn't be shooting blanks, but he'd likely go out and copulate, thinking he was.

Yet another product the world could probably do without. Have you heard of the Ig Nobel prizes? They're given out for scientific experiments that probably shouldn't be repeated. http://www.improb.com/ig-top.html

I think this should qualify for next year.