Re: testicles in hot water

Lars Eighner (eighner@io.com)
15 Oct 1996 07:06:22 -0500

In our last episode, <3262F40F.7EE8@chat.carleton.ca>,
broadcasted on sci.anthropology
the lovely and talented noah <hpierowa@chat.carleton.ca> wrote:

>Help!
>I am writing a paper on the evolution of contraception and the cultural
>values attached to it around the world. There used to be a primitive
>culture somewhere in the world which prevented conception by having the
>men dip their testicles in hot water before sex. The heat destroyed
>their sperm, making them temporarily sterile. Does anyone know the name
>and location of this culture or tribe? Thank you for your help.

Yes. This was the belief of a people known as the LAMAR REDSKINS
Class of '66. They resided in what was then the west end of
Houston, Texas. Those who practiced their traditional form of
birth control were soon called by another name: "Parents."

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