Mount Sterling prepares for testicle festival

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 6/16/05 | Rick Pierce

[byset]

Euphemisms abound for the, uh, delicacy that will be the focus of a festival Saturday in Mount Sterling, Ill., about 90 miles north of St. Louis.

Kevin Huston, who owns the Sportsman's Club bar, which is hosting the festival, has heard 'em all: cowboy caviar, swinging beef, mountain oysters, lamb fries. But folks in Mount Sterling (population 2,077) don't mince words, so the festival is known simply as the Sportsman's Club Testicle Festival.

"They're not really like chicken or a beef steak," Huston says. "They're in a class of their own."

The festival, which will feature beef, pork, lamb and turkey testicles, even has a motto: "Come one, come all, let's have a ball." ...

[Feiny]

I never get olives in my martinis....they take up valuable vodka volume. If you must get them....order them on the side.

[Feiny]

YOU SUCK PIMENTOS....and SWALLOW!!!!

[Feiny]

YOU SUCK PIMENTOS....and SWALLOW!!!!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I am a pimento sucker and proud!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

OH YEAH!!

[EX52D]

LOL!

[dfwddr]

See, I knew it was a set up.... gotta run to the airport to pick my daughter up, be back in a bit.

[EX52D]

LOL! Big olive or small, right? ;)

[timtoews5292004]

I thought this was a neighboring town for a second. I live 20 miles from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. I was going to make a visit to the festival, if that were the case.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Big olive or small, right? ;)"

Big or small, I like them all. Olives that is!

[Dashing Dasher]

PICTURES!!!

We should find a FReeper near there and make them take pictures for us!!!

;-)

[EX52D]

Of course! ;)

[JoeSixPack1]

This is bad.

[Chances Are]

The thing I noticed after the, uh, objects in the front of the picture, was the really big smile on her face!

CA....

[AzaleaCity5691]

Teach them in a classy setting, don't take them to a "Fried Testicle Festival", you don't want them to think that testicles are for eating, cause that causes a whole new chain of problems

[Feiny]

"Testicles are adult subject matter, and thats where they belong, not in community festivals"

So, you are against COMMUNITY TESTICLES?

[sharktrager]

I woulda expected this to be a pissant thread.

Damned If I Know

[BikerNYC]

Teach them in a classy setting, don't take them to a "Fried Testicle Festival"...

Hey! I resemble that remark. To some, including moi, a "Fried Testicle Festival" is a very classy setting. Most of us won't get the chance to explain testicles to the younguns at some snooty, fancy place, like the Shake and Fry over there in Donner's Corner (that place has class).

The festival is as good as we're gonna get.

[L,TOWM]

This thing with the pimentos, were you born that way, or is it a lifestyle choice?

[Conservababe]

Oh, for heaven's sake, give it up. My grandsons were taught at an early age that they have a penis and testicles and that is what they call them. I guess you would prefer some cutesy little nickname?