Would that even have an effect? The capsaicin affects mucous membranes.
I can tell you with EXACT certainty that it DOES have an effect, and it feels like you lowered your naughty bits into a pot of boiling water.
It is a funny story (even to me) but it wasn’t fun at the time.
I was with a group of about ten friends in a skiing resort area where there are roads and road of chalets that can be rented. We were up there for a week around New Years Eve, and one night we just went out for a walk. We all were carrying drinks and such, just chatting and laughing.
A dog ran out from a house barking at us, but it was pretty clear to me that he was just doing his job of letting us know he was there, and that was his yard, but he wasn’t coming out to bite. If you hang around dogs, you can tell the difference.
My buddy pulled out a pepper spray, and before he could spray the dog, I grabbed the thing out of his hand and said “Give me that! Don’t spray that dog, it isn’t going to hurt you!”
I put the thing in my pocket, and we walked on, him lamely explaining his near-pepper spraying of the dog, me good naturedly poking at him and ribbing him. I told him I would give his spray back to him when we got back to the chalet.
As I stopped and crouched to tie my shoe, I heard this er...hissing sound. As I am idly wondering what it is, I realize there is something wet in my trousers.
As I bent, the cap came off the pepper spray, and as it pressed into my bending leg, it discharged into my...er...privates.
I stood up, still not realizing what had happened, then light dawned on Marblehead.
I was on fire...down there!
With not even an instant of hesitation in front of ten of my friends, I pulled my waistband out and emptied my bottle of beer directly into my pants in a desperate attempt to extinguish the flame.
Nope.
I ran back to the house, and spend the next fifteen minutes in the shower on my knees, my beans and franks directly under the spigot. My date for the night wouldn’t have anything to do with me for fear of permanent injury...:( (To her or me, I could never figure out)
NOTE: Pouring water on pepper spray is equivalent to pouring water on a gasoline fire. I suggest PPK or C02.
We all laugh about it today (including me)
I don’t know, but an old boy friend once told he got a “thrill” one time when he went to the bathroom after slicing some jalapenos. He said after that he always washed his hands after slicing anything hot.