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Rugby fan can't explain self-mutilation [Darwin Award finalist?]
The Sydney Morning Herald ^
| 11-16-05
| AAP
Posted on 11/18/2005 5:11:08 AM PST by varyouga
Rugby fan can't explain self-mutilation
A rugby fan who cut out his testicles with wire cutters to mark a Wales victory is at a loss to explain why he did it.
Geoffrey Huish, 31, performed the impromptu self-surgery in February when his beloved Wales beat world champions England.
After performing the deed, Mr Huish put his severed anatomy in a bag and took them to his local social club to show fellow fans.
He collapsed with blood loss and was rushed to hospital but surgeons could not reattach his missing parts.
He was put in a psychiatric ward but has no history of mental illness and was at a loss to explain why he did it.
"I'd told my pal Gethin Probert before the game that Wales didn't stand a chance," Mr Huish told The Sun.
"It wasn't a bet but I said I'd cut my b*lls off if we won.
[Warning: The story is graphic and very painful to men]
(Excerpt) Read more at smh.com.au ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: award; bet; darwin; rugby; testicles
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I always knew rugby guys were the craziest but this one takes the cake and the Darwin Award.
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:11:08 AM PST
by
varyouga
To: varyouga
Rugby players don't use helmets, do they?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:12:28 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(It is easy to call for a pi$$ing contest when you aren't going to be in the line of fire.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Oops. this guy was a fan and not a player. Too strange.
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:14:12 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(It is easy to call for a pi$$ing contest when you aren't going to be in the line of fire.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Didn't another one do this last year?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:15:44 AM PST
by
beatnick
To: varyouga
Darwin Award winner says it all.
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:16:22 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(What part of NO don't you understand?)
To: varyouga
To: varyouga
Send them to Hillary. She always wanted a pair.
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:16:42 AM PST
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: varyouga
What do you mean "Darwin finalist"? With no balls he's completely Darwinated.
To: RightCanuck
A lot !
Still, he can sell them to some politicians we could name, might help LOL
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:18:18 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: gov_bean_ counter
Some people are starting to use "scrum caps", which are just light padding with a chin strap. It does protect against some head injury, but if you get knocked the "F" out, you get knocked the "F" out.
To: varyouga
"A rugby fan who cut out his testicles with wire cutters to mark a Wales victory is at a loss to explain why he did it."
Al-Cohol has probably done more damage than al-Qaeda ever will. :)
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:20:24 AM PST
by
BeHoldAPaleHorse
(MORE COWBELL! MORE COWBELL! (CLANK-CLANK-CLANK))
To: varyouga
That is utterly creepy. I bet Gethin Probert and all this guy's other friends were scared to come visit him at the hospital.
To: Lee N. Field
The darwin awards are given to those that MOST benefit society by removing themselves from the gene pool. I don't know if he would win but I definitely see this being in the finals.
http://www.darwinawards.com/
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:23:20 AM PST
by
varyouga
(Reformed Kerry voter ( I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
To: duckman
Send them to Hillary. She always wanted a pair. She' already got one!
Aw Yes! ... Its very Nice (in your best Monty Python French Accent)
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:24:21 AM PST
by
TexGuy
To: varyouga
I don't recall who said it, but there's a wise quote this guy seems to follow: "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. It will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:25:55 AM PST
by
theDentist
(The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
To: varyouga; sauropod
He was put in a psychiatric ward but has no history of mental illness He does now...
Dear Abby: my husband is always saying (to the TV) that he'd sooner cut his b*lls off than switch his car insurance to Progressive. Should I worry?
To: varyouga
My best friend is a Welsh emigre and huge rugby fan. I remind him about this story every once in awhile. Like every day.
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:30:32 AM PST
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
To: varyouga
"It wasn't a bet but I said I'd cut my b*lls off if we won. A man eunuch of his word...
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:30:36 AM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
To: varyouga
He was put in a psychiatric ward but has no history of mental illness and was at a loss to explain why he did it. I'm going to go out on a limb here... just speculating, mind you... that just perhaps... maybe... be patient because I'm just spitballin' here... but do you think that maybe alcohol was involved?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:32:45 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: varyouga
He's definitely removed himself from the gene pool, eh?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:32:48 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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