[lit-ideas] Re: Hanging Erections, The Mouths of Babes, and Band Names
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:29:39 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Fri, 15/5/09, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I always thought that hanging men got erections (and
> sometimes
> apparently orgasms to boot) because the noose around their
> neck
> stimulated the cerebellum and possibly triggered an
> autonomic
> priapismic condition. It has nothing to do with testicles,
> I don't
> think. It has to do with sudden snapping of the spinal
> nerves,
> thereby, LOCKING the erectile reaction.
Because the mechanisms that usually hold these in check are extinguished, the
hung man comes _and shits_. Given their relative odours, it is more likely he
smells of the latter than the former.
Donal
Eau pour l'homme ejaculate
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