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Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 21/05/2007 22:14:36
It really does hurt!! Tooo painful! Recently I got hit by a tennis ball.. I was on the floor for around 5-10 minutes!!

Why does it hurt?? [???] [:-X]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: chris on 21/05/2007 22:34:42
Only brussels sprouts. Oh dear.
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 21/05/2007 23:09:43
Yep. [;)]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 21/05/2007 23:15:42
good question. girls don't understand this...
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 22/05/2007 05:18:22
Only Brussels sprouts. Oh dear.

LOL.. Sorry Seany! LOL I honestly have never heard the terms Brussels sprouts before when referring to the male testicles!

But I must think that in answer to your question there surely must be an enormous amount of nerve endings in these that make them so sensitive to pain upon impact. This area is highly sensitive to all contact weather it be painful or otherwise! Is this not correct!

As far as a man goes to be hit I think would equal a girl falling on the bar of a mans ten speed bicycle bar! Very sensitive indeed, both ways!

I think there are a lot of nerve endings there but I could be wrong!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 22/05/2007 05:23:59
hmmm. i have never done that. i'm thinking i don't want to try.
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 22/05/2007 06:25:17
It is extremely painful makes me cry!!! I don't know how men can take a direct shot down there and not cry! My equiptment may be plumbed differently, but it is still there and a bicycle is a horribly painful fall. especially when the bike is two tall and you cannot straddle it with clearance between your legs. You need to be able to stand flat footed or be awful careful and lean over to get off.. It is the worse pain.....
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 22/05/2007 06:27:34
but you're right karen. there are a lot of nerve endings there in men and women both. well... not in the brussel sprouts in women. lol
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 22/05/2007 06:41:05
LOL LOL....Brussels sprouts..hee hee hee!!!!! I still can't believe my eyes .. LOL why do body parts get titled with food oriented names?
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 22/05/2007 06:46:43
i don't know... but it's only male body parts. lol
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 22/05/2007 06:47:47
Yes it is.. LOL Never forget it it either.. LOL
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 22/05/2007 07:19:56
Hmm.. Well I made the brussel sprouts part.. But they are called "Balls", marbles, meatballs,... etc lol

And why do you think there are lots of nerve endings there? Because it is an important part of the body?
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 22/05/2007 07:26:42
 Yes it most certainly is..LOL Do you agree with the nerve ending  theory or would a passing by testicle expert have a better explanation for us!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: lyner on 22/05/2007 11:18:20
They are sensitive so that we will look after them!
What sort of chance would the human race have if we could go around clouting our reproductive bits?
It does worry me when I see the testes of a Bull, ram, goat (no - not jealousy). They seem so vulnerable down there. They've just got to get the occasional knock on a passing tree stump. Owch.
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: paul.fr on 22/05/2007 13:51:11
Should they not be retractable? This would save the pain, and be much ....neater!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 22/05/2007 14:24:16
i always thought they were. lol they just choose when they want to retract
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 22/05/2007 18:51:00
Gwrr.. How about putting the testicles inside the body, like women?
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: moonfire on 22/05/2007 20:54:06
I think that is fair Seany, but there should be a fair trade off...how about men have the babies and that is inside the body???  LOL
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 22/05/2007 20:58:29
that's fair!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 22/05/2007 21:02:22
Heehee.. I'm not sure if it is just me, but I feel lucky that we do not have to go through that pain?! [;)]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 23/05/2007 08:57:10
Your lucky about the pain part... You just are missing out on what an incredible experience it really is to give life to another living breathing human being. to know it is part of you that will carry on when you are gone Hopefully.. Make sure you do a good job!! LOL Remember though weather you are mommy Daddy Uncle or aunt or just plain friends.. You have a huge role to play in teaching children everywhere .. so be a good role model Model for the kids what you want to see in them as adults and they will reflect back at you in your image weather that be good or bad so be careful Eh?
  MAle or female It hurts to get hit..LOL Protect your BRUSSEL SPROUTS or any other vegetables you may be harboring upon your body!!! LOL

Uh OH KAdie, Women have fruit... Melons... OH GOSHHHH the disease has spread to us!!!!! LOL
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 23/05/2007 16:13:42
lol karen!   and seany... child birth is not the only time it hurts to be a woman. i think you might just want to keep your vegetables where they are! lol
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 23/05/2007 16:33:06
NO DOUBT!! Lol
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: daveshorts on 23/05/2007 21:58:24
For the point of view of evolution, your testicles are the most important part of your body. If they are irreparably damaged you will not have any children and therefore your genes will not live on, so you are an evolutionary dead end.

 If it didn't hurt when you damaged them there wouldn't be anything to dissuade you from sliding down banisters, and not jumping off etc etc, so odds are you would make yourself infertile before adulthood and not breed. Hence the people who bred were the ones who's neather regions were quite sensitive so they were careful of them.
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 23/05/2007 22:41:42
Wait, so does it equally hurt for women? I never saw any women suffering from this pain..
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 24/05/2007 02:31:16
I can tell you from experience that when A women falls on a bar, bike bar uneven parallel bars etc on the crotch area... It is excruciating and doubles you over and can take you out just like you... Now I do believe we have slightly different set up..LOL But when skin parts at impact we are just as exposed as you!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 24/05/2007 04:45:15
plus, men will never experience monthly cramps!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 24/05/2007 07:07:23
LOL..Nope no fun!! LOL
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 24/05/2007 07:15:41
Monthly cramps.. Is that periods? And Karen, does the pain last forever? Well 5-10 minutes..
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 24/05/2007 07:32:17
cramps are part of periods, yes. i've never done the other thing... so... karen?
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 24/05/2007 07:47:33
I have fallen on several boys bikes and the uneven parallel bars in High school.. High school as I recall I was on the floor for at least about ten minutes and literally bruised like crazy down there for weeks . It hurt for several days not like the first ten minutes or so. hurt to sit  a bit.. bicycles same thing, very painful... not good! You boys seem to have more to damage exposed at least certain body parts for us in the instance of a kick may offer protection where the bar running the same direction as openings causes more of a direct hit and is painful.
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 24/05/2007 14:21:32
It proves God is female. No male would have put them on the outside!  [:(!]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 24/05/2007 18:48:36
Oh my GOD!! I so think that too Doc.Beaver!!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 24/05/2007 18:49:01
Oh, lately I've heard that one can die from their testicles being hit so badly. Is this true?
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 24/05/2007 21:41:55
i think they're actually on the outside because the sperm needs to be a different temperature than the rest of your body or they'll die. but that doesn't make sense because they go into a woman and can live for a while... hmmm
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 24/05/2007 23:05:17
i think they're actually on the outside because the sperm needs to be a different temperature than the rest of your body or they'll die. but that doesn't make sense because they go into a woman and can live for a while... hmmm

Or sheep. I mean... erm...  [:I]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: kdlynn on 24/05/2007 23:07:29
omg! lol
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 24/05/2007 23:09:41
Honest, officer - I was just pushing the sheep back through the hole in the hedge
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: science_guy on 25/05/2007 16:00:24
i think they're actually on the outside because the sperm needs to be a different temperature than the rest of your body or they'll die. but that doesn't make sense because they go into a woman and can live for a while... hmmm

the actual process that makes sperm needs to be a lower temperature than body temperature
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Karen W. on 25/05/2007 17:47:48
That is interesting.. I have heard that before also. I just don't know the how to's of why  that is!
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: that mad man on 25/05/2007 19:47:45
Just a thought...

When a female is at the prime time for fertilisation her body temperature rises by .5 to 1.6 degrees and the prime time to conceive is approx 3 days before the high. The male testes are around 1 degree lower, I think!

Perhaps there is a relationship and the optimum average temperatures at the prime time to conceive should be as close to normal body temp as possible?

Hope that makes some sense.
 
Bee

Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: iko on 25/05/2007 22:11:38
Gwrr.. How about putting the testicles inside the body, like women?

I knew that Seany is a clever kid!
This is a very 'scientific' question:
I'm surprised that he did not take off
for a quick 'wiki'flight...he is so fast
that would have got the answer in seconds!

ikod   [^] [^]

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Temperature regulation
In boreoeutherian land mammals (but not the xenarthran or afrotherian land mammals) the testes are located outside of the body, suspended by the spermatic cord within the scrotum. It has been suggested [1] that the ancestor of the boreoeutherian mammals was a small mammal that required very large testes (perhaps rather like those of a hamster) for sperm competition and thus had to place its testes outside the body. This led to enzymes involved in spermatogenesis, spermatogenic DNA polymerase beta and recombinase activities evolving a unique temperature optimum, at a degree somewhat less than core body temperature (37 °C or 98.6 °F for humans). When the boreoeutherian mammals then diversified into forms that were larger and/or did not require intense sperm competition they were stuck with enzymes that operated best at cooler temperatures and had to keep their testicles outside the body. An alternative argument is that the cooler temperature of the testes allows for more efficient fertile spermatogenesis. Another argument is that it protects the testes from abdominal cavity pressure changes caused by jumping and galloping. [2]. As external testes would increase drag many boreotherian aquatic mammals have internal testes which are kept cool by special circulatory systems that cool the arterial blood going to the testes using by placing the arteries near veins bringing cooled venous blood from the skin.

The cremasteric muscle is part of the spermatic cord. When this muscle contracts, the cord is shortened and the testicle is moved closer up toward the body, which provides slightly more warmth to maintain optimal testicular temperature. When cooling is required, the cremasteric muscle relaxes and the testicle is lowered away from the warm body and is able to cool. This phenomenon is known as the cremasteric reflex. It also occurs in response to stress (the testicles rise up toward the body in an effort to protect them in a fight), and there are persistent reports that relaxation indicates approach of orgasm. There is a noticeable tendency to also retract during orgasm.

The testicles can also be lifted voluntarily using the pubococcygeus muscle, which partially activates related muscles. This can sometimes be triggered by tightening or sucking in the stomach or abdomen. The testicles have a tendency to perspire profusely.

Monotremes, armadillos, sloths, elephants, and rhinoceroses have low body temperatures and do not have external scrotal sacs; their testes remain within the abdomen.[3] Marine mammals also have internal testes, but it has recently been shown (eg, for dolphins) that they use elaborate vascular networks to provide the necessary temperature lowering for proper operation.

Animals other than mammals do not have externalized testicles. Birds, despite having very high core body temperatures have internal testes; it was once theorized that birds used their air sacs to cool the testes internally, but later studies revealed that birds' testes function at core body temperature.

from wikipedia:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicles



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Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: ukmicky on 26/05/2007 00:34:04
Actually just before ejaculation they can pull themselves inside the body to protect themsleves from over the top thrust actions of the owner. :)
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Post by: that mad man on 26/05/2007 22:26:33
Cue Woody Allen............


 [;D]
Title: Why do my two brussel sprouts hurt, when they are hit?
Post by: Seany on 26/05/2007 22:34:15
Thanks Enrico!!! [;)]
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Post by: chris on 17/10/2009 10:23:49
Womens' bits are internal and to damage them equivalently you'd need to suffer really quite fearsome trauma to a large number of other tissues first. I think they are likely to be equivalently sensitive, but it's harder to find out!

Chris