[This is a repost from June 2009 inspired by two things, the first being the increased hit rate from the MASSIVE COCK post and secondly James’s comment in the same post. I make no apologies, there is always room for fictional characters with unfeasibly large testicles.]
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I am gradually going through my photo's and placing the ones containing 'she who will not be named' into a separate folder. Well the work continues.
But in doing so I came across the pictures of these handsome chaps, the photo's were taken in a town called Mashiko, Japan,
It is famous for it's pottery and there are lots of independent potters shops to look in and some splendid examples of Mashiko-ware can be had, if that's your bag.
What they also make are these chaps, thousands and thousands of them, all over the town. they are called Tanuki which is Japanese for a Raccoon Dog . The Tanuki is considered a sort of patron spirit of the restaurant, bar trade and you will find him outside these establishments all over Japan welcoming visitors.
He's shown with an empty Sake bottle in one hand, an IOU in the other and a fat stomach.
And what got my attention unfeasibly large testicles , in fact legend has it his scrotum can cover 8 tatami mats. Oh my the japes he gets up to with his enormous balls are myriad
The children even sing songs about him.
"Tan-tan-tanuki's testicles,
there isn't even any wind
but still go swing-swing-swing."
But enough wittering, follow the links if you'd like to know more. So to my point, if there is one.
The massive Tanuki pictured above* is one of the first things visitors to the town see if they arrive by train or car ( it is on the edge of the main car park, and all the tourist buses off load here as well). You look at it, do a double take and then just smile and think "Well this must be a pretty cool town."
So my feelings are perhaps, sod the Angel of the North or the White Horse of Kent, lets every town have a huge statue of a cartoon animal with massive bollocks.
Then perhaps we wouldn't take everything so seriously. I know I wouldn't.
* I have left the Ex-bitch in the picture purely for scale (5'5'') but have carefully obscured her face, in case the evil gets out out.
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*sigh*
If only we'd import that sort of Japanese culture. Rather than the sharp and slicy sort....
That's Winnie The Pooh in Japanese, right?
I don't know if AA Milne drew his inspiration from the Tanuki myth, but it's a thought
A little known fact however is that the first draft of Disney's Winnie the Pooh and The Honey Tree had Pooh getting stuck due to his large gonads and at one point had Tigger playing them like tom-tom drums.
In the end this was vetoed by Walt Disney himself [May not be true]
Am I out-of-touch with society if I don't find this "welcoming" at my dining place?
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