LONDON (Reuters):A WELSH rugby fan cut off his own testicles to celebrate Wales beating England at rugby, The Daily Mirror reported recently.
Geoff Huish, 26, was so convinced England would win Saturday's match he told fellow drinkers at a social club, "If Wales win I'll cut my balls off," the paper said.
Friends at the club in Caerphilly, south Wales, thought he was joking, but after the game Huish went home, severed his testicles with a knife, and walked 200 yards back to the bar with the testicles to show the shocked drinkers what he had done.
Huish was taken to hospital where he remained in serious condition, the paper said.
Wales's 11-9 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was their first home win over England in 12 years.
LAWSUITS SPREAD OVER PENIS ENLARGEMENT CLAIMSLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New Jersey man has filed a false advertising lawsuit against a maker of herbal penis enlargement pills, alleging the medicine does not fulfill its promises, the plaintiff's lawyer said last month.
Two similar cases, filed last year in Colorado and Ohio, accuse manufacturers of herbal dietary supplements, VigRx and Enzyte, of falsely claiming to be able to add substantial length and girth to a man's penis.
HUNGRY MAN HOLDS UP STORE, DEMANDS SUSHITOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man pulled a knife in a convenience store one Sunday morning last month and threatened to kill himself unless he was given a meal of the choicest sushi.
The 68-year-old unemployed man barged into the store in the western city of Osaka after first setting fire to his nearby apartment, police said Monday. Newspapers said the man claimed he couldn't eat because his state benefit payments had been stopped.
Police overpowered the man after about an hour, during which time he ate bananas and helped himself to alcoholic drinks and vitamin supplements. Police declined to say whether he got any sushi.
MEN, CHANGE THOSE DIAPERS"Some dads come right out and say, 'My child just doesn't like me.' This is not the case, but when children are between 8 and 24 months, it can seem that way," writes child-development specialist Jan Faull in The Seattle Times.
"There are other dads who say, 'Huh? That's not the case with my child' . . .
Researchers discovered the difference between the two sets of dads depended on the number of diapers they changed. The more diapers the dad changed, the more attached the child was to him. The less diaper changes, the less likely the child would accept dad when needing consolation or care."
MALE IMPLANTS - FEWER BABIESVANCOUVER (CP):
A PRIVATE American company hopes to revolutionise birth control by launching the world's first implantable male contraceptive.
Dr. Neil Pollock, co-founder of Shepherd Medical Company, told a news conference Monday that the Intra Vas Device, or IVD, is less invasive than a vasectomy but just as effective.
"We feel that we have the potential to make a huge impact on the future of contraception in the world," said Pollock, co-founder of the company, as he showed off the 2.5-centimetre hollow silicone plug.
Men have limited options when it comes to contraception and the IVD would shift the burden of birth control from women to men, he said.
Pollock presented slides showing the insertion of the IVD into a man's vas deferens tubes, which transport sperm to the penis.
Pollock, who specialises in performing vasectomies, said the IVD would be implanted in about seven minutes as an outpatient procedure under local anaesthetic at a cost of US$1,000.
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