Finding out someone you know is a eunuch: classic or dud?

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed
It's the stuff of municipal legend, but the story never seems to go away. Too many of the old guard seem to have known this guy at the time. They tell me stories about their run-ins with him (ie. "He showed up at my house in Calgary, and yeah he seemed like a totally normal guy") but like many borderline unbelievable stories, it's become near-mythic and therefore hard to pin down exactly which person this story refers to.

So ... last night we're in the car, and his name comes up in conversation.

"Oh, did you know that he's the guy that cut his own balls off while working at a pizza place?"

Instantly a whole lot of things made sense -- the sidelong, knowing glances made by some friends to other friends while in his presence, the now-shocking questions people have asked him while pretending not to know (ie. "So, do you think you'll have any more children?"), his admission of a history of mental illness when we first met, the beautifully hand-written letter (on what appears to be discarded photocopies of religious tracts) half-pleading me to play at his birthday party that I had in my back pocket as the very words spilled out of T's mouth.

Shit ....... I feel really sad. Apparently he was mentally ill and distraught over a relationship and so he cut dem bwoys off during some sort of psychotic episode (unfortunately it occurred at his place of work).

I would have thought there would be more physiological signs, but he comes off as an eccentric but complete person. Who would have known?

Peter Grozny, Friday, 11 July 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

""He showed up at my house in Calgary, and yeah he seemed like a totally normal guy" - surely hstencil isn't....nah, couldn't be

James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha! Blount wins the prize!

Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

he comes off as an eccentric but complete person.

Did he castrate himself before or while you knew him? I cannot comprehend why someone would want to remove those specific body parts, but there are contemporary accounts by eunuchs in which they claim that getting the operation eliminated something they felt was not right about their bodies. If this is the case, it might explain why he at first comes across as "eccentric but complete" (an interesting choice of word, BTW).

That said, I don't blame you if you feel weirded out by this person. Mental illness still can be frightening, and in this guy it manifested itself in a way that would spook most people.

j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I would have thought there would be more physiological signs

I think if it's done post-puberty, there are fewer visible effects.

Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic:

MORE ANAL SEX

daniel cheail (daniel cheail), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Please no one start talking about pizza toppings, k?

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.pdxmart.com/aramark/streetcar/meatball.jpg

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 July 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

So the guy was Swedish?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.cravottableau.com/Family/ikea/images/int-Ikea13%20-%20Meatball%20Yum%20Yum.jpg

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Just revive the Ate My Balls meme already!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/nkpatel/mrt/img/ba02.jpg

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

TS: Scissors vs. Knife

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

If it was in a pizzaria he probably used one of these:

http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/f0/34/652760-elec_lg-resized200.jpg

teeny (teeny), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

or perhaps one of these:

http://www.technik-design-service.de/0_image/pizza-cutter.jpg

teeny (teeny), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

BEST PICTURE THREAD EVER

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 July 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Arrrrghhhh. The pain!

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 12 July 2003 06:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.beavercleaver.net/yourgoodies.JPG

AAARRGHHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 12 July 2003 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 12 July 2003 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.

matthew 19:12

anthony easton (anthony), Saturday, 12 July 2003 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

there are many things I did in Canada, but castrate myself was not one of 'em.

hstencil, Saturday, 12 July 2003 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I'm glad this is being dealt with so sensitively!

N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 12 July 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Did he castrate himself before or while you knew him? I cannot comprehend why someone would want to remove those specific body parts, but there are contemporary accounts by eunuchs in which they claim that getting the operation eliminated something they felt was not right about their bodies. If this is the case, it might explain why he at first comes across as "eccentric but complete" (an interesting choice of word, BTW).

That said, I don't blame you if you feel weirded out by this person. Mental illness still can be frightening, and in this guy it manifested itself in a way that would spook most people.

No, he didn't castrate himself while I knew him. It was a few years ago and that's why it's mostly people I know in their early thirties who remember this first-hand. I have heard of some people (like you say) who feel "not right" about having testicles, but in his case the accounts I have heard describe a young man who was mentally ill and very distraught over a relationship. In this way, I don't think he may have lucidly intended to do it and wonder if (now that his illness is under control) what he feels about it.

I should clarify -- it's not like I don't want to hang out with him anymore, it's just that I don't think he knows that I know. It just makes me really sad.

That said, perhaps I am not correctly analyzing the psychology of a eunuch. I know that if someone cut off my balls today, tomorrow I would not know how to live because the idea of not being able to have sex at all would be pretty terrible. But perhaps this guy's hormonal equilibrium has shifted so far that he no longer is motivated by sex. That said, I consider him a very complete person. One day he gave me, my girlfriend, and her friend some shoulder massages. He's very good at it ... I think his sexuality comes out in a different, completely non-threatening way.

Peter Grozny, Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Not all eunuchs are incapable of sex. Depends on a lot of things. But people *thinking* he is (whether he is or not) certainly gives him the appearance of being non-threatening.

Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

five years pass...

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/

eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/images/icons/icon6.gif How to completely burn my penis off

Dear All
I have a big dream to let the flame engulf my penis and completely burn it off.
Can u suggest the best way or anyone interested to help me out?

eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:42 (seventeen years ago)

srsly help me out here

eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:57 (seventeen years ago)

12 Ways To Crush Your Own Testicles In Your Own Home

crusty but benign (kenan), Monday, 13 October 2008 05:16 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/images/smilies/emot-dong.gif

sleep, Monday, 13 October 2008 05:27 (seventeen years ago)

lol

eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:38 (seventeen years ago)

big dream

○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:43 (seventeen years ago)

ooh I lived in Calgary for years and I never heard any municipal legends or myths about a local eunuch and pizza place debacle. For such an inbred and gossippy city I'm a bit surprised.

salsa shark, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

sometimes eunichs just slip under the radar.

cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:43 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/M/ea_100407my_husba.htm nsfw

original dixieland jaas band (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

He had toned muscles throughout his form, he's legs were apart, and his legs hung down his sides.

100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

Has anyone ever written a book or movie or something called "The Eunuch from Munich", because that is something that needs to be done. Somebody get on it!

cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

not on the eunuch of course, since there's not much to get on! :D

cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

there is ass to be ridden, my boy

100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

get away from my ass

cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

oh wait the eunuch

cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

I'm also tired of you going out late at night, smelling of beer, and creating a mess with your ball juice.

100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

The absence of balls makes a VAS DEFERERNS.

(vast difference, geddit?)

Abbott, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

lol chatroom
http://www.eunuch.org/chat/

eman, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:48 (seventeen years ago)


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.