<i>Science</i>: Human males not horny

Let the jokes begin.

J. Biggs said: Let the jokes begin.

I approve of this post.

My (former) mother-in-law actually was astounded when my (former) wife revealed to her that there is no bone in there. Never mind spines. My (former) father-in-law didn't have a lot say on the subject, as you might guess.

No joke, just a (mostly) sober observation on a serious scientific topic.

The paper (rather than the news report) is in Nature, not Science. (And I don't know about anyone else, but I miss my ancestral spines and sensory vibrissae.)

Additionally, we see that the human penis not only has no backbone, but also no spine.

The paper (rather than the news report) is in Nature, not Science.

If we had all that they what would take place of all those viagra emails I get? Maybe it is part of "god's" plan to make us suffer. I mean if we had a baculum then we'd never have the shame of saying "Honestly! This has never happened to me before!"

Wayne Francis said: If we had all that they what would take place of all those viagra emails I get?

Maybe it is part of “god’s” plan to make us suffer.

Roger said:

Wayne Francis said: If we had all that they what would take place of all those viagra emails I get?

Increase-the-size-of-your-baculum pills.

Maybe it is part of “god’s” plan to make us suffer.

I disagree. The baculum is a bone and can therefore break through an accident. That's physical suffering enough but imagine what your dignity would also have to suffer as you hobbled round with that plaster cast on.

"Unfortunately, even without a baculum, the human penis is vulnerable to fracture."

Broke back mounting?

On quite another topic, can anyone reach scienceblogs.com? Pharyngula, Tetzoo, etc. Seems to have gone off the planet. Why?

Now if human males still had a baculum the most masochistic of us could use distraction osteogenesis to lengthen our, errr, baculums. The process of lengthening long bones requires a corticotomy (sectioning the bone into two pieces) and using a device that has two circular pieces that implant into each section of bone with titanium pins. Each day a screw is turned counter-clockwise and it separates the two sections by 1mm. This process is repeated until the bone reaches the desired length. It would give the phrase, "getting screwed" a whole new meaning.

heleen said: On quite another topic, can anyone reach scienceblogs.com? Pharyngula, Tetzoo, etc. Seems to have gone off the planet. Why?

The baculum must have existed in the Garden of Eden, because everything was created to be perfect. Its absence is a reminder of the price we all pay because of original sin.

For a very long time, I assumed that the Biblical account of Eve's creation out of Adma's rib was a charming myth accounting for an odd anatomical fact -- that women have one rib fewer than men. Never having had any reason to count ribs on skeletons, I was in middle age before learning that the odd anatomical fact was not a fact at all. Then I wondered how the story came to be. Apparently there is some variation in the number and symmetry of human ribs, and some people do have one rib fewer. But why would this random oddity become something to be explained in a creation myth? Now, it makes more sense if the Biblical "rib" is the baculum. But then, how would the authors have known about that?

CJColucci said: Now, it makes more sense if the Biblical "rib" is the baculum. But then, how would the authors have known about that?

Just guessing about this, but I’d be surprised if hebrew didn’t use a different word for a human’s rib and an animal’s baculum…so the english translation “rib” probably means exactly that.

CJColucci said: Apparently there is some variation in the number and symmetry of human ribs, and some people do have one rib fewer.

We gave up the bone and moved our brain there

Lewis thomason said: We gave up the bone and moved our brain there

CJColucci said: For a very long time, I assumed that the Biblical account of Eve's creation out of Adma's rib was a charming myth accounting for an odd anatomical fact -- that women have one rib fewer than men. Never having had any reason to count ribs on skeletons, I was in middle age before learning that the odd anatomical fact was not a fact at all. Then I wondered how the story came to be. Apparently there is some variation in the number and symmetry of human ribs, and some people do have one rib fewer. But why would this random oddity become something to be explained in a creation myth? Now, it makes more sense if the Biblical "rib" is the baculum. But then, how would the authors have known about that?

OT:

There was a MASSIVE 8.9 earthquake off of Japan a couple of hours ago; tsunamis have already wiped out several towns north of Tokyo.

There is a Tsunami warning for the entire Pacific Coast, from the US to NZ.

If you live near the coast, I highly suggest you keep an eye on the data for your area.

you only have a few hours to about 12 hours to prepare, depending on how close to Tokyo you are.

Wonder how long it's going to take Scienceblogs to fend off the DDOS attacks of a bunch spineless dickheads?

I can't be the only one suffering from PZWS (PZ Withdrawal Syndrome).

Enjoy.

I get the joke but to answer it seriously:

I don't get the joke. I didn't mean to make one, and I'd hate to make one by accident and never know what it was.