Never forget how big you truly are!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPn1esBlh98

I'm sorry, but I kind of lol'd at that "my balls should be at the end of the video" comment

My friend (female) said that anyone who has to defend his manhood against inanimate objects never has much to begin with... I think she's right! Anyway, stupid comments aside (it's youtube, would you expect anything less?), was that not an amazing movie!!

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I was thinking, maybe Vy Canis Majoris is to the Sun as protons are to quarks...

(I recently read that protons are 10,000 times larger than quarks.)

I used to read about shit like that (planets and stuff) a lot. But even now it surprises me that there are celestial bodies that dwarf the hell out of our sun.

You people have no sense of humor, do you?

I had never heard of Vy Canis Majoris until I watched that video. I knew of big stars, and that they could fill up everything out to Mars. But the Big Dog would fill up everything out to Saturn. I did a gedanken and I feel that far more than 10,000 suns would be needed, so my analogy to the proton and quark is not very precise.

I still read about shit like that and I still don't know what's going on. If I were locked in a room and had to explain why the universe exists in order to get out, then it would probably be more efficient to suicide, as that would certainly get me out.

If you're talking about volume, then V goes as R^3. So, roughly 8 billion Suns could fit inside VY Canis... amazing! And remember that about 1 million Earth's can fit inside the Sun. However, it's mass is not nearly as large (in comparison) as its radius. It's estimated to have a mass of about 30-40 Suns. I need to figure out how to do some animation, and I could produce some cool astronomy videos

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Oh we people certainly do have a healthy sense of humor! I'm sure if I was in 7th grade, or had not heard such jokes a million times before, I would have found it funny. Don't get me wrong, a little raunchy can be great, but that was so typical (dull)!

It seems that the Big Dog could solve our energy crisis rather easily. I personally wouldn't want to get anywhere near that thing, but future generations might use it and similar stars like motorists use gas stations.

Ah, so you have not yet reached the phase where you will begin to understand that typical dull jokes can be really fun BECAUSE they're typical and dull.

That youtube comment was a perfect example of that, and I think the author was aware of that.

I have to agree with Amazingu, because anytime I talk about my balls everyone within earshot laughs. People think dangling balls are funny, especially women. It is typically the simpler jokes, and those that focus on simple shapes, that generate the most contagious laughter. As an example, a woman at work was carrying a bag of nuts against her chest. I asked her, "Are you nursing those nuts?" Everyone lost it.

It's true, simple crude jokes are preferable for most people since the "dumber" the joke the more people "get it". That's not to say that raunchy jokes are not funny, but I have to say that penis, ball, vagina jokes are so typical...YAWN. We've all heard these jokes a million times since elementary school. Hey, if that's what you like, I'm guessing you'll never be searching for a laugh. As for me, I guess I just prefer something with "more substance". A perfect example of funny and raunchy is The Miller's Tale by Chaucer:

http://web.archive.org/web/200204151617 … nte004.htm

or, for modern and hilarious raunchy, I highly recommend The Kentucky Fried Movie
with the classic scene: "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble"

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I think I know what what you're getting at. There's a band I like called Edguy, and they love a good, crude joke - even in their songs. Unfortunately, as I've distanced myself from power/speed metal I've realized how much I dislike their sense of humor. The songs that are made to be plain out silly feel are paper thin, while the songs where the sense of humor and/or irony is buried further within seem to really offer something.

And I recommend the early 90's Britcom Bottom.

Now THAT's toilet humor done right.

Speaking of Britcom, Benny Hill is hilarious... and of course risque (at least at the time)!

For some reason when I saw the title to this thread my mind started playing back that old song "Downtown" 0_o.

I found Amazon Women on the Moon (the sequel) more risible. Kentucky Fried was made in the 70s, so I wouldn't call it "modern", but I'll agree it was raunchy. Of course, such humor is always in style, so I suppose it can never sway from the vogue. By the way, here's a real classic:

"Donkey's Testament", from 16th century Europe: (Sorry, I don't have a recording.)

Oh my, oh my, oh my,
donkey mine, you're going to die, oh my...
Let the curia have my cross;
The cardinals my ears I toss.
Pass my tail on to the friars
And my hee-haw to the choirs,
Preachers get my tongue; instead,
Let the judges have my head;
To the porters give my back,
My feet to peddlers with their pack;
Give my meat to those who fast;
Cobblers get my hide at last.
Give my mane to make a brush,
Give my bones for dogs to crush,
Let the vultures have my gut,
Widows get my you-know-what,
And-why not?-throw in my nuts.
With his will thus ratified,
Down the donkey lay and died.
As for the remaining bit,
Once the druggist gets his shit
And the doctors get his bladder,
Let the priests dispute the matter.

I've never heard of that before. Very neat! Where is this from? In which book did you find it? I did a google search and couldn't find any info, so let me know the details. It's really quite interesting, as can be seen in the poem, back then people really didn't let anything go to waste.  Of course back in the 1930 it was the same thing. People had little, so they made the most of anything they could.

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Stop trying to sneak education into my web time! ;-)

This book, page 80. I was fascinated all the way through, because my personality is nearly identical to his. Luckily, I live now and not then. And it has nothing to do with the quality of living; I can speak my mind without worrying about someone roasting me above a fire. People are arguing that invasion of privacy violates rights, but we're getting off pretty easy these days, I say. I much prefer cameras to becoming a crispy critter.

How tightly can she clutch the nuts to herself?