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| Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ |
| 2008-05-19 |
| Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die. Hjartarson is founder and owner of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which offers visitors from around the world a close-up look at the long and the short of the male reproductive organ. His collection, which began in 1974 with a single bull's penis that looked something like a riding crop, now boasts 261 preserved members from 90 species. The largest, from a sperm whale, is 70 kg (154 lb) and 1.7 meters (5.58 ft) long. The smallest, a hamster penis bone, is just 2 mm and must be viewed through a magnifying glass. One species conspicuous by its absence is homo sapiens, but that may soon be rectified since a German, an American, an Icelander and a Briton have promised to donate their organs after death, according to certificates on display. The American, 52-year-old Stan Underwood, supplied a written description of his penis -- which he purportedly nick-named "Elmo" -- for display alongside a life-size plastic mould of the member as well as his pledge to donate it. Hjartarson said the Icelandic donor, a 93-year-old from nearby Akureyri, was a womanizer in his youth who thought having his penis in the collection might bring him eternal fame. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I've actually been to this place in Iceland. I was over there on a trip with a group of friends and we were walking around downtown Reykjavik when we happened upon this place. Curiousity got the better of us and we decided to take a look. It's not a big place, roughly the size of an average room on one floor. Needless to say, we didn't stick around for very long. Two or three minutes, tops. The trip to Iceland was great, but this was one part I kind of wish I had forgotten. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2008-05-19 22:58 |
| #2 I'm not using mine, but it hasn't fallen off yet, so they can't have it. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-05-19 10:23 |
| #1 Artifacts and relics? I can relate, wahhaha. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-05-19 03:38 |