This man was submitted into a Sydney hospital with his penis severed, he gave the reason for this accident as that he was fixing his lawnmower when it accently started. Why he was fixing a lawnmower naked with his penis in the machinery we'll never know. Because of the nature of the injury his penis could not be reattached to his groin because the flesh resembled tissue paper. But for his penis to survive until his groin healed [which was estimated to be about 6 months] it would need to be connected to a large blood vessel. As luck would have the human body has a large blood vessel in the forearm, his penis was connected to the blood vessel in the forearm and we were told that only the head stuck out of his arm.

Moderator Greg says, "Australian friends confirmed Dr Karl is very real. He's a huge celebrity for his work teaching science to kids on TV and radio, something he's still doing. I contacted the good Doctor. His PA replied, stating that the story is true, and I can call him to discuss it. If he could briefly report on the matter, I'd be grateful. Given the likelihood that it is true, and we have a celebrity to endorse the account, even given Kelly's misgivings about the fact the penis survived, I still think it's a bloody good Honourable Mention. He did his best to detach himself from his family jewels..."

Submitted on 09/21/2005

Submitted by: Terri Sutton
Reference: [None, a personal account]

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Greg said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Sounds like urban myth to me. What would be the point in attaching a guy's penis to his arm?? It would be useless! Can't find any other mention of this. Might email Dr Karl himself and ask him if it's true ... in fact, I will!

James said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Greg, if you get a hold of Dr. Karl (assuming he's for real), let me know. This seems a BIT far-fetched for me to believe!

Kelly said:
Definitely Toss: Other
I found the refrence on the standford students website at this url http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~dresden/bens.html Note, it's a students page I can't find anything in actual medical information even though the page is written in what appears to be medical jargon. HOWEVER, the article says: the penis survived, has excellent sensation In which case, i see no reason to give him an award, he doesn't appear to have done anything to remove himself permentaly from the gene pool.

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