Mount Sterling prepares for testicle festival

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 6/16/05 | Rick Pierce

[byset]

Euphemisms abound for the, uh, delicacy that will be the focus of a festival Saturday in Mount Sterling, Ill., about 90 miles north of St. Louis.

Kevin Huston, who owns the Sportsman's Club bar, which is hosting the festival, has heard 'em all: cowboy caviar, swinging beef, mountain oysters, lamb fries. But folks in Mount Sterling (population 2,077) don't mince words, so the festival is known simply as the Sportsman's Club Testicle Festival.

"They're not really like chicken or a beef steak," Huston says. "They're in a class of their own."

The festival, which will feature beef, pork, lamb and turkey testicles, even has a motto: "Come one, come all, let's have a ball." ...

[blackie]

That's an NBA team, isn't it. ;)

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh...don't even pretend you don't know why I pinged you over here...

Why'd you ping me over here? :~D

[OB1kNOb]

Did someone ask for ritualistically shaved tes...tic...les?

[FeliciaCat]

I will take your word for it. ;)

[L,TOWM]

Ooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I believe KFC makes both, the glaze is quite tasty, but very sticky!!!

[missyme]

Can't remember the last time I tried testicles proably the last time I drank tequilla! LOL..

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

How many attempted uses of the line?

[blackie]

I'll take your word for it ~ I like the original covering.

[BikerNYC]

Testicles are something that should not be discussed in mixed company...

I'm sure the women-folk around here have seen em before, with a few having done more to em than that.

[Corin Stormhands]

Why'd you ping me over here? :~D

So you could explain it to ecurbh.

[andy58-in-nh]

Would be fun to go to a blue state liquor store and ask, "which wine goes better with testicles?"

That would be a Chateau Balzac '91

[HairOfTheDog]

I think he finds the subject distasteful ;~D

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

You get the award, you are post #69 on the Testicle thread.

You should try the Honey BBQ wings, they are wonderful. Messy, but good. Much like a lot of things in life!!

[AzaleaCity5691]

I'm fully of aware of that, my point is, it's just not in good taste, and the last thing I would be, when I'm vistin' my parents, for one of the kids to say "Guess what grandpa, yesterday I ate goat nuts for dinner"

Testicles are adult subject matter, and thats where they belong, not in community festivals

[reagan_fanatic]

[byset]

"There is a time and a place for testicle discussions, and a community sponsored festival ain't one of them"

I see where you're coming from. But I think the worst that can be said about this is that it's sophomoric or in bad taste or just weird, but it's all in good fun and it's not sexual or lascivious or anything. If anything the drag show would seem the most objectionable part of it-- not that that really bothers me either.

It seems like this testifestival is less objectionable for children than learning about contraceptives in junior high, or most prime time TV for that matter.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"I'm sure the women-folk around here have seen em before, with a few having done more to em than that."

You said a mouth full!!

[Corin Stormhands]

I wouldn't know.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

... proably the last time I drank tequilla!

Noooo...that was the worm you swallowed...