Scrotum Injury

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We have two boarder patrol agents sitting in prison because they shot a Drug Runner in the as and it took his genitals as well! He then sued the US government for damages and as a witness continued to smuggle dope across the boarder! So we have A-holes and a lot of balls just like most stories involving the government! In the meantime the poor agents have been beat up in prison by Illegal aliens! God Bless the USA!

Update: The smuggler has been rearrested on drug charges something the jury never knew in the shooting case!


I heard that story.

Give me a ****ing break. Only in America.
 
I was diving 10 days ago on the Protea Banks, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa when our Dive Master had a very nasty mishap.

Launching to dive the Protea Banks is rather an effort. Launching takes place from a small harbour at Shelley Beach. Protea Banks are 8 kilometers offshore and launching forms part of the pre-dive excitement where all participating divers assist with pushing the boat into the waves whilst the skipper starts up the motors as boats are launched from the beach. It is, however, a harbour with a cement strip sloping to the shore and a radio tower controls the launching and beaching of fishing and diving boats.

In the process of unhooking the boat from the trailer, the Dive Master was standing on the front of the trailer when the vertical strut hook securing the front of the boat to the trailer came loose (as it is supose to do). The movable part of the trailer, to unload the boat, shot upwards, and our Dive Master let out a horrific scream. The divers thought that he has received a blow to the family jewels and would be up and running shortly!!

However, it was far more serious than that. When the vertical hook shot upwards, it literally hooked his scrotum through his wetsuite and lifted him a foot in the air. On investigation it turned out that his scrotum has teared, to such an extent that his one testical was protruding through his scrotum. Needless to say, this was a serious injury. Our Dive Master was rushed to hospital, but fortunately he did not suffer any serious internal injuries. His scrotum was stitched up and by now he should be medical fit to dive again.

The lesson I have learned was that accidents do happen. Not only in the water, but prior to launching as well!! Divers should be cautious at all times.

Betchya that hurt. Kind've gives new meaning to the phrase "hoisted by his petard" ... :shocked:

... Bob (Grateful Diver)
 
A good lesson is protect the family jewels at all costs. And if you're gonna shoot somebody aim for the head. Dead men can't refute your account of what happened. Hope the US attorney that prosecuted them gets what is coming to him. The OP's account of injury is too minor to happen to that jerk.
Coach Broda would have told him to "jog a lap or ten!"
 
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