Thirty Year Old Cello Scrotum Prank
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by Luke McKinney  1,877  5
10/22/2009 07:44 PM 2839 views
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Don't worry, this story is actually the least disgusting (or painful) combination of those words possible. An English couple invented the imaginary condition of "Cello Scrotum" in 1974, permanently embarrassing every other pranker before or since in the process: you might think you're hot stuff crank-calling Domino's pizza, but these two pranked the British Medical Journal (BMJ). And they were never discovered. They just decided it would be funnier to admit it now.
"Cello Scrotum" was funny before they even started
It helps that they're the ultimate medical pranking dream team: she's top doctor Baroness Professor Murphy of the House of Lords, he's chairman of a brewery, and we're not making any of that up. She was a medical professor at Guy's Hospital, St Thomas's Hospital, and is now an actual Baroness, while her husband makes beer happen for a living. If pranking were wrestling, that's like a tag team of Hulk Hogan and The Incredible Hulk arriving at the ring in Optimus Prime.
The joke was a response to a letter about "Guitar Nipple", an inflammation of the pectoral caused by playing the instrument. Mister and Missus Murphy thought it sounded like a prank and responded in the best possible way: with a bigger, better prank.
Here's their letter to the BMJ:
Actual letter printed in British Medical Journal
Astonishingly this was not only accepted, but was still being referred to over thirty years later, proving that not one single doctor in England has ever seen a cello. Here's someone playing a cello:
Here's the same picture in ZUG-tronic "Is Cello Scrotum Possible?" Prank-o-Vision:
When the couple (hereafter referred to as Queen and King Of Ballbag Pranking The Firsts) saw their reproductive organ orchestrations referred in the BMJ again earlier this year they decided they should reveal the gag. Or at least that's what they claim. We're sticking by our "because it's even funnier" theory.
The best bit? The British Medical Journal is utterly cool about it, proving the suspected link between "how much of a dumbass you are" and "how angry you get when people reveal that fact", with a statement about how the whole incident "adds to the gaiety of life." Now we're left only with the terrible philosophical question: are we happy or disappointed that cello scrotum isn't real?
(Thanks to ZUG reader Millie for the link idea.)
And now the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7853564.stm
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Funny
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John Hargrave 116,607  19
10/22/2009 09:52 PM
Please welcome comedy god Luke McKinney to the site as one of our new writers. I'm incredibly excited to have him on board, and request that you all address him as "Mr. McKinney."
Please reward him with your comments and rankings, so he won't leave after the first week. And for more of Mr. McKinney, check out his very funny site Luke Writes, You Read.
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Amityville Ravos 34,244 10
10/22/2009 10:36 PM
Do we still have to addrsss you as "Sir" as well?
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Side-splitting
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Cyco Chainsaw Massacre 8,894 6
10/22/2009 10:41 PM
Your cello player should have his scrotum checked out anyway. I don't think it's a good thing (medically speaking) to be able to put it in your front pocket.
Also, that mountain lion needs to get laid. That's the bluest set of balls I've ever seen since I saw mine last, which was about 2 years ago.
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Amityville Ravos 34,244 10
10/22/2009 10:46 PM
Is your beer belly holding them hostage, demanding more beer for their release?
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Cyco Chainsaw Massacre 8,894 6
10/22/2009 10:53 PM
No, I saw my grandma naked and they retracted into my abdomen and they just haven't come back down yet.
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Amityville Ravos 34,244 10
10/22/2009 10:58 PM
I guess thats a good way for a free (temporary?) sex change.
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Hilarious
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Cyco Chainsaw Massacre 8,894 6
10/22/2009 11:04 PM
It is, but the man hands always give me away.
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Amityville Ravos 34,244 10
10/22/2009 11:08 PM
You sure it isn't the adam's apple?
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Cyco Chainsaw Massacre 8,894 6
10/22/2009 11:11 PM
No, the beard hides it pretty well.
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Whistler P. McManus 141,410 23
10/24/2009 06:03 AM
Cello scrotum is nothing compared to fifer's rectum.
Something about this story is giving me a feeling of deja vu.
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Straw's bank account 59,523 11
10/24/2009 07:13 AM
a statement about how the whole incident "adds to the gaiety of life."
I can see a group of British doctor's saying this and then having a good laugh.
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Hilarious
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Millie 107,018 10
10/24/2009 09:48 PM
Thanks, Whistler, but I didn't write an article about it with pictures and I'm not a funny comedy writer, so my post didn't count.
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Chuckleworthy
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John Hargrave 116,607 19
10/25/2009 02:18 PM
I have amended the article to thank Millie for the link idea, and also:
THANK YOU MILLIE FOR THE LINK IDEA!
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Millie 107,018 10 blushes and flutters eyelashes
10/27/2009 06:26 PM
Awww, thanks Johnny! You don't mind if I call you Johnny, do you?
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Luke McKinney 1,877 5
11/13/2009 07:53 PM
Heya Millie
I hadn't seen your submission, but I congratulate you on having great taste in prank links!
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