Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Idea of the day - the cock sock

Looking through my photos from the year and picking what to develop, i came across some gems that needed to be shared with the world. Do you know what this is?That, my friends, is a cock sock. Does it sound crude? Well, i promise you i didn't make the name up. We came across this in Central Australia; the Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs to be precise. What does one do with it? Literally, use it to cover your cock. (not the one that crows, unless you like that sort of stuff of course)
It's not entirely vulgar, the cock sock is really a noble idea. Some ladies at a Rotary Club (or some other benevolent organisation of the sort) thought of it to raise funds for the Flying Doctors. They got men to come in for fittings (haha... embarrassing) and knitted the little cock socks for them. Then, the men had to wear them and could be challenged at any time to see if they were donning said sock. If not, they had to pay a fine. And that, my friends, is how grown men got to stare at other grown mens' genitalia with a valid excuse AND raise funds for a good cause at the same time.
Commemmorated forever in a museum in Alice Springs.
Have you had a good idea today?

p.s: i don't know if that one we're pointing at was used but i didn't chance touching it anyway.

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