Michael Keaton was on a podcast with Bill Simmons a couple weeks ago. It was enjoyable. But Simmons glossed over Johnny Dangerously while reviewing Keaton's career. Simmons mentioned that movie, but ignored a comment by Keaton that the movie had a cult following. I would have enjoyed a few tidbits from Keaton on that flick. I once wrote a blog post on that movie, fer crissakes! Enjoy this scene anyway. I can't wait to show this movie to my kids and then hear about it from my wife, only to respond that I saw this movie 20 times before I turned 10 b/c my folks were divorced and parented via cable TV.
But while we are here to talk testicles, we're not here to talk about that movie. We are here to talk about a German woman and testicle baths! Shall we?
First, let's talk about British inventors. More specifically, let's talk about James Dyson. He is (according to the world wide web) a "British inventor, industrial designer, farmer and billionaire entrepreneur." Yes, he is the guy behind the vacuum cleaners and the hand dryers. He has invented a bunch of other stuff too and owns a 91-meter yacht. That seems...unnecessary.
With all his fame and wealth, James started a foundation, as well as a contest to reward budding young inventors. And that's how we get to Rebecca Weiss. Miss Weiss is an industrial design graduate from the University of Munich. Miss Weiss was diagnosed with precursor cervical cancer, which is no laughing matter. She realized that oral contraceptives were not ideal for her condition, which created an issue for her and her partner. And overall, she noticed there was a lack of male contraceptives.
So she took matters into her own hands (figuratively). She designed an ultrasound deep heat bath for a man's gennies that impacts sperm mobility, meaning they will not fertilize an egg. Pretty brilliant on many fronts. Make the guy do something for a change to avoid a pregnancy! And while I can't speak for all here, I will say that the conceptual idea of dropping one's pair into a heated bath seems, well, pretty pleasant as a contraceptive option. And it looks okay on a shelf to boot.
Miss Weiss won $3,690 (honest number, currency unknown) for her invention and was added to a list of twenty candidates vying for a final prize of $55,358, which is arbitrary and not all that big, given Dyson is allegedly worth $7 billion. So stay tuned. And maybe consider asking your significant other to bathe your gonads to avoid an accident. Full story here.
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