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Julian Sanchez | October 5, 2005

Kerry Howley explains why it takes a certain amount of spunk to be a successful entrepreneur.

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|10.5.05 @ 4:34PM|#

Now that's an article that you can't beat.

|10.5.05 @ 4:41PM|#

"...prime cuts of American man..."

May I use this for my match.com account?

|10.5.05 @ 4:47PM|#

I think Julian shot his wad with that clever emission.

|10.5.05 @ 4:58PM|#

Oh, and bravo to whoever mocked up that pic of the sperm bank for the article on the front page.

|10.5.05 @ 5:00PM|#

I can't believe you all get off making comments like that. I mean, come on...

|10.5.05 @ 5:12PM|#

BTW, Congratulations to Kerry Howley on that fine work of seminal research needed to write that article.

|10.5.05 @ 5:13PM|#

No, really. I mean it. I wouldn't jerk you around.

|10.5.05 @ 5:15PM|#

$300.00 plus shipping. Now I feel like an even bigger loser for my limited successes at trying to give it away for free.

|10.5.05 @ 5:19PM|#

"it takes a certain amount of spunk to be a successful entrepreneur."

Hell, no... :P

Jeff P.|10.5.05 @ 5:21PM|#

I've been giving my sperm away for free for years.

|10.5.05 @ 5:30PM|#

Insert Peter North joke here.

fyodor|10.5.05 @ 5:33PM|#

Yeah, I been giving it away for years, too...and throwing it away before that!!!

Jeff P.|10.5.05 @ 5:43PM|#

Does anyone else here chuckle when they see an Onan-Cummins logo on a piece of equipment?
http://www.powertechserv.com/onan_cummins_pro_.htm

|10.5.05 @ 5:51PM|#

*raises hand*

|10.5.05 @ 6:11PM|#

This is such a sticky topic. I think I'll wash my hands of this thread.

Jeff P.|10.5.05 @ 6:31PM|#

C'mon...c'mon...yeah...
...
...
Ahhhhhhhh.
Whoops, wrong website.

|10.5.05 @ 6:31PM|#

I don't see the issue here...

Jeff P.|10.5.05 @ 6:36PM|#

Good one, Abdul.

"I do not avoid women...but I do deny them my essence."

|10.5.05 @ 6:39PM|#

Look, if he was finishing, he wouldn't have bothered to type "Ahhhhhhh." He'd just say it.

|10.5.05 @ 6:58PM|#

God, listen to you people. And look at that graphic.

Don't you realize someone from national review might be reading?

|10.5.05 @ 6:59PM|#

Ah, there's the rub.

|10.5.05 @ 7:03PM|#

Get a grip guys - is this really such a big deal?

|10.5.05 @ 7:23PM|#

Maybe he was dick-tating, Arthur.

|10.5.05 @ 7:30PM|#

He's got spunk. I hate spunk...

rJeremy|10.5.05 @ 8:06PM|#

haha..cool picture on the lead in. OMG..wait..I think I know that girl!

Jeff P.|10.5.05 @ 8:24PM|#

We could milk this gag for days...
Go here:
http://www.six.com.au/semen/articles/slang_semen.shtml

drf|10.5.05 @ 9:12PM|#

good job all.

how about "just as long as you don't get it on your dress..."

the Monty Python was fantastic. and so was the Dr. Strangelove.

well done. two snaps and a circle.

|10.6.05 @ 11:44AM|#

So did anyone notice the "Make a Donation" button on the bottom left margin? Where's the link go to? Celebrity nude photos of Virginia Postrel?

|10.6.05 @ 12:28PM|#

This strikes me as a spermanent solution to a temporary problem.

|10.6.05 @ 12:29PM|#

Some strict constructionist couples have a hard time conceiving because they have a very narrow definition of urethra.

|10.6.05 @ 12:35PM|#

Suddenly, beggars could be choosers. An impotent husband was an excuse to embark on the world?s weirdest shopping trip.

For years I've thought "impotent" properly referred only to erectile problems. But no, I just looked it up, and it can broadly refer to male sterility as well.

Still, the imprecision bothers me. I think I trace this back to the old joke about the guy who comes back from the doctor's in a tuxedo because he was told he was "impo'tant."

I have a revised version of the joke anyway, that's more precise:

A couple was having problems having a baby, so the husband went to have himself checked out.

He came back home in a New York Yankees uniform with the number 39 on it.

The wife asked, "Why are you wearing the uniform of Daryl Strawberry?"

The husband answered, "Well, the doctor told me I was Daryl, so I figured I'd better start dressing like it."

Yeah, much better.