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Old 23 January 2007, 11:00 PM
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Several years ago, an article was posted on Snopes that claimed that "a severed penis had been found in a factory-sealed bottle of punch. The item is INDEED a penis, but not of the purported origin. The famous case of "John Bobbit" comes to mind. Before the bottle claim was made, a case that made country-wide news occured. Lorenna Bobbit, a woman suffering from severe mental depression, subject to rape and abuse, woke up one night. She went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and spotted an 8 inch knife. She went to her husband's room, and severed the penis, thew it out of her car, several blocks away, whist she was making her escape. What does this have to do with anything? The picture of the severed penis, once found, and taken for court, is precicly like the one in the article.

Source: Court documents, the picture of the said article in court can be found on Wikipedia.
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Old 23 January 2007, 11:17 PM
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Er, can you provide the link to the stories you're talking about?
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Old 23 January 2007, 11:25 PM
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This one maybe?

There is a picture of his severed penis on that page.

Not sure about the 'bottled juice' part, though or the relevance to John Bobbit's severed penis. Maybe it bears resemblance to the thing that was found in the bottled juice?
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Old 23 January 2007, 11:28 PM
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Er, can you provide the link to the stories you're talking about?
More importantly, can Jaken provide a clear and concise description of the claim?
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Old 24 January 2007, 12:33 AM
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Snopes penis is a bottle that turned out to be mold story.

There is a story about a woman who alleges she found a penis in a bottle of ketchup....

Ahhhh, who can forget the Bobbit incident, the week news anchors learned to say "penis" without giggling.
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Old 24 January 2007, 12:56 AM
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Terribly sorry, I don't know how to link.

Thanks for pointing out the article.
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Old 24 January 2007, 01:21 AM
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So, is your purported "new news" that what was definitively found to be mold in the bottle looks similar to a severed penis? Because we already knew that, that was why it was thought to be a severed penis until it was tested.
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Old 24 January 2007, 01:24 AM
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Terribly sorry, I don't know how to link.
We knew that already. Now we're waiting to see if you can explain the point of the thread. Please.
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Old 24 January 2007, 02:35 AM
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I think Master Jaken is saying that the photo on the snopes page is actually a photo of Bobbit's severed penis, not a photo of the mould found in the juice bottle.

Maybe.

I'm not sure what he's basing his claim on, though. He seems pretty confident about it.
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Old 24 January 2007, 04:35 AM
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I thought Mr. Bobbit's penis was surgically reattached rather quickly; I doubt there'd be any pictures of it circulating.
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Old 24 January 2007, 04:35 PM
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I thought Mr. Bobbit's penis was surgically reattached rather quickly; I doubt there'd be any pictures of it circulating.
It was. I don't know where Bobbitt is now.


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Old 24 January 2007, 05:19 PM
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Sarah, the positioning of your final line of text and your sig line is just hysterical!



Ahhhh, who can forget the Bobbit incident, the week news anchors learned to
say "penis" without giggling.
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Old 24 January 2007, 05:21 PM
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I think Master Jaken is saying that the photo on the snopes page is actually a photo of Bobbit's severed penis, not a photo of the mould found in the juice bottle.

Maybe.

I'm not sure what he's basing his claim on, though. He seems pretty confident about it.
I'm guessing not, since the picture in evidence on the page, and the picture of the mold on the snopes page look absolutely nothing alike. But judging from the sentence construction/grammar, who knows?
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This thread was worth it to me just to see the look on the guy's face who's holding up the evidence photo.
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Old 29 January 2007, 05:19 PM
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I thought Mr. Bobbit's penis was surgically reattached rather quickly; I doubt there'd be any pictures of it circulating.
Since Mr Bobbit made a carreer change after the incident and started making money as a porn star it's a safe guess that there is any number of pictures of his penis in circulation, although perhaps not in a severed state.
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