“In men the nature of the genital organs is disobedient and self-willed, like a creature that is deaf to reason, and it attempts to dominate all because of its frenzied lusts.”
― Plato, Timaeus c. 360 BC
Ready for a dose of machismo and silliness? In A Man’s Junk: Photos of Fakery, Boasting, and Macho Fun, snapshots collector Robert E. Jackson shows us men posing with their favourite body part.
As ever, let’s enjoy the found photos and imagine the stories between…
“Vulcanize the whoopee stick
In the ham wallet
Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket”– Bloodhound Gang, Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
“My dick’s bigger than your dick / It ain’t braggin’ if it’s true / My dick’s bigger than your dick / I can prove it too / There it is! There’s my dick / Isn’t that a wonderful sight? / Run to the village, to town, to the countryside / Tell the people what you’ve seen here tonight.”
– Randy Newman
A gift real special, so take off the top
Take a look inside it’s my dick in a box
It’s in a box”
– Justin Timberlake, Dick In A Box
“So macho
He’s got to be so macho
He’s got to be big and strong
Enough to turn me on”– Sinitta, So Macho
“The kangaroo has a double penis – one for week days and one for holidays.”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
“I shan’t forget when I got married to Selina Brown.
The way the people laughed at me, it made me feel a clown.
I began to wonder, when their dials began to crack,
If by mistake I’d got my Sunday trousers front to back.
I put my chain on my darby kell,
The sun was shining on it, well it made me look a swell.
The organ started playing and the bells began to ring,
My chain began to rattle and the choir began to sing.”– Harry Champion, Any Old Iron
“Mmm, once I was swimming ‘cross turtle creek
Man, them snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming ‘cross that thing
With both hands holing my ding-a-ling-a-ling”– Chuck Berry, My Ding-a-Ling
“Well, I’m upper, upper-class, high-society
God’s gift to ballroom notoriety
And I always fill my ballroom, the event is never small
The social pages say I’ve got the biggest balls of all”– AC/DC, I’ve Got Big Balls
“Me? Oh, intellectually I believe in having a good heart, a chirpy penis, a lively intelligence, and the courage to say ‘shit!’ in front of a lady.”
— D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
“Honey, you shake, and I’ll rattle, we’ll roll on down the line
And see if we can’t get in touch with a very close friend of mine
But let me clue you in, it ain’t like him to argue or pretend
Honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend”– Jackson Brown, Redneck Friend
“No place for hiding, baby
No place to run
You pull the trigger of my
Love gun (love gun)
Love gun
Love gun (love gun)
Love gun”– Kiss, Love Gun
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