It seems that Florida residents have made popular a new car accessory. A hanging decoration designed to look like the scrotum of a bull and sometimes marketed under the label “Truck Nutz” is all the rage. One hangs them from the hitch of your pick-up or car in order to show that your particular track is male and “has a pair”.
Well, Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches .
Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the decorations offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the items.
Someone needs to let Mr. Baker know that these hallowed items are actually a representation of something that has been much venerated over time. The Milan Stock market is known as the “Borsa” and the Paris stock market is calledthe “Bourse”, both names derive from a late latin term for the scrotum of a bull. Why? Well, it seems it turns out that people found the skin made a perfect bag in which to carry money. Even in English, the term “purse” derives from the same piece of anatomy (yes, ma’am, I’m sure you are thinking of that when wondering if it will match with your favorite shoes). I do have to say that some people claim the word origin is the Van Der Beurze family of Bruges who managed a warehouse and currency exchange in the medieval canaled city.
in any case, i could not testify (a wrod that comes from swearing one one’s family jewels in ancient Rome) as to which of the orgins is more accurate.
What I can easily attest to, however, is that Mr Cary is far too concerend with the decor of moving vehicles as a preoccupation of government. While he may be sporting a pair that allows him to waste govenremnt resources on such legislation, he certainly lacks a sense of humor which makes him todays Chumpzilla Award winner.
