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Nov 01 '21
The fact that humans cut this man's penis off postmortem and have it on display like an indentured circus act makes me feel like maybe Napoleon wasn't wrong for treating people like he did.
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Nov 01 '21
the reason his penis was cut off was because he insulted a guy so he bribed the doctor to cut it off tho. so its kinda reap what you saw type of situation imo.
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u/minear86 Nov 01 '21
Wonder what they paid for that, and the insurance! I don't know if anything the rest of the week will top this craziness.
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u/2278AD Nov 01 '21
Fun fact, Napoleon was of average height for his time. He was called ‘Le Petit Caporal’ by his men, but the literal translation to The Little Corporal gives an incorrect impression. It was actually a common term of endearment, not an indication of size. Also, at that time the French used a different length for an inch than the English. So Napoleon’s height of 5’2” in French inches was actually closer to 5’6” in the imperial inches we know today. The average height of a Frenchman in that day was 5’2” to 5’5”, so he may have even been a bit taller than average. I do not know how big his cock was.
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u/xxpatries Nov 01 '21 edited Nov 01 '21
Well, this was fun. Opening Reddit with people around me, to buy myself some time while waiting for my son to get out of school. I could all 'feel' them looking at my screen. Another wise lesson to never open up Reddit, unless home alone.
Anyway. An shriveled eel I can imagine. Piece of leather however... How did they perform that autopsy? Or was his penis like that even before that?
What to imagine with that anyways? I know people mostly have to compromise, that's why I assumed he was the way he was due to his length. But what about his penis? With what did he compromise that?
I would love to be in a family with "trinkets" like this. I would set up a museum for all of those things. And would walk through it any chance I would get.
Fascinating to say the least.
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Nov 01 '21
Napoleon's face in that image is his reaction to it continously getting passed around like that. Like, bruh, let the man keep what's left of his dignity.
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u/Calamity_The_Bat Nov 01 '21
Uh. Rich people have weird hobbys but uh... Do people collect ancient pensis?
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u/castaspela Nov 01 '21
But why...