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Gerbilling

2006-12-16T06:09:45Z

67.101.164.170:

[[Image:614 image 16.jpg|thumb|250px|The satirical animated television series ''[[South Park]]'' depicted gerbilling in the 2002 episode "[[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", in which a gerbil known as [[Lemmiwinks]] falls victim to the practice.]]
'''Gerbilling''' also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' is the supposed [[human sexual behavior|sexual practice]] of inserting small animals, usually [[gerbil]]s but also [[mouse|mice]] and [[hamster]]s, into the [[rectum]]; the idea being that the animals would "nose around" and stimulate the prostate as in [[anal sex]]. Despite apparently widespread public belief and persistent rumours, especially in the [[1980s]], no verified medical evidence of gerbilling exists; its status is that of an [[urban legend]].

'''Gerbilling''' also has an alternate meaning, associated with [[monowheel]]s, referring to when the rider loses his normal position in the bottom of the wheel and instead spins around the inside uncontrollably. This sense is derived from [[gerbil wheel]]s.

According to the [[Urban Legends Reference Pages]] (Snopes):

{{cquote|The notion of gerbilling … appears to be pure invention, a tale fabricated to demonstrate the depravity with which "[[faggot (slang)|faggots]]" allegedly pursue sexual pleasure.''}}

The lack of medical evidence for gerbilling is not surprising when one considers that (1) rodents have claws, and (2) frightened animals are likely to bite.

In the mid-1980s a rumour began about actor [[Richard Gere]], claiming that he had to have a gerbil removed from his anus at [[Cedars-Sinai Hospital]] in California. Snopes writes,

{{cquote|The rumour's spread was aided by an anonymous prankster who, not long after the film ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' led to a tremendous increase in Gere's popularity, flooded fax machines in Hollywood with a phony "press release" purportedly issued by the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, claiming that Gere had "abused" a gerbil. But, as a reporter from ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' found when he attempted to track down the gerbil story, there were no facts to be had.}}

Former Pittsburghian fashionista/snob extraordinnaire [[Thomas Van Horn]] was also a victim of similar rumors in the 1980s. In the early 1990s a fake [[United Press International]] story appeared on the [[Internet]] (sometimes also falsely attributed to the ''[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]'' ''[[Los Angeles Times|Times]]'') detailing a supposed press conference at a hospital where a gay couple were taken to emergency after a session of gerbilling. Neither UPI nor the ''LA Times'' ever published a news article about these fictitious events (the full "press release" can be seen on Snopes). Nonetheless, recordings exist of radio stations covering the "story", including a memorable recording dubbed "Armageddon!" in which [[Robert D. Raiford]] (the commentator on the [[John Boy and Billy|John Boy & Billy "Big Show"]]) goes into near-hysterical laughter as he tries to read out the press release.

Medical literature, which covers examples of items retrieved from patients' rectums in extreme detail, has never recorded a case of an animal being removed from a patient, nor of damage inflicted on a patient's insides due to rectal insertion of an animal.

== See also ==
* [[Rectal foreign object]]
* [[Felching]]
* [[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp Full snopes article]
* [http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-10.html An urban legend from the Darwin Awards]
* [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_216b.html The Straight Dope: Is it true what they say about gerbils?]

[[Category:Anal eroticism]]
[[Category:Sexual urban legends]]

Gerbilling

2006-12-16T06:07:11Z

67.101.164.170:

[[Image:614 image 16.jpg|thumb|250px|The satirical animated television series ''[[South Park]]'' depicted gerbilling in the 2002 episode "[[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", in which a gerbil known as [[Lemmiwinks]] falls victim to the practice.]]
'''Gerbilling''' also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' is the supposed [[human sexual behavior|sexual practice]] of inserting small animals, usually [[gerbil]]s but also [[mouse|mice]] and [[hamster]]s, into the [[rectum]]; the idea being that the animals would "nose around" and stimulate the prostate as in [[anal sex]]. Despite apparently widespread public belief and persistent rumours, especially in the [[1980s]], no verified medical evidence of gerbilling exists; its status is that of an [[urban legend]].

'''Gerbilling''' also has an alternate meaning, associated with [[monowheel]]s, referring to when the rider loses his normal position in the bottom of the wheel and instead spins around the inside uncontrollably. This sense is derived from [[gerbil wheel]]s.

According to the [[Urban Legends Reference Pages]] (Snopes):

{{cquote|The notion of gerbilling … appears to be pure invention, a tale fabricated to demonstrate the depravity with which "[[faggot (slang)|faggots]]" allegedly pursue sexual pleasure.''}}

The lack of medical evidence for gerbilling is not surprising when one considers that (1) rodents have claws, and (2) frightened animals are likely to bite.

In the mid-1980s a rumour began about actor [[Richard Gere]], claiming that he had to have a gerbil removed from his anus at [[Cedars-Sinai Hospital]] in California. Snopes writes,

{{cquote|The rumour's spread was aided by an anonymous prankster who, not long after the film ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' led to a tremendous increase in Gere's popularity, flooded fax machines in Hollywood with a phony "press release" purportedly issued by the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, claiming that Gere had "abused" a gerbil. But, as a reporter from ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' found when he attempted to track down the gerbil story, there were no facts to be had.}}

Former Philadelphia newscaster [[Thomas Van Horn]] was also a victim of similar rumors in the 1980s. In the early 1990s a fake [[United Press International]] story appeared on the [[Internet]] (sometimes also falsely attributed to the ''[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]'' ''[[Los Angeles Times|Times]]'') detailing a supposed press conference at a hospital where a gay couple were taken to emergency after a session of gerbilling. Neither UPI nor the ''LA Times'' ever published a news article about these fictitious events (the full "press release" can be seen on Snopes). Nonetheless, recordings exist of radio stations covering the "story", including a memorable recording dubbed "Armageddon!" in which [[Robert D. Raiford]] (the commentator on the [[John Boy and Billy|John Boy & Billy "Big Show"]]) goes into near-hysterical laughter as he tries to read out the press release.

Medical literature, which covers examples of items retrieved from patients' rectums in extreme detail, has never recorded a case of an animal being removed from a patient, nor of damage inflicted on a patient's insides due to rectal insertion of an animal.

== See also ==
* [[Rectal foreign object]]
* [[Felching]]
* [[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp Full snopes article]
* [http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-10.html An urban legend from the Darwin Awards]
* [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_216b.html The Straight Dope: Is it true what they say about gerbils?]

[[Category:Anal eroticism]]
[[Category:Sexual urban legends]]