Gerbilling

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[[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''' or [[felching]] 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]]. 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):

<blockquote>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.''</blockquote>

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,

<blockquote>The rumor'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.</blockquote>

Former Philadelphia newscaster [[Jerry Penacoli]] 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.

==References in other media ==
* A fictional victim of gerbilling is [[Lemmiwinks]], a gerbil in the cartoon television series ''[[South Park]]''.
* The movie ''[[Mallrats]]'' opens with a story about gerbil stuffing.
* [[Stephen Lynch (comedian)|Stephen Lynch]] sings about gerbilling in the song "Gerbil" on his album ''[[A Little Bit Special]]''.
* [[Eminem]]'s song "Fack" on his album ''[[Curtain Call]]'' contains explicit references to gerbil stuffing.
* One of the [[Bart chalkboard gags on The Simpsons|chalkboard gags]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is "Everyone is tired of that Richard Gere story", a reference to the aforementioned rumor.
* In the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' episode "[[Requiem for a Reality Show]]", woodland creatures inexplicably appear whenever [[Princess Clara]] starts singing (parodying the implausible musical sequences typically found in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animated films), including a gerbil which climbs out of [[Xandir]]'s anus.
* In the [[Retarded Animal Babies]] web cartoon series, the Hamster character, when entering a darkened room, fearfully asks himself if he's having "that Richard Gere dream again". When the light is turned on, Hamster relaxes, saying "he doesn't like stinky bum-bums"
* In the [[Joe Cartoon]] short, "Gerbill", a Gerbil is lodged in [[Bill Clinton]]'s Anus, only to declare he is sick and tired and blows himself up with a hand grenade, only to survive and protest against Gerbilling till he is shot by an agent.
* In the movie [[Cecil B. DeMented]], the adult film shown at the xxx movie theatre is "Rear Entry," which is a gerbilling fetish film starring the fake porn star Cherish.
* The video for the [[Electric Six]] single "Gay Bar" features a shot of a gerbil in a tube, followed by the line "I've got something to put in you!".
* In the movie ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'', Tatum (played by [[Rose McGowan]]) tells Sidney (played by [[Neve Campbell]]) that "...you can only hear that [[Richard Gere]]/gerbil story so many times before you have to believe it..."
* Pittsburgh band Truth in Advertising reference the gerbiling legend in their ode, "Richard," on their 2005 album Inconsequential Background Music.
* In [[Family Guy]], Richard Gere's gerbilling rumors were joked about.
* The song "Hide the Hamster" by Canadian punk band [[Dayglo Abortions]], released on their 1987 album ''[[Here Today, Guano Tomorrow]]'', contains a graphic description of group gerbilling.
* In the toon section of [[Weebl's Stuff]] there is a flash animation titled "Aubrey the arse hamster", which refers to the practise of gerbilling from the rodent's point of view.
* The webcomic [[Dueling Analogs]] has made 2 references to gerbilling (refered to in the comic as felching), both involving the character [[Sonic The Hedgehog]].
* In [[Christopher Durang]]'s play [[Titanic]], one of the main character's continually inserts small mammals, including hamsters and guinea pigs, into her vagina.

== See also ==
* [[Rectal foreign object]]
* [[Felching]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.htm 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?]

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