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11 Bravo

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12. I can only speak for mine, and they're pretty fucking tender.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 07:13 PM

Jun 2022

I'm inordinately fond of them, and they've provided me with great pleasure over the years, but i'll continue to do my part in an attempt to change the particular narrative that they're somehow emblematic of toughness.

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"BALLS" are no longer the only appropriate metaphor for strength. [View all] 11 Bravo Jun 2022 OP

See what happens when you overturn Roe? MiniMe Jun 2022 #1

I think the GOP Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2022 #21

That took a lot of intestinal fortitude. lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #2

Having been kicked in the balls more than once COL Mustard Jun 2022 #3

I couldn't musclecar6 Jun 2022 #4

Guts. Strength. Fortitude. Bravery. uppityperson Jun 2022 #5

huevos. my fave spanish idiom. mopinko Jun 2022 #6

Agreed. (Mythought as well.) soldierant Jun 2022 #20

And she is only 25! How long has she been working in D.C? question everything Jun 2022 #7

Balls are shallow, external,weak - the weakest point on a man. alittlelark Jun 2022 #8

I like your writing style Tadpole Raisin Jun 2022 #15

This reminded of a Hal Sparks bit steelyboo Jun 2022 #9

Thank you so much for this video! alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #18

balls are *THE* most delicate body part Skittles Jun 2022 #10

I can only speak for mine, and they're pretty fucking tender. 11 Bravo Jun 2022 #12

I've always understood their invocation to imply bold, reckless courage Orrex Jun 2022 #22

Brava Liz and Cassidy! Ruby Zee Jun 2022 #11

Femballs! TalenaGor Jun 2022 #13

Betty White said it best.... Talitha Jun 2022 #14

Yea Traildogbob Jun 2022 #16

um, actually... "ovaries" have always been a metaphor for uncommon strength... bluboid Jun 2022 #17

How many women use that term? bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #19