The story below reminds me of an old joke:
The Marine Corps found they had too many officers and senior enlisted men. It was decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer or senior enlisted man who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two points in his body. Those applying got to choose what those two points would be.
The first officer who accepted asked that he be measured from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was measured at six feet and walked out with a bonus of $72,000.
The second officer who accepted was a little smarter and asked to be measured from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. He walked out with $96,000.The third one was a non-commissioned officer, a grizzly old Sergeant Major who, when asked where he would like to be measured replied, "From the tip of my dick to my the back of my balls."
It was suggested by the pension man that he might want to reconsider, explaining about the nice big checks the previous two officers had received. But the old Marine insisted and they decided to go along with him providing the measurement was taken by a medical officer.
The medical officer arrived and instructed the Sergeant Major to drop 'em, which he did. The medical officer placed the tape measure on the tip of the penis and began to work back. "Dear Lord!" he suddenly exclaimed, "Where are your testicles?"
The old Sergeant Major calmly replied, "Vietnam."
But I digress. Here's the actual story:
May 27, 2016
Woman wins permission to remove her dead partner's testicles in the hope of using his sperm to get pregnant
Supreme Court granted an application to remove the man's testicles
The application was lodged a day after the man died unexpectedly
The pair met in September last year and were trying to conceive at the time
Before using his sperm the woman must go to court again
By Steven Trask For Daily Mail Australia
A woman has won a legal battle to remove her late partner's testicles from his dead body in the hope of using his sperm to have a child.
The Toowoomba woman was granted permission to remove his testicles in the Queensland Supreme Court.
The woman lodged an urgent application to perform the procedure the day after her fiance died unexpectedly in April, ABC reported.
Several of the couple's friends presented evidence in court supporting their desire to have a child together.
The two met in September last year, became engaged a month later and were planning to get married in late 2016.
At the time of her fiance's death the pair were already trying for a child.
Justice Martin Burns granted the request to remove the testicles but said another application must be made before the sperm was used.
He said this would give the woman the chance to think about whether she really wanted to go through with her pregnancy.
In the meantime, the man's testicles will be stored at an IVF facility.
IVF is a process by which a woman's eggs are fertilised by sperm in a laboratory setting which mimics pregnancy.
Lawyers representing the deceased man did not oppose the application.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3612178/Woman-wins-permission-remove-dead-partner-s-testicles.html
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