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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Sun May 5, 2013, 03:32 PM May 2013

Mr. Balls may be the happiest scrotum-shaped mascot, well, anywhere



Meet Mr. Balls. He’s the friendly and surprisingly graphic mascot for a Brazilian nonprofit cancer association, and as a brand ambassador he is a wildly inappropriate success. According to the group's website: "Both children and adults loved taking pictures with the mascot." That explains the shot of him waving to the camera on a city street while children frolic at his hairy side. No joke; we totally respect raising awareness for testicular cancer research. But does there really need to be such loving attention to detail in the sponge painting around the bottom of Mr. Balls', um, teabag? Does a scrotum really need teeth? Why does he look so exhausted? And is he wearing a wig, or …or ... dear goodness.

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