A Big Penis Brings the Fish?
What do you do when fisheries collapse? With a quarter of the world’s fish stocks depleted, there’s concern that by 2050 we’ll have no other fish to fry. This may be the biggest fish crunch in history. Still, it’s not the first.
When fishermen in Sinnam, South Korea started pulling up empty nets, they did the only logical thing. Finding themselves in a hard place, they erected huge penis statues.
It turns out that not long before the fishing scare, a young woman–still a virgin–had drowned near the village within sight of her lover. Locals feared that her frustrated spirit was spooking the fish away.
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Finally, the day after relieving himself in the general direction of the ocean, one fisherman noticed a larger catch. He put two and two together and decided that only way to bring back the fish was to placate the longing maiden with the sight of penises.
Who knows how he was able to convince everyone else of his idea. But desperate times called for… well, in this case, massive dongs.
Strangely enough, soon afterward the fish returned. I guess there’s more than one way to make Mother Nature happy.
Today, the entire hillside is covered with phalli of every imaginable shape and size.
So what will be the solution to today’s depletion of the fruits of the sea? We could try building huge schlongs along our coastlines. For the average person, though, there’s an easier way to help make fishing sustainable.
To learn what fish is hot to eat and what’s not, look for a sustainable seafood consumer’s guide for your country at the World Wildlife Fund or the Marine Stewardship Council. In the United States, download a regional Seafood Watch pocket guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
References and Resources:
Ocean study predicts the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2050 | Physorg
Sustainable seafood: Consumer guides | World Wildlife Fund
Where to Buy | Marine Stewardship Council
Select the Seafood Watch pocket guide for your region | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Korea | Lonely Planet
Photo:
For more photos of my journey to the Sinnam Folk Village Penis Park, visit my Flickr page.
“But desperate times called for… well, in this case, massive dongs.”
I nearly choked on my water while reading that. Thanks for the laugh! (And you know, the information too.)
I’ve just been to your Flickr page Gavin …
I want to have a beer with the man who convinced the entire village that the flashing of their package would bring back the fish because of the dead horny maiden. Now that’s a candidate I would vote for…
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Where’s the massive dong? That looks normal to me.
So the statue has a penis growing directly vertical from his stomach…that I can handle. But the penis growing from his head, well I think that’s just a little overboard. But it does beg the question, is it cheating if you use your other penis outside of marriage? Isn’t marriage defined as one penis per woman?