4:34 AM

Back in February, Wales won the Six Nations championship, which is one of the two most prestigious annual rugby tournaments in the world (the other is the Tri-Nations, played in the southern hemisphere).

As the title of this post might indicate, I don't really care that this story is a few months old. Here goes: A Wales supporter, on the eve of the decisive Wales vs. England match, told his friends: "If Wales win I'll cut my own balls off."

Then, Wales prevailed:

After the 11-9 victory in the Six Nations clash, the man is reported to have gone outside and severed his testicles before bringing them back into the club to show fellow drinkers.

My point in bringing this up? Not sure, really, except that there are a lot of folks around here who call themselves Red Sox fans.