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Well, this is a bladdernose seal.
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And here is the
smallest of the whales,
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the common porpoise,
with both testicles.
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And this is a penis
from a harbor seal.
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A beautiful specimen,
with the testicles.
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These are absolutely fantastic.
Absolutely fabulous.
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This started as a joke with
a bull's penis in 1.974.
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I was 33 years old,
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and it was in the town
Reykjavik in the south
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where I was the headmaster
of a secondary school.
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One of m y teachers gave it to
me at a party just as a joke.
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That was the first.
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This museum presents
phalluses or penises
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from the animal kingdom
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with all the artistic
pieces around as well.
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Here it is, the bull's penis
that my teacher gave me.
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The one that gave me the
idea to start collecting.
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So this was what
started everything.
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This is the biggest
specimen I've got so far.
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It's from a sperm whale.
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But this is just about one-third
of the length of the organ.
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This is the part that leaks
out when the animal dies.
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This is a penis bone
from a cave bear.
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A species that got extinct
10-, 15000 years ago.
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So this is very rare and
very precious to me.
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I've been collecting for almost
40 years now. I'm almost 70.
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And I've got foxes, minks,
house mouse, field mouse,
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rats, brown rats, black
rats, pigs, horses, rams,
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bulls, reindeer, polar
bear, seals, walruses,
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harbor seal, gray seal,
sperm whale, humpback,
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minke whale, killer
whale, dolphins.
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I've got them all.
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I've got specimens from all
mammalian species except one:
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A proper human.
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Without the proper human, the
collection is not complete.
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My dad has been collecting
penises as long as I remember.
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I think for me it was
quite, you know, normal.
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Just part of, you
know, the family life
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to bring home a new
specimen for the museum.
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Or for the collection.
It wasn't a museum then.
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It was a private
collection at home.
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Just for display for
guests and so on.
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And I opened it with an
opening ceremony, in style
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on the 23rd of August, '97.
That's my birthday as well.
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We have anniversaries on the
same day, me and the museum.
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We started when I was
17 and she was 18.
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We have been together 52 years now.
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I would never have been
able to do the museum
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without her support.
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Quite a few people thought of
course that I was a pervert
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or something like that
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to start with, start
collecting penises.
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Most people... Some people
may have thought it
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absolutely nonsensical.
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Or idiotic.
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But when people realized
that there is nothing
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pornographic there, they just...
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Well, they may start thinking,
why is he doing it?
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What is his concept of
presenting this to us?
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The museum develops most naturally,
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but echoes many of the approaches
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to the world that you see
within his teaching.
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Especially the
question of something
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that mustn't be talked about.
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And anything that
Siggi comes across
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that mustn't be talked about
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as far as he's concerned, must
be talked about straightaway.
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Let's discuss this.
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Did you know that?
You knew that. Great.
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This is very, very
important for me,
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to inform people or educate people.
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I think this serves or helps.
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Decreasing taboos
about this human body
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but especially about this
organ I am presenting here.
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This is the smallest
item in the museum.
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A penis bone from a hamster.
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It's less than two millimeters.
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As a professional teacher for 37
years, I like telling people.
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I like informing people.
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The testicles weighed 972 kilos.
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Look at this one. This
is an American possum.
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And it has two. Did you know?
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We look at the historical record
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and see all kinds of variations
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in how much we can talk
openly about penises.
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It's odd that we in
the 21st century
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tend to fall on a very
conservative point of view.
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Why is it for us in
the 21st century
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that the penis is so taboo?
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Salt and pepper.
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I have been carving for
30 years or something.
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I started carving
things, like this gavel
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just in the same line as other
things in the museum you see.
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So this is the official gavel
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of the director of the institute.
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The Icelandic Institute
of Phallology.
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It's a good gavel.
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This took me weeks.
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So this is pretty heavy, but
it's a complete mini bar
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or travel bar with two small
bottles underneath here.
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If you have guests,
you, you can bring
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their schnapps on this trowel.
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It's just like something
you want to create.
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You don't know what the
end result will be.
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This is my Christmas
cutlery, you know?
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A fork, knife, and a spoon.
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The museum is getting greater
attention now than ever before.
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And I think that is more or less
the word is spreading worldwide.
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And it's been a lot
of interest shown
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by media from all over the world
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that's been flocking up to Husavik.
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Hello, I'm Carol Off.
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Good evening, I'm Jeff Douglas.
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And this is As It Happens.
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The world's only penis
museum has not yet managed
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to secure even one of a specimen
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of which there are billions.
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Mr. Hjartarson, why is it
so difficult, do you think
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to get a human penis
for your museum?
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I have been collecting
for 33 years now,
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and I'm still waiting
for a human one.
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These bodies are all
over, you know?
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And some of them are
just cut up to pieces.
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Why haven't I been able to get
a human specimen from there?
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Without specific legal
permission given by
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an individual you cannot
acquire any part of his body.
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Everybody knowing
everybody in Iceland,
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this is a sensitive
matter, you know?
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Because we are so few
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and a specimen would
hardly get to me
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without the nametag on it.
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Nobody would notice
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if somebody was buried
with one kidney.
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Well, he just gave it
away, or we gave it away.
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But if he was buried without
a penis, this would be a...
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Well, even he or his family
could be a laughing stock,
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you know?
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So this is a part of the
taboo or the fringe
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of talking about these things.
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People want to build monuments,
leave something behind.
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I think this is also a part of it.
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It's sort of a chance
to do something
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and leave something
remarkable behind.
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My health has
deteriorated this year.
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This is worrying me a little.
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Because you start thinking
that you haven't got
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so many years left.
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The human might be the end
of a collection of 34 years.
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If I don't get it in
the next few years,
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I don't know what happens.
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Pall Arason is an authority...
He's a famous guy in Iceland.
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So that would be an
extremely valuable
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acquisition to get him.
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And here is the bottle.
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Mr. Arason's future resting place.
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If he fits there.
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So, Mr. Areson, his letter of
donation was the first in 1996.
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Then in 2001 came Tom
Mitchell, the American.
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Hi, I'm Tom Mitchell.
I'm an American.
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And I have decided
to donate my penis
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to the only penis
museum in the world.
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The Iceland Phallological Museum.
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I felt ever since I was a
kid that when the time came
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I didn't want my penis to
go to waste when I die.
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And when I came across the
Iceland Phallological Museum
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it seemed like the ideal
solution to a lifelong dream.
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I initially did the letter
of donation to Siggi.
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He had claimed that there was
an old Icelandic gentleman
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who had made a commitment to
donate his penis upon his death.
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I asked if he would be
interested in a donation
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from outside of Iceland.
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And he responded
enthusiastically at the time.
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He calls his penis Elmo, and
he is extremely well endowed.
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This is the American, Tom Mitchell.
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And with him comes
a mold, or a cast.
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That's a very, very good
specimen of almost 7 inches,
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and a great girth.
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My first wife came up
with the name Elmo.
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I'm not really sure
where that came from.
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But that was a long time
before any Muppets characters
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were out there.
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I don't know really
anything about this guy,
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except he has this
great specimen, Elmo.
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I started realizing that to ask
somebody who was a close friend
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to make sure that my sex organs
are cut off my cold, dead corpse
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is really just kind of a
gross thing to ask anybody
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to do especially anybody
you care about.
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And if you want
anything done right,
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you probably need to
see to it yourself.
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So more recently I
decided that actually it
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would be a good idea
to do it before I die.
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I can see where most any
rational guy would say:
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"Boy, that's an
extreme thing to do."
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I mean, nobody would really want
to do that during their life.
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I've always had a dream of
not only Elmo being placed
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on display in a public
place but as a result,
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possibly some fame and fortune.
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Not for myself, but for Elmo.
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I've always thought it
would be really cool
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for my penis to be world's
first true penis celebrity.
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If a gentleman wants to donate,
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there are two things
that must be done.
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Firstly, there must
be a legally done
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document testified
by three witnesses.
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The second thing is he must
prove it in some way that he
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meets the standards of minimum
legal length of 5 inches.
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That's based on this folk
tale about a lady who went to
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the sheriff and asked for a divorce
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because her husband
only had 3 inches.
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Let's get a look at the
story itself here.
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I'll just read it for you.
It goes something like this.
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It's called A Legal Length.
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There was an old lady who
came to her local sheriff
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demanding a divorce
from her husband.
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The sheriff inquired as
to the reason for this.
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"It's the damndest thing I've
ever seen," said the old lady.
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The sheriff asked whether
the object in question
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was such a freak of nature
that it was unusable or what.
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"Don't even try mentioning that
thing," said the old woman.
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"It's no more than
three thumbs worth."
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And the old woman said that
she would be satisfied
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with nothing less
than a legal length.
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The sheriff said that he wasn't
aware of any article in the law
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stating anything about
a legal length.
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"Isn't three thumbs worth enough?"
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"Absolutely not,"
said the old woman.
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"One in the hair, one in
the skin, and a third,
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"and a fourth, and a fifth one in."
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"Now that's what I call action.
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"That's legal length
for you, my good man."
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What I think is interesting
about this story is it,
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like certain other folk
tales that we have
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in the Icelandic tradition
and from this time
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to say recorded by priests
and other learned people
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and sent on by them is that
there's clearly a lot more
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understanding of the woman's
part in sexual activities.
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That she deserves to get
something out of it
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as well as the man.
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We get the same sort of story
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comes up in terms of tales
with... About elves.
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On this tale, old folk tale,
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is based my insistence
or requirement of having
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a mold of 5 inches.
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There was an English TV station.
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And they tried to, to
take a mold of Mr. Arason
246
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with Plaster of Paris.
247
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But this guy didn't know
how to do it properly.
248
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He was furious.
The mold was ruined.
249
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I'm afraid I can't verify
him being of a legal length
250
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at that time or now.
251
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Hi, Siggi, this is Tom.
252
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Finally we are talking together.
253
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What's happening with the
fellow from Iceland?
254
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Has he said anything recently?
255
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He is still alive, you
know, 93 years old.
256
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Don't worry about him.
257
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It's very important to me
that Elmo be the first
258
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human specimen in your museum.
259
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Yeah.
260
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That's extremely important.
261
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The reason is I have
dreams and wishes that.
262
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He wants to get the fame.
That's his main point.
263
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Being the first is the only
answer to get this attention.
264
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So I understand him in that way.
265
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But there is one difference here.
266
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He is talking about
having his specimen,
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his organ removed before he dies.
268
00:23:24,813 --> 00:23:28,774
Now, that's a big story
just by itself, you know?
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To have it removed before he dies.
270
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And then he could come later on
and see himself on the wall.
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Of course I would prefer it
to be from the Icelander,
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Mr. Arason.
273
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But we don't know how many years
Mr. Arason is going to live.
274
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Look how it opens.
275
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Look here. It's beautiful.
276
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You see, I will clean this up
and put it on the wall there.
277
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And you see here.
278
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One thing, Tom is
in a best position.
279
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He has the advantage
280
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because he has promised to
deliver it before he dies.
281
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It's very important to me that
I'm not getting the first
282
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specimen from an anonymous
nobody somewhere.
283
00:24:29,961 --> 00:24:35,758
I would prefer it to be from,
well, let's say like Mr. Arason
284
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who's a renowned personality in
Iceland that everybody knows.
285
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Mr. Arason is a very, very funny
286
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or very special character.
287
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He's a boaster and a
braggart, you know?
288
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And he wants to be
in the limelight.
289
00:25:34,609 --> 00:25:38,229
He was one of the first who
went over the highlands by car.
290
00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:54,037
It was a big adventure,
and he got famous.
291
00:26:27,496 --> 00:26:30,706
Mr. Arason is a remarkable
guy in many ways.
292
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Some people say that he's
the greatest womanizer
293
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in the history of the country.
294
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Womanizing is a big part
of the legend of Pall.
295
00:26:50,894 --> 00:26:55,147
And I think he had many women
296
00:26:55,148 --> 00:26:58,984
and I know that many
women came here.
297
00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:02,530
He was a truck driver
up in the mountains
298
00:27:02,531 --> 00:27:06,568
and maybe alone with
10 women. Who knows?
299
00:28:09,014 --> 00:28:12,766
When visitors walk into the
penis museum in Iceland
300
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and they first set eyes on Elmo
301
00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:23,027
and see this relatively large
erect penis with an American
302
00:28:23,028 --> 00:28:26,655
design stars and stripes,
red, white, and blue
303
00:28:26,656 --> 00:28:30,200
I'd like them to know
that the largest
304
00:28:30,201 --> 00:28:32,953
and best one of the
entire collection
305
00:28:32,954 --> 00:28:36,206
came from the States,
which is patriotic.
306
00:28:36,207 --> 00:28:41,837
But I also want people
to I guess take a moment
307
00:28:41,838 --> 00:28:45,458
and contemplate how they
feel about themselves.
308
00:28:47,302 --> 00:28:49,803
I want to do something
that makes a statement
309
00:28:49,804 --> 00:28:52,097
and makes people feel good
310
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:58,103
and actually breaks through
the ceilings and barriers
311
00:28:58,104 --> 00:29:01,599
and let mankind in
general move forward.
312
00:29:12,327 --> 00:29:15,697
So this tattoo you're
doing will be around
313
00:29:17,499 --> 00:29:20,918
theoretically, for
thousands of years.
314
00:29:20,919 --> 00:29:25,464
Maybe the one and only tattoo
you do in your whole career
315
00:29:25,465 --> 00:29:28,668
that will be here hundreds
of years from now.
316
00:29:34,766 --> 00:29:36,809
You want to take a look?
317
00:29:36,810 --> 00:29:38,678
Oh, that's nice.
318
00:29:59,416 --> 00:30:04,878
This is made of penis
skin from a sperm whale.
319
00:30:04,879 --> 00:30:09,174
There are just four specimens
of this kind in the world.
320
00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:12,378
One, two, three, and Mr. Arason.
321
00:30:45,587 --> 00:30:49,506
Dr. Petursson has
pledged to remove it.
322
00:30:49,507 --> 00:30:50,257
Yes.
323
00:30:50,258 --> 00:30:51,501
Of course.
324
00:30:56,389 --> 00:30:58,849
Dr. Petur once said to me,
325
00:30:58,850 --> 00:31:05,606
"Ari, if you find the old man
dead then call me first,
326
00:31:05,607 --> 00:31:07,600
"and then 911.
327
00:31:08,276 --> 00:31:09,777
Hi, Siggi, how are you?
328
00:31:09,778 --> 00:31:11,320
Hi, Tom, how are you?
329
00:31:11,321 --> 00:31:12,654
Congratulations.
330
00:31:12,655 --> 00:31:17,159
You have a red, white, and
blue stars and stripes
331
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,245
on your American penis's head. Yes.
332
00:31:20,246 --> 00:31:21,246
Fantastic.
333
00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:22,581
Yeah, that's nice to hear.
334
00:31:22,582 --> 00:31:25,417
Siggi, I'm pretty sure you
have a pretty good idea
335
00:31:25,418 --> 00:31:27,252
on how you want to display him.
336
00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:29,630
Well, it must be rather
special, rather...
337
00:31:29,631 --> 00:31:32,466
It must be extremely well done.
338
00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:37,596
But I will take care of Elmo's
display. Don't do anything.
339
00:31:37,597 --> 00:31:38,889
Right. Okay.
340
00:31:38,890 --> 00:31:42,851
I'm wanting to get a
display case made
341
00:31:42,852 --> 00:31:44,603
for the penis museum in Iceland.
342
00:31:44,604 --> 00:31:45,521
Iceland.
343
00:31:45,522 --> 00:31:48,273
I've come up with some sketches.
344
00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:52,194
I'm looking for your
thoughts and feedback.
345
00:31:52,195 --> 00:31:54,279
I had thought to
actually mount it on.
346
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,366
This is the display box
that I designed for Elmo.
347
00:31:57,367 --> 00:32:00,911
To me it's very important that
Elmo be plastinated fully erect
348
00:32:00,912 --> 00:32:03,288
looking natural, with
both testicles hanging
349
00:32:03,289 --> 00:32:04,790
in the bottom of the scrotum.
350
00:32:04,791 --> 00:32:07,543
With pubic scalp that I want
harvested at the same time.
351
00:32:07,544 --> 00:32:11,255
This would be the top, front
face. It bevels down and goes.
352
00:32:11,256 --> 00:32:13,674
He was putting forth all
kinds of conditions
353
00:32:13,675 --> 00:32:17,261
about the preservation
about the presentation
354
00:32:17,262 --> 00:32:19,638
of it in the museum,
etcetera, etcetera.
355
00:32:19,639 --> 00:32:22,182
And all kind of...
356
00:32:22,183 --> 00:32:27,104
Naming even the kind of wood he
was going to make the box of.
357
00:32:27,105 --> 00:32:28,647
These are three-eighths inch.
358
00:32:28,648 --> 00:32:30,482
These two will be
three-eighths inch.
359
00:32:30,483 --> 00:32:31,483
This is quarter inch.
360
00:32:31,484 --> 00:32:33,193
This'll be quarter inch.
361
00:32:33,194 --> 00:32:35,154
It'll be very strong.
It's one continuous piece.
362
00:32:35,155 --> 00:32:38,115
It could be glued down to
the base or left separate.
363
00:32:38,116 --> 00:32:42,327
If it has legs on it, it could
be set on a pedestal or a shelf.
364
00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:46,290
Or it could be alternately
attached to a wall.
365
00:32:46,291 --> 00:32:50,085
Suggestions are okay, but
I'm doing it my way.
366
00:32:50,086 --> 00:32:51,503
That's absolutely clear.
367
00:32:51,504 --> 00:32:53,255
We have a shelf and a mirror.
368
00:32:53,256 --> 00:32:57,342
Visitors to the museum could
get views from either side,
369
00:32:57,343 --> 00:32:58,510
from the front
370
00:32:58,511 --> 00:33:00,963
and then through the
mirror, a view from below.
371
00:33:01,014 --> 00:33:01,680
Okay.
372
00:33:01,681 --> 00:33:03,015
Okay, yeah.
373
00:33:03,016 --> 00:33:05,100
We're going to probably want
to lean it down at a...
374
00:33:05,101 --> 00:33:06,518
About like that.
375
00:33:06,519 --> 00:33:10,105
We're looking at hopefully
this lasting indefinitely.
376
00:33:10,106 --> 00:33:13,192
I've been doing this for 40
years and I've got things
377
00:33:13,193 --> 00:33:15,611
I've built in the Getty
that are still there.
378
00:33:15,612 --> 00:33:16,820
Okay.
379
00:33:16,821 --> 00:33:21,700
Do you have a warranty on
anything that you make?
380
00:33:21,701 --> 00:33:24,153
You know, should it come apart?
381
00:33:24,829 --> 00:33:27,080
I have one for aquariums.
I guess it would...
382
00:33:27,081 --> 00:33:27,831
Okay.
383
00:33:27,832 --> 00:33:29,249
Absolutely.
384
00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:35,088
He asked me if he could have
it back off season, you know?
385
00:33:35,089 --> 00:33:39,718
I could have it here during summer.
386
00:33:39,719 --> 00:33:44,514
And he asked me if that would
be all right if he got it back
387
00:33:44,515 --> 00:33:45,724
during winter here.
388
00:33:45,725 --> 00:33:49,228
Either he presents it,
donates it formally
389
00:33:49,229 --> 00:33:51,480
and legally, and it's mine.
390
00:33:51,481 --> 00:33:55,067
And it's mine to
decide what happens,
391
00:33:55,068 --> 00:33:57,903
how it's going to be
presented and so on.
392
00:33:57,904 --> 00:34:02,574
So this is completely out of
his hands after he delivers.
393
00:34:02,575 --> 00:34:06,245
Well, initially when
I was considering
394
00:34:06,246 --> 00:34:08,997
having them harvested and preserved
395
00:34:08,998 --> 00:34:12,918
I was thinking more in terms
of traditional things
396
00:34:12,919 --> 00:34:14,920
like taxidermy.
397
00:34:14,921 --> 00:34:18,590
And some of the
taxidermists had been
398
00:34:18,591 --> 00:34:20,676
experimenting with freeze drying.
399
00:34:20,677 --> 00:34:23,762
I think they did that with some
people's pets, dogs and cats
400
00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:26,139
and that was relatively successful.
401
00:34:26,140 --> 00:34:28,892
And then I discovered the
science of plastination
402
00:34:28,893 --> 00:34:31,561
which is a modern high-tech way
403
00:34:31,562 --> 00:34:34,182
of preserving anatomical specimens.
404
00:35:03,303 --> 00:35:08,640
It is very, very important to be
careful with possible shrinkage.
405
00:35:08,641 --> 00:35:13,478
And we want to be sure
to avoid any shrinkage.
406
00:35:13,479 --> 00:35:16,523
For this reason we are developing
407
00:35:16,524 --> 00:35:18,984
new techniques and new polymers.
408
00:35:18,985 --> 00:35:21,695
This is an international project.
409
00:35:21,696 --> 00:35:25,866
We are in Italy, the donor
is in the United States,
410
00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:28,027
and the museum is in Iceland.
411
00:35:44,052 --> 00:35:45,677
Hello, Dr. Shahar?
412
00:35:45,678 --> 00:35:46,803
Yes f;?
413
00:35:46,804 --> 00:35:47,804
How are you?
414
00:35:47,805 --> 00:35:49,514
Fine, fine.
415
00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,308
Your lab is kind of clear now?
416
00:35:51,309 --> 00:35:55,562
You could take Elmo in and
do plastination work?
417
00:35:55,563 --> 00:35:56,855
Yes.
418
00:35:56,856 --> 00:35:57,981
Okay.
419
00:35:57,982 --> 00:35:59,524
But a penis and
testicles can be done
420
00:35:59,525 --> 00:36:02,027
in two to three months,
then, correct?
421
00:36:02,028 --> 00:36:03,820
Yes, yes.
422
00:36:03,821 --> 00:36:05,614
This is a funny guy, you know?
423
00:36:05,615 --> 00:36:07,741
I have never met a person like him,
424
00:36:07,742 --> 00:36:11,411
or been in contact with
any person like him.
425
00:36:11,412 --> 00:36:15,791
So I'm not quite sure
what he really means
426
00:36:15,792 --> 00:36:18,877
or where he is going, really.
427
00:36:18,878 --> 00:36:22,881
So I am just, as I said before,
I am just the receiver.
428
00:36:22,882 --> 00:36:24,083
I just wait.
429
00:36:39,690 --> 00:36:43,402
This morning I handed into
the printers my latest book.
430
00:36:43,403 --> 00:36:48,281
My 22nd work, entitled
The Fox and the Nation.
431
00:36:48,282 --> 00:36:52,570
Its a history of 1100 years of
relations between fox and man.
432
00:36:55,415 --> 00:36:58,618
You know, the Icelandic
fox is a special animal.
433
00:37:00,378 --> 00:37:02,838
It's the only animal that
has a longer history
434
00:37:02,839 --> 00:37:04,832
in Iceland than we have.
435
00:37:07,051 --> 00:37:10,004
But it's hunted without
discrimination.
436
00:37:14,642 --> 00:37:17,853
The entire country thinks
this animal is a pest.
437
00:37:17,854 --> 00:37:22,023
They talked about the
extermination of a species.
438
00:37:22,024 --> 00:37:24,977
But what about the
rights of the animal?
439
00:37:26,612 --> 00:37:28,773
This is something to fight for.
440
00:37:31,451 --> 00:37:34,119
So we founded a society,
441
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,956
the Society of the
Friends of the Foxes.
442
00:37:37,957 --> 00:37:40,041
Well, it might have
started as a joke,
443
00:37:40,042 --> 00:37:43,211
as the phallological
museum started.
444
00:37:43,212 --> 00:37:46,465
But we use that just
to confront society
445
00:37:46,466 --> 00:37:49,134
and try to make them
change their attitude.
446
00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:51,636
This is essentially wrong.
447
00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:56,725
So we must change our
ideas of how to treat,
448
00:37:56,726 --> 00:37:58,393
for example, the fox.
449
00:37:58,394 --> 00:38:04,065
Or to take a collection of penises.
450
00:38:04,066 --> 00:38:05,434
Why to hide it?
451
00:38:14,494 --> 00:38:18,163
I have never asked anybody
to kill an animal for me
452
00:38:18,164 --> 00:38:20,123
and I never killed
an animal myself.
453
00:38:20,124 --> 00:38:23,869
I don't shoot, I don't
fish, I don't hunt.
454
00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:31,510
So first I put some water
455
00:38:31,511 --> 00:38:35,214
and then one-tenth of the
solution is formaldehyde.
456
00:38:44,357 --> 00:38:48,693
No animal here has ever been
killed for me or because of me.
457
00:38:48,694 --> 00:38:52,481
Same applies to Elmo.
That's absolutely clear.
458
00:38:57,370 --> 00:39:00,997
I've talked with people who
have suggested different ideas.
459
00:39:00,998 --> 00:39:03,124
Things that can be
offered to the public
460
00:39:03,125 --> 00:39:06,419
visitors to the museum and whatnot.
461
00:39:06,420 --> 00:39:11,299
There are things I'd like to
pursue. One is a comic book.
462
00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:16,054
And this is a simplified line
drawing of a cartoon comic book
463
00:39:16,055 --> 00:39:17,965
type of character.
464
00:39:21,102 --> 00:39:23,095
The Amazing Adventures of Elmo.
465
00:39:24,063 --> 00:39:28,358
He's been detached, he's off to
conquer evil, to see the world.
466
00:39:28,359 --> 00:39:30,569
I need to find somebody
who's an artist,
467
00:39:30,570 --> 00:39:33,572
a comic book illustrator
type of person.
468
00:39:33,573 --> 00:39:36,032
Somebody who's pretty
creative with storylines
469
00:39:36,033 --> 00:39:38,410
and maybe has a good
sense of humor.
470
00:39:38,411 --> 00:39:43,456
I'm excited about the idea.
I think it'd be a lot of fun.
471
00:39:43,457 --> 00:39:46,751
And I need to talk
to Siggi about it.
472
00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:49,830
I think Siggi would have
a lot of ideas as well.
473
00:39:50,256 --> 00:39:53,258
So he doesn't have
any feet or shoes.
474
00:39:53,259 --> 00:39:56,261
So he kind of magically levitates
475
00:39:56,262 --> 00:39:57,963
around wherever he goes.
476
00:39:58,598 --> 00:40:01,433
He was driving me crazy, you know?
477
00:40:01,434 --> 00:40:04,102
I was having two or
three emails a day.
478
00:40:04,103 --> 00:40:09,190
Whole pages of discussion
about his organ.
479
00:40:09,191 --> 00:40:11,443
I don't know how much
money I should spend
480
00:40:11,444 --> 00:40:13,445
on a penis that I'm having cut off.
481
00:40:13,446 --> 00:40:15,447
I do want Elmo to look his best.
482
00:40:15,448 --> 00:40:18,450
He's awfully thick. His scrotum
and large testicles hang down.
483
00:40:18,451 --> 00:40:20,577
Next year, Elmo will
be in your hands.
484
00:40:20,578 --> 00:40:22,245
Let's have fun making him famous.
485
00:40:22,246 --> 00:40:25,957
And he was always sending
me photos of Elmo
486
00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:27,751
in all kinds of situations.
487
00:40:27,752 --> 00:40:29,461
With a Santa Claus hat.
488
00:40:29,462 --> 00:40:31,171
Abraham Lincoln.
489
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:32,797
As a Viking.
490
00:40:32,798 --> 00:40:38,803
He feels that I am rejecting his
endless discussion about Elmo.
491
00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:44,184
And his response was, "Dear Tom:
492
00:40:44,185 --> 00:40:47,896
"I am busy at the moment
putting the final touches
493
00:40:47,897 --> 00:40:49,856
"on a book I have been translating.
494
00:40:49,857 --> 00:40:52,484
"A 16th-century historical work."
495
00:40:52,485 --> 00:40:54,819
What can I do? Encourage him?
496
00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:58,190
I'm not letting him
getting too close.
497
00:40:59,450 --> 00:41:02,494
So I'm keeping him at a distance
498
00:41:02,495 --> 00:41:07,916
where I feel sure about
my position, you know?
499
00:41:07,917 --> 00:41:11,336
So he must do it on his own
500
00:41:11,337 --> 00:41:14,915
and I'm just waiting
until I receive it.
501
00:41:29,313 --> 00:41:31,940
When I first contacted
Siggi, he was cordial.
502
00:41:31,941 --> 00:41:33,650
In fact, he was enthusiastic,
503
00:41:33,651 --> 00:41:36,194
and I did the letter
of donation to him.
504
00:41:36,195 --> 00:41:38,947
And he wanted some photos,
and I sent him some photos.
505
00:41:38,948 --> 00:41:42,200
And he wanted to know if I
could get a plastic model made
506
00:41:42,201 --> 00:41:45,203
and I said, as a matter of
fact, I already had one.
507
00:41:45,204 --> 00:41:48,081
And sent that to him,
and he was all excited.
508
00:41:48,082 --> 00:41:53,336
But here more recently he's
not communicating well.
509
00:41:53,337 --> 00:41:57,215
I'm beginning to think that
he's wanting to give preference
510
00:41:57,216 --> 00:42:00,427
to the Icelander or someone else.
511
00:42:00,428 --> 00:42:02,220
And that he's just...
512
00:42:02,221 --> 00:42:05,507
His enthusiasm has
fallen off to zero.
513
00:42:16,193 --> 00:42:20,655
I think it's important that we
treat one another with respect.
514
00:42:20,656 --> 00:42:22,608
We each own our own bodies.
515
00:42:23,492 --> 00:42:26,244
And I think as long as we
don't harm one another
516
00:42:26,245 --> 00:42:29,281
we ought to be able
to do what we please.
517
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:34,252
And as far as the exhibitionist
needs that I have
518
00:42:34,253 --> 00:42:38,923
I think I can satisfy in a
socially acceptable way
519
00:42:38,924 --> 00:42:40,960
by donating to the museum.
520
00:42:42,219 --> 00:42:45,930
I hope nobody thinks
negatively about me.
521
00:42:45,931 --> 00:42:48,600
I'm sincere, and I'd
like to think that
522
00:42:48,601 --> 00:42:50,344
I'm a pretty decent guy.
523
00:42:51,854 --> 00:42:54,147
I try to treat other
people the same way
524
00:42:54,148 --> 00:42:56,191
that I like to be treated.
525
00:42:56,192 --> 00:42:58,394
And that's with respect.
526
00:43:30,976 --> 00:43:33,645
Mr. Arason has stated
it repeatedly to me
527
00:43:33,646 --> 00:43:37,649
that his specimen has been
shrinking rather rapidly.
528
00:43:37,650 --> 00:43:41,236
According to the minimum
legal standard of 5 inches
529
00:43:41,237 --> 00:43:45,024
I very much doubt that he
would reach up to that.
530
00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:11,933
It has been very important
for him to be preserved
531
00:44:11,934 --> 00:44:13,560
in a dignified position.
532
00:44:13,561 --> 00:44:18,022
As big and as gorgeous
as it could be done.
533
00:44:18,023 --> 00:44:21,526
Maybe this is the reason for him
534
00:44:21,527 --> 00:44:25,780
just trying to retract
from this document.
535
00:44:25,781 --> 00:44:27,858
From this promise, you know?
536
00:44:31,745 --> 00:44:33,204
Some doctors have told me
537
00:44:33,205 --> 00:44:40,044
that if it's taken off the body
before the body cools down
538
00:44:40,045 --> 00:44:46,593
and it is bled properly,
all the blood is taken out
539
00:44:46,594 --> 00:44:51,180
then some doctor told me
that it would be possible
540
00:44:51,181 --> 00:44:54,267
to pump it up with a liquid.
541
00:44:54,268 --> 00:44:59,188
If he is warm when it
is taken, still warm
542
00:44:59,189 --> 00:45:01,441
you can cut it off,
bleed it properly
543
00:45:01,442 --> 00:45:03,685
and then inject it and raise it.
544
00:45:10,159 --> 00:45:11,527
Then it's not real.
545
00:45:19,084 --> 00:45:20,585
Well, well, well.
546
00:45:20,586 --> 00:45:24,005
Siggi has many ideas and fantasies.
547
00:45:24,006 --> 00:45:27,050
He thinks that he can
do something about it.
548
00:45:27,051 --> 00:45:32,965
But I think that it will never be.
549
00:45:47,821 --> 00:45:49,489
It's hanging over me.
550
00:45:49,490 --> 00:45:52,651
I'm getting old and my
health is not so good.
551
00:45:56,455 --> 00:46:00,159
I'm still waiting
for a proper human.
552
00:46:02,336 --> 00:46:05,964
People sometimes ask me
why I am doing this.
553
00:46:05,965 --> 00:46:12,637
I've been doing this not for
money, definitely, but for the.
554
00:46:12,638 --> 00:46:16,099
Well, it's part of a...
it's pride as well.
555
00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:20,345
I'm proud of presenting,
or telling people about this.
556
00:46:21,981 --> 00:46:24,649
But it's deeper than that.
557
00:46:24,650 --> 00:46:28,736
I try to provoke people, to
make them look differently
558
00:46:28,737 --> 00:46:30,989
at things, you know?
559
00:46:30,990 --> 00:46:36,069
You want to, well, explore
things that other people don't.
560
00:47:52,905 --> 00:47:54,989
For a number of reasons
561
00:47:54,990 --> 00:48:02,121
I decided that I wanted to
remove my genitals completely.
562
00:48:02,122 --> 00:48:06,451
And with a new relocation
for a urethral opening.
563
00:48:07,544 --> 00:48:09,378
And I'd be a happy camper.
564
00:48:09,379 --> 00:48:10,755
Okay, here's the thing.
565
00:48:10,756 --> 00:48:14,383
When I become a doctor,
I sign a Hippocratic oath.
566
00:48:14,384 --> 00:48:15,426
First do no harm.
567
00:48:15,427 --> 00:48:16,636
First do no harm.
568
00:48:16,637 --> 00:48:17,929
Right.
569
00:48:17,930 --> 00:48:20,098
We normally don't remove
healthy body parts.
570
00:48:20,099 --> 00:48:21,432
Right.
571
00:48:21,433 --> 00:48:23,601
In my work I do transformations
of the genitalia.
572
00:48:23,602 --> 00:48:27,105
So I'll change a man into a
woman or a woman into a man.
573
00:48:27,106 --> 00:48:30,691
Now, why would we want to
take off a healthy penis
574
00:48:30,692 --> 00:48:31,776
in your case?
575
00:48:31,777 --> 00:48:34,229
Why would I do that as a physician?
576
00:48:36,448 --> 00:48:39,609
Years ago, I fractured my penis.
577
00:48:41,286 --> 00:48:44,622
It was definitely broken, snapped.
578
00:48:44,623 --> 00:48:47,041
There's no bones in it,
so, what happened?
579
00:48:47,042 --> 00:48:49,127
Well, I went to a urologist.
580
00:48:49,128 --> 00:48:49,836
Okay.
581
00:48:49,837 --> 00:48:51,170
And he did surgery.
582
00:48:51,171 --> 00:48:53,631
I'm sorry, how did it
happen in the first place?
583
00:48:53,632 --> 00:48:55,133
How did you fracture your penis?
584
00:48:55,134 --> 00:48:57,093
Intercourse. Really excited, erect.
585
00:48:57,094 --> 00:48:57,677
Okay.
586
00:48:57,678 --> 00:48:58,970
She's on top.
587
00:48:58,971 --> 00:49:01,556
Came almost all the way out,
maybe did all the way out.
588
00:49:01,557 --> 00:49:04,976
And then she sits back
down and sharp bend.
589
00:49:04,977 --> 00:49:06,269
Was there bleeding or bruising?
590
00:49:06,270 --> 00:49:09,856
Oh, yeah. Internal bleeding, yeah.
591
00:49:09,857 --> 00:49:13,025
Puffed right up and started
turning blue immediately.
592
00:49:13,026 --> 00:49:15,653
A lot of scar tissue was generated,
593
00:49:15,654 --> 00:49:16,821
which caused some shrinkage.
594
00:49:16,822 --> 00:49:17,738
Yep, that's...
595
00:49:17,739 --> 00:49:20,825
It somehow disturbed the urethra.
596
00:49:20,826 --> 00:49:26,539
Since then I keep growing
strictures in the urethra.
597
00:49:26,540 --> 00:49:32,503
Where if I don't dilate the
urethra with a dilator.
598
00:49:32,504 --> 00:49:34,589
All right, yeah. So you...?
599
00:49:34,590 --> 00:49:36,174
If I don't do that routinely,
600
00:49:36,175 --> 00:49:39,544
like every week or
two, I can't pee.
601
00:49:44,349 --> 00:49:48,603
Okay, and then you're
just gonna feel me
602
00:49:48,604 --> 00:49:52,690
be very personal here, okay?
603
00:49:52,691 --> 00:49:57,486
So, wow, you've had.
Now, what is the?
604
00:49:57,487 --> 00:49:59,697
You can feel a distinct lump.
605
00:49:59,698 --> 00:50:01,199
Yeah, but you... What's...?
606
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,159
You have stars and stripes.
607
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:04,243
It's what?
608
00:50:04,244 --> 00:50:05,953
You have a stars and
stripes on your penis.
609
00:50:05,954 --> 00:50:08,873
Yeah, that was another story.
610
00:50:08,874 --> 00:50:11,417
I think if I was to have
a preconceived notion,
611
00:50:11,418 --> 00:50:14,420
I would have said there's no
way I'm gonna agree to that.
612
00:50:14,421 --> 00:50:18,341
With his story of the strictures
613
00:50:18,342 --> 00:50:22,345
I think we actually have
grounds, medical grounds
614
00:50:22,346 --> 00:50:25,514
to suggest that he would be
improved by the surgery.
615
00:50:25,515 --> 00:50:28,593
So we need your medical records.
616
00:50:29,394 --> 00:50:32,063
We need the urologist evaluation.
617
00:50:32,064 --> 00:50:35,066
We need a psychiatrist or a
psychologist to say that
618
00:50:35,067 --> 00:50:36,776
you've worked through some of this
619
00:50:36,777 --> 00:50:38,611
and any other psychological things
620
00:50:38,612 --> 00:50:41,572
won't be a hindrance
to us going forward.
621
00:50:41,573 --> 00:50:42,573
Pleasure to meet you.
622
00:50:42,574 --> 00:50:43,574
Thank you very much.
623
00:50:43,575 --> 00:50:44,609
Okay.
624
00:51:06,265 --> 00:51:09,600
Dr. Marci Bowers and I have
collaborated over the years
625
00:51:09,601 --> 00:51:11,477
regarding several cases.
626
00:51:11,478 --> 00:51:16,107
I received a call from her
regarding a Tom Mitchell
627
00:51:16,108 --> 00:51:19,485
who is considering
strongly transitioning
628
00:51:19,486 --> 00:51:21,813
into an androgynous state.
629
00:51:22,906 --> 00:51:26,158
There's something there
in his dedication to it
630
00:51:26,159 --> 00:51:31,622
that is a very strong urge
in itself to be asexual.
631
00:51:31,623 --> 00:51:34,750
What got me to thinking
about doing it sooner
632
00:51:34,751 --> 00:51:37,044
rather than later.
633
00:51:37,045 --> 00:51:40,339
It's actually a confluence of a
bunch of different reasons that
634
00:51:40,340 --> 00:51:43,718
all kind of came together at
about the same time in my life.
635
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,637
Everybody goes through romance
636
00:51:46,638 --> 00:51:48,556
and breakups and
that sort of thing.
637
00:51:48,557 --> 00:51:51,392
I guess I'm especially sensitive.
638
00:51:51,393 --> 00:51:53,477
When I go through a
breakup, it's difficult,
639
00:51:53,478 --> 00:51:56,022
especially difficult for me.
640
00:51:56,023 --> 00:52:00,735
And after several of those
and three marriages
641
00:52:00,736 --> 00:52:06,032
I've finally realized that I'm
incredibly attracted to women
642
00:52:06,033 --> 00:52:08,284
and yet it's so easy for them to...
643
00:52:08,285 --> 00:52:10,828
Or because of that, it's
so easy for them to
644
00:52:10,829 --> 00:52:12,121
take advantage of me.
645
00:52:12,122 --> 00:52:16,083
Or at least I feel that
they take advantage of me.
646
00:52:16,084 --> 00:52:22,089
So that realization that I'm
so vulnerable to women.
647
00:52:22,090 --> 00:52:25,593
And at this point I need to
do what I can to make myself
648
00:52:25,594 --> 00:52:28,262
immune to the distractions
649
00:52:28,263 --> 00:52:35,186
and the emotional loss
and drain of energy.
650
00:52:35,187 --> 00:52:37,480
I really think that I
need to do something
651
00:52:37,481 --> 00:52:41,400
completely different
than what I have done.
652
00:52:41,401 --> 00:52:43,194
Am I crazy for doing it? No.
653
00:52:43,195 --> 00:52:48,866
I think I'm probably most
in control of my thoughts
654
00:52:48,867 --> 00:52:51,035
that I've ever been.
655
00:52:51,036 --> 00:52:57,041
It's something that most
guys would never consider.
656
00:52:57,042 --> 00:53:02,122
And most guys probably wince at
the thought of it themselves.
657
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,425
And I guess that most guys
probably would figure that
658
00:53:06,426 --> 00:53:09,678
I must be crazy for considering it.
659
00:53:09,679 --> 00:53:12,640
But the reality is I'm
just wanting some freedom.
660
00:53:12,641 --> 00:53:18,729
And to make a success out of
my remaining years in life.
661
00:53:18,730 --> 00:53:22,066
And I think that that's
a very rational,
662
00:53:22,067 --> 00:53:24,269
very common-sense
thing for me to do.
663
00:53:53,598 --> 00:53:59,145
Pall has told me that it
is getting too small.
664
00:53:59,146 --> 00:54:03,774
It's possible that in the
final moment, he will say:
665
00:54:03,775 --> 00:54:08,355
"No, don't touch it, because I
don't want people to see it."
666
00:54:10,907 --> 00:54:15,369
Maybe he doesn't want
to say it out loud.
667
00:54:15,370 --> 00:54:18,156
This is just what he is thinking.
668
00:54:53,325 --> 00:54:57,036
I feel that I'm kept on a thread
669
00:54:57,037 --> 00:55:04,793
just hanging in a thread waiting
for something to happen,
670
00:55:04,794 --> 00:55:07,922
that I don't know if
it's going to happen.
671
00:55:07,923 --> 00:55:11,967
Can you put yourself
in my position?
672
00:55:11,968 --> 00:55:16,347
Running a museum,
expecting a specimen.
673
00:55:16,348 --> 00:55:19,767
And always feeling that
this is coming soon
674
00:55:19,768 --> 00:55:22,061
this is coming soon,
this is coming soon
675
00:55:22,062 --> 00:55:23,479
but nothing happens.
676
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:26,315
Something has happened
that I'm not aware of.
677
00:55:26,316 --> 00:55:34,448
Must have, for him to suddenly
show a complete lack of interest
678
00:55:34,449 --> 00:55:36,242
and a lack of respect.
679
00:55:36,243 --> 00:55:40,037
To me it's frustrating,
it's discouraging,
680
00:55:40,038 --> 00:55:42,498
it's a little unsettling.
681
00:55:42,499 --> 00:55:46,460
And frankly it kind
of pisses me off.
682
00:55:46,461 --> 00:55:52,091
If he thinks I'm the problem,
I can't understand this.
683
00:55:52,092 --> 00:55:56,178
Because what does
he expect from me?
684
00:55:56,179 --> 00:55:58,472
If he's not interested
enough to respond
685
00:55:58,473 --> 00:56:01,392
I'm not interested enough
to go any further with him,
686
00:56:01,393 --> 00:56:02,601
that's all.
687
00:56:02,602 --> 00:56:06,230
I am not the problem.
He is the problem.
688
00:56:06,231 --> 00:56:09,316
He is the donor, he must
decide on what to do.
689
00:56:09,317 --> 00:56:14,530
I think I need to check
out other possible venues
690
00:56:14,531 --> 00:56:16,949
to display Elmo.
691
00:56:16,950 --> 00:56:20,244
And I know that there are other
possibilities in the world.
692
00:56:20,245 --> 00:56:23,122
So I think I need
to check those out.
693
00:56:23,123 --> 00:56:25,825
But it needs to be a
credible location.
694
00:56:47,272 --> 00:56:50,274
I just found out
from my doctor that
695
00:56:50,275 --> 00:56:52,644
I have a blood clot in my leg.
696
00:57:02,037 --> 00:57:08,584
And if this clot suddenly
goes directly up to the lungs
697
00:57:08,585 --> 00:57:10,753
then it would be fatal, you see'?
698
00:57:10,754 --> 00:57:14,506
So I've been on medicine
699
00:57:14,507 --> 00:57:18,344
injections quite a lot for
the first two, three weeks.
700
00:57:18,345 --> 00:57:22,264
And then I'm eating
an awful lot of pills
701
00:57:22,265 --> 00:57:25,009
for thinning the blood, you know?
702
00:57:27,604 --> 00:57:31,940
I'm not afraid of
dying, absolutely not.
703
00:57:31,941 --> 00:57:34,318
This is the most natural
thing in the world.
704
00:57:34,319 --> 00:57:35,903
To be born and to die,
705
00:57:35,904 --> 00:57:40,275
all creatures in the
world are facing that.
706
00:57:59,344 --> 00:58:02,846
This is a document made by me
707
00:58:02,847 --> 00:58:07,893
where I donate my penis and scrotum
708
00:58:07,894 --> 00:58:12,015
to the Icelandic
Phallological Museum.
709
00:58:25,412 --> 00:58:30,666
It happens in life that
you leave the work you
710
00:58:30,667 --> 00:58:32,035
have been doing.
711
00:58:35,463 --> 00:58:39,883
We know this from history
that artists, writers,
712
00:58:39,884 --> 00:58:44,179
or whatever they die without
finishing their work.
713
00:58:44,180 --> 00:58:49,594
This is something that
nobody can keep control of.
714
01:04:46,292 --> 01:04:50,579
Well, well, the big moment.
715
01:04:57,637 --> 01:04:59,171
Yes.
716
01:05:13,528 --> 01:05:15,104
Great.
717
01:05:19,492 --> 01:05:21,319
Fantastic.
718
01:05:25,706 --> 01:05:30,828
This is not so small.
From a 95-year-old.
719
01:05:41,973 --> 01:05:45,433
Yeah, 5 inches. Legal length.
720
01:05:45,434 --> 01:05:47,762
You can imagine how I feel.
721
01:05:49,981 --> 01:05:56,953
And you see how I can open next
spring with this specimen.
722
01:05:58,614 --> 01:06:00,399
Fantastic.
723
01:06:03,369 --> 01:06:04,653
Yeah.
724
01:06:06,414 --> 01:06:08,699
It's a great day in my life.
725
01:06:09,584 --> 01:06:11,751
One of the greatest,
if not the greatest,
726
01:06:11,752 --> 01:06:14,121
in the history of my collecting.
727
01:06:15,673 --> 01:06:19,752
This is the top, this is
the final, final goal.
728
01:06:21,429 --> 01:06:25,716
Welcome to the museum,
Mr. Arason. And thanks.
729
01:06:36,110 --> 01:06:37,360
Hello.
730
01:06:37,361 --> 01:06:39,237
Hello, Siggi.
731
01:06:39,238 --> 01:06:40,447
Yes.
732
01:06:40,448 --> 01:06:42,115
This is Tom Mitchell
calling from California.
733
01:06:42,116 --> 01:06:43,617
Oh, hi, how are you?
734
01:06:43,618 --> 01:06:45,452
I'm fine. How are you?
735
01:06:45,453 --> 01:06:47,696
I'm fine, I'm fine.
736
01:06:48,539 --> 01:06:49,956
We haven't talked for...
737
01:06:49,957 --> 01:06:52,709
You know, things are
happening here.
738
01:06:52,710 --> 01:06:54,377
Things are happening there?
739
01:06:54,378 --> 01:06:56,546
Yeah.
740
01:06:56,547 --> 01:06:58,048
What's going on?
741
01:06:58,049 --> 01:07:01,218
With Mr. Arason, the old guy.
742
01:07:01,219 --> 01:07:02,719
You did what now?
743
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:04,804
He will be the first Icelander,
744
01:07:04,805 --> 01:07:09,893
but there is still room
for the first foreigner.
745
01:07:09,894 --> 01:07:14,606
Okay, so you got
Mr. Arason's donation?
746
01:07:14,607 --> 01:07:15,850
Yeah.
747
01:07:17,026 --> 01:07:19,986
Okay, so have you actually
gotten his penis yet
748
01:07:19,987 --> 01:07:21,613
or you're waiting...?
749
01:07:21,614 --> 01:07:22,906
Yeah, I got it.
750
01:07:22,907 --> 01:07:24,491
You got it?
751
01:07:24,492 --> 01:07:28,578
It will be formally
announced on Friday.
752
01:07:28,579 --> 01:07:30,830
Okay, is it just his
penis or testicles too?
753
01:07:30,831 --> 01:07:34,292
No, testicles and scrotum
and everything, yeah.
754
01:07:34,293 --> 01:07:36,127
What was that again?
I didn't understand.
755
01:07:36,128 --> 01:07:38,456
No, testicles and
scrotum and everything.
756
01:07:45,096 --> 01:07:46,338
Okay.
757
01:08:00,486 --> 01:08:04,531
I'm disappointed, but
I'm not devastated.
758
01:08:04,532 --> 01:08:06,116
I might have been more disappointed
759
01:08:06,117 --> 01:08:07,867
two or three years ago.
760
01:08:07,868 --> 01:08:11,697
But no, no, it's...
My goals have moderated.
761
01:08:14,458 --> 01:08:19,629
I've shape-shifted. And
it's not that big a deal.
762
01:08:19,630 --> 01:08:21,923
And there are still
ways that Elmo can be
763
01:08:21,924 --> 01:08:25,169
the most famous penis in the world.
764
01:08:40,651 --> 01:08:43,320
I'm enthralled, absolutely.
765
01:08:43,321 --> 01:08:49,075
This is a day I've been waiting
for all my collecting years,
766
01:08:49,076 --> 01:08:50,327
37 years.
767
01:08:50,328 --> 01:08:52,037
So this is great.
768
01:08:52,038 --> 01:08:55,707
My son will be taking over.
I'm very happy about it.
769
01:08:55,708 --> 01:08:59,377
He has quite a lot of good
ideas about the future.
770
01:08:59,378 --> 01:09:01,379
When the time comes,
you have to stop,
771
01:09:01,380 --> 01:09:03,499
so I think this is the moment.
772
01:09:18,230 --> 01:09:23,602
I feel absolutely great. The
first proper human has arrived.62353
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