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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:57,676 --> 00:01:02,037 Well, this is a bladdernose seal. 2 00:01:03,765 --> 00:01:05,766 And here is the smallest of the whales, 3 00:01:05,767 --> 00:01:09,095 the common porpoise, with both testicles. 4 00:01:11,273 --> 00:01:15,943 And this is a penis from a harbor seal. 5 00:01:15,944 --> 00:01:18,313 A beautiful specimen, with the testicles. 6 00:01:20,490 --> 00:01:25,862 These are absolutely fantastic. Absolutely fabulous. 7 00:02:46,951 --> 00:02:50,780 This started as a joke with a bull's penis in 1.974. 8 00:02:56,378 --> 00:02:58,045 I was 33 years old, 9 00:02:58,046 --> 00:03:00,214 and it was in the town Reykjavik in the south 10 00:03:00,215 --> 00:03:03,251 where I was the headmaster of a secondary school. 11 00:03:07,889 --> 00:03:11,968 One of m y teachers gave it to me at a party just as a joke. 12 00:03:13,853 --> 00:03:15,805 That was the first. 13 00:03:21,444 --> 00:03:24,196 This museum presents phalluses or penises 14 00:03:24,197 --> 00:03:26,031 from the animal kingdom 15 00:03:26,032 --> 00:03:29,319 with all the artistic pieces around as well. 16 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:39,378 Here it is, the bull's penis that my teacher gave me. 17 00:03:39,379 --> 00:03:43,090 The one that gave me the idea to start collecting. 18 00:03:43,091 --> 00:03:45,835 So this was what started everything. 19 00:03:52,225 --> 00:03:55,269 This is the biggest specimen I've got so far. 20 00:03:55,270 --> 00:03:56,937 It's from a sperm whale. 21 00:03:56,938 --> 00:04:00,607 But this is just about one-third of the length of the organ. 22 00:04:00,608 --> 00:04:03,770 This is the part that leaks out when the animal dies. 23 00:04:05,113 --> 00:04:07,781 This is a penis bone from a cave bear. 24 00:04:07,782 --> 00:04:10,652 A species that got extinct 10-, 15000 years ago. 25 00:04:11,453 --> 00:04:15,531 So this is very rare and very precious to me. 26 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:22,296 I've been collecting for almost 40 years now. I'm almost 70. 27 00:04:22,297 --> 00:04:25,799 And I've got foxes, minks, house mouse, field mouse, 28 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,470 rats, brown rats, black rats, pigs, horses, rams, 29 00:04:29,471 --> 00:04:32,681 bulls, reindeer, polar bear, seals, walruses, 30 00:04:32,682 --> 00:04:35,309 harbor seal, gray seal, sperm whale, humpback, 31 00:04:35,310 --> 00:04:37,644 minke whale, killer whale, dolphins. 32 00:04:37,645 --> 00:04:39,521 I've got them all. 33 00:04:39,522 --> 00:04:44,443 I've got specimens from all mammalian species except one: 34 00:04:44,444 --> 00:04:46,270 A proper human. 35 00:04:53,745 --> 00:04:58,408 Without the proper human, the collection is not complete. 36 00:05:01,002 --> 00:05:05,506 My dad has been collecting penises as long as I remember. 37 00:05:05,507 --> 00:05:08,842 I think for me it was quite, you know, normal. 38 00:05:08,843 --> 00:05:13,764 Just part of, you know, the family life 39 00:05:13,765 --> 00:05:17,059 to bring home a new specimen for the museum. 40 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:19,853 Or for the collection. It wasn't a museum then. 41 00:05:19,854 --> 00:05:23,232 It was a private collection at home. 42 00:05:23,233 --> 00:05:25,893 Just for display for guests and so on. 43 00:05:51,386 --> 00:05:55,389 And I opened it with an opening ceremony, in style 44 00:05:55,390 --> 00:05:59,385 on the 23rd of August, '97. That's my birthday as well. 45 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:12,148 We have anniversaries on the same day, me and the museum. 46 00:06:21,916 --> 00:06:25,620 We started when I was 17 and she was 18. 47 00:06:27,088 --> 00:06:30,924 We have been together 52 years now. 48 00:06:30,925 --> 00:06:33,552 I would never have been able to do the museum 49 00:06:33,553 --> 00:06:35,588 without her support. 50 00:06:37,599 --> 00:06:41,184 Quite a few people thought of course that I was a pervert 51 00:06:41,185 --> 00:06:43,604 or something like that 52 00:06:43,605 --> 00:06:47,357 to start with, start collecting penises. 53 00:06:47,358 --> 00:06:50,277 Most people... Some people may have thought it 54 00:06:50,278 --> 00:06:51,945 absolutely nonsensical. 55 00:06:51,946 --> 00:06:53,614 Or idiotic. 56 00:06:53,615 --> 00:06:55,616 But when people realized that there is nothing 57 00:06:55,617 --> 00:06:57,784 pornographic there, they just... 58 00:06:57,785 --> 00:07:02,998 Well, they may start thinking, why is he doing it? 59 00:07:02,999 --> 00:07:09,254 What is his concept of presenting this to us? 60 00:07:09,255 --> 00:07:12,132 The museum develops most naturally, 61 00:07:12,133 --> 00:07:17,179 but echoes many of the approaches 62 00:07:17,180 --> 00:07:19,640 to the world that you see within his teaching. 63 00:07:19,641 --> 00:07:22,017 Especially the question of something 64 00:07:22,018 --> 00:07:23,769 that mustn't be talked about. 65 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:26,521 And anything that Siggi comes across 66 00:07:26,522 --> 00:07:28,065 that mustn't be talked about 67 00:07:28,066 --> 00:07:30,359 as far as he's concerned, must be talked about straightaway. 68 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:31,568 Let's discuss this. 69 00:07:31,569 --> 00:07:35,530 Did you know that? You knew that. Great. 70 00:07:35,531 --> 00:07:38,325 This is very, very important for me, 71 00:07:38,326 --> 00:07:40,994 to inform people or educate people. 72 00:07:40,995 --> 00:07:45,791 I think this serves or helps. 73 00:07:45,792 --> 00:07:49,503 Decreasing taboos about this human body 74 00:07:49,504 --> 00:07:54,966 but especially about this organ I am presenting here. 75 00:07:54,967 --> 00:07:58,595 This is the smallest item in the museum. 76 00:07:58,596 --> 00:08:00,548 A penis bone from a hamster. 77 00:08:01,516 --> 00:08:03,892 It's less than two millimeters. 78 00:08:03,893 --> 00:08:08,855 As a professional teacher for 37 years, I like telling people. 79 00:08:08,856 --> 00:08:10,565 I like informing people. 80 00:08:10,566 --> 00:08:15,153 The testicles weighed 972 kilos. 81 00:08:15,154 --> 00:08:17,732 Look at this one. This is an American possum. 82 00:08:18,157 --> 00:08:22,536 And it has two. Did you know? 83 00:08:22,537 --> 00:08:24,037 We look at the historical record 84 00:08:24,038 --> 00:08:26,998 and see all kinds of variations 85 00:08:26,999 --> 00:08:31,586 in how much we can talk openly about penises. 86 00:08:31,587 --> 00:08:34,923 It's odd that we in the 21st century 87 00:08:34,924 --> 00:08:39,052 tend to fall on a very conservative point of view. 88 00:08:39,053 --> 00:08:42,597 Why is it for us in the 21st century 89 00:08:42,598 --> 00:08:44,759 that the penis is so taboo? 90 00:08:46,394 --> 00:08:50,355 Salt and pepper. 91 00:08:50,356 --> 00:08:54,651 I have been carving for 30 years or something. 92 00:08:54,652 --> 00:09:00,073 I started carving things, like this gavel 93 00:09:00,074 --> 00:09:04,411 just in the same line as other things in the museum you see. 94 00:09:04,412 --> 00:09:06,288 So this is the official gavel 95 00:09:06,289 --> 00:09:08,665 of the director of the institute. 96 00:09:08,666 --> 00:09:10,952 The Icelandic Institute of Phallology. 97 00:09:14,088 --> 00:09:15,957 It's a good gavel. 98 00:09:16,841 --> 00:09:18,292 This took me weeks. 99 00:09:19,302 --> 00:09:25,640 So this is pretty heavy, but it's a complete mini bar 100 00:09:25,641 --> 00:09:30,437 or travel bar with two small bottles underneath here. 101 00:09:30,438 --> 00:09:34,149 If you have guests, you, you can bring 102 00:09:34,150 --> 00:09:37,611 their schnapps on this trowel. 103 00:09:37,612 --> 00:09:40,405 It's just like something you want to create. 104 00:09:40,406 --> 00:09:43,450 You don't know what the end result will be. 105 00:09:43,451 --> 00:09:45,911 This is my Christmas cutlery, you know? 106 00:09:45,912 --> 00:09:48,698 A fork, knife, and a spoon. 107 00:09:49,499 --> 00:09:53,627 The museum is getting greater attention now than ever before. 108 00:09:53,628 --> 00:09:56,963 And I think that is more or less the word is spreading worldwide. 109 00:09:56,964 --> 00:09:59,216 And it's been a lot of interest shown 110 00:09:59,217 --> 00:10:01,635 by media from all over the world 111 00:10:01,636 --> 00:10:03,462 that's been flocking up to Husavik. 112 00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:15,482 Hello, I'm Carol Off. 113 00:10:15,483 --> 00:10:16,983 Good evening, I'm Jeff Douglas. 114 00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:19,486 And this is As It Happens. 115 00:10:19,487 --> 00:10:22,489 The world's only penis museum has not yet managed 116 00:10:22,490 --> 00:10:24,658 to secure even one of a specimen 117 00:10:24,659 --> 00:10:26,451 of which there are billions. 118 00:10:26,452 --> 00:10:29,204 Mr. Hjartarson, why is it so difficult, do you think 119 00:10:29,205 --> 00:10:32,666 to get a human penis for your museum? 120 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:35,877 I have been collecting for 33 years now, 121 00:10:35,878 --> 00:10:38,380 and I'm still waiting for a human one. 122 00:10:38,381 --> 00:10:40,799 These bodies are all over, you know? 123 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,720 And some of them are just cut up to pieces. 124 00:10:45,721 --> 00:10:51,518 Why haven't I been able to get a human specimen from there? 125 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:58,525 Without specific legal permission given by 126 00:10:58,526 --> 00:11:04,482 an individual you cannot acquire any part of his body. 127 00:11:05,074 --> 00:11:06,950 Everybody knowing everybody in Iceland, 128 00:11:06,951 --> 00:11:09,035 this is a sensitive matter, you know? 129 00:11:09,036 --> 00:11:10,453 Because we are so few 130 00:11:10,454 --> 00:11:13,456 and a specimen would hardly get to me 131 00:11:13,457 --> 00:11:15,208 without the nametag on it. 132 00:11:15,209 --> 00:11:18,378 Nobody would notice 133 00:11:18,379 --> 00:11:23,383 if somebody was buried with one kidney. 134 00:11:23,384 --> 00:11:26,469 Well, he just gave it away, or we gave it away. 135 00:11:26,470 --> 00:11:29,973 But if he was buried without a penis, this would be a... 136 00:11:29,974 --> 00:11:34,561 Well, even he or his family could be a laughing stock, 137 00:11:34,562 --> 00:11:35,770 you know? 138 00:11:35,771 --> 00:11:40,525 So this is a part of the taboo or the fringe 139 00:11:40,526 --> 00:11:43,062 of talking about these things. 140 00:11:58,961 --> 00:12:02,964 People want to build monuments, leave something behind. 141 00:12:02,965 --> 00:12:05,759 I think this is also a part of it. 142 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:10,764 It's sort of a chance to do something 143 00:12:10,765 --> 00:12:12,591 and leave something remarkable behind. 144 00:12:20,608 --> 00:12:24,979 My health has deteriorated this year. 145 00:12:26,113 --> 00:12:27,982 This is worrying me a little. 146 00:12:29,325 --> 00:12:32,702 Because you start thinking that you haven't got 147 00:12:32,703 --> 00:12:34,405 so many years left. 148 00:13:25,047 --> 00:13:30,544 The human might be the end of a collection of 34 years. 149 00:13:32,304 --> 00:13:35,598 If I don't get it in the next few years, 150 00:13:35,599 --> 00:13:37,218 I don't know what happens. 151 00:14:53,469 --> 00:14:59,140 Pall Arason is an authority... He's a famous guy in Iceland. 152 00:14:59,141 --> 00:15:01,935 So that would be an extremely valuable 153 00:15:01,936 --> 00:15:03,603 acquisition to get him. 154 00:15:03,604 --> 00:15:06,231 And here is the bottle. 155 00:15:06,232 --> 00:15:09,025 Mr. Arason's future resting place. 156 00:15:09,026 --> 00:15:10,735 If he fits there. 157 00:15:10,736 --> 00:15:14,531 So, Mr. Areson, his letter of donation was the first in 1996. 158 00:15:14,532 --> 00:15:19,244 Then in 2001 came Tom Mitchell, the American. 159 00:15:19,245 --> 00:15:23,039 Hi, I'm Tom Mitchell. I'm an American. 160 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,042 And I have decided to donate my penis 161 00:15:26,043 --> 00:15:28,086 to the only penis museum in the world. 162 00:15:28,087 --> 00:15:30,914 The Iceland Phallological Museum. 163 00:15:41,851 --> 00:15:47,272 I felt ever since I was a kid that when the time came 164 00:15:47,273 --> 00:15:50,441 I didn't want my penis to go to waste when I die. 165 00:15:50,442 --> 00:15:53,820 And when I came across the Iceland Phallological Museum 166 00:15:53,821 --> 00:15:57,024 it seemed like the ideal solution to a lifelong dream. 167 00:15:58,075 --> 00:16:02,120 I initially did the letter of donation to Siggi. 168 00:16:02,121 --> 00:16:06,457 He had claimed that there was an old Icelandic gentleman 169 00:16:06,458 --> 00:16:10,420 who had made a commitment to donate his penis upon his death. 170 00:16:10,421 --> 00:16:14,132 I asked if he would be interested in a donation 171 00:16:14,133 --> 00:16:16,509 from outside of Iceland. 172 00:16:16,510 --> 00:16:18,712 And he responded enthusiastically at the time. 173 00:16:19,471 --> 00:16:24,517 He calls his penis Elmo, and he is extremely well endowed. 174 00:16:24,518 --> 00:16:28,271 This is the American, Tom Mitchell. 175 00:16:28,272 --> 00:16:31,100 And with him comes a mold, or a cast. 176 00:16:32,484 --> 00:16:38,406 That's a very, very good specimen of almost 7 inches, 177 00:16:38,407 --> 00:16:39,657 and a great girth. 178 00:16:39,658 --> 00:16:41,910 My first wife came up with the name Elmo. 179 00:16:41,911 --> 00:16:44,037 I'm not really sure where that came from. 180 00:16:44,038 --> 00:16:47,332 But that was a long time before any Muppets characters 181 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,334 were out there. 182 00:16:49,335 --> 00:16:51,586 I don't know really anything about this guy, 183 00:16:51,587 --> 00:16:55,340 except he has this great specimen, Elmo. 184 00:16:55,341 --> 00:17:02,263 I started realizing that to ask somebody who was a close friend 185 00:17:02,264 --> 00:17:07,977 to make sure that my sex organs are cut off my cold, dead corpse 186 00:17:07,978 --> 00:17:10,730 is really just kind of a gross thing to ask anybody 187 00:17:10,731 --> 00:17:12,982 to do especially anybody you care about. 188 00:17:12,983 --> 00:17:15,401 And if you want anything done right, 189 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:18,363 you probably need to see to it yourself. 190 00:17:18,364 --> 00:17:21,491 So more recently I decided that actually it 191 00:17:21,492 --> 00:17:24,611 would be a good idea to do it before I die. 192 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:30,917 I can see where most any rational guy would say: 193 00:17:30,918 --> 00:17:32,835 "Boy, that's an extreme thing to do." 194 00:17:32,836 --> 00:17:36,756 I mean, nobody would really want to do that during their life. 195 00:17:36,757 --> 00:17:40,551 I've always had a dream of not only Elmo being placed 196 00:17:40,552 --> 00:17:44,847 on display in a public place but as a result, 197 00:17:44,848 --> 00:17:46,516 possibly some fame and fortune. 198 00:17:46,517 --> 00:17:50,387 Not for myself, but for Elmo. 199 00:17:51,897 --> 00:17:54,190 I've always thought it would be really cool 200 00:17:54,191 --> 00:17:58,854 for my penis to be world's first true penis celebrity. 201 00:18:00,281 --> 00:18:02,991 If a gentleman wants to donate, 202 00:18:02,992 --> 00:18:05,285 there are two things that must be done. 203 00:18:05,286 --> 00:18:09,622 Firstly, there must be a legally done 204 00:18:09,623 --> 00:18:13,293 document testified by three witnesses. 205 00:18:13,294 --> 00:18:16,629 The second thing is he must prove it in some way that he 206 00:18:16,630 --> 00:18:20,800 meets the standards of minimum legal length of 5 inches. 207 00:18:20,801 --> 00:18:24,637 That's based on this folk tale about a lady who went to 208 00:18:24,638 --> 00:18:28,558 the sheriff and asked for a divorce 209 00:18:28,559 --> 00:18:31,345 because her husband only had 3 inches. 210 00:18:32,730 --> 00:18:38,651 Let's get a look at the story itself here. 211 00:18:38,652 --> 00:18:41,446 I'll just read it for you. It goes something like this. 212 00:18:41,447 --> 00:18:43,239 It's called A Legal Length. 213 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,992 There was an old lady who came to her local sheriff 214 00:18:45,993 --> 00:18:48,661 demanding a divorce from her husband. 215 00:18:48,662 --> 00:18:51,706 The sheriff inquired as to the reason for this. 216 00:18:51,707 --> 00:18:54,826 "It's the damndest thing I've ever seen," said the old lady. 217 00:18:55,544 --> 00:18:58,087 The sheriff asked whether the object in question 218 00:18:58,088 --> 00:19:03,593 was such a freak of nature that it was unusable or what. 219 00:19:03,594 --> 00:19:07,138 "Don't even try mentioning that thing," said the old woman. 220 00:19:07,139 --> 00:19:11,476 "It's no more than three thumbs worth." 221 00:19:11,477 --> 00:19:14,187 And the old woman said that she would be satisfied 222 00:19:14,188 --> 00:19:17,357 with nothing less than a legal length. 223 00:19:17,358 --> 00:19:21,694 The sheriff said that he wasn't aware of any article in the law 224 00:19:21,695 --> 00:19:24,989 stating anything about a legal length. 225 00:19:24,990 --> 00:19:28,242 "Isn't three thumbs worth enough?" 226 00:19:28,243 --> 00:19:31,162 "Absolutely not," said the old woman. 227 00:19:31,163 --> 00:19:34,624 "One in the hair, one in the skin, and a third, 228 00:19:34,625 --> 00:19:36,834 "and a fourth, and a fifth one in." 229 00:19:36,835 --> 00:19:38,920 "Now that's what I call action. 230 00:19:38,921 --> 00:19:42,840 "That's legal length for you, my good man." 231 00:19:42,841 --> 00:19:45,510 What I think is interesting about this story is it, 232 00:19:45,511 --> 00:19:48,096 like certain other folk tales that we have 233 00:19:48,097 --> 00:19:50,598 in the Icelandic tradition and from this time 234 00:19:50,599 --> 00:19:53,184 to say recorded by priests and other learned people 235 00:19:53,185 --> 00:19:58,022 and sent on by them is that there's clearly a lot more 236 00:19:58,023 --> 00:20:02,443 understanding of the woman's part in sexual activities. 237 00:20:02,444 --> 00:20:05,405 That she deserves to get something out of it 238 00:20:05,406 --> 00:20:06,697 as well as the man. 239 00:20:06,698 --> 00:20:09,450 We get the same sort of story 240 00:20:09,451 --> 00:20:13,830 comes up in terms of tales with... About elves. 241 00:20:13,831 --> 00:20:16,999 On this tale, old folk tale, 242 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,629 is based my insistence or requirement of having 243 00:20:21,630 --> 00:20:23,373 a mold of 5 inches. 244 00:20:28,512 --> 00:20:31,298 There was an English TV station. 245 00:20:32,307 --> 00:20:35,601 And they tried to, to take a mold of Mr. Arason 246 00:20:35,602 --> 00:20:37,137 with Plaster of Paris. 247 00:20:38,439 --> 00:20:41,308 But this guy didn't know how to do it properly. 248 00:22:11,823 --> 00:22:15,409 He was furious. The mold was ruined. 249 00:22:15,410 --> 00:22:19,830 I'm afraid I can't verify him being of a legal length 250 00:22:19,831 --> 00:22:22,409 at that time or now. 251 00:22:32,261 --> 00:22:34,220 Hi, Siggi, this is Tom. 252 00:22:34,221 --> 00:22:36,089 Finally we are talking together. 253 00:22:37,224 --> 00:22:39,600 What's happening with the fellow from Iceland? 254 00:22:39,601 --> 00:22:41,561 Has he said anything recently? 255 00:22:41,562 --> 00:22:44,564 He is still alive, you know, 93 years old. 256 00:22:44,565 --> 00:22:45,898 Don't worry about him. 257 00:22:45,899 --> 00:22:48,776 It's very important to me that Elmo be the first 258 00:22:48,777 --> 00:22:51,153 human specimen in your museum. 259 00:22:51,154 --> 00:22:52,738 Yeah. 260 00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:54,740 That's extremely important. 261 00:22:54,741 --> 00:23:01,831 The reason is I have dreams and wishes that. 262 00:23:01,832 --> 00:23:05,459 He wants to get the fame. That's his main point. 263 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:10,624 Being the first is the only answer to get this attention. 264 00:23:11,883 --> 00:23:15,803 So I understand him in that way. 265 00:23:15,804 --> 00:23:17,805 But there is one difference here. 266 00:23:17,806 --> 00:23:22,852 He is talking about having his specimen, 267 00:23:22,853 --> 00:23:24,812 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? 269 00:23:28,775 --> 00:23:32,111 To have it removed before he dies. 270 00:23:32,112 --> 00:23:35,732 And then he could come later on and see himself on the wall. 271 00:23:36,658 --> 00:23:39,744 Of course I would prefer it to be from the Icelander, 272 00:23:39,745 --> 00:23:41,412 Mr. Arason. 273 00:23:41,413 --> 00:23:44,324 But we don't know how many years Mr. Arason is going to live. 274 00:23:53,467 --> 00:23:55,168 Look how it opens. 275 00:23:56,678 --> 00:23:59,639 Look here. It's beautiful. 276 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,559 You see, I will clean this up and put it on the wall there. 277 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,353 And you see here. 278 00:24:05,354 --> 00:24:09,140 One thing, Tom is in a best position. 279 00:24:10,525 --> 00:24:13,402 He has the advantage 280 00:24:13,403 --> 00:24:17,107 because he has promised to deliver it before he dies. 281 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:25,539 It's very important to me that I'm not getting the first 282 00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:28,869 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 00:24:35,759 --> 00:24:40,505 who's a renowned personality in Iceland that everybody knows. 285 00:25:09,626 --> 00:25:15,589 Mr. Arason is a very, very funny 286 00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:19,009 or very special character. 287 00:25:19,010 --> 00:25:21,595 He's a boaster and a braggart, you know? 288 00:25:21,596 --> 00:25:24,507 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 00:26:30,707 --> 00:26:34,919 Some people say that he's the greatest womanizer 293 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,664 in the history of the country. 294 00:26:46,014 --> 00:26:50,893 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 00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:17,229 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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