Lol
Katweezel said:
So Dad, is this called a coon toothprick? Does coon folklore suggest that one of these coon boners could be good luck? Is that why you have a collection? When you play, is one always seen protruding from your mouth? :grin:
Actually, down here, we call 'em Coon D**k Toothpicks. They bring extremely good luck. I'm much more sophisticated than most.. I wear mine on a chain around my neck! Along with my x-ray glasses; It makes for a good table conversation.
you want me to send you one?
Edit: I thought you might think I was kidding Kat...
"In May, 1996, Michael Redman added something new on the subect: the use of the raccoon penis bone as a gambler's charm. Here's what he said:
Just got back from New Orleans for my umpteenth Jazz Fest visit & spent some extended time in the Voodoo Museum in the Quarter. As touristy as this place is, there were several exhibits of interest. Did notice a raccoon penis bone there marked "Lucky for gamblers."
Other readers have written in and added much lore -- about a gambling uncle in the South who wrapped his coon dong in a ten dollar bill before going out to play cards of an evening, a grandfather who wore a "possum prick" bone as a watch fob, a jeweler who caps the bones with sterling silver and sells them as necklace pendants, and a family which has owned a "mountain toothpick" for years. Scott Stauffer, a taxidermist in Michigan, writes, "I have had several requests for raccoon penis necklaces. Thinking this to be strange, I asked as to the reason one would want to wear such a thing. Up here the general consensus is that 'You're not cool unless you're hangin.' No red ribbons or gifts to girl friends; the guys wear them, mostly, it seems, for luck. A jeweler's clasp is glued to the straight end and it is worn on a length of gold chain. Although strange, they are strikingly handsome when boiled and pollished."