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‘Cello scrotum’ exposed as a hoax

This little gem comes to us from across the pond and while it has nothing to do with politics, gossip or sports, we’d be doing this blog a complete disservice if we didn’t report on this medical mystery.

CNN/Europe writes: A medical ailment [cello scrotum] that has worried male members of string sections across the music world for over 30 years has been exposed as a hoax.

And just how exactly was this hoax exposed?

A senior British lawmaker confessed to making up the condition known as “cello scrotum” — which relates to chafing from the instrument — after reading about another musically-related ailment called “guitarist’s nipple” in the British Medical Journal in 1974.

Guitarist’s nipple.  Even better.

h/t [you know who you are]