Ride the Mommy Train

A 23-year-old Australian law student, Sarah Button, made headlines after passing through airport security in the United Arab Emirates with a unique accessory. She was wearing a butt plug that contained her deceased boyfriend’s ashes, a gift from him before he passed away. The incident caused the alarms to go off, and she and her friend were pulled aside by airport security. Button documented the experience on her TikTok page, which went viral and gained millions of views.

Button explained that the sex toy was a joke between her and her boyfriend, who had spent a lot of time in that particular “favorite place.” She wanted to travel to the places they had dreamed of visiting together to honor his memory. Despite explaining the situation to the security officials, they initially suspected that she was carrying a weapon. Button mentioned that the female security officer working in earshot of their conversation didn’t appreciate the vulgarity she used to explain the situation, leading to some back and forth.

Eventually, a senior official arrived, and after signing a foreign document, Button was allowed to leave. It’s unclear if she was permitted to keep the sex toy. Button’s story serves as a reminder to be cautious when traveling with unusual items, especially if they might cause confusion or suspicion.

In 1972, Mo Abad was just six years old when he was pulled under a moving vehicle while walking home from a football game in Huddersfield. The accident left him with severe injuries to his groin, resulting in a fleshy tube for a penis, an inability to have sex, and the need to sit down to urinate. Mo, who now resides in Edinburgh, recounted in a conversation with LadBible last year that he was given a mere 12 hours to survive after the accident occurred. The impact had completely destroyed one testicle, while the other was pushed into his groin area.

Mo avoided discussing the incident for many years and refrained from forming intimate relationships with women, apprehensive about their potential reactions. However, his fortunes took a turn in 2012 when skilled surgeons implanted a £70,000 pump-up bionic bulge for him. The surgical team extracted skin from his arm and inserted an inflatable implant, enabling Mo to attain erections. By pressing a button located in the scrotum, two oblong-shaped balloons fill with saline solution, giving Mo the ability to achieve an erection.

This surgical intervention, known as a phalloplasty, was performed at University College Hospital in London, where surgeons complete an average of one bionic penis attachment per month.

A recently surfaced 1864 letter provides a glimpse into a little-discussed affliction among Civil War soldiers – chronic masturbation.

The handwritten note by Confederate Lt. William Dandridge Pitts inquires about the condition of his brother Charles, who was discharged from the army in 1862 due to an unspecified “illness.” Charles was residing at the Western Lunatic Asylum in Virginia.

According to Charles’ doctor and accounts from fellow soldiers, his illness was a relentless addiction to masturbation. “I have had some conversation with the physician who attended my brother previous to his going to the asylum,” Lt. Pitts wrote, “and he advises me…that [Charles] was addicted to masturbation, while in camp.”

The letter highlights the mental health toll of the war, even before combat began. Soldiers forced to endure their comrades’ “self-pollution” no doubt developed deep psychological scars.

While masturbation remained taboo in the Victorian era, it was pervasive enough in the military to earn the nickname “Johnny Reb.” The irony of this affliction among troops from Virginia, the “state for lovers,” was surely not lost on the Pitts family.

The letter survives in excellent condition despite its delicate subject matter. This “director’s cut” offers intimate insight into secret struggles in Civil War ranks.