There is a God and he has a sense of humour. And balls, apparently. The DG and Mark like this headline, but it can’t hold a candle to this AP story from the venerable Herald News Daily:

Turkey Testicle Festival can keep name
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Organizers of fourth annual Turkey Testicle Festival can keep their name, despite concerns about the propriety of the word and the island’s virtue.

Councilman Charles Meador said this year’s festival will [be] the fourth annual, and went on to list more than 12 other cities that host annual events with the name “testicle”.

The festival has raised about $3,000 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank in each of its past three years. A change in policy that requires the town council to approve special events brought the issue of the name to the table two weeks ago.

Shenko reversed his position Monday and supported the name. Reynolds continued his opposition.

Apart from relief that the Law of Alliteration is still hot, not shot, I have some unanswered questions: is the Turkey Testicle Festival insulting to Turkishness? Or are we talking fat, festive poultry? Are turkey testicles deserving of a festival all of their own? What exactly do they do at the more than 12 other annual events with the name “testicle”? How many hundredweight of turkey testicles can you buy for $3000? And what did the late Harry Chapin have to do with any of it?

Finally, whoever Reynolds is (the subeditors found him and Shenko so peripheral to this massive media scoop that they edited everything but their surnames out of the story), he seems wise to continue his opposition; Shenko was rash to reverse his position when turkey testicles were at stake.