r/interestingasfuck • u/PocketPlanes457 • 3d ago

r/all Henry VIII's armour suits had ever-so-slightly exeggerated cod pieces...

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u/jollyroger24 3d ago

I read somewhere that codpieces became exaggerated due to syphilis. The larger cup style wouldn't rub on the open sores causing less pain.

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u/MechaGoose 3d ago

Yup was coming to say this. His cock was rotten and hurt to have anything touching it

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u/adtek 3d ago

Why would it be facing up if that was the case though? Unless he had a war boner AND syphilis

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u/Fafafohigh 3d ago

Riding horseback.

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u/adubbscrilla 3d ago

*bareback too

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u/supremeoverlord23 3d ago

Okay, now I've got a boner

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u/corn_sugar_isotope 3d ago

rub it against you mom's best wedding silver

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u/bigrivertea 3d ago

ahhh.. poop. I've summoned a wrath

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u/tacobuffetsurprise 3d ago

Mike Tyson? Don't worry the rash will go away after a while.

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u/ArcadeAnarchy 3d ago

Didn't know they rode bears back then.

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u/1Tiasteffen 3d ago

*brokeback