An elderly couple were watching a Discovery Channel special
> > about a West African bush tribe whose men all had penises 24
> > inches long.
> >
> > When the black male reaches a certain age, a string is tied
> > around his penis and on the other end is a weight. After a
> > while, the weight stretches the penis to 24 inches.
> >
> > Later, that evening, as the husband was getting out of the
> > shower, his wife looked at him and said, 'How about we
> > try the African string-and-weight procedure?'
> >
> > The husband agreed and they tied a string and a weight to
> > his penis.
> >
> > A few days later, the wife asked the husband, 'How is
> > our little tribal experiment coming along?'
> >
> > 'Well, it looks like we're about half way
> > there,' he replied.
> >
> > 'Wow, you mean it's grown to 12 inches?'
> >
> > 'No, it's turned black.'