HOT water shrinkage?

[bigdude]

Is this normal?

I know that comfortably warm weather causes guys to really hang...including me. Cold weather- well that one's obvious. But the other night I jumped in my 103 degree hot tub and experienced some shrinkage...is this normal?

 

[Pecker]

You're darned right it's normal. Your package (especially the testicles) are very temperature-sensitive and will move toward or away from your body to maintain an even warmth. If you suddenly get a chill, up they go to maintain their warmth. If you suddenly dunk them into a 103° bath, up they go to keep from overheating.

 

[Mr. Snakey]

My god thats too hot. No wonder you didnt burn yourself.

 

[B_Think_Kink]

The worst I'd ever done is get in one that was at 120 degrees.... I was hamard out of my mind, and I had huge rashes on my skin the next day... they stopped running it after that.. the motor wasn broke, and was just making it to hot.

 

[patrick9999]

Holy Shit, Kink, I could've cooked a lobster in that tub. Actually, a whole bunch of lobsters.

 

[B_Think_Kink]

I don't think that our skin burns really badly at boiling point though... but... I was drunk so I don't remember feeling anything but numb.

And keep the lobster away from me... I'm allergic

 

[snoozan]

I don't think that our skin burns really badly at boiling point though... but... I was drunk so I don't remember feeling anything but numb.

Actually our skin cooks at boiling point, just like the flesh of any other animal. Lobster, beef, human, it's all the same stuff.

This is a list of temperatures (fahrenheit) and duration of time it takes to cause third degree burns. The moral of the story is: be careful in hot tubs, and set the thermostat on your hot water heater at a temperature low enough to not cause burns. You can really get hurt and burns are no fun.

155 degrees 1 second
148 degrees 2 seconds
140 degrees 5 seconds
133 degrees 15 seconds
127 degrees 1 minute
124 degrees 3 minute
120 degrees 5 minutes
100 degrees safe

ok, end rant.

 

[B_Think_Kink]

Maybe the thermometer was broken... because I was in there for 45 minutes with 6 other people, I had a 26er of sour puss in me, and finished another 1/3 of a 26er of peach schnapps while in the hot tub... I would have been dead by your time ratio. Thanks for the intresting information.

 

[D_N Flay Table]

Actually our skin cooks at boiling point, just like the flesh of any other animal. Lobster, beef, human, it's all the same stuff.

This is a list of temperatures (fahrenheit) and duration of time it takes to cause third degree burns. The moral of the story is: be careful in hot tubs, and set the thermostat on your hot water heater at a temperature low enough to not cause burns. You can really get hurt and burns are no fun.

155 degrees 1 second
148 degrees 2 seconds
140 degrees 5 seconds
133 degrees 15 seconds
127 degrees 1 minute
124 degrees 3 minute
120 degrees 5 minutes
100 degrees safe

ok, end rant.

That is actually very useful!
thanks!!!
I dont like HOT water,
I prefer warm, 80-95'
even when showering!

 

[roosevelt]

I think those temps are for first degree burns (like a sun burn) not third degree burns (looks like cooked meat) but otherwise, the numbers look right to me.

Burns are no fun!

 

[snoozan]

I think those temps are for first degree burns (like a sun burn) not third degree burns (looks like cooked meat) but otherwise, the numbers look right to me.

Burns are no fun!

I forget where I got it from, some government resource, but it said third degree. You very well could be correct, though. First degree would make more sense than third degree, so if I were a betting woman, I'd bet that you were right about that.

As far as the OP goes, I imagine those babies are rushing inside to the relative coolness of your body (98.6 degrees or so) like Pecker said. I wouldn't worry about it if you are otherwise comfortable in that temperature in the hot tub.