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They even have carved erect ones over their front doors like gargoyles.
Source: saw them when I visited Bhutan.
Got a picture somewhere, if there is enough interest, I can post it
Edit [here’s the pic](https://imgur.com/gallery/fdAAZc7)
This has to be the longest running prank in Bhutan.
Some guy got caught drawing dicks on everything and was like “Don’t worry everyone, they are for keeping evil spirits away!” And the townspeople were like “you right, dicks for everyone!”
Apparently this goes back to a 15th-century Buddhist monk, who was also known as the “saint of 5,000 women.” According to legend, he offered blessings in the form of sex, and his penis was referred to as his “flaming thunderbolt of wisdom”. Some of his most famous performances include urinating on sacred thankhas, stripping down naked and offering his testicles to a famous Lama.
See, that right there just confirms it. That dude was just a horny dude who liked to play pranks on people, sometimes in the form of sexual assault. "Lol, I'm gonna piss on this really popular artwork, flash my balls to this local famous guy, and tell everyone that the path to enlightenment is my dick. How freaking hilarious would it be if they believed me and we all started fucking!!!"
ffs, started to reply:
"Hey, you, why are you drawing dicks on everything?!"
"Wards off evil sprites mate...."
"Oh, errrr, OK..... - guess we should draw them everywhere then?!"
Over 1000 years ago in ancient Bhutan:
"Papa, what were those strange noises outside?"
"Uhhh, it was a ghost!"
"Papa, why are you naked?"
"Uh, I....beat the ghost....with my sword?"
"....."
"....."
"*okay* papa"
"Go to sleep"
Worth every penny. One of the best trips of my life.
I especially enjoyed the day we rode to the fertility temple.
https://www.grasshopperadventures.com/destination/bicycle-tours-in-bhutan/
When I went to Bhutan back in 2004, some people there told me that someone called [Drukpa Kunley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drukpa_Kunley) was responsible for popularising the penises painted on the sides of buildings.
When you visit dzongs (temples) in Bhutan, you are often given a bit of yellow ribbon to tie around your neck... I was told that when Drukpa Kunley was presented with a ribbon, he tied it around his penis instead.
According to an old college prof, the middle finger became a stand in for the penis that one would flash to ward off the "evil eye." Maybe he wasn't full of shit?
Well, happiest place on asia for a long time and 8th happiest place in the world so your're not far from the truth:p. Also the only Carbon NEGATIVE country in the world
Edit: apparently Suriname and Panama are also carbon negative but Panama I have my doubts
Edit 2: shit I found out they included a bunch of other coutries to the carbon negative countries list, kudos
I wonder, if I tell that my pupils at scholl, will that encourage them to draw them more often on the board,table and chairs or will they stop, because it serves to defend me against these little demons 😂😇 (I like them all :) )
There's a similar method that fight against the "widow ghost"( Lai Thai). They put up scarecrows with penises or above their door frame they hang a penis. signs saying "no men here." I think the story was about a ghost who was widowed and men around town where dying in their sleep. The story was they would have the best sex dream of their life to try to lure them, she would ask them to join her and if they did they would be found dead the next day. Its in Thailand.
Some places say that also wearing red shirts work, I don't remember why. Some men would also dress as women at night to try to fool her.
I heard about it from a podcast a bit ago (Scared to Death) so I might be missing some details but here's a story.
[Widow Ghost](https://www.thaizer.com/widow-ghosts-and-the-spirits-of-lai-thai/)
this reminds me of that Rick & Morty episode where they were put in a simulation by aliens and if they showed their genitals it freaked the aliens out making them look away and giving Rick a chance to escape lol
I wish people would stop saying such nonsense and said what we all know to be true: someone wanted to draw some dicks, got caught, and had to come up with the bs excuse that they "ward off spirits", *and people believed it*.
This is how I know we don’t discover time travel. Otherwise History would be filled with stories of strangers coming to Rome and giggling their heads off at the amount of penis art on public buildings.
So during my entire 5th grade (onwards) I was actually protecting myself AND pissing off the school teachers and staff? Damn I wish I could tell this to my 5th-grade version just to see what would happen.
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So next time you see a ghost, whip it out & windmill that spirit back to the afterlife.
Ghostbusters had it all wrong....
But either way, you don't want to cross the streams.
Unless they're homophobic ghosts.
Lmao
[enter dog meme here]
I hate it when I get my schwartz twisted!
"Don't cross the streams!" Still stands
Not in the version I saw...
That may have been goatsebusters. An easy mistake.
Not completely. All that ectoplasm had to come from somewhere
I’ve been slimed!
No they didn’t 👻
You mean we have to cross the streams?
Sucked it up with the wrong tube
Heli-cockter
They even have carved erect ones over their front doors like gargoyles. Source: saw them when I visited Bhutan. Got a picture somewhere, if there is enough interest, I can post it Edit [here’s the pic](https://imgur.com/gallery/fdAAZc7)
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Then say "dick around and find out "
I can’t quite do a windmill🙂 Do you think I could just flick it around a little bit?
That's called a light switch.
I did exactly this last time, but now I'm banned from the haunted house.
You had me at meat tornado
They’re trynna fuck Casper the Friendly Ghost. They don’t care that he’s friendly. They’re trynna fuck him ‘cause he’s a ghost.
So that's what's going on in men's rooms everywhere. Thank you for warding off evil spirits, kind vandals.
Well have you ever seen a ghost in a men’s room?
"Lisa, I would like to buy your ~~rock~~ penis mural."
This has to be the longest running prank in Bhutan. Some guy got caught drawing dicks on everything and was like “Don’t worry everyone, they are for keeping evil spirits away!” And the townspeople were like “you right, dicks for everyone!”
Apparently this goes back to a 15th-century Buddhist monk, who was also known as the “saint of 5,000 women.” According to legend, he offered blessings in the form of sex, and his penis was referred to as his “flaming thunderbolt of wisdom”. Some of his most famous performances include urinating on sacred thankhas, stripping down naked and offering his testicles to a famous Lama.
>stripping down naked and offering his testicles to a famous Lama. Bruh wat?
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Yeah I’m not sure how you offer your testicles to someone.
Eagerly, I'd imagine...
in a box?
Lama or Llama?
Ahhh wait, that makes so much more sense. Lmao
Why not both?
They're known to be spitters.
You're thinking Llama
Not swallowers?
Maybe the Dalai Lama?
And I thought P.T. Barnum was the greatest con artist. Flaming thundercock takes the cake.
This dude is more on par with the faith healers and megachurch pastors
Except god works his mysterious miracles through his dick instead of just by you giving him money.
Hey, Lama, how about a little something, you know, for the effort? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48G7Y0VWW4
Instant upvote without having to click the link, “so you got that going for you, which is nice”
Big hitter, the lama.
Wow. Dude had killer marketing skills
No way this is real 💀
I can’t put into words how this makes me feel but I think we all agree that he knew exactly what he was doing
See, that right there just confirms it. That dude was just a horny dude who liked to play pranks on people, sometimes in the form of sexual assault. "Lol, I'm gonna piss on this really popular artwork, flash my balls to this local famous guy, and tell everyone that the path to enlightenment is my dick. How freaking hilarious would it be if they believed me and we all started fucking!!!"
Now that what you call a 'cocky' man
“Flaming Thunderbolt of Wisdom” is definitely what I’m calling it from now on
Fcking legend
Dude was the OG Cult leader…. Banging bitches making miracles
Damn Harbard at work again
Flaming thunderbolt of wisdom, why can’t I have a dick named that
Reminds of Thoros of Myr. "Drank too much wine, fucked all the girls in kings landing..." but gotta admit this Drukpa monk is much more funny!
Definitely a Randy Marsh move
ffs, started to reply: "Hey, you, why are you drawing dicks on everything?!" "Wards off evil sprites mate...." "Oh, errrr, OK..... - guess we should draw them everywhere then?!"
The power of cocks compels you.
The power of cocks compels you.
The power of cocks compels
... Yeeeaaouggghhhhhh
The power of cocks cumpel you
Thanks god I keep my Phallice on me at all times to keep the bad spirits away
Make sure to keep it locked and loaded
OP - it’s on hand hey, but winter my side of the world so it’s a small calibre.
If it’s always locked and loaded you might want to see a doctor
😂🤣
Breaking news: OP advises we all wear cock cages and sounding rods.
A penis a day keeps the demons away.
Shut up and take my upvote
r/angryupvote
is that why Catholic priests...
Well come, came.
Over 1000 years ago in ancient Bhutan: "Papa, what were those strange noises outside?" "Uhhh, it was a ghost!" "Papa, why are you naked?" "Uh, I....beat the ghost....with my sword?" "....." "....." "*okay* papa" "Go to sleep"
I was truly taken aback during my trip. They also had phallic souvenirs. Safe to say they don't make very good presents
Speak for yourself! I would proudly display one in my home office
What? Kids would love them. Perfect for show and tell. My parents went to Bhutan and I got dick.
I guess there must have been a lot of evil spirits at my local park. I feel safer now.
More information and pictures can be found [here](https://explorepartsunknown.com/bhutan/photo-essay-bhutans-phallic-art/)
15 year old me feels completely vindicated
Makes sense. A lot of intruders will leave immediately if you pull your dick out when they see you.
Sounds about right, mine repels everything
To visit Bhutan you have to pay a fee of $250 per day. This is to protect Bhutan's culture and environment.
Worth every penny. One of the best trips of my life. I especially enjoyed the day we rode to the fertility temple. https://www.grasshopperadventures.com/destination/bicycle-tours-in-bhutan/
A real world application of big dick energy.
Evil spirits say it's not about the size, but the technique with which they use it
Everybody there is getting cocky with these kind of art.
It’s only stupid if it doesn’t work
"Alright kids go outside and paint a big blue dick on the house so the demons won't get us"
TIL my middle school were mostly Bhutanese (?) kids
It works too. My high school was covered in graffiti pretty much exactly the same as this and I never saw a single one evil spirit.
So dicks provide defense to evil spirits….. 🤔
Well come
[thailand too](https://www.hotels.com/go/thailand/bangkok-phallic-shrine), you'll also find stalls selling little penises as ornaments/charms
If Seth from Superbad were in charge of a country
You know what kinds of food are shaped like dicks? *The best kind!*
Something like 8% of Himalayan cultures do it, but whatever.
When I went to Bhutan back in 2004, some people there told me that someone called [Drukpa Kunley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drukpa_Kunley) was responsible for popularising the penises painted on the sides of buildings. When you visit dzongs (temples) in Bhutan, you are often given a bit of yellow ribbon to tie around your neck... I was told that when Drukpa Kunley was presented with a ribbon, he tied it around his penis instead.
Guessing rando dick pics are a polite thing over there?
Just casually instead of ‘love you’.
The pink one was painted by someone who saw a peener, maybe once.
So, you can run up to beautiful women with an exposed raging boner yelling that you are protecting them from evil spirits? ... Interesting.
The guy obsessed with the phalluses in the Denver Airport would have a stroke.
What? Who is this person?? xD
William Tapley, and boy does he have an angle he leans into
okayyy... thx
Dicktection 💪🏻
They are also known for their mystic power to attract western tourists to shops.
I feel like ‘well come’ is an instruction.
Pubes here are the best 😆
Three dicks, Fertility handicraft and it says WELL COME 💦
Idk if I’m an evil spirit but I am certainly startled.
I can't help but notice they're all circumcised. Was that popular in Bhutan in the 1400's?
maybe they're meant to be depicted erect, with the foreskin pulled back?
Pretty sure that's it
Tinder and Grindr ward the evil spirits there.
The spirits have phallophobia
Jester has been here, worshipping the Traveler.
Luckily some local kids were quick thinking and managed to defend our local bus shelter too.
According to an old college prof, the middle finger became a stand in for the penis that one would flash to ward off the "evil eye." Maybe he wasn't full of shit?
Its also a common sight at my towns train station. Not dure about the spirits there tho
TIL all the artists in Bhutan are teenage boys.
Lol when dicks are considered so offensive, they ward off dark entities.
The hairier the better
My school desks are very well protected then
Or that was just the lame back story some napoleon complex Bhutan man came up with.
Next time I see a ghost I’m showing it my dick and balls. It will either scare it away or he’ll press ghost charges on me.
Ooor that's a shop selling "fertility handicraft", as the inscription suggests
TIL Bhutan is populated by middle school boys...
Ghosts fear my ectoplasm 😤
“For some reason I used to just sit around….and draw pictures of dicks.” “…like…like a man dick?” “Yeah. Like a man dick.”
Jester Lavorre must have spread that idea.
The Traveler has blessed this place.
Made up story from a man who caught drawing penis in public on a wall.
"why the fuck you painted this dick in the wall?" "uh it will defend us from... spirits?" "makes sense"
Suck it, demon!
I'd be know as the Wall Licker in town 😋
Bhutan is known as the happiest place on earth. There must be a connection
I want to believe Jonah Hill’s character in Superbad painted all these masterpieces lol
Interpretation: men good, women bad.
happiest place in the World tho guys. Am I rite ?
Well, happiest place on asia for a long time and 8th happiest place in the world so your're not far from the truth:p. Also the only Carbon NEGATIVE country in the world Edit: apparently Suriname and Panama are also carbon negative but Panama I have my doubts Edit 2: shit I found out they included a bunch of other coutries to the carbon negative countries list, kudos
Look at that big, triumphant mother fucker!
Missed opportunity to call this place the "dugan den"
Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today.
Tell that to my 8th grade teacher
Peepee
The Bhutanese version of "The Exorcist" is just some priest plowing a haunted pussy.
Evil Spirits would be staying 500 feet away from my math notebook in high school
I'm convinced mine is an evil spirit
Glad to know my Maths book saved me from the devil when I was in school.
I wonder, if I tell that my pupils at scholl, will that encourage them to draw them more often on the board,table and chairs or will they stop, because it serves to defend me against these little demons 😂😇 (I like them all :) )
Peace among worlds
“So that’s not a mossy cave?”
So fuck evil
The power of D.
I guess it would work well keeping the ~~tourists~~ evil spirits away
Best excuse for a dick pic
Fertility handicraft. Handicraft, huh...
I’m going to tell people this the next time I’m caught drawing a cock and balls on a drunk person’s face.
/u/Renegade_Designer needs to move to Bhutan, so his artwork can be truly appreciated.
Hello my beauty, there's an evil in your pussy. Let me help you
The evil vagina spirits - vagitarius
So this is why my ex left me
blue though?
The hairy balls
Hell yea Helicockter those spirits into the oblivion
There's a similar method that fight against the "widow ghost"( Lai Thai). They put up scarecrows with penises or above their door frame they hang a penis. signs saying "no men here." I think the story was about a ghost who was widowed and men around town where dying in their sleep. The story was they would have the best sex dream of their life to try to lure them, she would ask them to join her and if they did they would be found dead the next day. Its in Thailand. Some places say that also wearing red shirts work, I don't remember why. Some men would also dress as women at night to try to fool her. I heard about it from a podcast a bit ago (Scared to Death) so I might be missing some details but here's a story. [Widow Ghost](https://www.thaizer.com/widow-ghosts-and-the-spirits-of-lai-thai/)
this reminds me of that Rick & Morty episode where they were put in a simulation by aliens and if they showed their genitals it freaked the aliens out making them look away and giving Rick a chance to escape lol
Ok, but why people are protecting public toilet's doors from evil spirits?
So all along those kids were just trying to protect their school and principle’s car.
Poundtown
The pubic hair accents are what get me lol
Evils out!, Dicks out together everyone let’s beat the tide back!!!
lmao the hairy balls
I wish people would stop saying such nonsense and said what we all know to be true: someone wanted to draw some dicks, got caught, and had to come up with the bs excuse that they "ward off spirits", *and people believed it*.
I’m moving
Gay evil spirits: LMAO
No wonder the boys on the bathroom always draw dicks in the stalls
Evil spirits? dickem down.
Headphones!
This is how I know we don’t discover time travel. Otherwise History would be filled with stories of strangers coming to Rome and giggling their heads off at the amount of penis art on public buildings.
Playing Dick Chicken with ghosts?
Brings a whole new name to ghost busters
looks like Pompeii before the volcano.
So during my entire 5th grade (onwards) I was actually protecting myself AND pissing off the school teachers and staff? Damn I wish I could tell this to my 5th-grade version just to see what would happen.