Sami Salo’s internet celebrity takes balls!
Sami Salo is not having the best day, but he IS at least PARTLY famous. So cheer up!
It’s a rough world out there: the world of professional sports, the world of Twitter, of Facebook. It’s hard to break through, or out. Our contemporary culture of social media saturation has found a new hero, a brand new internet celebrity with mainstream media appeal, television coverage, and a compellingly visceral story. Could this be a Bieber-buster?
Let’s face it, stopping a slapshotted hockey puck with your testicles like Salo did last night takes balls. And Salo’s are apparently made of brass, because contrary to numerous media reports and even the name of its Facebook page (on which it has 1200+ friends and growing), the testicle did not in fact rupture. It won’t need to be amputated, and he will not be joining the Lance Armstrong club and changing his name to Sami Solo.
Thoughtful fans have already added Neuticles, the silicone cosmetic replacement testicles to his page, as well as the music video for Balls to the Wall. As well as many, many bad puns. And after five minutes on Google I added the information (which I believe to be a world exclusive) that he apparently “dresses left” and so the sack in question is probably the right one, although if he replies “The middle one” we’ll BOTH be famous. Yes, mother would be so proud of me.
UPDATED: ladies and gentlemen, the testicle has spoken in response to my Facebook question:
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you, been busy swelling. Right now the trauma is so intense that I don’t know what side to fall to. I’m currently experiencing a top & bottom situation.
You can follow the famous testicle on Twitter, too, where he lists his location as “Just hanging out.” Go on and offer the poor guy some support!
UPDATE 2.0 from Twitter:
Status update:
Sami Salo’s Ruptured Testicle finds it hard to type while covered with frozen vegetables.
I’ll bet it does! For some reason I find it unspeakably charming that he’s got consolation messages posted to his wall from the likes of LeBron’s Elbow. All the celebrity body parts seem to know one another. And here I just thought they all knew Lindsay Lohan.
Assume the position (the fetal position) and watch the video IF YOU DARE:
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