July 29th, 1968

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1968 Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church’s stance against artificial methods of birth control. He did state that women could still use crocodile dung as a pessary or they could tie a weasel’s testicles to their inner thighs. It was advised that the weasel be kept alive for best use in preventing an unwanted pregnancy. He also stated that God only approved of the missionary position for coitus.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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One Response to July 29th, 1968

  1. Mrs. I. M. Childless says:
    July 29, 2014 at 9:49 am

    I’ve always had good success with the point-and-laugh method of birth control.

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