Often I have wondered why when all of my friends seem to have a great sense of humor, many other people in the world don't seem too.  Humor between my friends often takes place in the  way f the ancient art of ball busting.

As a young man I apprenticed under my father in the art before being sent out to study independently with my friends.  Eventually I went to what is considered by some to be the Yale and Harvard of ball breaking, the military and law enforcement.

Now my son Frankie is nine and he is already well versed in the art.  He and his friends have even seemed to have stumbled upon one of the sub arts of ball busting...ball tapping.  Yes, I really do consider it an art.  It has many intricacies.  Sometimes you must be subtle to get your point across to an asshole without lowering yourself.  Other times when amongst close friends it can be very over the top, timing and content always a tedious combination so as not to give your buddies ammunition to bust your balls.

While passing the art onto my son I explained that breaking the balls of someone who does not want to be involved or break balls back can turn into bullying, and bullying is not to be tolerated.  This is where he was given another Man Lesson, that real men stand up for those who cannot protect themselves.

One of the problems I have see with many "men" these days is that they have somehow been taught to view all ball busting as mean spirited.  These are the same guys who don't understand that among many men the best way to let someone know that they are not welcome is to not bust their balls at all.

Something that seems to provide never ending consternation to my wife is the fact that while in the act of perfecting their ball busting my son and his friends often call each other "gay" or "fag".  Of course this is a big no no in public schools where everyone is special because they are different.  I explained to her that "gay" and "fag" are actually synonyms for "pussy" and that they just don't say that in front of us.

So here are some of my closing thoughts on the subject, if you are a man and nobody breaks your balls maybe it is because you are an uptight asshole and nobody likes you.  On the other hand if you are the one always breaking balls and nobody breaks yours back maybe they just think you are an asshole that is unworthy of having their balls broke.  Either way, breaking balls is a time honored masculine tradition that will continue no matter how society tries to change us.  From locker rooms, cigar shops, barbershops, garages, golf courses, barracks, roll call rooms, firehouses and everywhere else men gather balls will always be broke.