March is a virile month

all i know is, the feral cats outside are fucking like crazy and keeping me up all night. they sound like evil monkeys.
 
taken from a baltimore newspaper online:

There are seasonal smells as well, such as the distinct, uh, masculine aroma that cloaks the city each summer when the weedy Ailanthus altissima trees are in bloom. (They're also referred to as "ghetto palms" and, more tellingly, "cum trees.")
 
and wouldn't you know that one of the Japanese Penis festivals is in March...

FERTILITY FESTIVALS

[size=+2]Kanamara Matsuri[/size]
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(Pictures courtesy of Tokyo DV.COM)

[size=+1] Held every April 15th at Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine in Kawasaki Japan, this is about as wild and pagan as it gets. People of all ages participate in a parade in which everyone sports a gigantic penis, eat penis shaped candies, carve radishes into penis shapes, and dress up as their favourite cartoon character with one part of his anatomy dramatically enlarged! The whole thing is presided over by a priest, and there are arcane Shinto rituals that are carried out as well.[/size]
[size=+1] The festival celebrates the vanquishing of a demon that lived in a woman's vagina and would bite off the penises of her lovers! According to legend, a local craftsman fashioned a steel phallus which broke the demon's teeth.[/size]


If you would like to see a great free video of the Kanamara festival visit TokyoDV.com, a site featuring amateur videos from Japan. You can see the penis festival, rock bands and goths in Inokashiro park, or the cheesy graduation ceremony of a kimono school. There's a lot of hilarious stuff here. The URL is: http://www.tokyodv.com/.

[size=+1]Getting there: Take the Keihin Kyuko Daishi Line to Kawasaki Daishi Station.[/size]

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[size=+2]Tagata-jinja Honen Matsuri[/size] [size=+1]In this festival, a large wooden phallus is carried around on a mikoshi. The penis is eight feet long and weighs a thousand pounds. During the festival, you can eat penis shaped candy, touch phalluses for good luck, and drink free sake. If you visit the shrine, you will see that the walls of the shrine are lined with phalluses. There is a vagina festival one week later. It is held on March 15th at the Tagata-jinja Shrine in Komaki city, Aichi prefecture. The shrine's address is Tagata-cho 152. To learn more about the festival, visit: http://www.whatsgoingon.com/100things/tagata/ or http://www.mindspring.com/~peterthoeny/tagata/index.htm[/size]