Nothing new... and a cry for help...

I'm very sorry to say that I underestimated the amount of time I have to put into my new job. Frankly, I haven't written a single word for more than two months - and I don't know when that's gonna change.
I know that you are waiting for new stories and I hope that I'll be able to write new ones someday. At the moment, I can't say for sure when that'll be though...

In the meantime, I have been developing a continuing fascination with a fantastic Japanese invention called the chinko machine. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about... It's that wicked instrument that has been put to good use in Japanese game show Gaki no Tsukai:






Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyg750zxgec

I know, I know, you all know that video. Bear with me.

Interestingly, the machine has popped up (pun intended...) in a few other places as well.

There's MTV India's Roadies for example. The director of this show has added another twist to it: While the Japanese guys above have a share in the fate of their nuts (if they get it right, their balls will be spared), the contestants in the Indian show have to rely on their female team mates to not fuck up... If the girls' answer is wrong, their nuts will be slapped. Pretty vicious concept...

You can watch the whole episode here (it starts with part 19 and goes on till part 24):
http://www.mtvindia.com/roadies/videos_episodes.php?showname=Episode%202

And then there's Scandinavia's version of Silent Library. Here, three teams (three guys from Denmark, three guys from Norway and three guys from Sweden) compete against each other throughout the show. In the end, one team loses. The members of the losing team have to take a punishment. Every one of them stands on a chinko machine and at least one of them receives a nice, hard shot to the nuts.
Trailers for this show can be downloaded via iTunes (8 different trailers), and some of them (4 trailers) can be watched online here:
http://www.tvnorge.no/programportaler/silent_library/silent_library/hoydepunkter_fra_programmet_video

All in all, there are ten episodes - and everytime, someone gets it in the nuts.

I don't live in Scandinavia, and somehow I cannot access maxdome, where all ten episodes are available for download (you have to pay for it, though...).

There are two things that I'd be very interested in. Maybe one of you could help me with that?
1. At the end of the show, do all three members of the losing team get a nutshot? Or is it over after one of them has gotten his nuts cracked?
2. Does anyone have the final part of one (or all?!?) episode on file or knows how to get it? I'm dying to see those episodes...

On a side note, I couldn't help but think how sadistic the whole concept is. The Indian show in particular reminded me of my Shakeout stories... :-))

Anyway, it would be fantastic if someone could help me... Oh - and any additional links to videos that feature the chinko machine would be highly appreciated, too, of course...

And I promise I'll try to write a new story soon... :-))