Balls of Steel: Difference between revisions

** ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' - our heroine [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Polly "Oliver" Perks]] is bitten in the crotch by a horse when disguised as a man, and only the horrified reaction of a male onlooker makes her realise she should be bent double in agony.<ref>The trick is that the horse was actually just biting the fake bulge made of rolled-up socks.</ref> Also, Sergeant Jackrum once shrugged off getting kicked in the groin during a bar brawl, according to a story recounted by a soldier's son. {{spoiler|Like Polly, there's a good reason for that...}}

** In ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', Carrot was given a codpiece as a parting gift from the friend who suggested he join the Watch. It proved to be useful throughout the book, as roughly half his enemies attempted [[Groin Attack]]s against him. In one of Carrot's letters home, he describes how a mugger kicked him in the Vitals, but he was wearing his Protective.