Dead Man’s Shuffle
“So he wasn’t a secret bedroom masturbator? ‘Er,’ says [Liam] Neeson. ‘Well yes, of course. But that’s all part of the fun. What was it that Billy Connolly said? I remember him asking me: ‘Did you ever do the dead man’s shuffle?’ And apparently that’s where you lie on one arm until it goes dead and then when you masturbate it feels like someone else is doing it to you.’ He shakes his head in wonder. ‘The dead man’s shuffle. That’s one I never tried.’” —Guardian (UK)
The recent biopic of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey resulted in a plethora of articles about his work, interviews with star Liam Neeson, etc. etc. Most of these were relatively run-of-the-mill, but in this recent Guardian interview, the reporter asks Neeson about his school days — and Neeson comes up with this nugget about the “dead man’s shuffle.”
The dead man’s shuffle? If you’re a dedicated student of perverse behavior, you eventually reach the point where you think you’ve heard it all. But then something always comes along to jar this notion out of your head, and so was it with dead man’s shuffle. PervScan had never heard of it. In fact, it doesn’t seem to be a very common term. The only Google results, aside from this interview, were to a song — a wordless little ditty you can listen to here — and to texts in which the phrase appears with a literal meaning, i.e. shuffling or walking like a dead man.
Anyone ever hear of it before? It doesn’t sound like an exactly popular masturbation technique. In the first place, it’s not really going to give you the idea that it’s somebody else’s hand jerking you off. In the second place, if your whole arm is asleep, it’s probably pretty difficult to wield the proper techniques for self-pleasure. So maybe the whole thing was just a joke…
Some sergeant in the army told me he used this technique. I am not sure he was serious, but I almost pissed myself with laughter.
I’ve heard of the ‘technique’, but that particular term for it is a new one by me.
I’ve always heard this technique referred to as “the stranger”
yes… definately “the stranger” … with the optional icing down of the hand for it to become the “cold stranger” or the “dead stranger”
masturbation techniques abound… I’ve known guys who kneel during masturbation, and even one who masturbated by putting it between their legs and jumping up and down
apocryphal.
Clue: “Billy Connolly said” -
Hey - this was mentioned in ‘Gone in 60 seconds’, if you care to know. At one point one of the guys explained it. He called it ‘The Stranger’, as well.
I’ve heard this mentioned so many times that I consider it to be one of “the old jokes”. Originally, I heard Billy Connolly tell the story on one of his videos. But I’ve heard it referred to at least 10 times fater this subsequently, for instance in the pages of Viz magazine. I’m surprised you’ve never heard of it. It’s old knowledge, dude :-)
Another note, the “stranger” was also referenced to in an episode of chapelle’s show, but was said to be caaused by sitting on the hand, as opposed to the arm.
It seems to be becoming a pop culture phonomenon.
Those crazy UK types. *wink*
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