The British are cumming, the British are cumming!

London--Wankers and Tossers unite! On August 5, the San Francisco based Center for Sex and Culture will host the First International Masturbate-a-Thon at Drop Studios in London.

Part fundraiser, part sex education media event, the annual circle jerk has been going strong in the U.S. since 2000. This year's event gathered hundreds of participants to enjoy some communal stroking in San Francisco's SOMA district and boasted the participation of sex-positive porn goddess Nina Hartley.

Participants can compete for prizes by demonstrating their solo-sex athleticism in the categories of "most orgasms" and "longest session." The coveted U.S. record stands at a crotch numbing 8 hours and 30 minutes.

U.K. independent production company Zig Zag is currently filming a documentary of the event scheduled to air on late night British television later this year.

According to the Zig Zag promo blurb "this year it's time to bring the event across the pond to see if the great British public can embrace public masturbation. It's time to find out if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips."

Ah, British humor.

The Center for Sex and Culture is a non-profit sex education organization and refuses to accept any state or federal grant money.