December 14, 2006

Horse's Mouth

Dr. De Cock: Circumcision halves the risk of HIV in heterosexual men.

Posted by floridacracker at December 14, 2006 07:18 PM

   



Comments

And you only have to obliterate tons of nerve endings in the penis to help prevent an otherwise wholly preventable disease!

Hooray!

Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 14, 2006 09:36 PM

I'll bet there isn't 10 gallons of Clorox in Kenya, less in Uganda..that's what they need.

Posted by: csason at December 14, 2006 09:51 PM

My husband's not a Cracker but a Tarheel. He was born at home, so the army fixed him up when he got there.

Posted by: therealnancy at December 14, 2006 10:09 PM

Shhh! You'll upset INDC Bill.

Posted by: Donnah at December 14, 2006 10:19 PM

It's just a silly procedure.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 14, 2006 10:48 PM

have you ever assisted in a circumcision, Bill ?

I have...it didn't look too silly to me.

Posted by: csason at December 15, 2006 11:10 AM

btw..I thought Dr. De Cock was a Donnah inspired character at first...silly me.

Posted by: csason at December 15, 2006 11:20 AM

"I have..."

Female or male?

Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 15, 2006 04:52 PM

I didn't excerpt because it was just a joke on the guy's name with the subject matter. Thought for sure y'all'd click the link...

Posted by: Donnah at December 15, 2006 04:56 PM

I've heard about those other kind, but this was a laddie, Mr. Bill.

Those pedi docs have a neat little kit, has an array of little 'helmets' that act as a guard when ...well it's kind of an involved procedure. The few that I was part of were boring. The little tykes never flinched. No anesthesia either. No local.

Posted by: csason at December 15, 2006 08:19 PM

Yikes. I don't in anyway find the two comparable, but I just flinch at med procedures that evolve out of aesthetic tradition or a perceived cleanliness. And sawing on a tyke's bits seems a superfluous procedure, not to mention the loss of nerves. Shrug.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 15, 2006 10:10 PM

you mean the loss of the precupice's nerves or something else ?

Posted by: csason at December 15, 2006 11:54 PM