Mass. General performs nation's first penis transplant

His wife Lorena B. signed all the necessary paperwork.

You oversensitive putz. Lighten up a little. No one here is making light of someone's pain. This is a story made for jokes and quips and that's what they are JOKES.

There's always someone like you in every crowd. Go piss in someone else's Wheaties.

And if you think there are men reading these jokes and crying about their small dicks

(besides you) then you should really just click away from here , seek them out and start your own support group.

call it the "No Urinary Tomfoolery Syndicate" or NUTS.

#Butthurt

I admittedly have an irreverent sense of humor but...

No you don't. No one who has what they claim to have ever starts with "I'm pretty open-minded, but..." or "I like a good joke, but...". That's how people who aren't open-minded, don't like good jokes, or don't have irreverent senses of humor start their thoughts. The reason is that they define "the normal" in the antecedent ("I understand this situation") and then attempt to classify the current situation as being not of "the normal", "out of bounds" solely by claiming authority over knowing what "the normal" is as if that's automatically established just because they said it. It's circular logic with an appeal to authority.

...the comments, quips and jokes on this board are extraordinarily insensitive. Men are killing themselves over their perceived loss of manhood and masculinity because of douchebro assholes like yourselves.

Yes, they're insensitive. That's what makes it blue humor...which is something someone with an "irreverent sense of humor" would find funny and not appauling.

Do you make jokes about women who've had mastectomies, too?

That depends. Did you hear about the woman who was given a clean bill of health after her mastectomy? She felt like a huge weight was lifted off her chest.

Utterly disgusting. Shut these comments down now before your do more damage to these men suffering from what is surely an unbearably difficult life challenge.

Good idea. We should close the comments here so there are no more dick jokes on the entire internet.

Mr. Manning may be able to withstand what he calls "guy jokes" from his friends but we're not acquainted with him personally and should afford him some dignity. Further, there are many young soldiers who've lived through IED attacks in a similar situation who are not ready to joke about this - particularly with strangers on a blog.

So, Manning specifically points out that he's fine with jokes like these...but you're going to be his (and these other unnamed men) White Knight rescuing them from reading dick jokes! That's so self-important of you! And while we're so concerned about random injured veterans coming in here and reading these awful comments...what about the children! Couldn't think of any kids that might need a penis transplant to allude to as well?

Show some humanity towards the men out there, young and old, who have suffered enough. And don't bother to attack me or respond to me as I won't read another comment from you people regarding this important advance in medical science.

It can be both an important advance in medical science AND a source of blue jokes. One doesn't preclude or sully or disguise the other. But I forgot, you're the authority on this since _your_ irreverent sense of humor defines what's funny and what's important medical news.

Long story short: You're being a dick. Cut it out.

No one is making fun of the patient. I don't think anyone is implying that he went under this procedure for cosmetic reasons. It was medically necessary; it was a complex procedure; and it succeeded. This is all good, and I doubt you'll find anyone here who disagrees.

That being said, many of us find dicks inherently funny, because they are, and will seize on any opportunity to make jokes about them.

No pun intended?

(I also 100% agree with your post.)

One woman was staring at another woman with amazing breasts on the train. She finally got up the courage to ask, "Excuse me, your breasts are amazing. Are they fake?".

The other woman responded, "Absolutely! Mine tried to kill me!".