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Mass. General performs nation's first penis transplant
By adamg on Mon, 05/16/2016 - 7:39am
The Times reports.
Mr. Manning welcomed questions and said he wanted to speak out publicly to help dispel the shame and stigma associated with genital cancers and injuries, and to let other men know there was hope of having normal anatomy restored.
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The name of the surgery
It's called the Addadicktome.
Ladies & Gentlemen, comments are closed for the day.
Cappy wins.
Questions?
Hell yeah I got questions
Let's start with the donor
Donor was dead
Right there in the story.
must have missed that
In my dicktation.
What do you want to know?
His wife Lorena B. signed all the necessary paperwork.
if that was true
The new owner isn't getting very much from the video I saw......
penis transplant
The surgeon must have been pretty cocksure of himself.
The real reason for the transplant
...was that the patient tried to use an old dictaphone. Darn thing got caught in the rotary dialer.
The surgeon, Dr. Richard ...
The surgeon, Dr. Richard ...
The assistant surgeon
The assistant surgeon is Dr. Dikken Ko
You can't make this stuff up.
Even better
Per the article's caption, spelled Dicken Ko.
I want a new weenie
I want a new weenie
The one I got is teenie
If I go to a doc
I can get a new cock
So big it will wear a beanie
as expected
Everyone here in the comments is making a cock of himself.
Juvenile and insensitive
I admittedly have an irreverent sense of humor but 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.
Do you make jokes about women who've had mastectomies, too?
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.
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.
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.
Mr. Manning may be able to
Mr. Manning may be able to withstand what he calls "guy jokes"
Peyton does throw like a girl.
Extraordinarily insensitive?
No, you're just being extraordinarily hypersensitive. Lighten up, you're what's wrong with 2016!
Actually
People who say "you're what's wrong with 2016" are what is in fact wrong with 2016.
That being said, I hope his insurance provider doesn't shaft him on this procedure
SERIOUSLY?
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
Do you have any idea..
...what the word "putz" means?
I wouldn't write five paragraphs about it, but I think the person you're crapping all over here is more in the right than you are, Cappy. This isn't your "bowl of Wheaties", it's not a story for your amusement, it's someone else's trouble and someone else's life. You were a bit of a jerk when you decided to make it all about your amusement -- ok, a lot of people went there. But now you're doubling down and being awfully self-righteous about it too. Maybe it's time to stop now.
Horse
Crap.
All this Recreational Outrage all over the internet is what the problem is.
Someone is outraged every five minutes over something.
You know what? Don't read it. Click away. Nobody really is dying to hear every single opinion of every uptight jackass. It's too much already.
People were joking around. Get over it or don't. I really, honestly, seriously, don't give a crap.
Are you outraged?
Good.
Breaking this down
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.
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.
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.
Good idea. We should close the comments here so there are no more dick jokes on the entire internet.
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?
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.
Touched a nerve?
Ow. That's an awful lot words attacking a person who is offended by the 7th grade puns about genitalia. The writer made legitimate points. It balances out the juvenile joking. Instead of making it personal by disparaging the writer's concerns how about following the advice your freely give?
KAZ
I wish I read what you wrote first. You said it perfectly. People who feel the need to jump into every internet conversation to try to make everyone feel bad over literally nothing are the worst.
There was no reason for it and I am sick of this phony outrage over everything. There are real actual comedians who suddenly have to temper what they say at a COMEDY CLUB these days because of people like this.
I'm pushing back. I'm sick of it.
Oh by the way, have you heard this one?
Bob saw his doctor and asked if he had ever laughed at a patient.
"In over 20 years I haven't because I try to remain professional."
With that Bob dropped his trousers revealing the tiniest dick the doctor had ever seen. It wasn't any bigger than a AAA battery.
The doctor burst into uncontrolable hysteria. "I'm sorry I really am, I don't know what came over me, I promise it won't happen again. Now what seems to be the problem?"
"It's swollen" said Bob.
HA
Yeah, that's a pretty good classic.
I like this one:
A man asks a librarian, "Has the library gotten that new book on small penises yet?".
The librarian searches her computer and responds, "I don't know if it's in yet".
He says, "Yes, that's the one".
simmer down
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.
It's a subject that gives us all the willies,
and the only way we can deal with it is with humor. But I think we can all agree it's pretty amazing and we are all glad this can be done.
The Willies....
No pun intended?
(I also 100% agree with your post.)
Showroom?
You have to wonder if, like at a plastic surgeon, he got to choose from several options? I know I would be looking for an upgrade.
They don't call it
Man's Greatest Hospital for nothing.
WERS
On their morning show George Knight felt they could not use the correct anatomical name, but instead inserted "Christmas present" in the story. They can't say it on a news story on WERS?
How 'ERS has fallen
I like 80s music as much as anybody else who listened to it on the original vinyl, but it's wrong to listen to an 'ERS playlist that seems to consist of one third '80s stuff, one third overplayed stuff from the past two years (they just played that Gotye song, and not for the first time, I'd wager) and one third music you've never heard before, which used to be the reason you'd listen to 'ERS.
Anyway, what were we talking about again?
"Mr. Manning welcomed
Guess it's not gonna happen all at once
Post-cancer reconstructive breast surgery
Making jokes about that would get you smashed with accusations of misogyny.
Really?
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!".