The Doctor told me on Tuesday of last week that he could do my hernia “procedure” (I guess operation is too scary a word nowadays) on Friday. My first thought was “Gee, that’s awfully soon.” But my second thought was “OK, it’s NCAA’s Sweet 16 weekend so I can get cut on Friday and then convalesce on the couch for the next couple of days watching basketball.”
On the way home from the Doctor’s office, I told Pam that many years ago I had arranged to have my vasectomy done around the NCAA Tournament for the very same reason – get cut, lay back and watch ball games for a couple of days. Pam just shook her head and said something about how pathetic I am.
I had the procedure done Friday and all went well. Later that evening we were watching Bill Maher when he started in with his New Rules. Pam couldn’t believe it when Maher mentioned the following:
Turns out then that I am not the only idiot who ever planned his vasectomy around the tournament. Google “Vasectomy + March Madness” and you’ll see over 800K entries. Samples follow:
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| https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vasectomy-requests-peak-during-march-madness/ |
As to explanations why do men do this, check this out. Makes perfect sense to me.
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| http://money.com/money/3751501/vasectomy-march-madness/ |
And speaking of getting cut, just ask Big Jim how it feels to get cut and not have any basketball to watch: