# Did I just hear this on the radio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196 "2006-11-29T15:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/1 "2006-11-29T15:24:16Z")
A PSA on my local radio station for prostate checkups: Man: I’m so nervous about getting a prostate cancer exam. Will it hurt? I don’t even know where my prostate is. Announcer (big booming voice): Get a grip on yourself! Me: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/2 "2006-11-29T15:29:45Z")
So, try it out at home to see that it’s not so bad? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/3 "2006-11-29T16:02:47Z")
Man: Oh! _There’s_ my prooooh—ah … oh. Ooh. Wow. Hey, ah … do they make, y’know … a home testing kit? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/4 "2006-11-29T16:50:45Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] A PSA on my local radio station for prostate checkups:… [/QUOTE] So, it was a PSA (public service announcement) for a PSA (prostate serum antibody) test? 😛 Just a quick blood test and a quick finger up your ass. Early detection can keep you alive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/5 "2006-11-29T16:51:15Z")
The exam won’t necessarily hurt, but I had to sit down for a good ten minutes afterward. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/6 "2006-11-29T17:07:25Z")
The digital exam takes less than 10 seconds and is mildly uncomfortable. I trust having prostate cancer would be several orders of magnitude more uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/7 "2006-11-29T18:41:36Z")
I think the OP was referring to the actual phrasing of the announcer’s answer, not the need to get a prostate exam done (e.g. if the announcer had said “Don’t be such a wuss!” there wouldn’t be anything to comment about). ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/8 "2006-11-29T19:01:31Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] So, it was a PSA (public service announcement) for a PSA (prostate serum antibody) test? 😛 Just a quick blood test and a quick finger up your ass. Early detection can keep you alive. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Finger? Waitaminute! The last time I had one, the doc had _both_ hands on my shoulders. So what was he _doing_ back there? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/9 "2006-11-29T19:40:54Z")
Yeah, it’s all laughs until they decide to really check you out. Then it’s “Hey, guess where all this barium is going?” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/10 "2006-11-29T19:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Yeah, it’s all laughs until they decide to really check you out. Then it’s “Hey, guess where all this barium is going?” [/QUOTE] John Harvey Kellogg: Give Mr. Lightbody 25 gallons of yogurt. Mr. Lightbody: I’ve got a bad stomach! I can’t eat that much yogurt! JHK: Oh, it’s _not_ going in _that_ orifice, sir! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/11 "2006-11-29T19:53:06Z")
[QUOTE=Canadjun] I think the OP was referring to the actual phrasing of the announcer’s answer, not the need to get a prostate exam done (e.g. if the announcer had said “Don’t be such a wuss!” there wouldn’t be anything to comment about). [/QUOTE] I wasn’t sure if it was that, or the OP’s shock that someone is ignorant of where his prostate is. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-hear-this-on-the-radio/382196/12 "2006-11-30T02:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] Announcer (big booming voice): Get a grip on yourself! [/QUOTE] No, no, no, you’re only supposed to do that if your doctor is so selfish and insensitive that he doesn’t give a reach-around while he’s, ahem, “palpating your prostate.”