# Infant Circumcision Trainer, White... What. The. Fuck. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038 "2013-02-22T02:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/1 "2013-02-22T02:48:18Z")
So I’m bouncing around Amazon and stumble upon this: [http://www.amazon.com/Nasco-LF00904U-Infant-Circumcision-Trainer/dp/B0083Y0W26/ref=pd\_sim\_sbs\_sg\_5](http://www.amazon.com/Nasco-LF00904U-Infant-Circumcision-Trainer/dp/B0083Y0W26/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_5) I can’t even imagine what the purpose of this thing is. Training? Really? As the wicked witch said, what a world, what a world. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/2 "2013-02-22T02:51:17Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > I can’t even imagine what the purpose of this thing is. Training? Really? Really. Edit: Check the company’s website, they have all kinds of training dummies and other medical supplies, including one for [infant intubation](http://www.enasco.com/product/LG02089U). Doctors have to learn this stuff somehow. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/3 "2013-02-22T02:52:47Z")
I would have been better if they re-purposed an old _Operation_ game. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/4 "2013-02-22T03:02:41Z")
Jeebus, those reviews are great. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/5 "2013-02-22T03:06:04Z")
Those baby’s that they make people take home to teach them way they shouldn’t get pregnant in high school. They have ones that are “alcohol affected”. They cry more, louder and longer then the regular models. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/6 "2013-02-22T03:09:46Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Those baby’s that they make people take home to teach them way they shouldn’t get pregnant in high school. They have ones that are “alcohol affected”. They cry more, louder and longer then the regular models. They’ve got the [pregnancy simulator for men](http://www.enasco.com/product/SB43113G/?utm_source=HOH&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=Home_022011) too. 😃 Complete with features that press on the bladder and other organs, for as realistic a simulation as possible. (Does it manage to induce morning sickness as well?) ---
**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/7 "2013-02-22T04:06:12Z")
or mood swings? what about late night cravings? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/8 "2013-02-22T04:21:47Z")
Would you rather the students practiced on your son? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/9 "2013-02-22T04:49:06Z")
**sprays laptop with hot chocolate** ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/10 "2013-02-22T05:12:54Z")
Am I the only one who thought that this was going to be about someone advertising for someone of the white race to train people in infant circumcision? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/11 "2013-02-22T05:45:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I would have been better if they re-purposed an old _Operation_ game. > > BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Too funny! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/12 "2013-02-22T05:50:12Z")
So is there a female version? d&r ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/13 "2013-02-22T06:03:23Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > So is there a female version? > d&r You are a bad, bad poster. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/14 "2013-02-22T09:25:21Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Really. > > Edit: Check the company’s website, they have all kinds of training dummies and other medical supplies, including one for [infant intubation](http://www.enasco.com/product/LG02089U). Doctors have to learn this stuff somehow. We used puppies. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/15 "2013-02-22T11:57:43Z")
Training? Really? You want anyone’s kid circ’ed by an untrained operative? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/16 "2013-02-22T14:21:32Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Would you rather the students practiced on your son? I learned how by practicing on _somebody’s_ son. Under supervision, of course (NOT rabbinical.) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/17 "2013-02-22T14:30:46Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I learned how by practicing on _somebody’s_ son. > > Under supervision, of course (NOT rabbinical.) Of course. But once the dinosaurs died off, we developed models and plastic trainers so we don’t have to do that anymore. I mean, sure, some poor boy still has to be your first real circ. But I’m awfully glad my first real IV stick wasn’t my first IV stick! (My first IV stick was on an orange, actually. Not very high tech. But then I used plastic models in Skills Lab. They weren’t great, but they didn’t flinch and pass out, either.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/18 "2013-02-22T14:32:07Z")
I’m glad that they come in white. I don’t think I could afford the one that comes in black. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/19 "2013-02-22T15:00:36Z")
I want to see the Alien versions. Especially the Tenctonese one. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038/20 "2013-02-22T15:13:30Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Of course. But once the dinosaurs died off, we developed models and plastic trainers so we don’t have to do that anymore. > > I mean, sure, some poor boy still has to be your first real circ. But I’m awfully glad my first real IV stick wasn’t my first IV stick! (My first IV stick was on an orange, actually. Not very high tech. But then I used plastic models in Skills Lab. They weren’t great, but they didn’t flinch and pass out, either.) I’m still of the mind that training on a dummy is most useful when there are no _appropriate_ patients available to learn on. Models are rough approximations at best, tho good for rehearsing the protocols and procedures on. See one, do one, teach one, and all that. As appropriate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infant-circumcision-trainer-white-what-the-fuck/651038.md?page=2)