# Proof of connection between penis, male thought

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394 "2005-04-02T12:58:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394/1 "2005-04-02T12:58:22Z")

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I was reading an article on CNN about Neil Young having a procedure for a brain aneurysm (article [here](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01/neil.young/index.html)) (oh, and it looks like he’ll be fine, thank goodness)…anyway in the description of the procedure, I noticed this:

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> During minimally invasive neuroradiology procedures, doctors insert a catheter through the groin and into the brain, and small coils are used to clear up the bulge.

:eek:

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**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394/2 "2005-04-02T17:28:50Z")

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IF you kept up with current medicine, you’d know that all major surgery is done through the groin. My father-in-law couldn’t sit down for a week after his heart transplant. And don’t get me started on breast implants.

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394/3 "2005-04-02T19:57:59Z")

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Keep in mind that “groin” and “penis” are not synonymous. The catheter they are referring to is a thin tube that’s fed into a blood vessel in the inner thigh area, not into the male generative organ. Still sounds ouchy, though.

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-connection-between-penis-male-thought/297394/4 "2005-04-02T22:36:20Z")

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I thought this was going to be a thread about Pamela Anderson.