# Student Can't Come To Class - Having Gold Bladder Removed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831 "2011-02-18T18:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/1 "2011-02-18T18:21:30Z")
Yes, that was the email I got. My student let me know they would not be able to attend class as they were having their “gold bladder” removed. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/2 "2011-02-18T18:25:11Z")
Don’t suppose it was signed “Horshack’s Mother,” was it? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/3 "2011-02-18T18:28:28Z")
A recent lost pet flyer read “not nurtured” and I thought, well if you don’t nurture your pet maybe you shouldn’t have one. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/4 "2011-02-18T18:30:31Z")
What precious mettle. Glad to hear it wasn’t New Monia. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/5 "2011-02-18T18:38:49Z")
I wish my gallstones were worth something. Like double what it is going to cost to get them out . . . . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/6 "2011-02-18T18:47:25Z")
That’s what happens when you drink too much Goldschlager, you have to get your gold bladder removed. On the plus side, your gold bladder removal pays for itself! > **[Goldschläger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldschl%C3%A4ger)** > > Goldschläger is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps (43.5% alcohol by volume or 87 proof; originally it was 53.5% alcohol or 107 proof), a liqueur with very thin, yet visible flakes of gold floating in it. The actual amount of gold has been measured at approximately 13 milligrams (0.20 grains) in a one-litre bottle. As of January 2021\[update\], this amounts to €0.66/US$0.75 on the international gold market. > Goldschläger was produced in Switzerland until the 1990s. The brand was acquired by Diageo, which mo... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/7 "2011-02-18T18:51:36Z")
Why go to the doctor? Let’s just check the internet! [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How\_to\_remove\_gold\_bladder\_stones](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_to_remove_gold_bladder_stones) > [@](#): > > You fart it out or take some tablets from the pharmacy or just do something 🙂 Oh. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/8 "2011-02-18T18:54:11Z")
This thread is putting a big shitty grin on my face. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/9 "2011-02-18T18:54:42Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Don’t suppose it was signed “Horshack’s Mother,” was it? That’s Epstein’s Mother. ---
**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 18, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/10 "2011-02-18T18:54:50Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Yes, that was the email I got. > My student let me know they would not be able to attend class as they were having their “gold bladder” removed. A few years ago I got a call at work “Hi this is Angie’s mom, she’s not feeling well and won’t be able-[RRRIIIINNGGGG goes the school bell in the background, followed by screaming kids]-to make it in today” I nicely said okay and hung up. Then I called her real mom to let her know that “I just got a call from Angie’s mom” and told her what happened. She didn’t sound too happy. This wasn’t the first time she had skipped work with a stupid excuse. Moral of the story… Don’t call work and pretend to be your friends mom when the school bell is about to ring. Besides, you’re a lot less likely to get caught if you just say you can’t come in today and leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/11 "2011-02-18T18:59:30Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Yes, that was the email I got. > My student let me know they would not be able to attend class as they were having their “gold bladder” removed. What an elegant way to pay for surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/12 "2011-02-18T19:00:09Z")
You have to be careful with those gold bladder operations – they can be real tricky if the surgeon is distracted by all the shiny. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/13 "2011-02-18T19:01:05Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > My student let me know they would not be able to attend class as they were having their “gold bladder” removed. Sounds like a slick, silver-tongued devil of a kid… Next, they’ll be having their appendices removed. Or expurgated, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/14 "2011-02-18T19:06:59Z")
At least he’s not getting a hard transplant. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/15 "2011-02-18T19:11:16Z")
Am I seeing this thread correctly, or do I need Cadillac surgery? Hey, I am sure Gold Bladder surgery is better than Zachary’s Disease. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/16 "2011-02-18T19:12:54Z")
I’m guessing auto-correct is to blame for this communication, but what an awesome mistake! 😃 ---
**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 18, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/17 "2011-02-18T19:14:47Z")
Back when I was in high school, one student wrote that the Prime Minister of Israel was Gold In My Ear. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/18 "2011-02-18T19:18:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Back when I was in high school, one student wrote that the Prime Minister of Israel was Gold In My Ear. Oh, you know those Indian names…Dances With Wolves, Sitting Bull, Gold in My Ear… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/19 "2011-02-18T19:18:52Z")
When I was in grade school, I thought San Diego was spelled “Sandy Eggo.” I got over it, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TheoS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheoS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/20 "2011-02-18T19:19:11Z")
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