# Tinkleberry Crashes- Back to ER **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278 "2005-03-19T06:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/21 "2005-03-20T03:09:18Z")
Ooooh man. My best wishes and healing thoughts to the Tinkleberry. Brings back memories. When the **Man-Cub** ™ was 10 months old, we took him to a urologist. I was pushing for him to have a circumcision. ( he was adopted at 6 mo., uncirc’d ). Urologist asked if he’d ever had any UTI’s, and we said yeah. When he was a month old, before we got him. Urologist runs a normal ultrasound and comes back into the room where we’re waiting. \*\* The Man-Cub\*\* ™ has two different congenital defects, one in each kidney. Who knew? Thank goodness I wanted my kid cut ! He had major surgery to ( successfully ) resolve one issue, the other one he slowly grew out of. And yeah, he got cut while under general for the kidney surgery. It’s very frightening stuff, and it sounds like you handled it very well. Please let us know how he does? ( And, if you wait till he’s 13, you can tell us how his Bar Mitzvah went as well ! 😃 ;j ) Cartooniverse ---
**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:** [March 20, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/22 "2005-03-20T04:01:04Z")
Oh, poor little guy! Give him a hug for me. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/23 "2005-03-20T14:18:54Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#): > > …baby sized cock ring… Ok, that phrase is going to haunt me. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/24 "2005-03-20T16:20:12Z")
Ouch…my thoughts go out to all of you - **inkleberry** , **DrLoveGun** , and ESPECIALLY **tinkleberry**. Taking your kid to the ER sucks, especially for such reasons as you have had. Lots of good thoughts heading your direction. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/25 "2005-03-20T16:49:20Z")
> [@monica](#): > > If your first one had so much trouble, why not leave the second one uncircumsized? Legitimate question. I hadn’t intended to have the first one circumcised at all, but it was a medical necessity for him. He was born with a condition called hypospadias (I think I spelled that right) that meant he was peeing out the side of his penis, rather than the end. They had to build him a urethra and sort of rebuild part of his penis, using tissue from his abdomen. If he hadn’t had that surgery, he’d never be able to have sex or father children of his own, and he would most likely have developed severe kidney problems. With the second, his dad wanted him circumcised for religious reasons. I can respect that, so I went along with it. I was just so freaked out by the experience with the first one that I could barely handle a diaper change for the first few days with the second one. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/26 "2005-03-20T17:17:35Z")
Oh man, that makes my vagina wince. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/27 "2005-03-20T17:26:54Z")
Glad things are looking up for you guys. Tell that kid that we all forbid him from creating any more emergencies. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/28 "2005-03-20T20:34:32Z")
Poor Tinkleberry. I’m glad he’s on the mend. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/29 "2005-03-20T22:24:08Z")
Best wishes. I hope (pray) all goes well. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/30 "2005-03-21T14:18:54Z")
**Tinkleberry** has the most famous penis on the Dope. Get better soon, you have dozens, nay, thousands of people wishing you and your little bits a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/31 "2005-03-21T22:51:39Z")
Plastibel is what messed up my hubby. I hope Tinkleberry has better long term results. poor thing. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/32 "2005-03-21T22:53:53Z")
Tinkleberry has a set of purple twigs and berries right now, but is well on his way to a happy set of wedding tackle. Thanks for everyone’s support and good wishes. 🙂 Next time, we’re using a mohel. ;j Which is what I wanted in the first place. And now DrLoveGun agrees. As he said, “This sort of stuff doesn’t happen when the Jews do it!” My son’s cock will make a jew out of his daddy yet! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/33 "2005-03-22T04:00:15Z")
You know, you really ought to print and save these **Tinkleberry** threads. It’ll give you some great material to embarrass him with when he brings his first SO home to meet you. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/34 "2005-03-23T01:41:45Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > And now DrLoveGun agrees. As he said, “This sort of stuff doesn’t happen when the Jews do it!” > > My son’s cock will make a jew out of his daddy yet! Just as long as it doesn’t make his daddy into an [Orthodox Jew in suburban New York](http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=552094) :eek: Oh man. Ooooooh man. I’ve never even heard of this part of the ritual. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/35 "2005-03-23T05:04:12Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Just as long as it doesn’t make his daddy into an [Orthodox Jew in suburban New York](http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=552094) > > :eek: Oh man. Ooooooh man. I’ve never even heard of this part of the ritual. :eek: It’s only the seriously ultraorthodox that still do the “suck” method. And no, we are not orthodox. I am conservative, which is the grumbling medium between orthodox and reform. There will be no sucking of my son’s nibblies until he is over 18 and fully consenting. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/36 "2005-03-23T16:52:35Z")
Well, I was raised in the rebellious outposts of Reform Judaism. There is no nibblies sucking allowed in our area of the Tribe either. Not ever. Never. :dubious: Unless you attend Brandeis University. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/37 "2005-03-23T16:57:09Z")
Oh, for when **Tinkleberry** grows up and reads the threads on this board… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/38 "2005-03-23T17:31:38Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > My son’s cock That sentence really doesn’t compute for me… “Son” does not go with “cock”. Robin, who does not want to think about this until her own child is at least 30. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278/39 "2005-03-24T14:20:49Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Oh, for when **Tinkleberry** grows up and reads the threads on this board… 😃 No worries. By that time, Ignorance will have been fought into submission and there won’t be a Straight Dope any more. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkleberry-crashes-back-to-er/295278.md?page=1)