Markets in Everything, March Madness Edition
Sorry to steal the phrase from Marginal Revolution, but it seems appropriate for this story -- Surgery as an excuse to be laid up in bed watching TV
Come to find out that untold numbers of American males at this very moment are propped up in front of their television sets at home, bags of ice strategically placed in their respective crotches.
Cleveland urologist Dr. Stephen Jones has noted a 50 percent increase in recent years in vasectomies performed a day or two [before] the start of the NCAA men's tournament.
That's a lot of slicing and dicing.
You can imagine the dialogue, first between the dude and his woman:
"Honey, doc says I gotta take it easy for a couple of days. I'll be back to normal after the weekend."
"Sorry, I'll be out Thursday and Friday. Surgical procedure. Nothing big. No, I'll be laid up and it probably will be better if I start up fresh on Monday, OK?
Not sure I have the cojones to try that.
