You just KNEW that sooner or later some TV bigwig would dicker with a network for this idea for a reality TV show:
AN Australian health care provider is looking for a man with the balls to have a vasectomy on television.
Not-for-profit sexual and reproductive health provider Marie Stopes International wants an Australian man to reproduce the efforts of a British man who submitted to the procedure live on TV last week.
Father-of-one John Klapvijk, 40, went under the knife in the UK last week and said the worst thing about the operation was the ribbing from friends watching the footage.
Marie Stopes International Australian CEO Suzanne Dvorak said the health provider wanted to dispel common misconception about the procedure, including pain and its impact on sexual performance.
“Vasectomy is a safe and reliable, permanent contraception which is ideal for men who do not wish to have any more children,” Ms Dvorak said.
Click on the link above and there’s even a number for you to call, if you’re interested.
We suspect some men will give it a thought but not act immediately, preferring to stick it out for one more year.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.