I've never understood why women can't just put the
seat up when they've finished, then this wouldn't
happen. Pah.
--- "Harrison Jeremy Dr. (RJC) ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY -
SwarkHosp-TR"
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> Talking of obscure American terms: I have never
> understood why they refer to
> the penile trauma resulting from the toilet seat
> landing on the penis of a
> small boy who can just reach the edge (but forgets
> to check the seat is up
> properly)a "slam dunk" injury. I thought that this
> was a basketball term.
> Jeremy Harrison
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowley Cottingham
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 14 March 2002 06:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Raccoon eyes
>
>
> They are American. What more need I say? Lots of
> physical signs have nice
> titles that seem
> completely useless nowadays. The strawberry
> gallbladder. The eosinophil
> (Right, that tells you so
> much about its function!) and the multitudes of
> eponyms. (Which Paget's
> disease? Bone skin or
> nipple?)
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Rowley Cottingham
>
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