Well, There Goes the Artificial Hip

On the other hand, maybe they can help me get rid of the shrapnel I've been carrying since Guadalcanal:

A woman was forced by the Transportation Security Administration to remove her nipple rings before she was allowed to board a flight, an attorney said on Thursday. "The woman was given a pair of pliers in order to remove the rings in her nipples," said Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred. "The rings had been in her nipples for many years

.From Boing Boing (link). I suppose that any crack about the surgical removal of Gloria Allred would be just mean.