1456 Faux Urethra

Great medical news coming down the pike. And it’s both a wonder at the amazing abilities of scientific endeavor and a lesson in humility. The first full functioning human body part grown in the lab is now ready for an operation to put it into operation. A true medical miracle.
But keep you expectations humble, because the new faux body part is none other than the urethra. Yep, the urethra, defined in the dictionary as “the canal through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which also serves as the male genital duct.”
As they said in the eighties, “Totally tubular dude.”
Well I guess you got to start somewhere. I have no doubt the other engineered body parts will be flowing from this point on. A stream of innovations pouring out of the labs. We’ll be awash in artificial organs. And all starting with the lowly urethra.
It wasn’t easy. It took some very delicate experimenting and finding just the right sequence of steps to make it happen. And there’s no truth to the rumor that the originator of the technique, when he finally discovered it, shouted, “Urethra! I’ve found it.”
Also no truth to the rumor that Sesame Street, searching for role models, once considered a puppet of a soul singing female physician. And her name was Urethra.
The urethra, while humble, is an extremely essential part of the body. Free urine flow is a blessing we take for granted. And not just because it improves penmanship in the snow.
Anyone with a malfunctioning Urethra can tell you this new discovery is a real relief. Now when they go for possible treatment the doctor may intone, “In the old days I wouldn’t be able to help much. But now I can say, ‘urine luck...’”
America, ya gotta love it.