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Dr Nick Burns-Cox consultant Urologist

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Dr Nick Burns-Cox consultant Urologist

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ShankShill@sh.itjust.works
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I’ll see your Burns-Cox and raise you one Richard “Dick” Chopp.
- Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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  Would be a better name for a rabbi
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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No doctor, I’d really rather you not.
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  I mean, vasectomies can include cauterizing i think?
- JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca
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  Not before BBC breakfast, please
Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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Hi everybody!
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  Hi Doctor Nick!
fubarx@lemmy.world
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His career choice was foretold by his ancestors.

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