Given the fact that there are 24,281 registered members of this site....and only a handfull ever post, I´m inclined to believe the "humor" was most probably lost on more than just me.  Belittling whole groups of people is not a source of humor to me.

However, regarding the original post about alternative treatments for male infertility, there is some pretty provocative research going on now.....not funny IMHO...

The team at the Tottori University in Japan, say they implanted the human cells responsible for producing sperm - spermatogonia - into rat and mice testes in August 1998.

In recent years, grafting of immature testicular tissue into immundeficient mice has been introduced as a strategy to grow and differentiate immature testicular tissue up to the stage of fertile sperm (Honaramooz et al., 2002; Schlatt et al., 1999). Similarly successful was the generation of sperm from xenografts of immature testes from hamster, monkey, bull, pig and cat in mouse hosts (Schlatt et al., 2002a; Snedaker et al., 2004; Honaramooz et al., 2004; Oatley et al., 2005). Spermatogenesis in a xenograft might provide a model for the study of human spermatogenesis and could represent an alternative approach for fertility preservation in cancer patients.

Are you a man or a mouse?

A leading fertility expert plans to produce human sperm using mice.

Roger Short, of the Royal Women´s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, hopes to transplant the germ cells that develop into sperm from human testes into a mouse.

Alameda, why is it always those "absent" that serve you as an excuse? Ok, you didn´t find that joke funny - no problem about that, I´m sure so did half of the Great Absent while another half gave a smirk

Sperm in mice? Sounds science-fiction to me! But I´m sure infertile couples will greatly appreciate any successful treatmet there might be. I have a friend after hysterectomy (sp?), she had it before 30 and still, 4 years later she cannot get over the fact she won´t have any children. I´m sure couples who have trouble conceiving think alike.

 Hey, I thought about buying this gadget..I pound it against the counter and take a towel and still can´t get those jars open at times.

 Save your money!  Just place a spoon under the rim of the lid, apply a little pressure to the handle and pop the seal.  Your jars will open easily.

 What a sad little world you inhabit

 Actually the reviews on Amazon.com were not that great.  If I were you, I´d save my money. ...that´s what I´m going to do...or find a better alternative...

"It was discouraging to see that others had a similar experience to mine. The product worked fine a few times, but after only a few jars the inner clamp broke. (I then opened the jar by hand, so it wasn´t the jar´s fault!) This happened on both the one I used and the one I bought for my mother.

Good idea but wait for a new, improved model.One Touch Jar Opener "

Metal part of the jar (the lid) expands and contracts more with temperature change compared to the glass body. A cold jar will be much harder to open because of the contracted lid. Warm the lid a little and it should open easily. Cheaper than getting a powered tool or keeping a husband as jar opener. Plus some guests may be impressed with your practical intelligence 

Trust a man to come up with a logical solution.   A few seconds with the lid under the hot tap should do the trick or you could try your hairdryer.  

I am with Elizabeth on the spoon method.

Works every time, and you dont need any hot water, so it still works if there is a water cut AND you don´t get wet when the water splashes off the jar lid and on to you.

 And what happens when the spoon slips?    Actually I think the vacuum inside the jar causes a suction effect which makes it difficult to open the first time.

What about bending my good spoon though?    Taking admins advice I think heating up a dish towel in the microwave would work.  I´ll try this technique and report back.