Stones - may not be safe for work
 

Breaking stones with a hammer and nail.

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Ouch, I can't even.

That is very Frightening.

EEK!!!

Nope , just NOPE !!!!!
immagen if the nail slipped !!!!!!

I also see lots of problems with this. The major one being that there is nothing to hold the rock against while you hit it with the long nail. Nail hits rock, rock hits badder. Then you have all these smaller pieces and you're going to just go stabbing around randomly trying to break them all up into even smaller ones?

I've heard of old dudes having a long straw of grass in their hat that they would use to thread up in there and push the rock aside when they had to pee. Each and every time.:thepain:

I hope we're being pranked

See here for way more information than I ever intended to find. Short answer: it's not just a stabby thing, it's a gripping tool, like a pair of forceps with a little hammer jack built into the middle. Before starting, they reverse-fill the bladder with extra liquid so everything is nice and floaty, then they just wiggle around grabbing and smashing until there's nothing big enough to grab anymore.


Also, for the squeamish gentlemen, it's worth keeping in mind that this was the new and improved treatment because it didn't require surgery, which was also done without anesthetic in those days.

I heard they called that medical instrument an Excalibur.

I thought it was called an ow-ow-OW-OHFUCK-m'dick-OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Without anesthetic's ass! Somebody's gonna hafta knock me smoove the fuck out. No if's, ands, or nails in m'peepee.

In Chinese medicine, they break it up with chopsticks.

That was an ancient Chinese secret.

*snort!*