Ripley’s Believe It or Not! features Dan Patrick’s vasectomy

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AUSTIN - Long before he became a state officeholder, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made headlines by getting a vasectomy live on his Houston talk-radio show.

Ripley’s Believe it or Not! marked the occasion this weekend by featuring Patrick’s procedure, 24 years after the event.

“Dan Patrick of the Houston, Texas radio station KSEV once broadcast his morning show while undergoing a vasectomy,” said the comic strip, not mentioning his current title.

Patrick underwent the procedure in his urologist’s office in August 1991, broadcasting it live to encourage other men to consider it rather than asking their wives to undergo a more difficult sterilization, United Press International reported at the time.

“It’s over. It’s that simple, folks. It’s like nothing happened. I feel no pain. I feel absolutely fine,” Patrick said afterward. “If I can do this, guys, you can do it for sure.”

In Saturday’s edition of the Ripley’s comic, Patrick shared billing with a Japanese temple and an Australian dingo fence.

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