The surgery will involve removing the ball and socket of Prince’s damaged hip and replacing it with a titanium joint.

On the upside of things, he'll now hae a little card to present at airports that says he will set off the metal detectors. It's the perfect time to start that gun running operation he's always dreamed of.

Prince, sexy motherfucker. A man barely five-five. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic showman. Prince will be that showman. Better than he was before. Sexier, artist-ier, gyrate-ier.

Lisa, will his shows be in slow motion now?

And I hope the "scht, scht, scht" sound when he moves won't be too loud to drown out the music.

You couldn't come up with a witty joke, even when you have balls, sockets and titanium to work with? Wikipedia even helps out with its description — light, strong, lustrous, and corrosion resistant …..

Actually, titanium doesn't set off the detectors. I have a plate and seven screws in my ankle and was really disappointed when I walked through unscathed…

Go ahead k8, give it a shot.

It doesn't? Dammit! Back to the drawing board.

I do, however, set off metal detectors … :-)

I had my hips replaced at 21 and 22. If he's getting them replaced, he must be in some serious pain, and it'll be the best thing for him. I'm betting he'll get the surgery where they go in through the back of your thigh, it'll allow him better mobility and he won't have to deal with a 7" long scar(s) like I do. His recovery time will also be quicker. He'll still be able to do everything he used to before he had them replaced, minus jumping off of things and the splits …

He can now look forward to enless "oil can", "Terminator/Cyborg" and rusting jokes! Not to mention the reporters asking if his newfound prosthesis allows him to have a sex-life … Aaaah, good times! :-P

I sure hope his surgeons don't try and play his music during surgery without written permission or paying royalty fees.

He will always be cool. Those moves of his earned his hip replacement….a sacrifice to his art. Bow down to his greatness.

"My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties. "

That's from the mind Gary Busey so Prince better bow down to that greatness.

Crystal… call me. I have a plan.

This picture creeps me out.

You're right. If you just stop and look at it for awhile, you can just feel yourself dry up.

qc: I'm a woman — I criticize — that's all

No baby, I was seriously wanting you to do a joke. I thought you may have had one that you were alluding to @ 4. It was a great set up for one. (I just feel you had something in mind)

I love Prince. My GIRL's took me to a Prince concert for one of my many Bacheloret (is that spelled right? Anyway) parties (aww, good times) and that was a FREAKIN AWESOME CONCERT. That little shit can move. But I am really having a hard time getting past this picture. It’s very fairy tale strange to me……very very strange……

QC: there is a joke there I'm sure, but there's a reason I'm a 'commenter' not a 'blogger'. I will give it some thought though … hmmmm, hard, smooth, lustrous, light, non-corrosive balls ….. thinking

k8, maybe can you work in the song "I'm a love machine" somewhere?

And I won't rust for nobody but you?

:-) YES!!! :-)