Get a vasectomy, eat some pizza and watch some basketball. That's the idea behind a promotion by a Massachusetts urologists group that's offering a free pizza to vasectomy patients during March Madness.

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"When March Madness approaches you need an excuse ... to stay at home in front of the big screen," a radio ad says. "Get your vasectomy at Oregon Urology Institute the day before the tournament starts. It's snip city."

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