by Jen Long Latex gloves have an irresistible pull on a lot of people. Just try passing some around a room and see how long it is before individuals are making jokes with the gloves, inflating and stretching them into humorous shapes. Latex gloves have a life that expands well beyond their medical context and the entertainment industry, the internet included, has not skipped a beat in promoting this. Image by mucow via Flickr In the '70s, the popular TV series of M*A*S*M*A*S*H did its bit to popularize the lighter side of a number of medical accoutrements. The characters in the fictiti...