Surgery has generally been recommended for all inguinal hernias to avoid complications such as strangulation, in which a loop of intestine becomes tightly trapped in a hernia, cutting off the blood supply to that part of the intestine.
BOBO Drinks has okay boba -- it's good, but it's not the best boba in Berkeley. I ordered the passion fruit green tea with boba, and the drink had a slight sweetness and tanginess from the passion fruit and I could taste the green tea in the drink as well as small pieces of passion fruit dispersed in the drink.
But that concoction is most definitely not what the B-Boys pay tribute to in song. As any street-wise booze connoisseur will tell you, a true Brass Monkey consists of two simple ingredients: malt liquor (the cheaper, the better!) and orange juice.