Re: Circumcision

On 9 Jan 2006 01:16:15 -0800, "mack54@xxxxxxxxxx" <mack54@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>Nebulous wrote:
>> "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:gp63s15mfpaml23hsh48h907o16lm6v6ne@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 03:02:11 -0000, I read these words from "Glenallan"
>> > <robert.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
>> >
>> >>I just heard that the 'vast majority' of
>> >>Americans have been circumcised.
>> >>
>> >>Can this be true??
>> >
>> > Aye, and if you're resident for more than 6 weeks
>> > at a time you have to have it done too.
>> >
>> > -- jjj
>> >
>>
>> 10/10
>>
>> Neb
>
>Jeez, this is all getting a bit iffy! On the multicultural side, we
>campaign against female circumcision, so why not male? I can see the
>reason for it if you have phimosis or something and, maybe there was
>even a reason for it in the Levant 3000 years ago, (lack of water for
>washing etc.) But in this day and age, it seems to me to be a
>particular barbaric practice.
>
>And like any other 'religious' practice, it should be left to the child
>concerned whether they want to have it done when they are 16.
>
>I was once told that teh reason most men in the US are circumcised is
>because the vast majority of doctors in the US come from religious
>backgrounds that propound the practice. Dunno how true that is though!
>
>Anyway, I prefer the extra sensation!
>
>Reminds me of when I was at sea. One of the guys got phimosis and had
>to have the op. He spent three weeks wandering around with his hands in
>his pockets, holding on to his *** to try and stop it from rubbing!
>After he got used to it, he was forever grabbing people, whipping his
>*** out and shouting at the top of his voice, "Wanty see ma scars!"
>
>Mike
>
A friend of mine had to have it done in later life, owing to what his
physician described as an "overly tight prepuce". After he returned
home from hospital, his wife, her solemn voice barely concealing her
happy glee, asked me to give him a call to cheer him up. So I did.

"Abie, is thet you, alweady?" I asked in my best Jewish accent when he
picked up his phone.

"JUST *** OFF, PATERSON!!!" he screamed. So loudly that my wife heard
him clearly and had to go to the bathroom in case she wet herself with
laughing, while I suffered from temporary deafness for the rest of the
afternoon....

Some people have absolutely no sense of decency or gratitude when
offered a little sympathy. However, because of my sensitive and caring
nature, I did divine that the operation site was smarting a little.

What distressed me was the insensitivity of our female friends, who
all seemed to find the poor man's predicament hilarious, while the men
sat in silent, wincing sympathy.

It was the same when I had to have a kidney stone removed via my
penis. Every time I peed for the next three days it felt like
fishhooks being dragged down my urethra. Was my wife sympathetic? Was
the Pope considering converting to Presbyterianism? Are you kidding?

MacP
"Mur a bi i gun tarrag, 's ann LEAMSA!"
"If she ain't nailed down, she's MINE!"

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