Re: how much is a circumcision?

In article <44ae9ab8$0$22102$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Verdigris wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:42:45 +0100, Phil Launchbury wrote:

I've no idea why you said it in response to my joke, but I'm used to
not understanding things, so that's fine.

It's the phrase that distinguishes whether one is someone who practices
Judaism..

Sibboleth.

No - that's the one that determines whether your are a Benjaminite..

Phil

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