In other news from Cairo: (cross posted from GD)

[rateyes]

CAIRO (AP) — A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower-class family, police reported Sunday.
After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, a police official said.

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More here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-05-31-egyptian_N.htm
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It seems this guy didn't want to marry the woman arranged for him by his family.

All I've got to say about this is: "I bet that guy doesn't have the balls to do that again."

(Sorry, couldn't resist.) :hide:

[Phentex]

1. Remove "family jewels" from the dowry...

ouch!

[rateyes]

2. LOL. I can't figure out why he heated the knife, except that

perhaps he wanted to keep down a possible infection?? :shrug:

[johnnie]

3. Now he's gonna have to run around like a madman..

...to write his name in the snow. Big dummy

[rateyes]

4. And, he's gonna get really

pissed (pun intended) when someone leaves the toilet seat up.