Egyptian Man Cuts Off Penis for Love

[ccharles000]

CAIRO (June 1) -- 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, said a police official.

The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt's poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor.

The man was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official added citing the police report filed after the incident.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press, added that the man was still recovering in the hospital.

Traditionally, marriages in these conservative part of southern Egypt are between similar social classes and often within the same extended families — and are rarely for love.

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[LeftyMom]

1. How do you say "this hurts me more than it hurts you!" in Arabic?

Normally I hate when people say that, but in this case I'd say it's appropriate.

[bicentennial_baby]

14. !

:spray:

[jeff30997]

2. Hum...

DARWIN AWARD !!!

http://www.darwinawards.com/

[cboy4]

3. How does one actually go through with that? Drunk? High? Insane?

It's like the idea of slamming the car door on your penis.

I could live to be ah thousand ...

[struggle4progress]

4. It's surprisingly easy to make up stories like this. First, the byline must be vague:

"Correspondents" is good. Second, the informant must be anonymous and official. Third, the actual people involved have no names. Finally, it must be from a far-away place: the place need not be specified -- but if it is, it must be a far-away place most readers have never heard of. Finally, the story must be somewhat nauseating

So ...

Source: Our Italian Correspondent
Polish police are concerned by the spread of a bizarre drinking game among teenagers in a remote border town. According to local officials, bored Polish youth get drunk on potato vodka before challenging friends to deliberately decapitate themselves with gasoline-powered saws. This activity has become so popular that the undertaker has time only to collect and bury heads. Town teachers are planning an educational drive next year to encourage youth to adopt healthier recreational habits.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. That's perfect!

:rofl:

[Kali]

27. crazy furiners

[Richardo]

5. ...

[rug]

6. Costly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCZ4xTPHTRA&feature=PlayList&p=849800538C238C22&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=72

[lost-in-nj]

7. Maybe thats what Meatloaf meant in the song

I would do anything for love

but i won't do that.....


no no

I won't do that



:*


lost

[ccharles000]

15. lol

[Bucky]

8. Wait, he did this for a *poor* girl? Jeeze at least give it up for a woman of quality.

[rurallib]

9. hope he fed it to the dog or something and didn't just waste it.

[peekaloo]

10. Goofus. It's "cut off your nose to spite your face", NOT hose.

:eyes:

[marzipanni]

11. He'll have to hope that stem cell research proceeds at a pace

so he can grow a new one at some point. "He cut off his penis to spite his family".... "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face"

[JitterbugPerfume]

12. NOW how is he going to get any lovin?

:nopity:

[Sultana]

13. Romeo & Juliet FAIL

Dumbass, he's gonna regret that forever.

I thought Muslim males were allowed to marry the woman of their choice as long as she's a person of the Book. Damn!

[Parche]

16. Hey

I heard the guy was a real prick.....:rofl: :hi: :hug: :loveya:

[Blue-Jay]

17. "I told you I was hard-core"

ouch.

[Deja Q]

18. Gotta love castes...

:shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. this is not about castes, its about class. islam doesnt have castes

[MrSlayer]

20. How idiotic.

What a complete and utter fool.

[Kat45]

22. That will show his father--no grandchildren for him!

:sarcasm:

[no name no slogan]

23. But who here among us has NOT cut off his penis for love?

:shrug:

[rcrush]

24. I've done it 3 or 4 times...

:thumbsup:

[rcrush]

25. I hear peeing in a bag is a lot of fun.

[Yavin4]

26. I Would Do Anything For Love

But I won't do that.

[carlyhippy]

28. I guess this puts a new twist on the old addage "cutting off your nose to spite your face"

I think he would need that part, probably was not a good idea in hindsight......

[Sebastian Doyle]

29. Well, even if his actions DID impress the girl....

He probably wouldn't be impressing her much after that, if you know what I mean. (Unless he was endowed like Gene Simmons in other areas)

[petronius]

30. And if this had succeeded in changing his father's mind, what was the next step?

When Step 1 is "cut off your penis", Step 2 had better be one hellacious doozy of a plan...

[NJmaverick]

31. He might have been better off opting for an ear

[Locrian]

32. the tune "walk like an egyptian" immediately comes to mind....