5.31.2009

That'll show 'em

A man in Egypt cut off his own penis to protest his family's refusal to allow him to marry a woman from a lower class.

The 25-year-old Egyptian man had pleaded for two years to be allowed to marry the woman. After his father's latest refusal, he heated up a knife and sliced off his future generations, as it were. He was rushed to a hospital, but doctors were unable to reattach the removed part.

Full story here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's the old saying, "Love hurts"??

Life without Clots said...

hm...i have heard of cutting your nose off to spite your face, but...well, enuf said (or not said).