Posted on 11/24/2006 5:09:15 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Buddhist monk cuts off penis and renounces refix
Wed Nov 22, 6:23 AM ET
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780 km (480 miles) south of Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment, hospital chief Prawing Euanontouch said.
"We cleaned up the wound, gave him some stitches, but he declined to have it reattached because he said had abandoned everything," Prawing told Reuters by telephone.
Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection, which Bangkok-based Kom Chad Luk tabloid reported on its Web site.
Perhaps it was just minor surgery. :^)
That's the long and the short of it.
{opens envelope}
IT'S A THAI!
Literally!
****
Bangkok ....... says it all.
This could be today's longest thread..no, wait...
Meditating on what?
Tis but a mere pimple.
Or CHOPKOK.
Bangkok, not Phuket.
;-)
So what's the bright side, Mr.?
LOLOL! That's what I was wondering about. :)
I'm sure the staff of the Junior Senator from the State of New York were asked by their boss to fax a copy of this to her signifigant other at their domicile in New York with a note that said 'I thought you might want to make note of this clipping'.
Okay... just a question. Maybe this is a bit too... bold? But...
*ahem* I'm no medical expert... So pardon me if this is a stupid question.
But, shouldn't he cut off, well, all the rest? :) Otherwise, he might still have the urge but no way to satisfy it??
I'm a woman and high school biology was a long time ago, so..?
I think ole little Buddah forgot about the other function the appendage performs!
That's a worldly function too, ya know, I'm sure Buddah is keen on a renunciation
of all bodily functions to reach enlightenment!
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