Young boys, not babies?? Ouch. Carried out by barbers? Make that 'barbarians'. Hope they have plenty of these:
Posted on 04/15/2005 6:31:16 AM PDT by bedolido
FES, Morocco (AP) The infant son of King Mohammed VI was circumcised Thursday, and thousands of Moroccans also went through the procedure in a massive show of solidarity for the prince, a news agency reported.
The circumcision of Moulay Hassan, the king’s only son, marked the start of three days of nationwide celebrations across the north African kingdom to honor the event. The boy turns 2 next month.
Some 5,000 boys were circumcised in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city, and thousands more in other cities and towns, the official news agency MAP reported.
The ritual of circumcision, known as “t’hara” or purification in Morocco, signals the entry of young boys into the Muslim community. The practice—once mainly carried out by barbers— today takes place primarily under a doctor’s supervision.
ROTFL!
Celebrations? I can think of other things to do to Celebrate
Note to self: never buy Moroccan calamari...
I need more coffee, a bit slow today. I just now recognized that picture of Steve Martin and recalled that skit they did. Those were funny Saturday nights. Wish they had them like that now!
yer the BEST , Manic ,...the calamari salad #43 also
I remember that one. Funny as hell!
This reminded me of the revenge for the defiling of Dinah in Genesis.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
Wow! When I first saw this I thought it was going to be something to do with Catholics.
Didn't Steve Martin's Theodoric "cure" everyone with bloodletting?
Check out 26..
Oh OUCH!
Either that or "NUTS!"
The Internal Revenue Service sent an auditor to a synagogue. As the auditor reviews all the paperwork, he turns to the Rabbi and says, "I noticed that you buy a lot of candles." "Yes, we do," responded the Rabbi. Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle droppings?" he asked. "A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We actually save them up and when we have enough, we send them back to the candle maker and every now and then, they send us a free box of candles." "Oh," replied the auditor somewhat disappointed that his unusual question actually had a practical answer.
"Rabbi, what about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with all the crumbs from the matzo?" "Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi calmly. "We actually collect up all the crumbs from the matzo and when we have enough, we send them in a box back to the manufacturer and every now and then they send us a box of matzo balls."
"Oh," replied the auditor thinking hard how he could fluster the Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he continued, "what do you do with all the foreskins from the circumcisions?" "Yes, here too, we do not waste," the Rabbi answered. What we do is save up all the foreskins, and when we have enough we actually send them to the Internal Revenue Service." "Internal Revenue?" questioned the auditor in disbelief. "Ah, yes" replied the Rabbi, "Internal Revenue. And about once a year, they send us a little prick like you."
Do they 'take part' or 'leave part'?
Parts are parts, but THAT part is more equal then the other parts!
Yes.
That settles it; I'm having the operation so I can play the piano.
ROTFLMBO (and the "B" can be either/or)
Such a good joke and on tax day too!
Young boys, not babies?? Ouch. Carried out by barbers? Make that 'barbarians'. Hope they have plenty of these:
Bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!!
Stop it...you're killin' me!
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