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Thousands Take Part In Mass Circumcision
WCCO News ^ | 04/14/2005 | (Associated Press)

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: circumcision; mass; ouch; part; poorsobs; thousands
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To: bedolido

I don't have the guts to post this as a separate thread, but this place seems appropriate:

A Texan is drinking in a New York bar when he gets a call on his cell phone. He hangs up, grinning from ear to ear, and orders a round of drinks for everybody in the bar announcing his wife has produced a typical Texas baby boy weighing 25 pounds.

Nobody can believe that any new baby can weigh in at 25 pounds, but the Texan just shrugs, "That's about average down home, folks...like I said, my boy's a typical Texas baby boy."

Congratulations showered him from all around, and many exclamations of "WOW!" We heard one woman actually fainted due to sympathy pains.

Two weeks later he returns to the bar. The bartender says, "Say you're the father of that typical Texas baby that weighed 25 pounds at birth. Everybody's been making bets about how big he'd be in two weeks. So how much does he weigh now?

The proud father answers, "Seventeen pounds."

The bartender is puzzled, concerned, and a little suspicious. "What happened? He already weighed 25 pounds the day he was born!"

The Texas father takes a slow swig from his long-neck Lone Star beer, wipes his lips on his shirt sleeve, leans into the bartender and proudly says, "Had'm circumcised"


61 posted on 04/15/2005 8:17:28 AM PDT by DeFault User
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To: chs68

I liked that bit, but it still doesn't beat the ad for Colon Blow/Super Colon Blow.


62 posted on 04/15/2005 8:45:12 AM PDT by Genesis defender (Let prayer be your steering wheel, not your spare tire.)
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To: Mr. Jazzy

Just ask any school-aged kid if he/she knows how much two bits is. How much you want to bet you'll get a blank stare from about 99% of 'em? I'll bet you 25 cents.


63 posted on 04/15/2005 9:01:50 AM PDT by brewcrew
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To: VRWCmember; mhking
Does anybody else remember the SNL parody automobile commercial where the rabbi performed a bris in the backseat of a car? It was a parody of the Ford diamond-cutting commercial to illustrate the smooth ride. The front tire hits a pothole just as the rabbi is making the delicate cut. It was pretty amusing.

Oh yes! One of the best ever...and when they hit the bump and he makes the 'cut', the rabbi says..."Poifict!"

64 posted on 04/15/2005 9:45:06 AM PDT by NewLand (Faith in The Lord trumps all!)
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To: cjshapi

Probably just the tip of the iceberg, as it were.


65 posted on 04/15/2005 9:58:25 AM PDT by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: GodBlessUSA

I remember that skit. The guy playing the driver, who's name I forget, jumped his eyebrows up which made the whole thing work.


66 posted on 04/15/2005 10:04:17 AM PDT by investigateworld (RCC:1, USSR: 0 God bless Poland for giving the world JP II)
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To: bedolido; cjshapi

Was reading this over, and an Enzyte commercial popped up on the TV.
Somehow, it just seemed so wrong.


67 posted on 04/15/2005 10:12:53 AM PDT by Darksheare (Restrain the duck, he'll tell us all he knows once he's plucked. -Chief Interrogator Bluejay)
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To: Darksheare

Bob from Enzyte would be disappointed to hear you say that.


68 posted on 04/15/2005 10:13:56 AM PDT by cjshapi
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To: bedolido
Just take a little off the top please!

.."just don't Sneeze"...Ahcoo..Ouch!

69 posted on 04/15/2005 10:20:21 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: cjshapi

Yes, he would be.
But under the circumstances, I think he would understand.


70 posted on 04/15/2005 10:23:16 AM PDT by Darksheare (Restrain the duck, he'll tell us all he knows once he's plucked. -Chief Interrogator Bluejay)
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To: bedolido

71 posted on 04/15/2005 11:36:34 AM PDT by SolidRedState (E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
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To: bedolido


"OK fellas, whip 'em out!!!"

 


72 posted on 04/15/2005 12:49:15 PM PDT by Fintan (Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.)
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To: cjshapi

"Now, here's Bob..."

73 posted on 04/15/2005 2:37:39 PM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: bedolido

Can someone please explain the ethical difference between cutting off the prepuce of a boy's penis without a valid medical indication and cutting off the prepuce of a girl's clitoris without a valid medical indication?


74 posted on 04/15/2005 2:44:30 PM PDT by TDunn
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All together now....

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner…
That is what I’d truly like to be… Cuz
If I were an Oscar Meyer weiner…
Everyone would be in love with me!


75 posted on 04/15/2005 5:28:19 PM PDT by spectr17 (What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?)
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To: bedolido
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.

Yeah, nothing says "PARTY!" quite like a knife to the genitals.

76 posted on 04/15/2005 9:32:50 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: brewcrew

An old doc retires, and goes to a luggage maker with all the foreskins he removed from his years of practice and asks the guy to make him something from them.

He comes back a week later and the guy brings out a wallet.

"A wallet, I give you 40 years worth of foreskins and you make me a lousy wallet?"

" Hey not so fast. If you rub it a little it turns into a steamer trunk...."


77 posted on 04/15/2005 9:37:25 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: VRWCmember
the rabbi performed a bris in the backseat of a car

Was that followed by a "High C" commercial? ;-)

78 posted on 04/16/2005 6:08:56 AM PDT by albertp (Malice in Blunderland, The Wizard of Odd, Gullible's Troubles! Steal the wealth, spread the poverty.)
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To: bedolido

Now we know why so many of them are so easily convinced to become suicide bombers.


79 posted on 04/16/2005 9:12:50 PM PDT by garjog
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To: TDunn
Welcome to FR. You've been here for a week and the first comment you make is a comparison of circumcision to female genital mutilation?

Are you serious or just trying to make waves?

80 posted on 04/17/2005 8:15:39 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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