the rationale

here's another interesting one:

http://www.cirp.org/pages/whycirc.html

Routine circumcision as a preventative or cure for masturbation was
proposed in Victorian times in America. Masturbation was thought to
be the cause of a number of diseases. The procedure of routine
circumcision became commonplace between 1870 and 1920, and it
consequently spread to all the English-speaking countries (England,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand). None of these countries now
circumcise the majority of their male children, a distinction
reserved today for the United States (in the UK, in fact,
nonreligious circumcision has virtually ceased). Yet, there are still
those who promote this social surgery, long after the masturbation
hysteria of the past century has subsided.

J. Pehrson

thats funny Joseph- you sent this first to the tuning list (I assume by
accident). I can imagine the ppl there who are not on metatuning getting
this post and wondering "what the &*$%"?!? that is funny!

Dante

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Pehrson [mailto:jpehrson@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:07 AM
> To: metatuning@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [metatuning] the rationale
>
>
> here's another interesting one:
>
> http://www.cirp.org/pages/whycirc.html
>
> Routine circumcision as a preventative or cure for masturbation was
> proposed in Victorian times in America. Masturbation was thought to
> be the cause of a number of diseases. The procedure of routine
> circumcision became commonplace between 1870 and 1920, and it
> consequently spread to all the English-speaking countries (England,
> Canada, Australia and New Zealand). None of these countries now
> circumcise the majority of their male children, a distinction
> reserved today for the United States (in the UK, in fact,
> nonreligious circumcision has virtually ceased). Yet, there are still
> those who promote this social surgery, long after the masturbation
> hysteria of the past century has subsided.
>
> J. Pehrson
>
>
>
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--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Dante Rosati" <dante.interport@r...> wrote:
> thats funny Joseph- you sent this first to the tuning list (I assume by
> accident). I can imagine the ppl there who are not on metatuning getting
> this post and wondering "what the &*$%"?!? that is funny!

I wrote Joe offlist as well when I saw that. But since we're discussing the region 'down there', I wanted to pass this along, which is not a hoax:

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

FROM: JOSH (Josh Hankes) <GoldMine User>
TO: JIM (Jim Groome) <GoldMine User>
DATE: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:49:02 -0400

RE: Good one

If you were an Energy Company called Powergen and you had a subsidiary that operated in Italy, what would you call that company's website?

Probably not powergenitalia, but they did.

www.powergenitalia.com

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Cheers,
Jon

Jon Szanto wrote:

> I wrote Joe offlist as well when I saw that. But since we're discussing the region 'down there', I wanted to pass this along, which is not a hoax:

It may not be a hoax, but it's wrong. That site has nothing to do with Powergen.

Graham

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Dante Rosati"

/metatuning/topicId_5183.html#5184

<dante.interport@r...> wrote:
> thats funny Joseph- you sent this first to the tuning list (I
assume by
> accident). I can imagine the ppl there who are not on metatuning
getting
> this post and wondering "what the &*$%"?!? that is funny!
>
> Dante
>

***Oh, that's hilarious. I misspelled it as well. Of course, it
was intended for *metatuning* although there are some who have
viewed the main Tuning List as a "masturbatory activity..." :)

J. Pehrson

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, Graham Breed <graham@m...> wrote:
> It may not be a hoax, but it's wrong. That site has nothing to do with
> Powergen.

Well, a net search shows that there are a few PowerGens scattered around the globe; it is a little hard to tell if this one *really* is a bona fide firm, but if it isn't someone has done a little more work than the usual hoax.

Made me smile at the cleverness, at least.

Cheers,
Jon