# ... and when I came back, he was circumcised. I think it was a genie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212 "2003-03-05T07:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/1 "2003-03-05T07:56:49Z")
[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click\_id=29&art\_id=qw1045711081739B253&set\_id=1](http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=qw1045711081739B253&set_id=1) – I can’t make this shit up. > [@](#): > > “When I heard Riyan crying, I went straight to his bedroom and couldn’t believe what my eyes saw,” Riyan’s mother, identified only as Ineng, told Antara. “He had been circumcised.” I have one thing to say: Jack Dean Genie and the Enchanted Tug-Ahoy. Ok, two things to say: “Arr. Iff’n I can have my foreskin, nobody can have a foreskin!” – Jack Dean Genie, Foreskin Pirate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/2 "2003-03-05T08:11:36Z")
“They can have my foreskin when they cut it from my cold, dead…h-hahaha!! Jes’ kiddin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/3 "2003-03-05T13:22:03Z")
What’s the problem? A local clairvoyant confirmed the presence of the genie. How much more proof do you need? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/4 "2003-03-05T13:54:19Z")
So there’s a genie that appears out of nowhere and grants circumcisions. What, exactly, do you have to rub to make the genie appear? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/5 "2003-03-05T16:33:29Z")
… and why would a 10 month old baby be rubbing it? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/6 "2003-03-05T17:30:49Z")
More importantly what holiday can we create to celebrate the Foreskin Genie? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/7 "2003-03-05T17:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click\_id=29&art\_id=qw1045711081739B253&set\_id=1](http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=qw1045711081739B253&set_id=1) – I can’t make this shit up. \*\* Yeah, [we know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164488&highlight=genie). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doc\_miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@doc\_miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc_miller)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/8 "2003-03-05T17:57:35Z")
Did the genie at least leave a quarter under the kid’s pillow, or is that strictly limited to fairies? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/9 "2003-03-05T19:23:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*… and why would a 10 month old baby be rubbing it? :eek: \*\* Because as soon as infant boys find their genetalia, they grab on and don’t let go? Dominic used to freak me out by stretching his weewee in what I would have thought would be painful ways… but apparently it didn’t hurt or he woudln’t have been doing it… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/10 "2003-03-05T21:32:26Z")
"Forgive me, _sahib,_ for I must take my leave of you; there is a Kryptonian child I must do next!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-i-came-back-he-was-circumcised-i-think-it-was-a-genie/159212/11 "2003-03-05T22:06:02Z")
ROTFLMAO@Enola\* Now CG is wondering what the freak I’m laughing at. IDBB