# circumcision **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 20, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741 "2000-03-20T23:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/21 "2000-04-14T14:09:00Z")
/ hijack alert / hey, that’s the basis of the 4-toed Nebish, the “highest level” human evolution, as presented in _The God Whale_. [emm, i _think_ that was the name of the book–it’s been quite a while since i read it {read: high school}, which accounts for the loss of the author’s name.] /end hijack–everyone out on the tarmack, dancing and rejoicing 😛 / * * * next one who says “Fates a bitch” gets whacked with my measuring stick. ---
**Author:** ![broomhelga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@broomhelga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broomhelga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/22 "2000-04-16T05:02:00Z")
First of all, I agree with the fifth toe idea. I don’t need that stupid thing. To prevent toe-jam entirely, maybe we’ll evolve to have webbed feet. But about circumcision, to those who have it done to there children it’s more of a religious issue than health. Although personally I think the tradition loses value since the child has no memory of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/23 "2000-04-17T01:14:00Z")
I use my 5th toe all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/24 "2000-04-17T01:16:00Z")
My sixth one too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/25 "2000-04-17T01:40:00Z")
Boris notes: “Fifth, some people consider the bulges that testicles create in the scrotum to be unsightly.” Hadn’t heard that, however, even more unsightly is the scrotum without the bulges…I always feel sorry for short haired neutered dogs. ("Why don’t vets put marbles in?) * * * Are you driving with your eyes open or are you using The Force? - A. Foley ---
**Author:** ![lostindustrial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@lostindustrial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lostindustrial)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/26 "2000-04-17T13:51:00Z")
Marbles you say? Well, there is something far more clinical than that available! [http://www.neuticles.com/webpages/ie40indx.html](http://www.neuticles.com/webpages/ie40indx.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/27 "2000-04-17T15:10:00Z")
LOL-Absolutely the best site I’ve seen ever! I have to cut this thank you short so I can email every dog and cat owner I know. Jois ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741/28 "2000-04-21T02:14:00Z")
Okay, here’s the last word - as well as the first regarding circumcision: [http://www.cirp.org/](http://www.cirp.org/) * * * Are you driving with your eyes open or are you using The Force? - A. Foley [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision/1741.md?page=1)