Opting Out Of Global Orgasm

A Buddhist monk from Thailand has decided to opt out of the so-called Global Orgasm Day being organized by aging hippies in the United States. As a matter of fact, he's opted out on a permanent basis.

He cut off his penis. With a machete. On purpose.

The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780 km (480 miles) south of Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment, hospital chief Prawing Euanontouch said.

"We cleaned up the wound, gave him some stitches, but he declined to have it reattached because he said had abandoned everything," Prawing told Reuters by telephone.

Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection, which Bangkok-based Kom Chad Luk tabloid reported on its Web site.

Excuse me for a moment, won't you? I have to go whimper in the corner for a few minutes.