Cockfighting, Congo-Style
Earlier this week, news reports out of the Congo carried stories that should make any enterprising marketers of male enhancement products sit up and take notice:
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Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital
By Joe BavierKINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.
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...um...what?!?
While Kinshasa's police chief Jean-Dieudonne Oleko was tempted to say that it was all just one big joke, others claimed that it was all to real:
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Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny," said 29-year-old Alain Kalala
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I imagine that the market for Extenz or Viagra would make a killing over there, especially if sold with the cooperation of local tribal leaders or "public service" sorcerers, if there is any such thing...
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Gives the phrase "little head"
a whole new meaning.
Yep -- "Getting a head in the Congo" is now
a lot more dangerous...
Just too much
to say that I can't decide what and should probably simply keep silent. Although I do think pointing and laughing has the same effect ;-)
Heh -- and I guess the victims have to
overcome those feelings of inadequacy somehow...tho I can't imagine they'd actually call attention to it...
Sorry
I guess I was too cryptic there. I was sort of thinking on a more local level than global ;-)
Okay
it's a slow day and I just can't resist the temptation.....I have to ask, who gets the shaft in this story?
Apparently, nobody...which has both the men
and the women complaining.
Loudly.
...Keith Olbermann just covered this same story on Countdown.
:)