Breakfast Granola for 6/3/9

File under fanatical (and misguided) devotion:

A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower-class family, police reported Sunday.

After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, a police official said.

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The man was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official added, citing the police report filed after the incident.

I guess while eloping to spite his parents was out of the question -- y'know, so he could not only be with his dreamgirl but make use of his Schwartz -- self-dismemberment not only remained on the menu but was catch of the day.

Oh Egyptians, you so crazy!