Spanning the Globe

for the latest in penis news!

First up, Hindu pilgrims in the Jammu/Kashmir area have complained against local authorities. It seems the entire purpose of their pilgrimage, an ice stalagmite that forms the shape of a phallus, which they regard as a symbol of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction (breath) had been artificially formed!

It seems the natural ice formation failed to erect in time for the start of the pilgrimage. Arun Kumar, head of the state-run Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board which administers the shrine, stated, "We received some complaints that some people had brought some snow and put on top of the usual Shivling. We don'’t defend that but this is something which has happened in the past."

Says Ram Mahajan, head of Dharam Prachar Mandal, a Hindu group in northern India, "Those who committed this sin should be punished as they were responsible for hurting our religious sentiments."”

Although the size of the stalagmite has varied in previous years depending on the weather, its non-formation this year was a bad omen, some pilgrims said.

Hindus in Vietnam also worship a phallus, or linga, but theirs is less... perishable.

Next on the penis track, a man in India of all places decided to doctor himself when he developed a uritracttract infection. His solution was to insert an 18 inch copper wire into his penis. This caused considerable discomfort after the wire started making its way into his kidney. The wire has been removed.

In further penisosity, the much debated anti-rape device, Rapex, a unit clamps itself to a rapist's penis thereby forcing him to seek medical treatment and face arrest, was scheduled to for 'release' this month. It will be delayed until the end of the year.

And there's more! A witness has disappeared in the case of the "penis pump judge."

Last, but not least, three officers have been honored for finding a man's missing penis after it has been taken out with the trash.