Charlieje,

nice to read your answer.

Actually I am a believing Christian, too.

I didn`t understand your story as a criticism to Islam in general, just as you said yourself to some radical idiots. (Whose beliefs and behaviour have nothing to do with faith, but with machismo and gaining power, btw ...

And he did it again!

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Another fascinating story about castration set in an interesting historical background.

I just like your narrative style, pueros.

The description of the british landscape and village, the city of Rome and the ongoing of the auction and ...

Dear pueros,

I really like your style of writing, so please don`t stop to submit your great stories!

The excellently laid out historical background of your stories appeals to me very much because I`m interested in history and archaeology since I was a little kid.

And to have this combined with ...

Charlieje,

I hope you enjoy your time off very much - as much as I enjoyed reading through your excellent story this whole day long!

Your theme is a serious and sad one though I doubt it is that very far from reality - except that the nice little muslim country doesn`t exist, does it?

It is so ...

This is a great one!

Thanks, Kortpeel, for the not-so-farfetched idea (if one believes the truth is out there...).

Including the real incidents you describe gives your story just the right amount of credibility.

I enjoyed reading it even if the statements concerning the more civilised and the ...

Hello, all of you!

I just submitted a German translation of Eriks appealing story.

It is my first try with translations here on the board and I do look forward to your comments.

If there is anything you think is good or not so good, please give me a note so that I can improve the next time ...

I just came across your poll this minute.

Sadly I cannot vote anymore...

... but I nevertheless write down what types if stories I like for you.

I like best man on man castration and master/slave scenes.

So long,

Tanish

Andrew, your Straightdope site is just great!

I laughed through the answer concerning at least 25 different words for snow in the Eskimo language a minute ago ...😄

To add something to the thread:

one of my favourite sites is www.ebay.com

I just like the thrill of hunting down and bidding high ...

That`s quite a number of hits, Paolo!

I have to admit, as a native German speaker (as anyone will notice easily while reading my English posts ;) ) that I am not at all content with the translation of Eriks story!

It seems as if the translator just let it run through a translation program without ...

It`s a hard story, but I enjoyed reading it.

Though I never in my life hope to meet some of the creatures the doctor made, I like to think of them.