My buddy Mike was passing through my village last week from an Ulitamte Frisbee Tournament in Bishkek, Krygyzstan. He was going to crash with me for the night, and as such asked if i could take him to the local banya because he didnt have time to wash and was dirty from the games and bus ride. Always the good host, I of course agreed - especially since a new banya was just opened in my village and i had not yet been. (For those of you not familar with a banya, it is essentially a large public bath house and sauna). It just so happened to be a sunday which meant that it was crowded, and mostly populated by a boys club of sorts of local officials. It started of with the normal room full of naked men curious about the two Americans, and asking me to introduce my friend. After everyone is nice and friendly i begin to wash and a lone man approaches me. I know him pretty well, as he is a director of youth programs for the local political party and we have done some projects before. Anyway, he stares at me for a minute, which i let slide figure maybe he is just curious about tatts which is not uncommon. But then he drops his gaze south and lays this delicious one liner on me:
"where is it?"
"ummm what?" i respond.
"WHERE IS IT??....you know peeneez?" (with accompanying pointing)
Sighhh really? come on....but then i get it as he is making the scissors pantomime with his hands. (It is worth noting here that many people here think that only muslims are circumsized) OHHHHH, i get it. And then i explain to him how Americans of all faiths also get snipped, as it were.
Smiles, handshakes, and off to the steamroom.
Mike thought it was much more hilarious than i did
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