Autoamputation

Usage

"then throws his stump into the upper window

it lands upright" -- Hot Night of The Universe

Extrapolation

Exactly!

Non Canonical Text

"And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell... And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell... And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire…."

-- Mark 9:43-48. King James Bible.

Incidents of autoamputation in nature trace an inverted bell-curve against intelligence. At the low end, insects, for example, will often eat a leg by accident, and lizards will inadvertently shed a tail when startled. At the upper end, we find foxes chewing off their legs to escape traps and humans chipping off fingers from sheer ennui. But in the middle lies this fuzzy area where we willing insert our cocks -- if you can find it.

-- Clementine, Dapper. A Nature Lovers Guide to Loving in Nature. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. 1971.

"In the death of soldier or the starvation of a peasant, we rejoice -- for We Are One, and the heroic sacrifice of one reflects the heroism of all."

-- Proclamation 13. Stalin.

See Also

• Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24174)
• Body Integrity Identity Disorder (http://literature.sdsu.edu/2005/spring/301/amputationpsyche.pdf)
• Mad Work
• Moist Air
• Penis Removal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_removal)
• The Worship of Dongs
• The Worship of Tits
• Vapor

Desiderata

Adult circumcision is the most common form of Poobian physical ablation. Self-castration is a close second.

Contrary to outmoded psychological thinking, autoamputation is rarely motivated by sexual gratification.