Mrs. Marathon Pundit is from Latvia, and I've been there twice. The worst hangover in my life occurred after an all-night drinking bash there. I'm pictured with some other Latvians a few years ago in front of some soon-to-be empty bottles of the local brew, Aldaris.
This drinking bash ended quietly. I think. Unlike the one reported on by News.com Australia.
A man who cut off his own penis in a drunken bet had it stitched back on by Latvian doctors, the first such operation in the country's history.
While strongly under the influence of alcohol, the 30-year-old made a bet with his friend for 1000 lats ($1800 US) that he would cut off his penis, according to a Latvian public television report.
He was taken to hospital with severe bleeding yesterday.
"We have had a few cases with penis traumas, when it was half-cut or damaged, but this is the first time that it was totally cut off - and brought to hospital in a plastic bag," said microsurgeon Aivars Tihonovs from Gailezers hospital in the Latvian capital, Riga.
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Doctors said that it would take four or five days to assess if the operation was successful. It would take about half a year to be sure that the man's penis was functioning properly.
Curiously, the article did not report on whether the injured man collected on his bet.
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