A: Some people collect baseball cards; others, stamps or rare coins. The Bible’s David, however, collected foreskins (and man, could they brighten up a room). Actually, you can’t blame David for developing the unusual hobby. If you grab your King James Version of the good book, and flip to the first book of Samuel for the story of David and Michal, you’ll read all about it.

For those interested in a quick summary, it goes like this: After David smote Goliath, the Philistine with the pituitary problem, he went to live with King Saul of Israel. Saul, afraid of David and troubled by evil spirits, began to plot his murder. But Saul’s daughter Michal revealed her love for David, and Saul seized on the moment to make her a deal: Have David bring back 100 Philistine foreskins, and he can marry you. Now Saul had no particular reason for the demand; he just wanted David to get killed trying to collect. But brave Dave and his backing band, with God’s help, brought back 200 for the good king. Saul couldn’t help but bless his daughter’s marriage, no doubt in disbelief.