If acts of genocide don’t spur the Bush administration to action, perhaps such violations of “traditional marriage” will.
Sudan man forced to ‘marry’ goatA Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his “wife”, after he was caught having sex with the animal.
The goat’s owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders. They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi. “We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together,” Mr Alifi said.
Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat. “When I asked him: ‘What are you doing there?’, he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up”.
Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case. “They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife,” Mr Alifi told the newspaper.
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Mutant Frog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Strange things in Tokyo part 10,298: Oedo Onsen Monogatari added these pithy words on Feb 25 06 at 10:04 am[...] Recently, I joined the Most Hon. First Marquess Curzon of Kedleston for an overnight trip to Oedo Onsen Monogatari. In case you’ve never heard of this place before, it’s a big hot springs place located on Odaiba, an artificial island in Tokyo Bay known for its strange array of attractions (e.g. Kenzo Tange’s freaky-looking Fuji TV Building and a “European village” that people rent out for weddings). [...]
Mutantfrog added these pithy words on 25 Feb 06 at 4:37 amWhen he slaughters the goat for a nice kebab, what crime will he be charged with?
Chief Wiggum added these pithy words on 25 Feb 06 at 5:34 amThis may be an apocryhal story.
The scion of a Boston brahmin family had a sex change operation and was turned into a woman. He became engaged to marry a black man. At the wedding, a society reporter from the local paper asked the scion’s mother how she felt about this turn of events. The mother said “I wish she wasn’t marrying a Baptist.”
Pavlov3 added these pithy words on 27 Feb 06 at 2:08 amSame thing happend to Bill.
Elizabeth added these pithy words on 28 Feb 06 at 6:56 amIn societies where women cost less than goats and are treated worse, it’s not really surprising that they might get confused. Frankly I’m not surprised.
Mi-Hwa added these pithy words on 28 Feb 06 at 8:28 amIn Muslim societies where polygamy is allowed, some men have several wives and some men get none. Maybe the man with the goat was feeling desperate.
