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A Sudanese man was forced to marry a goat after he had his way with her. Per a BBC story, a Sudanese court even made him pay the goat's owner, Mr. Alifi, a dowry of about $50:
"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.Mr Alifi, of 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.
Posted by aalkon at April 16, 2007 10:36 AM
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Pottery Barn rule: (corollary)
"You boink it, you buy it."
(And yes, Colin Powell and I both know that is not actually the rule at Pottery Barn.)
Posted by: Jon Tyken at April 16, 2007 12:01 AM
I recall reading some hints from a 19th century British colonialist, stationed in the hinterlands, that a goat was the "best".
Posted by: doombuggy at April 16, 2007 3:25 AM
The religious Right Wingers were right! Gay marriage does lead to goat-marriage!
Posted by: Chrissy at April 16, 2007 6:43 AM
I hope they don't have kids....
Posted by: eric at April 16, 2007 7:59 AM
They wouldn't be full-blooded kids.
Posted by: Machida at April 16, 2007 9:38 AM
Since the goat is the mother, the kids will have to be raised in her religion (is that only if she is Jewish?)
Posted by: Chrissy at April 16, 2007 11:03 AM
Can't help but be reminded of a joke about a situation not unlike this one with the punch line, "out of all those sheep, you hadda go and pick the ugliest one!"
Posted by: deja pseu at April 16, 2007 2:04 PM
At least she wasn't the Sheriff's gal!
Posted by: Radwaste at April 16, 2007 2:07 PM
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