I notice that the tale of a Sudanese man forced to ‘marry’ a goat is amongst the most e-mailed stories from the BBC news website.
I’m not sure what this says about BBC web users- at best that they have a ribald sense of humour and too much time on their hands.
Certainly the village elders here seem to have displayed Solomon-like wisdom and I think the ‘groom’ got off lightly- financially, at least.
I’m sure the 15,000 dinars ($50) he had to pay as a ‘dowry’ was alot of money but it pales into insignificance compared to the budget for most of the weddings I’ve attended as either a guest, caterer or band member, some of which dwarf the average European space programme.
September 15, 2006 at 8:10 am
what baffles me is how they caught the dude. I mean, even if you really really fancy goats you must be at least aware that it is taboo for everyone else and take pretty strong measures to act on your urges in secret.
September 15, 2006 at 4:21 pm
In the account it says he “fell off” the goat when he was caught.
Without wanting to imagine the scene in too much detail, was he a dwarf?
September 16, 2006 at 10:24 pm
This story was emailed to me and several others the other day. One of the others responded with the brief but pointed reply:
“I shagged the girl that wrote that story. WWWAAYYYYYY GET IN MY
SAAANNNNNN.”
Clown
Apart from anything else I thought the beeb’s web stories were un-bylined …