Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat

[hellbound-liberal]

I found this story on the BBC web site and thought you all might find it interesting. This guy gets my vote as the Lounge's official "goat" man!

A 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, 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.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4740000/newsid_4748200/4748292.stm

[Suich]

1. Wha.............?

I'm speechless.

[Deja Q]

2. Hmmm, soon to come on amazon's Sudan branch: "My Other Pet Goat", with disclaimer that it's

not for children under 8.

:blush:

:yoiks:

[guitar man]

3. so that's why

GW coudn't put that book down on 9-11 :evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

4. No, that was "My Pet Goat". A very different book. That was meant for children under 8,

and didn't have any naughty pictures. Fortunately. :)