Premarital sex = shotgun wedding

[Giz]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm


So far it seems to be a happy ending:

' "and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said. '


So, is this the way forward? Instead of jail time/fines, make them tie the knot? (Perhaps have the wedding covered in the local paper?)

 

[Ian Osborne]

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry...

 

[Skeptic]

Beautiful. It's nice to see that true love triumphs sometime.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Of course, the problem with treating property like wives is that it reinforces thinking of wives as property.

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

As if sex were all wives were for.

 

[Ian Osborne]

As if sex were all wives were for.

yeah - you can't get a goat to do the washing up, can you?

<ducks>

 

[MRC_Hans]

Ahh, an old joke comes to mind, here rephrased to the present story:

Mr. Tombe has a talk with his neighboor over the fence:

Neighboor: I hear you married that goat?

Tombe: Yeah, that was the decent think to do..

Neighboor: Is it ..ehr she any good?

Tombe: Well, not much help around the house. Eats anything, and dosn't talk back much, tho'

Neighboor: Where do you keep her, nights?

Tombe: In the bedroom, of course.

Neighboor: Really? What about the smell?

Tombe: She doesn't seem to mind much.

........


Hans

 

[MRC_Hans]

yeah - you can't get a goat to do the washing up, can you?

<ducks>

Well, for certain values of "washing up", I suppose it's at least as effective as a dog.

Hans

 

[sphenisc]

Yes, but what about the kids?

 

[Pauliesonne]

ugly little runts, they will be