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Dome Vans
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 Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:54 am Post subject: Indian man marries dog to beat 'curse' |
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CHENNAI, India (AFP) - An Indian farmer has married his dog in a bid to overcome what he believes is a curse caused by him having stoned to death two mating dogs in his rice field, press reports said.
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The 34-year-old farmer, identified as Selvakumar from Sivaganga district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, fell on bad fortune 15 years ago after killing the dogs and hanging their carcasses from a tree.
A few days later, his hearing and speech were impaired and he was unable to walk.
Doctors were clueless, but an astrologer finally told him he was cursed by the spirits of the dogs he had killed. He could undo the curse only if he married a dog and live with it, the soothsayer said.
After a long search for a 'suitable bride', Selvakumar managed to get a four-year-old mongrel bitch from a friend and had a fully-fledged Hindu wedding in front of villagers and elders on Sunday, eyewitnesses said.
The canine bride, named Selvi, was adorned in a sari and flowers and brought to the temple by village women. A Hindu priest conducted the ceremony.
The reports, however, said Selvi the dog attempted to make a run for it -- apparently due to the large crowds -- but was eventually tracked down and returned to her new 'husband'.
"The dog is only for lifting the curse and after that, he plans to get a real bride," a friend of the groom said |
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071114/tod-india-society-animal-offbeat-451ab4f_1.html
Slow news day?
I would have printed this if it ACTUALLY worked. But for some strange reason it'd didn't and he still has crap vision and hearing.
Will it end like most marriages in the usual "You're leaving hairs everywhere" "your breath smells" "I really would like children" "I wanna see other bitchs on the side" |
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blondebecky
Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: Re: Indian man marries dog to beat 'curse' |
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CHENNAI, India (AFP) - An Indian farmer has married his dog in a bid to overcome what he believes is a curse caused by him having stoned to death two mating dogs in his rice field, press reports said.
(Advertisement)
The 34-year-old farmer, identified as Selvakumar from Sivaganga district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, fell on bad fortune 15 years ago after killing the dogs and hanging their carcasses from a tree.
A few days later, his hearing and speech were impaired and he was unable to walk.
Doctors were clueless, but an astrologer finally told him he was cursed by the spirits of the dogs he had killed. He could undo the curse only if he married a dog and live with it, the soothsayer said.
After a long search for a 'suitable bride', Selvakumar managed to get a four-year-old mongrel *beep* from a friend and had a fully-fledged Hindu wedding in front of villagers and elders on Sunday, eyewitnesses said.
The canine bride, named Selvi, was adorned in a sari and flowers and brought to the temple by village women. A Hindu priest conducted the ceremony.
The reports, however, said Selvi the dog attempted to make a run for it -- apparently due to the large crowds -- but was eventually tracked down and returned to her new 'husband'.
"The dog is only for lifting the curse and after that, he plans to get a real bride," a friend of the groom said |
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071114/tod-india-society-animal-offbeat-451ab4f_1.html
Slow news day?
I would have printed this if it ACTUALLY worked. But for some strange reason it'd didn't and he still has crap vision and hearing.
Will it end like most marriages in the usual "You're leaving hairs everywhere" "your breath smells" "I really would like children" "I wanna see other bitchs on the side" |
Already posted on the Off Topic thread by yours truly. |
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TexasPete
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Koreatown
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Quick! Someone call Rick Santorum. Somehow the Indians have managed to marry their pets without having to let gays get married first. This'll show him. |
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