2/07/2004

Okay, who put a stop payment on my reality check?

Some weird stories from the Net:

A 75-year-old man in Nepal married a dog in a local custom to ensure good luck only to die three days later, a newspaper reported Wednesday. With his son and other relatives by his side, Phulram Chaudhary tied the knot with a dog Saturday in Durgauli village in the southwestern Kailali district. He was following a custom of his Tharu community which holds that an old man who regrows teeth must take a dog as a bride. "He believed that this would help him avoid great misfortune later in life. However, he died a few days afterward," the state-run daily Gorkhapatra said.
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Did they say 'Regrows Teeth?'

He was black and blue, swollen, and on a feeding tube. But this Utah groom wasn't about to let that stand in the way of his wedding. Chris Pitchford was beaten up outside a casino in Mesquite early Sunday during his bachelor party. Pitchford had to undergo spleen surgery, had broken ribs, and was put on morphine to dull the pain. He was supposed to marry Laura Moody on Monday afternoon at a relative's home. But instead, they got married in the chapel of a Utah hospital. The couple's honeymoon destination was also changed from Las Vegas to a hospital room at the end of the hallway.
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You might as well get used to it, Buddy !