I felt the need to share this.

[mrph]

When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat

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[emarkienna.livejournal.com]

Wait, isn't the custom that the dowry should be paid by the goat, and not to the goat (well, its owner)?

[razorjak.livejournal.com]

Different lands, different customs.

In old Europe, daughters were seen as a burden. Families would pay to have them taken off their hands.

In many african cultures, a man has to buy his wife from her father. A stellar beauty in the tribe may go for as much as 3-4 cows.

[mhw.livejournal.com]

I worry that both you and I though about that.